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Evening star., 1955-06-28
Lawrence G. Hoover

On June 8, 1850, Central High School,
as such, was closed, and It's history OF 81
years of service to the National Capital
community was ended. The officer
charged with terminating the schools
career was Lawrence g. Hoover. He
had been a teacher of biology, then
assistant principal and finally principal
of Central during total of nearly three
decades.
How the student body felt about
Mr.. Hoover was indicated by the
dedication of the final edition of Brecky,
the school yearbook, where he was
referred to as "a man whose chief inter-
est in life has been to help other people,
a man whose gentle demeanor and
understanding personality have endeared
him to all those who know him" To
the last principal also was accorded the
honor of being asked to write the final
page of the 45th Brecky, and he made
use of the opportunity to say: Let us
try to move together to whatever desti-
nation may be Centraps next home"
Mr.. Hoover himself was transferred
to Coolidge High, where he was principal
for year and then applied for retire
ment. The Star published his photo
graph with travelling bag given him
when he left Central, but he did not
travel much or far. His sunset days
were spent digging in his garden in
Takoma Park. Now he moves on to still
another destination, and his pupils will
think of him as they saw him so many
times, repeating: "This ends the
assembly"
Evening star., 1955-06-28
Lessons From the Heart

In answer to the letter from
J. A. Bourke. M. D.. asking
for a kind word for teachers
in welfare institutions, I can
gladly praise them. My work
as a volunteer investigator on
school failure as a cause Of
delinquency, for a Senate
committee, brought me in
contact with many of these
dedicated men and women
whose lives are given to chill
dren sick in heart and soul.
During 1853 and 1854. ! Wis
tied many District corrective
institutions, as well as the
large Federal training school
on Bladensburg road, becom-
ing acquainted with the SUI
pervisors and assistants In
their educational departments.
It was not part of my prof.
ect to inquire into the sala-
ries paid to these special
teachers for delinquents. So
I cannot give an opinion on
them measured in dollars and
cents. But ! can tell you what
they give measured in patience
and kindness, and devoted
effort and service. It Is not
easy work to take boys and
girls who have become mega
tive, obstructive. and nonco-
operative through long fall
ure; to take them along a new
road to hope and to convince
them that effort is worthwhile,
that success may be just
around the corner Of . tangled
thicket.
I have been often touched
with the eager pride Of these
teachers in the work of arts
and crafts done by their stu
dents to fill the gaps In q
rotted educational structure;
in the friendship and good
will that is given by them
freely and received by them
in return. No, this is not just
ordinary teaching, measur-
able by ordinary standards.
If it were so, these teachers in
corrective schools would re-
ceive. in dollars and cents,
more than ordinary teachers
in classrooms of the we'll
adjusted portion Of student
life.
Edith Mirick.
Evening star., 1955-06-28
THE POLITICAL MILL.
Wheat Farmers Vote for Controls
By GOULD LINCOLN

given an honest and efficient
government. and whether it
has improved the economic
state of the country as q
whole.
While the Farmers Union,
opponents of the Eisenhower
Benson farm program, made a
strenuous campaign to get the
farmers to vote for continued
wheat acreage controls, it is
not sure the farmers would not
have so voted if the Farmers
Union had kept quiet. The
claim of the Farmers Union is.
of course, that the farmers are
hoping for a Democratic Con-
gress and a Democratic Pres
ident after next years elec-
tions who will return to the
high, rigid 80 per cent Of
parity price supports.
The vote for wheat acreage
controls. limiting total wheat
acreage to SIS million, the same
as this year, will have one
good effect. anyway. It win
not increase the present ter
rife wheat surplus in this
country to the extent that no
controls would have don The
present surplus has been built
up under the old 80 per cent.
rigid price support plan. Sec
retary of Agriculture Benson
has estimated the Nations
wheat reserve and surplus
would reach 1.03 billion BUSH
els July /, virtually all Of it
owned by the Government.
The wheat surplus is only one
of the great agricultural sur
pluses.
Hoped to End SurpIuses
The flexible price support
program was designed pri-
marily to prevent further sur
pluses. It begins to look as
though the only way to end
surpluseS will be to increase
the population. and so the de-
mand. That will be a long
process In the meantime, the
Government is trying in every
way it can to put these surplus
crops t, use, and to get rid Of
them. It has still a long way
to go.
Democrats in Congress are
divided over the farm price
support issue. Some of them
are for the flexible program.
The majority have declared
for a return to the old 80 per
cent rigid supports. They plan
to go to the mat for such q
program next year.
Evening star., 1955-06-28

