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SMALL OFFICE BLDG, near lower
Conn. ave.--LoW price. See It. b,
a. cAssATT. IA. 6-6234; eves..
IA. 6-5310. IS
ca COMMERCIAL PRoP., 1876 II.
front by lao IT, deep. delicatessen
with 0-rm. living quarters, at
tached one 6-rm. bungalow, LIQUOR
store and cleaning estAb., $36, 900.
1927 Baltimore blvd, College Park,
Nd. -7
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fastest growing commercial area
in Bethesda; $3.50 50. r.. Of
erpund. having .75-ft, frontage,
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other locations In Woodmont Tri-
angle having l00-ft. frontage. con-
which We viii built to suit TO :
responsible tenant. We also have
for rent Q new bldg. eontaining
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tanning rms, 2 layatortes; CEN
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etc. Call Mr.. Hall, ROBERT B.
HALL CO.. OIL. 2-3250.
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PENTHOUSE
ROOF GARDEN

with view OF Potomac, Capitol dome,
etc; near Arlington Towers Apis;
modern, z rooms and ga baths.
plus summer kitchen, plus terrace
apt. which rents for S110 per
month or can be used for recrea-
ton area: 500. 500. Call OWNER
ia 2-1bG6, ewes. and sun; Ma.
s-3120 Ext. 2066. day. -
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HOUSES TO BUILD

MODERN a-BEDRM. complete. S.
value line and luxury line. 4S
noor plans on YOUR lot Ju. b-6o66.
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NEAR NEW YORK AVE. and 18th st.
dustrial land. Ali public utilities
available. Price. 50 per So. II.
LOUIS r. SHOEMAKER. 1919 K
st INV. Ma. S.1166.
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SALE OR LEASE
Sic II ST. N.E.-Vacant: store with
2 rear rooms on first floor; 4-roon-
and-bath apt. on and floor: h.-W.h.
with oil. To inspect, call OWNER,
MA. 4-043S -
, 1955-10-22
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids in septuple will
be received at the Dept. Of
Insu1ar Affairs, Division of
Procurement & Supply, CHRIS
tiansted, ". 4, until 800 pm.
October 81, 1855, and then
publicly opened for CON
CRETE SEWER PIPES.
Copies Of Invitation to bid
may be obtained from the
Dept. Of Insular Affairs, Divi-
sion Of Procurement & Sup
ply, Christiansted, Virgin Is
lands, upon request.
Alphonso A. Romney
Procurement & Property
M
, 1955-10-22
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids in septuple will
be receivedat the Dept. of In
sular Affairs, Division Of Pro
tiansted, Virgin Islands, until
500 PM, October 81, 1855,
and then publicly opened for
the following items:
A VALVES FOR PO-.
TABLE WATER & SALT
WATER AND SEWER.
Copies Of Invitation TO bid
may be obtained from the
Dept. Of Insular Affairs, Divi-
sion Of Procurement & Sup
ply, Christiansted, Virgin Is
lands, upon request.
Alphonso Romney
Proc. & Proper ty Officer
, 1955-10-22

He IS survived BY his wife
and children, including Die
Ky, Billy, Bobby, Betty, Tom
my, and Theresa.
, 1955-10-22
s A ! U r B A X
at 500 & 800 IN.

TOURISM |
~velopment that, when com
pleted, will include tennis
badminton, a golf course and
driving range. Known as Es-
tate Carlton, the development
will also include guest cot
tages, a club with bar, card
room, dining room seating100,
and dance terrace. /!
The Virgin Islands surge to
the forefront as a year-round
playground stems from q be-
nign climate, matchless scenic
beauty, reasonable costs and
accessibility.
, 1955-10-22
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NEW
all that there had been moth
ing "old fashioned about the
past few celebrations.
There will be further infor-
nation on this years Christ
mas Festival both in the press
and over the radio, but it is
suggested that everyone in
terested start planning their
troupes and floats to make
this one a huge success,-as it
was three years ago Complete
island-wide teamwork and
interisland cooperation is re-
CURED and it can be done. It
was done before and can be
done again.
, 1955-10-22
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100 Open Bible Broadcast
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Evening star., 1955-06-24
Good Man Goes Down

