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Evening star., 1955-02-27
Mighty Mo- Joins
MothbaII Fleet
By the Asseeioted Press

BREMERTON, Wash. Feb. 26.
A short, simple ceremony today
ended an active duty chapter in
the log of great fighting ship
the battleship USS Missouri.
Capt. James r. North ad-
dressed the remaining handful
of Missouri officers. enlisted men
and official onlookers and said:
Mr.. navigator, haul down the
Jack, the ensign and the COM
missioning pennant Com
mander ID. W. Davis. secure
the watch . Capt. Poehlmann,
the Missouri is decommissioned
and I turn her over to you"
At the stern. Seaman Carl
Dewese, Salem, Va. the only man
on deck. hauled down the flag
and thus ended the career. for
the time being. at least, of the
Mighty Mo-"
The ceremony was held in the
wardroom of the ship which
fought in World War II, the
Korean War and upon whose
deck the Japanese surrendered
to end World War II.
Capt. Karl II. Poelllmann will
use the Missouri as headquar-
ters of the Bremerton group, Pa
ciflc Reserve Fleet. a force Of
some 600 to 800 men who handle
the warships in mothballs at the
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
Men in the reserve feet will
move headquarters and living
quarters from the USS Indiana
to the Missouri.
Evening star., 1955-02-27
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the ordinary sense of the word.
This almost complete absence
of a sense of citizenship-far
more than "softness" or SYM
pathy to communism-lies at the
heart of the trouble. And among
the youth Of Germany today, it
seems almost universal.
A good deal can be explained
by their wartime experience.
particularly in the violently anti
militarist age group from Is
to 80. These men, who remem-
Der very wildly what war is like,
respond badly to the suggestion
that they should be ready to
fight to defend their homes.
When they were young, few of
them had homes. They lived in
caves, in shattered buildings, or
in crowded bomb-shelters. If
they were lucky enough to have
families, this fact offered them
little security. Often a child.
dealing in cigarettes and soap
on the black market, could ma :
more than his father working in
the factory.
Fought to Exist.
What these young men have
today. they got themselves after
a bitter and often savage strug-
gle in which neither their par
Evening star., 1955-02-27
$50 Gideons Dine,
End ParIey Today

The three-day meeting of the
Gideons international midwinter
cabinet convention will wind up
today with church meetings
throughout the Metropolitan
Area.
Members of the Gideons Inter-
national, an association of Chris
tian businessmen from Delaware,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, New
York, New Jersey and the Dis
trict. have met at the Statler,
Hamilton and Mayhower Hotels
to report the organizations busi-
ness so far this year.
The high point of the meeting
came last night when $50 per-
sons attended a banquet in the
Willard Hotel. Raymond r.
Lindsey. international president
Of the Gideons, summarized the
convention.
Mr.. Lindsey likened the Gid
cons to missionaries who SOW
the seed of scriptures" all over
the world. The organization is
best known for its placement
of Bibles in hotels. Mr.. Lind
sey said 26 million Bibles and
Testaments have been distrib-
uted in hotels, motels and jails.
Evening star., 1955-02-27
Rotarians Schedule
Rites for 5Oth Year

A service of thanksgiving by
the Rotary Club of Washington
at 4 pm. today at the Washing
ton Cathedral will commemorate
so years of work toward inter-
national understanding by the
Rotary Clubs of the world.
DR.. Eltan Trueblood, chief of
religious information of the
United States Information Agen-
cy, will address the convocation
of the Rotary International.
The Right Rev. Angus Dun,
Bishop of Washington, will offer
the blessing.
The special service commemo-
rating the 50th anniversary of
the founding of the Rotary Club
will be broadcast by the Voice
of America throughout the world
for the benefit of Rotary Clubs
in foreign countries.
Evening star., 1955-02-27
Hit and Carried 108 Feet
By Car, Boy, Il, Escapes

