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Evening star., 1955-05-29
EIectronics on the Links

Golf is probably here to stay, but one
of its built-in hazards seems about to
expire. 1t is the expensive-in both dol
lars and strokes-problem of the lost ball.
For an electronic golf ball. equipped to
give off radio frequency signals that can
be picked up on a pocket receiver, has
been produced Off the tee-and off the
fairway-the ball practically says Here
I am" when the duffer who can't cure his
hook or his slice rotates his radio re-
ceiver like navigational direction finder.
tiny transmitter with miniature bat
teries for power, all housed in the ball,
gives off the, signal
Obviously there are even greater pos
sible uses of this idea. And one of the
first to suggest itself is whether some
of the "golf widows" wouldn't be in
terested in equipping hubby with pocket
transmitter-while she works the direc-
ton finder at home.
Evening star., 1955-05-29
More Water for All

Letting of a contract for a dam at
Little Falls, above the Dalecarlia water
plant, marks the beginning of long
planned project to insure more adequate
water supply for Washington. The growth
of the city and its suburbs has put strains
on the present system that have been of
concern to officials-especially in times of
hot weather and drought. Additional ia
cilities for collecting water from the
Potomac River have been needed for many
years.
The main source of supply now is at
Great Falls, from which point large con-
duits carry the water to Dalecarlia for
purif1cation and distribution. Impairment
of these conduitS through accident or sab
otage obviously could have serious conse-
quenceS. The new dam is designed to
increase the supply from the river by $50
million gallons daily. conduit nearly
mile long and new pumping station will
keep the water pouring into Dalecarlia.
With Arlington increasing its distri-
button system across the river and with
Fairfax County considering plan to hook
up with the District facilities, the impor-
tance of a greater water supply at Dale
carlia is growing apace. There never has
been any question as to the availability of
water in the river for all of Washington's
foreseeable requirements. The only prob
lem has been in the collection, purification
and distribution fields. The proposed dam
and pumping station will help to solve this
problem for years to come.
Evening star., 1955-05-29
Get on With the Job

Britain and the free world have reason
to be pleased with the election results in
the United Kingdom. Sir Anthony Eden
and the Conservative Party have retained
control by convincing margin, now indi-
Gated at SO seats in the next House of
Commons. To quote Mr.. Eden, it is die
tate from the electorate to get on with
the job"-and it is in the definition of the
job that there is reason for satisfaction
with the verdict of the voters.
For Britain, for example, it means
continuance Of policies that have brought
the country to point where-to para
phrase Conservative campaign clain-it
is producing more, earning more and eat
ing more than ever before in it's history.
It is, in fact, period of high prosperity
in Britain, and the Conservative govern
ment that has been in power since 1851
is entitled to claim great credit for this
state of affairs. It is true, however, and
perhaps the triumphant party should re-
member this, that this same Conservative
government during this past four years
has embraced many of the social reforms
and experiments of its predecessor Labor
regime. During approximately decade
these have become firmly established in
the British way of life. An attempt now,
by any die-hard Tory group, to turn the
clock back to the point of abandoning
these postwar social gains could mean
disastrous reversal of political popularity.
This seems only minor threat, how
ever, when one looks at the top command
of the winning party. Mr.. Eden, Chancel-
lor of Exchequer Butler and Foreign
Minister Macmillan, relatively youthful in
Britains politics, make up a formidable
team. There are other promising young
men close behind them and the prospects
of throwback to prewar Tory philoso-
phies are relatively slight.
BY contrast to this healthy state of the
Conservative Party, the Laborites have
reason for deep concern over the state of
their political health. Former Premier
Clement Attlee, man of competence, in
tegrity and political moderation, has failed
in recent years to reconcile divergent ele-
ments in his own party and to provide the
dramatic leadership needed to restore it
to countrywide popularity. Labor today
will need to rebuild its own house before
it can hope to mount formidable chal-
lenge to Conservative supremacy. In short,
a showdown looms between the extremist
Labor faction led by Aneurin Bevan and
the moderateS, whose leadership may have
to pass to some younger figure such as
Hugh GaitSkell or Hartley ShawcrosS.
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Length and Strength
BY REV. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Minister. Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain United States Senate

