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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
Democratic Moneuvering

Political uncertainties arising out Of
President Eisenhower's illness are CROP
ping up in the Democratic ranks as well
as In the Republican. For the probability
that Mr.. Eisenhower will not again be q
candidate places new and much greater
value on the Democratic presidential
nomination.
At this point, the Democratic spot
light Is directed primarily at Adlai Ste
venson and Averell Hartman, with Sem
ator Kefauver prominently IN the picture
and number OF dark horses" standing
close by. Mr.. Stevenson, defeated In 1852,
although polling the largest popular vote
of any losing candidate In history, has
promised statement next month on his
availability. The very fact that he was
his party's most recent standard bearer
contributes to his chances for the next
nomination. he wants 1t. But the facts
that he was losing candidate and that
he holds no public Office today are among
the circumstances weighing against him,
at least in certain quarters within his own
party In addition, If Mr.. Stevenson de-
cides he would like to run again, he must
make a collateral decision on whether he
will enter some of the State primaries.
One of the criticisms Of Mr.. Stevenson
within his party has been that he has
not been bold enough and tough enough
to satisfy the give -em-hell' faction. II
he evades the primaries next year, this
criticism undoubtedly will be repeated.
If he enters the primaries, however, he
probably will be facing Senator Kefauver
who proved himself a strong vote-getter
In this phase Of political scrimmaging.
And If Mr.. Stevenson should lose an inn
portant primary test to Mr.. Kefauver 1t
would be clearly harmful to the formers
cause.
Governor Hartman, meanwhile, Is
facing a somewhat easier situation. He
has declared himself mot candidate"
sand "for" Mr.. Stevenson. At the same
time, he has proved himself able to win
an important election and he can 60 to
the Democratic convention as head of
New York's big delegation. Furthermore,
during the past week end he has declared
himself not morally bound" to support
Mr.. Stevenson In convention fight. He
has said, also, that he could not take
time on" to enter any State primaries
thereby eliminating the risk Of losing a
test to either Mr.. Stevenson or Senator
Kefauver. BY sitting tight, In other words,
Mr. Hartman remains available. while his
political hackers prepare to capitalize on
any setbacks suffered by the other pro-
spective candidates.
Former President Truman, still a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
Visitor Discovery

On . visit 10 the District Of
Columbia. ! was surprised and
saddened TO discover that Coz
lumbus Day, October IL, APP
parently Is not deemed worthy
Of observance as o legal or
ceremonial holiday.
When one reflects that
Armistice Day IL commence
rated. one wonders why an
event Of so vast importance to
all Americans such as the dis
coyery OF America should be
overlooked. Armistice Day, in
the opinion Of some. was but
the breathing space or fore
runner to World War II with
its myriad evils Of general Inn
poverishlment. The day Of dis
covery Of the New World by
Columbus, on that suspicious
morning Of October IL. 1892,
was manifestly the herald Of
incaiculable good to uncounted
millions. Nelson Charles.
jackson, Mich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
The Tronsit Proposals

It Is encouraging that six proposals,
even though they seem to be on the ten
tative side, have been received from
Would-be operators Of q mass transpor-
tation system in Washington.
Some time must elapse before it will
be known whether any really Arm offer
has been made. The first order Of BUSH
ness win be study OF the proposals by
the star Of the Public Utilities Commits
sion. Presumably this win be something
ofa weeding-out process. Then the p. u. G..
VIII meet individually with the applicants,
or at least with those among them who
have something substantial to propose.
Public hearings may be set down for q
later date, and the variation in views
among the applicants would seem to
make such hearings desirable. The end
result, assuming that suitable proposal
is received, viii be the issuance by the
P. U. c. of a permit authorizing the appli-
cant to operate transit system in Wash
ington beginning next August Is.
Even at that stage, however, this
community win not be out Of the woods.
For the successful applicant still win be
faced with the problem Of acquiring the
necessary physical equipment. And unless
he buys out Capital Transit, it Is not
likely that he win be able to pick up the
needed buses in asfew weeks or months.
But he must be prepared to start oper-
ating on August is.
Another hurdle concerns new fran
chise, which must be granted by Congress.
The District Commissioners and the P. U.
G. are pledged to recommend that Com
greSS grant an appropriate legislative
franchise" But the local authorities,
while they could authorize some Of the
concessions which new transit operator
probably viii demand, cannot bind Con-
gress with respect to such things as tx
reduction and removal Of streetcar tracks.
It is worth noting that at least one apple
can't is opposed to knocking of all street,
cars all at once.
These things lie In the future, how
ever. The first step Is to dig into the
proposals which have been submitted and
and out whether any Of them is really
worth serious consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
Summary