A 12-year-old bicycle rider
narrowly escaped serious injury
yesterday when he was struck
by a car and carried 108 feet
on the front of the automobile
before falling off. Prince Georges
County police reported.
John Peterson. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Wall, of 4018
Alabama avenue Sc, suffered
only cuts on his hands and knees
in the accident on Route S,
one quarter mile north of St.
Barnabas road. His condition
was reported good at Casualty
Hospital.
Prince Georges County Police
Pvt. Frank Thompson said the
Peterson boy was struck by a
car driven by Mrs. Katherine
Schaeffer, SIS, of 1926 Henderson
road, Camp Springs. She was
charged with reckless driving.
Pvt. Thompson said the boy
was going north with two other
youths. also on bikes, in a south
bound traffic lane, when struck.
y y A hearing on the charge was
set for March q in Upper Marl-
boro Police Court.
Evening star., 1955-02-27
Pope Plus 10 Celebrate
7oth Birthday Wednesday
BY the Associated Press

VATICAN CITY, Feb. 90
Pope Plus XII will observe his
18th birthday Wednesday. On
the same day he completes the
10th year of pontificate which
has been among the most ardu-
GUS in the history of the Roman
Catholic Church.
When Eugenio Pacelli, the
Vatican's cardinal secretary of
state, was elected the church'c
261st head on March 2. 1899
the eve of World War II-he
assumed burden that has never
grown lighter. .
And in the last three years
he has suffered requiring illness
aggravated by overwork. His COL
lapse last December 2 brought
grave fears for his life. But now,
gaining new strength, the frail
pontiff is applying himself more
and more to his tasks.
Evening star., 1955-02-27
Physicist Refuses
To Talk at University
BY tho Assoeiofed Press

SEATTLE. Feb. ga physi-
cist who helped develop the atom
bomb has refused to appear as
a guest lecturer at the University
of Washington because of the
"Oppenheimer incident" a pro-
fessor here disclosed yesterday.
Isaac Halpern said the rejec-
ton came in a letter from DR.,
Victor Weisskopf, professor of
physics at the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology. Mr.. Hal
perm is assistant professor OF
physics at the University OF
Washington.
DR.. WeIsskopf, who was a guest
lecturer at the university in 1858,
said no "self-respecting" physi-
cist should come to the Univer-
sity of Washington after the ban
against DR.. j. Robert Open
heimer.
DR.. Henry Schmitz, univer-
sity president, last week vetoed
a recommendation by the Phy-
sizes Department that DR.. Open
heimer be invited here for a
week of lectures this spring
The educator based his decision
on DR.. Oppenheimer's govern
mental relationships"
DR.. Oppenheimer's security
clearance was withdrawn by the
Atomic Energy Commission sew
eral months ago because OF
associations with persons OF
doubtful loyalty"
Evening star., 1955-02-27
Second Fringe LOT
To Open Tomorrow
Near Amphitheater

The District will open it's
second free fringe parking lot
tomorrow as part Of campaign
to ease traffic congestion in
downtown Washington.
The lot. located in Rock Creek
Park at Sixteenth street and
Colorado avenue NV. is that of
the Carter Barron Amphitheater.
1t has a capacity of TAO auto
mobiles.
Operated by the Districts
Motor Vehicle Parking Agency.
the lot-open from 6:45 am. to
7 pm. on week days-wlll enable
office bound motorists to park
free all day long and complete
their trip downtown on Capital
Transit buses.
During rush hours, the bus
company will provide IL express
trips along Thirteenth street be-
tween the lot and its terminal at.
Thirteenth street and Pennsyl-
vafIia avenue NV.
Ii1nddition, the conpany's SO
busline runs past the parking lot
regularly along Sixteenth street.
On weekday mornings, CTC
buses will run southbound from
the lot at 1920 am; 7:35 am;
7:49 am: sos am: 1921 am,
and 8::53 am. A heated shelter
has been provided by the park
ing agency where patrons may
wait for buses under cover.
Ir the evenings, CTC buses
will run north to the lot. leav-
ing the terminal at PennSyl-
vania avenue and Thirteenth
street NV. at 4:30 pm; 4:45
pm: S pm: SIG pm; 5:32
pm; SAC pm, and Cos pm.
The express buses will make
no loading stops between the lot
and Massachusetts, avenue at
Thirteenth street NV. They will
stop at regular loading and
discharge points south of Massa-
chusettS.
Evening star., 1955-02-27
Selling Up Academy
For Air Force Means
Problems for Colonel
BY the Assoeioisd Press