blighting belief that has
seeped in, that the future is
not with churches but with
laboratories, not with proph-
cts but with scientists, not
with piety but with efficiency.
From the cornucopia of
modern inventions have
poured magic things making
for comfort and convenience,
for which we are glad. But
the trouble is that comfort
frequently is mistaken for
civilization. Without proper
props the great weight of mere
things breaks down life itself.
1t is that danger to which
Edna st. Vincent Millay
pointed with alarm as she saw
the tremendous energy of this
dynamic day constantly pull
ing the straining ropes out to
wider expanSes. Strengthen
the stakes, she is warning in
her lines:
Above the World is stretched
the sky,
No higher than the soul is
high:
And he whose soul is fiat, the
sky
Will caue in on him bye and
bye.
The sky Of idealism is caving
in on multitudes caught with
collapsing stakes in the moral
sag Of today. With all the
magic that surrounds us, we
live in world in which to be
clever is counted a higher
achievement than to be clean,
and to sell shoddy goods or
shady propositions more essen
tial than to tell the truth.
=
The trouble is that today we
are reaping the bitter harvest
of a vicious environment whose
chief objective is to make life
easier, instead of stronger.
What would you say is the
most important thing to broad
cast from the housetops in the
midst Of this complicated
world?" was the question asked
one of the keenest minds of
this generation. Here is his
answer: Emphasis upon ex-
panSion must be matched by
renewed emphasis upon those
spiritual forces which stabilize
and fortify men, confirm them
in self-control. build moral
foundations under them, give
tenacity to meet tension and
stea dfastness to meet
strength" There it is! It is
that or chaos and collapse.
The recipe of salvation from
destruction is: Spiritual
strength to sustain material
length.
Evening star., 1955-05-29
THE GAME OF POLITICS
Democratic Leaders Favor Stevenson
BY FRANK R. KENT

Every time there is another
indication Of President Eisen-
hower's strength among the
people (which is quite often)
the disposition among the
more astute Democratic poll
ticlans is to shove Adlai Ste
venson to the front again as
their party's nominee. Only
those who do not fully under
stand the situation regard
this as a tribute to Mr.. Ste
venSon.
On the contrary, 1t is pri-
vately explained by realistic
political observers in two sue
cinct sentences - first, they
say, his increased popularity
makes it more inevitable that
the President will run again;
second, if he does run again.
he is sure to be reelected.
Nearly all Republicans and a
great many Democrats believe
that. Under such circum-
stances it is not surprising
there should be a tendency to
think it better to let Adlai
take another beating. Then,
in 1860, both Mr.. Eisenhower
and Mr.. Stevenson automati-
cally would be eliminated and
there would be more room and
a better chance for other as
pirants. That is the way the
argument goes.
Hoping for a BIunder
This, as can be imagined, is
not entirely a satisfactory
situation for Mr.. Stevenson to
occupy but there seems no
way out for him. OF course,
there always remains the
chance that Mr.. Eisenhower
will refuse to accept renomi-
nation. though he does not
seem that kind Of a man. And,
of course, there always is the
hope that he will commit some
blunder that will destroy his
popularity or that for some
reason or other the people will
turn against him and to the
good Adlai. At this time there
are no signs of either of these
things happening. Right now
Mr.. Stevenson has behind him
exactly the same groups he
had in 1852. The chief of
these, of course, are the left
wing Democrats of the New
ana Fair Deals plus the bosses
of organized labor.
So far as the latter are con-
cerned, they are more pow
erful in the management of
the Democratic party than
any other-and have been for
quite a few years. They are
for Mr.. Stevenson now just
as they we're four years ago
when they forced that gentle
man to shift his original po-
position on the Taft-Hartley
Act to their absurd position
that it is a slave labor law"
and should be repealed. Once
he topped on this issue, Mr..
Stevenson proclaimed himself
their man. They. gave him
everything they had in his
campaign-and are prepared
to do so again. That, however,
turned out to be not nearly
enough in 1852. It is still a
Evening star., 1955-05-29
Grows Up