It would be idle to deny that there
is loss to the West in the fall of Italy's
Premier Scelba, victim Of the multi
party system which is the curse of poll
tics in so many European countries. At
the same time, one should not exagger-
ate the international significance OF what
is essentially an internal italian political
crisis.
Premier Scelba's Christian Demo-
cratic Party held only 262 of 500 seats in
the Chamber of Deputies. Hence, he was
forced to rely on that frail reed-coali-
ton government. When the Republicans.
small party in the coalition, withdrew
their support in land-tenancy dispute,
the Scelba regime was clearly in trouble.
The end came when Rightist elements
in his own party turned on the Premier
and brought him down.
This does not mean that the Com
Evening star., 1955-06-24
Sudder and Wiser

What the hurly-burly OF Washington
political life can do to one unframed to
cope with It's stresses and strains is well
illustrated by the case of departing Army
Secretary Stevens. Mr.. Stevens had won
acclaim as businessman with an at
tractive personality and fine character.
These were attributes that were deemed
useful in such high Government oface
as Secretary of the Army. His lack Of
another attribute, political sagacity,
proved serious handicap, however. 1t
led him to become involved-and to in
volve the Army-in a knock-down- and
drag-out fight with Senator Mccarthy 1t
was not surprising that the political
novice did not show up we'll in such an
unequal battle. ....
Mr.. Stevens will leave Washington
toward the end of this month sadder
and wiser man. He will carry with him
the best wishes of his many friends, in
cluding the President. His successor,
Defense General Counsel WILDER M.
Brucker, a former Governor of Michigan,
knows the political game well enough to
realize that the Army should be kept out
of politics If possible. He should be able
to avoid such entanglements. At least
that will be the hope of those who did
not relish the unseemly spectacle that
held the center of the television stage so
long last year
Evening star., 1955-06-24

dress at Pennsylvania State
University, declared that mfr.
Eisenhower and the United
States Government now stand
ready to offer research reac-
tors to the people of the free
nations =" and mot merely
to furnish the recipient powers
with the nuclear fuel needed to
run such reactors, but also to
pay half the cost of building
them" He added that the
United States is also ready Ito
supply the 'know-how' for
building nuclear power produc-
ing reactors" >. and the Presi-
dent has appealed again to
the reluctant Kremlin to CO.
operate in his plan." with a
sublime faith that the Com
munists will use our gifts only
for peaceful purposes.
Mr.. Eisenhower would have
been more accurate had he de-
clared it to be his belief that
American taxpayers now
stand ready" to bestow such
benefactions upon foreign ma
tions, which is difficult to cred
it in view of the fact that they
have seen billions of their dol
lars wasted over the past 10
years in gifts to the rabidly
nationalistic free nations in
the futile effort Ito get inter-
national cooperation rolling"
They say that experience is
a great teacher. Apparently.
its lessons have been COM
pletely lost on Mr. Eisenhower.
Old Reacti0nary.
Evening star., 1955-06-24

munists will profit, except as they always
seem to find the fishing better in troubled
waters. President Gronchi has played
with the Leftist elements within the
Christian Democrats, but he certainly is
no Communist. Undoubtedly he will try
to find some other Christian Democrat
capable of organizing new government.
Italy will be able to do little more than
mark time while this search is going on.
But unless there is excessive delay In
finding a successor, there would appear
to be no reason for alarm in the ranks
of the Western alliance.
Evening star., 1955-06-24
Westminster Abbey

The singing of the minds, the
moons pale light
Haze fallen on your stone
year after year.
Your beauty, clearly etched
against the night,
Has spoken long to hearts
attuned to hear.
Where is the tongue that can
describe the poWer
That seems to breathe from
bullpdrks ages old?
The silence only, tn each mist
yelled totUer
Can tuhisper all the glory
time has told.
For you are trusted to entomb
the great
And keep GJiame their faith
spelled out in deeds.
Writers and priests and mar
tyrs lie In state,
LiueS UGlued less by them
than others needs.
"A poem cut tn stone" some.
one has said,
A refuge tor the liDing and
the dead.
Roberto Newton Toylor.
Evening star., 1955-06-24
Montqomery's Schools
I also attended a paren