The AUTUMN u pinter and
Summer and spring,
The sum OF the seasons In
s'' one;
Its plenteous haruests and
lGUishness sing
OF cold, and the ,cdrmth OF
the sun.
The autumn has something OF
spring In Its mood,
A spring that has gropn
from the seed,
With bouatles Il promised spow
fully accrued,
A spring that Is adult,
indeed.
The autumn has summer dij-
fused IN It's form;
Its hGfpests are summers
beQuest.
And tDinter. despite its oc-
cGsiotal storm,
Is part OF this pattern OF
rest.
IN summary autumn Is some-
thing OF each.
Extending to all In the
breadth of It's reach.
Florence Pediso Jonsson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11

Not q great instrument, ex-
cept IN the hands Of q super
expert. But one that enabled
Jones, ct o certain period
In his life. TO sample the great
operas and even the gym
phonies, TO say nothing Of light
opera and popular music. s
- AH III
To achieve rhythm Is some
thing IN itself.
Not silly rhythm. but Q good
sense Of balance. which IL what
rhythm really IL.
Life b q sort Of balanced
rhythm.
Every living and now even
inanimate thing, we are told,
has its own rate Of pulsation..
This IL invisible. OF course,
but has been believed for CEN
turtles. From such belief came
the idea that the very stars
sing together.
Walking, In essence, must be
rhymthical. to be good walk
ing. It need not be fast walk
ing, but must be regular, with
q sense Of balance and pulse.
Some walkers and mixers
achieve 1t by whistling as they
so along. Others. merely by q
keen sense Of rhythm. They
really waltz, or march, as they
walk.
The Templeton Jones single
push method results In q
pulsating sort Of walk, just as
taking In short breaths on the
same foot does. The latter
has been called "vitalic breath +.
ing" A very popular book Of
q quarter Of a century ago was
20 named.
All special types Of walking
run one danger. II kept up
too long, they tend to make
some persons nervous. This
may be overcome by stopping.
the moment tension is felt,
and reverting to q more reg
ular plodding type OF every
day pedestrianism.
It is the same with breath
ing. Many an enthusiast who
takes up the Yogi type Of
breathing finds that it hurts
more than it helps, by Great
ing a nervous feeling Of simple
apprehension. .
Both walking and breathing
are such natural things that
most people so through life
without thinking about them
at all. Perhaps they are for
tunate. Others, being thinkers
by nature. ind that q little
Thought. now and then, given
to such things. helps make life
more interesting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
HitIer's End

Heinz Linge, chief valet to Adolf
Hitler, and Hans Baur, the Nazi dictator's
personal pilot, have assured Western
interrogators that the leader Of the Ger
nan Reich committed suicide in besieged
bunker in Berlin In April. 1945. Baur
said he saw Hitler die OF a self-infiicted
gunshot wound. Linge said he helped
burn the body Of the Fuehrer while Rus
sian troops were closing In on the bunker.
There are discrepancies In the stories told
by the two men, after their ten years OF
imprisonment in Soviet Russia--but they
amount to the most authoritative version
of Hitler's disappearance yet given.
Up to now, there has been no legal
finding that Adolf Hitler is dead. For
years past, West German civil authorities
have been studying evidence bearing upon
those last days in battered Berlin. The
absence of corpse, or even. of ashes, that
could be identified as the remains OF Hit
ler-and the fact that those who had
been close to him either were dead or in
Russian hands-have INSTRUCTED a hnal
court ruling on his death. Rumors have
arisen that he escaped, that he is living
today in disguise perhaps In Germany,
perhaps elsewhere. There have been
other cases In history that have lent
themselves to such rumors. Probably the
most famous, and the most frequently
fictionalized, was that of Louis XVII OF
France, the boy king who is remembered
today as 1.-THE Lost Dauphin" who died
Tor did not die) while imprisoned during
the French Revolution.
There is little doubt that legend will
continue to surround the passing Of Adolf
Hitler. It is one OF many legacies that
this strange and evil man has left to the
world. But whatever the truth, or how
ever the official record finally Is written,
1t will be better II there Is never another
like him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
THE POLITICAL MILL
Democrats and Their Targets
By GOULD LINCOLN