The Wheaton Chamber of
Commerce wishes to express
its appreciation for the page
layout on this area that ap-
peared in the Sunday. May 8,
issue of your paper.
Your reporter. George Flynn,
seems to have caught in his
story the fantastic growth of
Wheaton. both commercially
and residentially.
In the December, l947, files
OF your paper is a story that
states that Wheaton now has
5000 residents but hopes some
day to reach 10000" It is
estimated that nearly this
number of families now reside
IN the primary Wheaton area
and more than 10000 persons
in the secondary Wheaton
area. This would tend to
prove that some day" came
sooner than many of us ex-
pected or dared hope at that
time.
We also should like to ex-
press appreciation for the ex-
tended suburban news cover
age that The Star now is CIV
ing its readers, and we feel
that the residents of this area
are responding to this latest
effort of that grand old ;nsti-
tuition, The Washington Star.
Victor A. Leisner,
President, Wheaton Cham
Der Of Commerce.
Evening star., 1955-05-29
Attractive PROPOSAL

While the sudden withdrawal of a
Norfolk builder from the Area B redevelop-
ment plan in Southwest Washington was
setback it is becoming clear that the pro-
gram will survive the blow. In fact, there
are indications that this pioneer slum-
clearance and rebuilding project will go
forward with renewed vigor under different
auspices.
The interest which other investors are
showing in the big undertaking is encour-
aging to the Commissioners, the Redevel-
opment Land Agency, the National Capital
Planning Commission and others con-
cerned with making it a success. The with
drawal of the original contractor opened
the way for other builders and promoters
to present proposals for doing the job. One
of the more attractive of the propositions
is that of New York group which has
been associated with Webb g. Knapp in
various large enterprises. Such rela-
tionship between developers of Area B
and sponsors of the adjacent Zeckendorf
project would make for effective teamwork
in the overall rehabilitation of the
Southwest.
From published reports, the general
proposal of the Scheuer-Stevens syndicate
would work out more favorably for the
District than the Inflated first agreement.
Apparently all the conditions of the earlier
plan would be met, with prospects of
larger land-rent proceeds as an added in
ducement. The business reputation of the
key figures in the new deal is such as to
encourage belief that their offer has sub
stantial backing. Of course, in view Of
collapse of the first agreement, the rede-
velopment authorities wisely refused to
commit themselves to the new proposal
without thorough study. Other contrac-
tors have shown interest in Area B. A
final decision cannot we'll be made until
the relative merits of all offers have been
weighed.
Evening star., 1955-05-29

controversial question as to
whether Mr.. Eisenhower did
not gain more than he lost by
the solidity and violence Of
his organized labor opposition.
At any rate, these CIO and
AFL labor bosses, who are
dominant in Democratic man
agement and extremely infiu-
ential in the left-wing Ameri-
cans for Democratic Action,
constitute Mr.. Stevenson's big
gest political asset now just
as they did in 1852. They. and
their creature Senators, form
the most virulent and con-
sistent anti-EiSenhower group
in the country. They have
denounced without restraint
both his foreign and domeS-
tic policies. Nor' have they
hesitated to assail the Presi-
dent personally. Nevertheless,
this line the professional DEM
ocratic politicians, generally
speaking. have not followed
though they were glad to see
the attempt at personal dis
paragement made, disappoint-
ed it was SO Intellectual. So
long as this situation exists
it is easy to understand why
most of the other Democratic
aspirants for the presidential
nomination say, Let Adlal
have it." 1t looks now as II ne
will get it, without much Of
struggle.
Democratic Attacks Reviewed
None of this means that the
Democratic leaders in Con-
gress, who see no percentage in
attacking Mr.. Eisenhower per-
sonally, are not doing all they
know how to damage his ad-
ministration generally. For
two and a half years they have
been concentrating on members
of his cabinet to find a goat.
or to develop an issue that
would put him on the defensive.
For while they thought they
had one in the Dixon-Yates
contract, but that went sour
on them and has been dropped.
For a while they centered on
Secretary of Defense Wilson as
a target but they were never
able to indict him as made
quate or unfit for his job. Fol-
lowing this. there were con-
centrated Journalistic efforts to
indict Attorney General Brow
nell, Secretary of Agriculture
Benson, Secretary of the Treas
ury Humphrey, Secretary Of
Labor Mitchell and Secretary
of Health and Welfare Hobby.
Finally. there was a combined
attempt to hold up Secretary of
State Dulles as an inept, I'M
wise and bewildered official who
had entirely lost his usefulness.
Mr.. Dulles return from his last
trip abroad and his report to
the people and the President
concerning the state of affairs
in both Europe and Asia not
only completely answered these
charges but has considerably
enhanced Mr.. Dulles reputa-
tion at home and abroad. All
of which has promoted the
Democratic feeling to Let
Adlai have it,"
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SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT

The final problem Of life has
to do with length and strength.
Collapse is sure in any realm
if extension goes on without
regard to intention and direc-
tion.
Long ago a wise prophet for
mulated a timelesS principle.
He enunciated a law which is
as valid for our speeding, jet
plane, skyscraper age as it was
for his nomadic tent-dwelling
day. That ancient law of the
tent is: When you lengthen
the cords. you must strengthen
the stakes. That is not just the
law of the tent. 1t is the law
of a cottage or a cathedral, a
city or a civilization. 1t warns
if you go on majoring in length
to the neglect of strength you
are heading for calamity and
catastrophe.
Trust in the external spread
of the tents of physical power,
greedy profits and exciting
pleasure, rather than in the
strengthened stakes of inner
integrity and discipline is
Americas direst peril. This is
the deliberate Judgment of a
startling number of leaders
whose pulpits are set up in COL
legeS, magazines, popular news ,
paper columns, and even in
chamber of commerce con-
claveS: yes, and in many mod
ern novels also, as, with bitter,
disillusioned pessimism and
haunting fear. there is de-
picted creaking canvas with
the supporting stakes bending
and breaking. It is apparent
that the chief woes of our tot
tering civilization grow out of
a pathetic. tragic trust in
length without strength, in
goods without good, in political
activities rather than in ethical
Sanctities.
1t has been suggested by a
keen student of our times
that the principal words in
today's vocabulary are words
OF action, such as aggressive,
progressive. dynamic, Wgor;
and that looking at the picture
of modernity, 1855 edition, no
one would be reminded of such
words as poise, balance, peace,
steadfastness, stability. Then
this significant and unrefu-
table statement is made: ANY
one who knows either biogra-
ply or history must see that
one of the primary tests of
character is the ability to in
crease stanchness as you ex-
tend strength"
Who can doubt that in our
Evening star., 1955-05-29
Mission Of the Automobile

Quoting Leslie's Weekly. The
Star of May 18. 1905, said:
mot the least part of the
motors newly recognized mis-
sion work is the paramount
share it is bound to take in
the back-to-the- Land move
ment. The tendency country
ward, the longing to escape
from city rush and crush, from
city smoke and city prices,
have been commented on a
thousand times. Yet it has not
been generally recognized that
the motor car will do more
than all other agencies to make
us again a nation of country
dwellers and country buyers.
At the bottom of the problem
is one of transportation. The
chief drawback to country life
has been the distance of coun-
try dwellers from the city and.
more important still, from one
another. The bicycle has done
something to overcome these
obstacles and, but for an alb
surd devotion to fashion. could
do more. The trolley car.
gradually cross-hatching the
whole country, is still more ef-
fective. But the chief annihi-
lator of distance must be the
automobile itself. With good
roads the rule, and not the ex-
ception, and with the auto
mobile increasingly reliable, the
rush to the country will be in
evitable. Rural society will
take on a different aspect.
DwellerS 10 or 20 miles away
from one another will be next
door neighbors. It is time that
counts, not space. The country
school. the country church. the
country post Office will all be
easy OF access. and all will
share in the quickening in
f1uence of the new blood"
Mysterious Prisoner
On May Is, 1905, The Star
reported: Mrs. Henrietta
Robinson, SO years old, who
was known as the veiled
murderess, died at the Mat
teawan State Hospital in New
burgh, N. Y, yesterday. She
was convicted of the murder
of Timothy Linagan and
Catharine Lubee in Troy in
1853. During the, trial she
wore heavy veil and said
that she would rather have
any verdict pronounced than
to remove it. At the close of
the trial she drew the veil for
an instant and, smiling to the
Jury, again drew it. She was
sentenced to be hanged on
June 10, 1853. Her sentence
was afterward commuted. She
was sent to the Auburn State
Hospital for the Insane in
1873 and later was transferred
TO Matteawan. When a few
days ago it was ascertained
she must die. the physicians
endeavored to have her reveal
her identity, which she had
hidden since her commitment.
She refused, saying that she
had Kept the secret for so
years and might as we'll let it
die with her. Only once In
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Rides Fellow Travellers