A Virginia correspondent
calls attention to the flower
ing of the honeysuckle some
time ago.
Surely there is no nicer
smell, unless it is that of the
lilac.
Flowers distill for them
selves. in some marvellous
chemistry, the favorite fra
grances of mankind.
In the old days, now as dead
as yesteryear shoe styles, vio-
let was the favorite aroma
for perfumes. toilet powders
and the like.
This obsesSion came from
la belle France.
Violet of the woods
So ran the label.
Today the violet has taken
a back seat, and there are
many and sometimes mys-
terious perfumes on the mar
ket. but still no one has man
aged to distill the real essence
of the lilac.
They do better with honey
suckle-honeysakala, as the
Hawaiians say.
4 4 4 4
Among the vines, there is
the moonflower, now little
planted. and the wisteria.
The latter grows to be q
nuisance Who remembers the
old house on Eleventh street,
with the great vine and its
purple flowers?
Then of course, there is the
morning glory.
This is such a little vine that
it causes no trouble.
The old man who helped in
the garden once warned
against the potato vine.
You had better rip that
one out" he said; and he was
right, but we knew better. How
often one knows better!
He was right. The potato
vine, as it is called, grew and
grew. until now it is almost
impossible to get rid of it.
The old-fashioned porch was
partly responsible for the
use of vines around American
homes.
People sat out more, and
wanted some covering.
The vines did it.
What more pleasant hide
out than an old-time porch or
veranda or piazza covered
with moonflowers OIL maybe
even the elephant vine?
Coarse growers. as they were
called, but excellent in their
way.
The vines have a place still
in the modern garden. They
fill in as well as ever, even If
there is no porch to cover. AS
a matter Of fact. many porches
have sneaked around to the
rear or side of houses and still
demand some sort of covering.
Evening star., 1955-06-28

tov and the Soviet govern
ment? On June IA, 1910. the
Soviet government gave an
ultimatum to Lithuania and
on June 16 to Estonia and
Latvia, demanding the right
to occupy these countries by
its military forces. The occu-
patton began the next day,
and under the protective Gus
tody" of the Red Army in less
than two months these three
democratic and independent
states had been transformed
into Soviet colonies. It may
be redundant to state that the
relations between the Baltic
states and the Soviet Union
had been based on a number
Of treaties which all guaran-
teed the sovereignty OF these
states. Mr.. Molotov was the
Foreign Minister Of the Soviet
Union but he never attempted
to make use Of arbitration
clauses embodied in these
treaties. And only a few
months prior to the occupation
Mr.. Molotov had told the
Supreme Soviet:
"The pacts with Estonia,
Latvia and Lithuania are being
carried out in a satisfactory
manner and this creates pre-
misses for a further improve
ment in relations between the
Soviet Union and these coun-
tries"
Communism is out for world
conquest. It's spokesmen. like
Mr.. Molotov. have been sent
out to Soften the public
opinion Of the free world. We
need more men on public
rostrums who, like the Cuban
Delegate Portuondo. would
have the courage to call q
spade q spade.
DR.. vaino Riismandel.
Evening star., 1955-06-28
u. NJ. Criticized

The writer's Of the speech
delivered by President Eisen-
hover at the 10th anniversary
session of the United Nations
should be commended for their
prodigious rhetorical effort, so
literally interlaced with pious
platitudes. However, to their
apology for u. N. failures and
claim Of victories" the Ameri-
can portion Of the audience
might well have taken excep-
tion.
The President said: "Clear
it is that without the U. N.
the failures would still have
been written as failures into
history" OF the many U. N.
failures the announced inten-
tion to reunify Korea is, per-
haps, the most outstanding.
This failure was due solely to
IN. restrictions upon the tao
tical operations Of the fighting
forces and had the decisions
been left to the American COM
manders in the field, q victory
instead of failure would have
been written into history and
Communist dungeons would
not today be occupied by
American prisoners. Largely
because of u. N. failures during
the past 10 years. mighty and
magnificent America has suf-
fered such national humiliation
as to bring tears to the eyes
of any true American patriot.
Also, the authors of the
speech declared that except
for the u. N. the victories"
might well have been recorded
as human disasters" Even q
single victory of such magni-
tude would have merited the
admiration Of the entire world,
but it Is not recalled that our
alert press headlined this
earth-shaking victory. 1t may
be that the Communist press
did carry such victory head
lines. The speech writer's did
not name the victor.
OR.
Evening star., 1955-06-28