ing out the evidence which led
finally TO the conviction Of
Alger Hiss. That conviction,
more than any one other
thing, gave the Republicans
opportunity to charge effec-
lively that the Democrats had
been negligent In their ham
ding Of the Communists.
Democratic Chairman Paul d.
Butler insists that Nixon viii
be an easy man TO beat, and
practically invites the Re-
publicans to nominate him.
But II and when the Demo- !
Gratis undertake to campaign /
against Nixon--and bring up
his attacks on them-the Red
issue win raise its head again.
IT'S an issue that has never
done the Democrats any good
to date. s
Tactic Not New
This tactic Of the Democrats
picking targets other than
Eisenhower TO attacks not
new. They tried it soon after
President Eisenhower and the
Republicans took over in 1858.
They hesitated to attack the
President himself at that time.
because Of the tremendous
popular vote he had received
in 1852. So. they aimed ct
Secretary of State Dulles, Sec
rotary Of Commerce Sinclair
Weeks. and then Benson and
Mckay and Wilson. Today,
with the President on a sick,
bed, the hands of the Demo
Gratis are tied again, even II
they thought they could gain,
by making personal attacks on
Eisenhower. A short time be-
fore he suffered q heart attack,
the President was made q tar
get by youthful Gov. Leader
Of Pennsylvania, who delivered
q scurTiious speech In Cali
fornia. It did Eisenhower no
harm, and Leader. no good.
These Republican targets are
not taking the Democratic at
tacks lying down. They do not
hesitate to point out that.
since Eisenhower moved into
the White House, there has
been peace. with no American
boys dying in far-off lands,
and that the moral atmosphere
Of government has improved.
They point to the great saving
OF the taxpayers naoney--by
throwing Democratic spending
plans into the ash can. On the
farm issue, they point to the
fact that the greater part Of
the decline In farm prices took
place when President Truman
was In Office, and that declines
since then were made under
the old rigid 90 per cent Of
parity price supports which
the Democrats are clamoring
TOR again. Nor do they over
look the huge prosperity and
employment In this country.
Peace and prosperity still re-
main good Republican talking
points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11

Democrats. unable to attack
President Eisenhower person.
ally, have picked Vice Presi-
dent Nixon, Secretary Of Agri-
culture Benson, Secretary Of
the Interior Mckay, and Sec
Rotary Of Defense Wilson to
personalize issues on which
they hope to win the national
elections next year.
The issue Of big business and
big businessmen In govern
ment has been pushed more
and more to the front. The
charge that the Eisenhower
administration is q govern
n1ent Of big business, for big
business and by big business
Is becoming q constant theme
Of Democratic orators. from
Truman and Stevenson on
down the line. In the Secre-
tary Of Defense, Charles e.
Wilson, they contend they
have q direct object lesson
Notwithstanding the fact that
he has made an excellent Sec
rotary Of Defense and played
his full part in economics IN
defense spending. AL they can
see Is that he Is d former pres
ident Of General Motors Corp
grafton. He's big business, and
therefore not to be trusted.
He's to be used as o symbol.
In the Democratic effort to-
convince the industrial work
ers that the COP. Is their
enemy.
Drop In Farm Prices
Another Of the big issues Of
the 1856 campaign. as the
Democrats see it. Is the drop
In farm prices. Here Score
tary Of Agriculture Ezra Taft
Benson becomes the person.
allied target. He has stood
from the beginning for the
Eisenhower farm program,
with its flexible farm price
supports. Next to that issue
is the so-called "give away
Of the country's natural re-
sources. To personalize that
issue. the Democrats are max
ing Secretary Of the Interior
Douglas Mckay their point Of
attack.
Chief target Of the Demo-
Gratis. however. Is Vice Presi-
dent Richard NJ. Nixon. He
serves them as q target from
two angles. First, he may well
be the Republican presidential
candidate and 90 their chief
enemy. Second, to the Demo-
cratic mind. he personifies the
Red issue which was used with
considerable effect against the
Democrats in the past. They
hate him because he has said
repeatedly the Roosevelt and
Truman administrations were
too soft In their treatment Of
Communists In this country
and elsewhere. He, too. was
largely responsible. Is q mem
Der Of the House Un-American
Activities Committee. In bring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
Digs for Facts