I also attended a parent
teacher meeting in Montgom-
cry County but did not 60
along with the resolution op-
posing the proposed cut in the
school budget. Unfortunately,
Mr.. Reese's analysis Of the
budget did not appear in The
Star until the next evening.
Although I do not know Mr..
Reese and base my opinion
of him solely on his published
statement, feel that, at last,
we may have a county manager
who understands his job and
will try to the best of his abil-
ity. to run the county efficient
ly and economically. So. let's
give him an opportunity to be
heard and see what he can do.
There is not necessarily a
relation between exorbitant
taxes and good schools. Other
counties in the State have al
ways had as good or better
sci ools than Montgomery
County but much lower taxes.
Mr.. Reese says that he does
not mean to abolish kinder
gartens, stand in the way of
teacher promotions, or permit
double sessions. Any Of us who
have ever been involved in
building or maintaining a
home must realize that there
are many ways Of reducing
costs without interfering with
efficiency. It takes an expert
to understand the best means
Of handling the problem and
believe that our county man
ayers have been trained for
Evening star., 1955-06-24
Another Airport Hearing

There have been so many hearings
in the past on the need for a second
Washington airport that another one
might seem uncalled for. But the public
hearing planned by the Senate Commerce
Committee can serve very useful pur-
pose. It can bring to light the reasons
for the strange about-face which the
Federal Government has done with re-
spect to the National Airport problem.
And the hearing might help to get the
stalled airport program moving again IN
some encouraging direction.
Voluminous testimony on the ur-
gency of providing an auxiliary air
terminal to relieve hazardous congestion
at Gravelly Point already is on record at
the Capitol. In previous hearings high
officials of the Commerce Departments
Civil Aeronautics Administration have
told of dangerous air-traff1c conditions at
the present airport and have recon-
mended Federal construction OF another
terminal within a reasonable distance OF
the city. Congress, acting on this official
advice, authorized the Burke airport and
granted funds for the purchase OF
100000 worth of land for the project.
But opposition of landowners in the
vicinity and of Maryland friends of
Friendship Airport caused Congress to
withhold further money.
With the appointment of a presi-
Dental advisory committee to study and
report on the airport impasse, there
were hopes that some constructive solu-
ton would be Forthcoming either to
proceed with the Burke plan or to choose
another location in the Washington area.
But the advisory group Of Federal ofh-
cials came up with the surprising "solu-
ton" of passing the buck on a new air.
port to the residents Of the District and
the nearby Maryland and Virginia COM
munities. IF" there Is need for a new
airport, the committee said, and "if" the
local residents are interested in building
it, the Government would lend its CO.
operation in planning it. Financial aid,
however, would be restricted to the same
help given other communities wishing to
build airports. This was radical re-
versal of Federal policy that has never
been explained. Perhaps the Senate
committee will be able to throw light on
the mystery. And it is possible that the
hearing will reaff1rm the need for an
additional airport and revive Federal in
terest in the undertaking. AS matters
now stand, the project is at complete
standstill.
Evening star., 1955-06-24
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

column-we enjoy 1t every
night.
Sincerely. M. B.
"P. S.-Incidentally, we have
seven children and they love
the birds. trees. garden. etc.
It was because of them we
moved to the country, and
we've ever been grateful"
y Il y Il
Yes, suburban living is an
adventure-and a lesson.
Another lesson our good cor
respondent is going to learn is
that God made all creatures to
live together.
He didn't say the birds were
to inhabit one tract of land:
and the cats another: or that
white people should live in the
United States, and black people
in Africa.
This dispensation has been
going on for so long that mo-
body but a scientist knows
how long, and we always have
wondered If he really knows.
Gods little acre" was meant
for the peace and happiness Of
all creatures.
Yet 1t is q very common
thing for a very kindly per-
son. on moving into his own
little acre, to suddenly take
sides with the birds, let us
say.
Now, birds and cats have
been living side by side for
centuries.
We often have wondered how
such a person thinks the birds
he loves got here.
It is good to protect the
birds. but not at the expense
OF other creatures.
The main point is that 1t
simply isn't necessary.
The moral value of hating
something to help another is
questionable.
Children, as a rule, like cats.
In a cat-hating family they
may soon become cat haters,
but left to themselves, most Of
them prefer cats to dogs.
The propaganda against
cats is hard to down, but all
one has to do. to see its falla-
cy. is to look around, and see
all the birds. II cats were one
one-hundredth as bad as some
people say, there would be no
birds left by this time.
Life cannot be divided into
compartments.
Everybody who has ever
tried 1t, small or large, has
failed.
Fortunately, there is no need
to try.
The calm just before dusk
teaches a lesson we all need,
If the world is ever to get out
OF the welter Of hate, blood
and tears in which we now
live.
Evening star., 1955-06-24
Progressive County