The wheat farmers OF Amer
lea have voted to hang on to
what they now have--a Fed
eral Government price sup
port of rs per cent of parity.
They apparently preferred to
do this than to go to some
other unannounced and untried
plan, put forward either by
the administration or by Con-
gress. To accomplish their pur-
pose, they have voted, in the
So principal wheat at-producing
States, 254,197 to continue
Government controls of wheat
acreage, with only 1882 vot-
ing to abandon acreage con-
trolls. In order to have the
76 per cent price supports, the
farmers must have the acreage
controls and live up to their
allotments.
Opponents of the Eisen-
hoWer-Benson flexible price
supports program, under which
wheat price supports have been
cut from 80 per cent to 76
per cent for next years wheat
crop, claim that the vote on
wheat controls is indicative of
the dislike of the farmers for
the flexible price supports and
Is an indication they will vote
Democratic next year.
The acreage vote, however.
is not a clear-cut test of politi-
cal sentiment. Much will de-
pend on what happens to
wheat prices under the admin
istration of the flexible price
support program. And that
goes, too, for what happens
to the prices of the other basic
agricultural commodities un-
der the new plan.
1854 Situation
It is recalled that in the
elections of 1854, the Demo-
Gratis made no inroads on the
Republican Congressman in
the Farm Belt States, despite
the fact the new flexible price
support law had been passed
by the Republican controlled
SD Congress. Next year, the
farmers will have to decide,
over the Nation, whether they
are well enough satisfied with
the Eisenhower administra-
tion-and with Mr.. Eisen-
hover himself, If he is a cam
didate for reelection. Farm
prices will have their impact.
But farmers, like othel voters.
will also have to consider
whether the administration
has made gains toward a
peaceful world. whether it has
Evening star., 1955-06-28

@. What is the origin of the
white flag of truce?-H. H.
A. The white flag of truce is
so old that its origin has been
lost. According to one writer it
was probably established by
the Roman Catholic Church In
the Middle Ages, when private
wars were commonplace in
Europe. La paix ct la treve de
Dieu" (the peace and truce Of
Cod was an agreement be-
tween the church and the
turbulent barons whereby hos
tilities stopped on certain fes-
tivals. saints days. and on
Evening star., 1955-06-28
Walks With Coution
Edith Mirick.

I read a letter by Jeanne
Fiske Swanson saying: "You
cannot have both freedom and
security at the same time"
She finished: Take a walk,
preferably in the country
Herein lie truth and freedom.
She is so right. You may
and freedom, but you can't be
sure of security. There will be
no security for women and
children to even walk In the
daytime along country lanes
If sex offenders continue to ter
rorize parks even in the city.
ID. M. M.
Evening star., 1955-06-28

Sundays. Beginning in south
ern France, the practice ex-
tended through Europe, and In
1895 was proclaimed by Pope
Urban II in effect throughout
Christendom. Soon it became
a time honored institution,
and the simple unfolding of q
white cloth put an instant stop
to fighting. Why the color
white was chosen is not known.
It is the emblem Of purity. and
there may have been some
connection with the white
sariite which covered the Holy
Grail from the eyes Of ull-
believers.
Evening star., 1955-06-28
Gain at San francisco