This is to praise and de-
fend the Capital Transit bus
drivers--a fine group of men.
Many uncomplimentary re-
marks have been made about
the Capital Transit Co., and
the brunt of the abuse is
heaped upon the bus driver
as proxy. I think of all peo-
pie serving the public in Wash
ington he is the most patient
and courteous. People take
him for granted so much they
often don't attempt to extend
to him the small courtesies
they expect from each other
as passengers.
Possibly the most aggravat-
ing act is to board the bus and
then start digging for the fare.
Next is the failure. after all
these years, to pass to the rear
of the bus without constant
prodding from the driver. l
surely don't relish waiting out
side for the digger" nor
clamberlng past the fat car
cases of those who linger mid
way in the bus for no apparent
reason. Next is the attitude of
a few individuals that they are
privileged to address the driver
in a surly manner.
One recent morning it was
extremely hot and sultry when
I boarded the bus. Seated OPP
posite and a couple of seats
back of the driver. it suddenly
dawned on me that he possibly
felt as uncomfortable but
would have to buck the traffic
Evening star., 1955-05-29
Opportunity in Pokistun

Another link in the close and mutually
valuable relationship between the United
States and Pakistan has been forged by
the agreement on guarantees for American
private investment in the South Asian
country
AS staunch political and military ally
Of the West, Pakistan needs and merits
capital development. The country has the
resources of population and of such ele-
ments as gas, minerals and agricultural
potential to make it strong and pros
porous member of the free world COM
munity. In its seven years of indepen-
dence-a short time in the life of nation
1T has made impressive strides toward
moving from purely agricultural
economy to a semi-industrialized one.
Power developments and manufacturing
facilities have been created where none
existed before. Transport and communica-
tions have been improved to substantial
degree.
:. The agreement now reached with our
own Government means, in the words of
our State Department, that we are pre-
pared to consider making guarantees to
any person of new investments for the
establishment, expansion, modernization
or development of enterprises" in Pakistan.
In return, Pakistan has pledged to permit
repatriation of capital and profits, to grant
special tax concessions and to allow &C
celerated depreciation allowances.
"We believe without reservation in
the free enterprise SYSTEM" Prime Minister
Ali has said. eve know that it is the un-
hampered interplay of economic forces
that has made the United States great and
prosperous. We believe that the best
method of industrialization is through
the investment of private venture capital"
These assurances, plus the guarantees
given in this agreement, make Pakistan
an inviting market for American invest
ment.
Evening star., 1955-05-29

inventive era characterized by
expansion and extension, the
ropes of material and scien-
tific advance have been enor-
mously let out? A century ago,
we are told, statesmen offered
to the average man only about
200 different articles. Today.
with all the Establishments of
modern Salesmanship and the
high-powered hucksters of
radio and televiSion, the
average man is urged to put
his money on the counter for
$4,000 things.
But what about the moral
and spiritual stakes to support
this vast, expansive canvas?
The frightening figures of
crime and youth delinquency
cry to high heaven that in our
expanding, gadget-fascinated
Evening star., 1955-05-29

day the upholding stakes have
been weakened, rather than
strengthened. Certainly, the
parental and community stakes
to an alarming degree have
been allowed to rot. Great
universities, once centered in
religion. have become largely
secularized. The present pres
ident of Harvard agrees with
Rufus Jones that the shrink
age of religion on the part Of
both professors and students
in institutions of higher learn
ing is tragic both for the cause
of education itself and for the
highest welfare of the Nation.
That great New England
nursery of culture and learn
ing at the present time is re-
vitalizing its Divinity School,
bringing for its strengthening
dedicated dollars and richly
endowed scholars and proph-
cts. All this is being done on
the assumption that the, fun
damentals of successful living
are rooted in the unseen and
the eternal. This reversal of
emphasis is a welcome and
heartening antidote for the