Evidently Paul A. Faris
thought he could get away
with his letter suggesting
Republican charges that Tru-
man had greatly increased the
public debt could be disproved
by checking the World Alma
mac. ! did check and here
are the figures:
/ The gross public debt Of the
United States beginning the
fiscal 1945 year truman took
over April -. 1945) stood at
$258, $50, 1871. 410 and at the end
Of the 1854 fiscal year, when
he left ONCE, through his
administrative commitments.
the debt (gross public was
$271, 259. 599,108
Who Is Mr.. Faris trying to
kid? The figures show an act
ual increase Of $l2,577.4 All. 500.
! suggest that this gentle
man also read ex-President
Truman's autobiography. Mr..
Truman's explanations at
times also do not coincide
with the facts.
4. w. Cole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
Follows Prescription

] don't know what kind OF
doctor this Thomas e. Mat
tingly Is, but II he's sincere in
what he says, he's q different
kind Of doctor than most in
the ANA - and he's years
ahead Of them in his thinking.
President Eisenhower pays only
for his food while hospitalized
John Doe the vagrant pays
nothing-but, the middle class
pays for both the others
through heavy taxation and is
left to sink or swim as best 1t
can---poor devils. Yes, DR..
Mattingly--there Just has to
be an answer to this pressing
need for medical care for the
masses. Ralph Johnston
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES &. TRAcEWELL

A woman who likes to walk
recently poked at Us Q folded
piece of newsprint, which,
being opened. turned out to be
o column which appeared
here on September 30. 1899.
It Is always interesting TO
look back ut something written
years ago. Often. one has Q
slight sense Of shame. shall We
say. that 1t wasn't done better.
This time, fortunately, We
only felt pleased ct . good
Job well done.
It was an article about
Templeton Jones. and his dis
covery Of the single-push
method Of hiking.
We had forgotten al about
It.
That afternoon. on the way
home. we tried out the Jones
method again. and found It
- good - we thought 10 years
ago. 80
The method involves 5slrn-
ing the body slightly to the
right. then pushing out with
the left foot. accenting that
foot.
The face ID held straight
ahead. but the right shoulder
hunched inward. In crab-like
stance.
The rhythmical push Of the
left foot, always accented.
gives Q sort Of floating walk
that covers the ground effort
lessly.
Change the pusher foot and
you change the accent. In this
case the left shoulder would be
advanced slightly inward and
the right foot take up the
pushing, as 1t came due.
It is all q matter of accent.
Nobody, perhaps, except a
musician, would invent such q
strange walk.
And Templeton Jones is q
musician.
Let us say n thWarted mu-
stefan.
We recall how once. on a
foggy, foggy day, he leaned
against o wall of the Harring-
ton Hotel and watched the
French orchestra make ready
to depart in two buses. Later
the organization sued the
buses. but that Is neither here
nor there.
At the time they were put
ting their musical instruments
in one bus and getting into the
other.
Templeton Jones leaned
against the wall and sighed.
There, but for the grace Of
God. he thought. goes Temp
Jones, musician.
AkA
Today he Is glad that he
missed the bus. There are
many harassments in q must
clans life. the hurry and wor-
ry. the crowding. the late
hours, and so on. Any musician
can tell you about It.
The urge for musical express
sion remains. Mostly he
achieves it only by listening to
the various forms Of electrical
music, so popular today.
He regrets that personal mu-
steal expression has vanished.
All such persons, at the age
Of 80, should determine to keep
up some form Of personal mu-
steal expression. II no more
than q mandolin. which was
Jones' instrument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11

@. Can you give me the
words Of the song Keep Amer
lea Singing" which is featured
by the Barber Shop Is. P. E.
B. So. S. Al singers?--G. L. g.
A. Keep America singing all
day long. Watch goodwill come
a-winging on o song, Smile
the while you are singing.
Garry, carry your part. Keep
q melody ringing in your
heart" Words and music are
by Willis Diekema Of Holland.
Mich. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
For the Record