In addition to offering many oppor-
tunities for useful behind the scenes dip
lomatic contacts and conversations, last
weeks San Francisco meeting OF the
United Nations has had the good effect
of reminding peoples everywhere of the
world organizations vital peace-promot-
ing role. OF course, because of its very
nature as commemorative event, the
meeting has not resulted in any concrete
or tangible results, but it none the less
has made promising contribution to
the effort to utilize the U. N. as an in
strument that can do much to abate and
end the cold war.
Thus, as summed up by its chairman
DIR. Eelco N. van Kleffens of the Meth
erlands-the San Francisco gathering
has been significant chiefly because of
the fact that the go participating coun-
tries have reaffirmed their desire to "live
together in peace and amity" and make
the most of the U. N. Charter to "save
succeeding generations from the Scourge
of war" True enough, this pledge can
have real meaning only If 1t is honored,
and unhappily-as the Communist rec
ord shows-it constantly has been vio-
lated during the past decade. Even so,
however, there is now some reason to
hope that the realities of the atomic
hydrogen age are slowly but surely be-
ginning to persuade the Kremlin and its
followers that the time has come for
genuine international cooperation If the
world as whole-including nations like
Russia and Red China-is to be kept
from drifting into an all-engulf1ng catas-
trophe.
To that extent, therefore-to the
extent that it has joined the Soviet
Union with every other member country
in firm acknowledgment of the un-
precedented dangers of modern war and
in All emphatic restatement of the urgent
need to establish a decent and enduring
peace under the U. N-the San Fran
cisco get-together unquestionably has
rendered valuable service to mankind.
Since there is no easy or precise way of
measuring that service, and since it
seems to have involved merely a lot of
speeches, cynics may scoff at it, but
sound evaluation Of 1t has been given
by Belgium's Paul-Henri Spaak in his
remarks to the closing session of the
six-day meeting. AS he has put it, "The
lesson of this week can be defined as
message Of optimism-a moderate and
cautious one. !. We can tell the world
it can be modestly confident. =. What
have we gained here? :. We have laid
down an atmosphere in which it is pos
sible to talk without hurting insults at
one another. We have launched the
world on proper course, and the future
is certainly more rosy than it was a
week ago."
Perhaps Mr.. Spaak has overstated
the case, but If outward signs mean any
thing, If wishfulness has not colored the
reports of most observers at San Fran
cisco, then there is solid ground for the
feeling that the U. N. has ended its first
decade and begun its second in gen.
orally improved international climate.
There will be a further test Of this
climate at next months Big Four SUM
nit" meeting, and If all goes reasonably
well there-as everyone must hope-the
world should at last begin to see some
progress made toward the kind of peace
it yearns for.
Evening star., 1955-06-28
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Wet Union. by signature Of Mr..
Molotov, affirmed that "the
enforcement Of the present
pact may in no way impair the
sovereign rights Of the con-
tracing parties or, more espe-
cially. their economic system
or political structure.
What happened to these and
other promises by Mr.. Molo-
Evening star., 1955-07-25
|KeeneIand Sale
Begins Today

LEXINGTON. KY, July rs A1
"A full brother to Dark Star
who beat Native Dancer in the
1858 Kentucky Derby. will bt
sold this afternoon as the Keene.
land summer sales of 1853 thor
oughbred yearlings open. The
colt. was consigned by Warner L
Jones, jr.
A half-sister to Count Turf,
1881 Kentucky Derby winner,
has been consigned to the after
noon session by DR.. and Mrs.
Frank Porter Miller of River
side. Calf.
Largest consignment of the
afternoon-15 yearlings-is from
the estate of Samuel D. Riddle.
Spendthrift Farm has the largest
consignment of the evening ses-
sion with 81 yearlings.
Leslie Combs II of Spendthrift
has one of the evenings top pros
poets in a half-brother to Myrtle
Charm, by the imported Alibhai.
Another sought-after yearling
in the session will be a filly by
Alibhai out of the Man o. War
mare, Army Colors, consigned by
Mrs. Parker B. Poe's Shawnee
Farm at Harrodsburg.
Two more sales sessions will be
held tomorrow, with a final auc-
ton Wednesday. Sales officials
predict prices comparable to last
years record average of $9,940.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
Langley Reduces
|Morgon's Lead in
Marlboro Rucino

Elmo Langley and Bill Morgan
are making a career Of staging
personal duels at Marlboro Motor
Raceway, much to the delight
of the Sunday crowds at the
one-third mile oval.
Morgan still is the tracks lead
ing driver, but Langley has won
his share of features at Marlboro
and yesterday cut Morgan's point
lead by beating him by half a
car length in the 25-lap Joseph
r. Chaney Memorial Trophy
Race.
Also, Langley and Morgan ran
Ia dead heat in the third l0-lar
qualif1er.
Accidents caused two restarts
in the feature yesterday Buddy
Sealock and Irving Sheppard
came together in the second lar
and Mack Hanbury rolled his cal
on the 18th.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
FIRST FROM SMALL COLLEGE
Cliff Bottles EIoted
At Hall of Fame Choice

and short stint as head coach
Iof the Brooklyn team in the ALI
America Conference, Cliff left
football for the business world.
He is the Washington repre-
sentative for two Detroit firms
and lives at 3518 P street NV,
with his wife, the newly ap-
pointed fashion director at
Woodward q Lothrop.
Five coaches also were named
to the Hall Of Fame. They are
Wallace Wade, Vanderbilt. Ala
bama and Duke; Matty Bell,
Haskell Institute, Carroll Col
lege, Southern Methodist, Texas
Christian and Texas AdsM;
Bernie Bierman, Tulane and
Minnesota: E. N. Robinson, who
coached at Brown University %
years, and George E. Little, Ohio
State, Cincinnati, Miami of
Ohio. Michigan and Wisconsin.
Other players named were:
Paul Des Jardien. University
OF Chicago, center. (1913-14)
A. R. (Buck) Flowers, Georgia
Tech halfback, (1918-20). Bobby
Grayson. Stanford fullback,
(1933:35). John Reed Kilpat-
rick, Yale end. 1908-10). Leroy
Mercer, Pennsylvania fullback,
d910-12). Elmer Oliphant, Army
h alfback, u916-1S). Dave
Schreiner, Wisconsin end, d940-
42). Harry Smith. Southern Cal
ifornia guard, (1937-39).
Evening star., 1955-07-25