The recent vote taken by
the Montgomery County Board
of Education on integration
shows US that the county is
not retarded and against
equal opportunity for all, but
rather an alert, progressive.
onward-moving county, inter-
ested in all its people. regard
less of race, creed, or color.
s. Peyton Manning.
Evening star., 1955-06-24
VISTAS.M SCIENCE
D., TunAAAc nEkInv
lNew KNOWLEDGE About the Camel
By THOMAS r. HENRY

definitely. the lack Of any
serious change In the blood
plasma, especially any thick
ening Of the blood. keeps
physiological processes rela-
lively normal.
The camel's thick fur Ia an.
other protective device. Un-
like that Of Arctic animals, the
fur is used to keep out heat,
not cold. Experiments showed
that a camel whose hair had
been clipped lost considerably
more water in hot weather
than before the clipping. This
effect already had been OBJ
served with soldiers In the
desert. They lost much less
water when clothed than when
relatively nude. Desert peoples
long have protected themselves
by relatively heavy clothing.
Little Need to Drink
In winter when vegetation is
plentiful, DR.. Schmidt-Nielsen
learned, the camel does not
need to drink at all and often
will go without a drink for
more than a month. Grazing
camels show no real need for
water even after two months,
their low requirements being
fully met by the vegetation. In
summer, however. they will re-
turn to the water wells at in
tervalS Of about four days. A
camel kept on a dry diet in the
hottest part Of the summer
went for seven days without
water and lost more than q
fourth Of its weight, but was
not in serious condition.
When a camel is kept on a
perfectly dry diet in cool Jan
uary weather, the study showed,
the average loss of weight,
chiefly from consumption of
body water, is less than one
per cent a day. In June, the
hottest part of the desert
summer. it rises to more than
two per cent. BY contrast, a
donkey loses three per cent a
day in January and almost
eight per cent in June. One
camel in the present study de-
creased from $50 to 458 pounds
after II days without water.
It then drank Is gallons in ten
minutes and the weight in
creased by almost 80 per cent.
The study was sponsored by
UNESCO, the U. MS scientific
organization, because a full
understanding of the camel
and its needs is of great i'm
portance to the economy Of
desert lands, now the scenes Of
some of the worlds major po-
litical problems.
Evening star., 1955-06-24
The Battle Must Go On

The warning from a spokesman for
the Interstate Commission on the Poto-
mac River Basin that the antipollution
battle long waged by the commission and
cooperating agencies is in danger of
being lost is disturbing, albeit not sur
prising to those in the fight. The COM
mission has no intention of giving up the
battle, however It has done a good Job
OF reducing river contamination in the
past. The fact that the task presents
continuing and new problems justifies
redoubling of commission and community
efforts.
L. M. Fisher, acting director of the
commission, told the Committee of 100
on the Federal City that as fast as clean
up measures are undertaken, additional
sources Of pollution appear. He blamed
this unhappy situation on the rapidly
growing population along both shores of
the river and inadequacy of facilities for
treating sewage and other wastes enter
ing the water. Furthermore, he deplored
the lack Of comprehensive water-sewer
plan for the Washington Metropolitan
Area deficiency which the Committee
of 100 will urge the affected communities
to remedy.
The commission has helped to arouse
public interest on both sides of the Poto-
mac to the hazards of dumping untreated
or insufaciently treated sewage into the
river Largely as result of its educa-
tional campaign, several Jurisdictions in
nearby Virginia have pooled resources to
build joint treatment plants. At best,
however, this has been a piecemeal ap-
proach. And even as the new plants are
being built, new subdivisions are being
opened and new sewage disposal problems
presented. The outlook, while discour-
aging, calls for increased public deter
mination to counter the new threats,
costly though the antipollution measures
will be.
Evening star., 1955-06-24