The Star OF September 10,
in announcing the names Of
those appointed to serve on
the Auditorium Commission Of
the District Of Columbia, mem
toned that George L. williams
had been chairman Of the cit
liens committee formed TO
gain support for the old Pep
per-Randolph bills asking for
q national auditorium.
This Is an error. and ! am
sure that II Mr.. Williams were
In Washington. he would tell
you that. although he was q
valued member. he was never
either chairman or secretary. ]
was always the chairman, and
among the most important
members were Miss Bertha
Joseph who assisted in writing
the Pepper Randolph bills and
Louis LaMotte, former district
manager Of international BUSH
ness Machines, Inc, (now an
executive vice president Of
IBM), who assigned the COM
mittee an ONCE for It's meet
ings.
There Is happy augury for
the work Of the new ofiicial
commission In the fact that
the drst auditorium bills
received tremendous support
throughout the Nation.
Ny own interest In seeing
Q great Federal auditorium In
Warrington covers many years.
It began when, as q young
singer Of seventeen. ] made my
debut with q symphony orches-
ira In the National Theater In
Washington. followed BY APP
pearances In audit0riums else
where. Il continued when / or
ganized an entertainment cir-
cult for the Washington mill
tary camps in World War ],
the first Of its kind in the
country. and when I served as
entertainment director in
France. This experience with
pubic nails ana .auditoriums
cuimlnatea Wnen, az the re-
quest OF the iate washington
manager MRS. Wlison-S'reene,
joined Win Mrs. robert 6a-
con 10 ORGANIZING the wash
ineton opera Association 70
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One for the Books

As q former Janney school
parent, and q resident for the
last ten years of the area
served by the present inade-
, quate Tenley Branch Library,
I should like to speak for the
many residents in this area
who. were not represented by
the vote taken at the Janney
PTA.
The need for increased IL
brary service is a major need.
The present Tenley Library Is
bursting its seams with $4,000
books. The proposed new
branch at Albemarle and Wis
consin would be able to circu-
late $4,000 books, q maximum
for this neighborhood. It seems
to me. and to many others,
that the advantages to JAM
ney School as well as the whole
community far outweigh any
disadvantages.
Many of the arguments
against the use Of part Of the
Janney playground as q Ii
brary site are beside the point.
The problem Of teacher short
age, for instance. must be met
by the Board Of Education, not
the Public Library. Anyone in
Government or public admin
istration should know that
funds are not transferable.
Moreover. parents should re-
alize that nothing would help
the harAssed and oFerworked
teacher more than good IL
brary service in the neighbor-
hood. especially since school Ii
braries are not provided In the
elementary schools Of the Dis
trict. as they are In most
cities of similar size, and
many smaller ones.
Another red herring was the
matter Of an alternative site.
Is there in fact such q site
available, IN q suitable Local
ton, within the limits Of ap-
preparation. or are the parents
OF Janney ready to raise $40.-
900 as the citizens Of Cleve-
land Park area did some years
ago. In order to realize q
branch library? The proposed
site at Albemarle and Wis
cousin. 80 glibly cold-shoul-
dered BY the Janney PTA.
meets the needs of q branch
library for this area, In Local
ton and price. and was in
fact earmarked for . library
20 years ago. with Joint APP
prevail Of the Board Of Educa.
ton and library officials. Lack
Of funds prevented actual con-
struction Of q building. and
since then the library needs
have grown and grown.
What has Janney School to
lose? Why should they block q
$4,000 Improvement in IL
brary service. at q time when
books are more important than
ever In education. in COM
batting delinquency, and as tools
of scientific development. In
return for TRIPPING their liz
brary service, for bringing 50,-
900 books to their door, q COM
munity room for Scouts and
other neighborhood groups. the
Janney School isasked 10 give
UP a srnall piece Of land, IS by
100 feet, which Is not suitable
for playground use and has
never been SO used. Their pres
ent playground is 15 per cent
below minimum standards.
Their library services are IS
per cent below standards.
There are other playground
areas. There is no substitute
for this badly needed library
which would benefit the whole
community as well as the
school. How can they be so
short-sighted?
Ra.lin,.. AfnInaa HArnsan