ting earlier in the season. has
hoisted his average to .286 anc
has been moved up to the clean
up spot.
That's where I like to bat
Dropo says. Il haven't beer
doing anything different. I'm
just meeting the mail and every.
thing up there looks big. I've
been getting a lot of hits to right
because they're pitching me out
side to keep me from putting the
ball into the seats"
Dropo leads the White Sox in
home runs with IS and has sc
runs batted in. Only Kell has
more runs batted in on the team
with SO.
Kell, currently hitting .3l1
hopes to keep his average around
the 300 mark. Last year he
dropped to .276, the first time he
has hit under 800 since 1946.
I feel real good" says Kell
who was hampered last year with
bad knee. I'm having a fine
year and all I really need is four.
for-four one of these days. The
game is strictly timing and CO.
ordination and my timing ha:
been good. If I hadn't had a bac
start this spring. think I'd reall,
be up there now. But I'm moi
complaining"
Neither is Marion, who hope.
both Kell and Dropo keep it up.
Evening star., 1955-07-25

Lyons, who came to the White
Sox right off the campus of
Baylor University, won 260 games
for a club that never finished
higher than third. Vance, who
gained his fame with the Dodg-
ers, won his first major league
game at 20 and led the National
League seven straight years
Q922-28) in strikeouts. Vance
won 100 games for the Dodgers
and seven more for the Card
IinalS.
Hartnett caught 100 or more
games in II years for the Chica-
go Cubs from 1922 to 1910.
Baker, the third baseman of the
old Athletics famed "$10O, 900
infield," led the American
League in home runs three times
and tied for the lead once some
40 years ago.
:. Schalk holds the record for
most years 90 as the leading
catcher in fielding percentage
He caught II years for the White
Sox and is the only man to
catch four no-run. no-hit games
Evening star., 1955-07-25
Bondoges on ForeIegs Blamed
For Determines Lumeness

INGLEWOOD, Calf, July Is
R).-An explanation of Deter
mines dismal performance Sat-
urday was given today as Holly
wood Park prepared to wind up
another successful meeting.
The 1854 Kentucky Derby
winner finished dead last in the
$l10,500 Sunset Handicap after
putting up a courageous effort.
Owner Andy Crevolin and Train
er Willie Molter said he went
lame from the bandages on his
forelegS
1T was a long race, and the
bandageS got hot and started
rubbing him." Crevolin said.
Though the friction-caused
lameness was only temporary,
Crevolin said he plans a rest
for Determine. The Sunset was
the plucky 4-year-old's 44th
trip to the post and his sixth
at Hollywood Park since May
2l. He has won $573,360 for
Crevolin.
Today's closing-day program
features the $4,000 Los Angeles
Handicap,
Allflrled G Vanderbilt's So
cial Outcast won the Sunset and
avenged his loss the week before
in the 100000 net Hollywood
Evening star., 1955-07-25
KeIl and Dropo Keeping
White Sox in Contention

CHICAGO, July 25 (P).-
George Kell and Walt Dropo
who once switched uniforms in
the same player deal, have
White Sox fans buzzing about
a pennant.
The mere mention of the two
who have been instrumental in
Chicago's surge to second place
one game behind the Yankees
brings a quick smile to the face
Of Manager Marty Marion.
Not too long ago, both Kell
and Dropo were questionable
starters with batting averages
In the low zoos.
"Those two," Marion says
"have been so per cent of our
offense. We always expected
Kell to come through, but Walt
had us worried.
All he needed was a little
confidence. One day he went
up there and got a couple Of
hits and he's. been going like
that ever SINCE" Marion said.
Kell came to the White Sos
from Boston last year for Grady
Hatton and an estimated $780,.
600. Dropo was acquired from
Detroit in a f1ve-player deal last
winter.
Kell went to Boston and Dropc
to Detroit in 1852 in a deaI
which involved six other players
Dropo, benched for weak hit,