The camel has q unique
ability to conserve water. This
is the result Of q half dozen
extraordinary properties shared
by no other animal. accord
ing to the findings Of DR..
Knut Schmidt Nielsen, pro-
fessor of zoology at Duke Uni
yersity, who carried out re-
searches under the auspices OF
the United Nations in the CEN
trail Sahara where the tenn
perature often rises to ITO F.
Contrary to popular belief.
the scientist has reported, the
ship Of the desert" has no
special equipment for storing
water, such as an extra stom-
ach used as q storage tank.
But 1t conserves every drop
in its body tissues.
Most animals use large
quantities Of water in hot
weather to keep the body tenn
perature close to normal. They
keep themselves cool by evap-
Grating water from their skin
by sweating and from the
tongue and respiratory tract
by painting. The camel never
pants, never breathes with its
mouth open, and perspires so
little that the skin always feels
completely dry. DR.. Schmidt
Nielsen found. however, that
there is a dense pattern Of
sweat glands widely distributed
over the body. These come
into play, however. only when
the temperature reaches a
danger point and then they
secrete no more water than
is absolutely necessary.
Temperature Rise Harmless
Since the camel does not
cool itself by respiration, 1t fol-
lows that the body temperature
must rise above normal in
hot weather. But, the study
showed, an increase OF as
much as 10 degrees above the
normal SO appears to have no
i'll effects.
When the camel does lose
water under prolonged heat
and when it's body tempera-
ture is we'll above normal, it
does not lose water from the
blood stream. Under the most
strenuous conditions Of dehy-
dration the concentration in
the blood plasma remains close
to normal. This probably is
the major factor in the crea-
ture'S survival. Instead the
water for digestion and evap-
Grafton comes from the spaces
between its muscle cells and
from the cells themselves.
While this cannot continue in
Evening star., 1955-06-24
SILVER SPRING, MD

Dear Sir: IS.
'I feel sorry for city folks.
Yesterday we went out in the
back yard to pick some future
pies of of our Montmorency
cherry tree and had to fight
our way through a bird air
lift.
"They were carrying of our
cherries as fast as they could
peck, pull and fly. While UP
in the tree a scarlet tanager
landed a foot from my nose; I
was so entranced by his beauty,
I stood and admired him as he
ate.
"Then came a Baltimore
oriole-another lovely one, and
flew up in our oak next to the
house. Then, for the first
time, I saw his nest, and his
less brilliant wife.
I'm one hour, Mr.. r, so help
me. we were visited by
thrushes, red-headed wood
peckers, catbirds, a mocking-
bird, a fiycatcher and many
we didn't know. We got a
book from the library and
identified them.
II &sA
We believe that our one
acre is full of birds because
we have no cats-and we don't
like cats-not after one killed
three Of our robins.
We've planted mulberry,
blackberries, dogwood and
other things they love. give
them plenty Of water and leave
a good six feet of bramble
cover all around the place.
Believe 1t or not, If a cat
strays in, I can tell the stac-
cato call for help Of our wrens,
or the sharp chip of the cardi-
nails living in the brambles.
II rush out with a BIB gun
and get rid of the beast, and
the birds pay no attention to
me or the BIB. They're smart
and know a friend, we've
found.
"They all come around us
and eat, bathe and sing. Our
favorite time is just before
dusk when the air Is still.
Then our birds burst into q
last hymn for the dying day.
Short minutes later the songs
fade to sleepy murmurs and
all Is quiet. When darkness
falls, the whip-poor-will can
be heard. and another bird who
sounds something like a
phoebe.
"The wife and I are city
folks and haven't been in the
country too long-about four
years. But we pity city folks
because every day in the coun-
try is an adventure-and q
lesson.
BEST to you and your
Evening star., 1955-06-24

celebrated statue, the Winged
Victory Of Samothrace. Has
this hand been attached to the
statue In the Louvre?--K. s. v.
A. There is q plan to join
the hand to the statue. In
return the French gallery will
send back to Samothrace an
ancient marble frieze which
originally came from there.
The superb Winged Victory
was discovered on the Greek
island Of Samothrace in 1853.
shattered into more than 800
pieces. What Ia asserted to
be the right hand was found
by an archaeological expedi-
ton Of New York University
In 1850.