DENVER, Colo, Feb. 90
Col. Robert Gideon. jr., bache-
lor chief of staff for the Air
Force Academy to be built near
Colorado Springs. is up to his
insignia in problems he never
encountered while flying an air.
plane.
/. Col. Gideon has the job Of
answering letters from anxious
mothers who want to know how
the Air Force will treat their
sons if the youths enroll as
cadets at the academy. The
first class of 800 is scheduled
| to begin training in temporary
quarters at DenNer's Lowry Air
Force Base this summer.
| Answers Mostly "No."
{ Col. Gideon has to say mo-
in most of his replies-but in
such a way THAI potential Air
Force generals won't be lost to
the service.
| A Montana ranch woman
wrote: If my son becomes a
cadet. can he send his laundry
home every week? He always
sleeps in flannel pajamas and
they shrink if they're not washed
right"
. Col. Gideon answered that pa
jamas, like all so articles Of
clothing to be worn by the ca
diets, will be issued and laun-
dered by the Air Force.
I And there was the Tennessee
woman who inquired if she could
send a, bottle of homemade
blackberry brandy along with her
son. I'VE always use it for colds
and upsets," she wrote. Col.
Gideon said no. Alcoholic bev-
erages won't be- allowed on or
near the academy premises.
Must Choose Equipment.
Col. Gideon and fellow men,
bers of the academy staff are
becoming experts in other do
mestic fields as a result of their
planning for the school.
All of them. including 1t. Gen.
Hubert Harmon, academy super
intendent. have spent hours
jumping, sitting and lying on
mattresses, testing springs. and
checking blankets. comforters.
Evening star., 1955-02-27
German Army Recruiters Meet
Cynical Resistance in Youth

ents nor the state could help
them. And now. having achieved
a measure of comfort and Sc
curity, they feel no inclination
to give it up and no obligation
to anyone.
Apart from their personal ex-
perience there are other reasons
why young Germans should show
a certain lack of patriotic fervor.
1t is hard. for instance. to work
up much enthusiasm for a State
which doesn't exist. AS long as
the occupation lasts, DR.. Ade-
nuer's government is not a real
government. And this idea of a
stateless existence has penetrated
much more deeply into the con-
sciousness of the young people
than others whose memories are
longer.
1t is. furthermore, a country
with no frontiers. From the Ger
man point of view. Germany is
divided. not just into two. but
into many parts beyond the
eastern boundary" of the
Oder -Neisse line lies East Prussia.
Beyond the Rhine is the Saar
and Alsace-Lorraine.
Hone Is Abandoned,
Few Germans in their most
optimistic moods talk seriously
OF regaining these lost terri
tories. And yet this fragmenta-
ticn of their country, in addition
to its internal division have all
combined to take most of the
meaning out of the word Water
land" "
The men who are faced with
the responsibility of building the
new West German army recog-
nize this problem and admit its
Importance without suggesting
anything very concrete in the
way of a solution. One former
officer told me:
If we want soldiers capable
of stopping the Russians. we
must first show them the neces-
sity for it. You can't just put
them into uniform and tell them
they're soldiers. They won't he.
Somehow. We must give them the
idea Of defending their personal
liberty and their freedom of con-
science"
The hitch. however, is only too
obvious: Most of the young men
would prefer to defend their per-
sonal liberty by staying out of
the army.
Evening star., 1955-02-27

chairs. clothing and dining room
equipment.
Col. Gideon says the selection
of chairs for the cadets rooms
was the most controversial"
problem. It finally was solved by
selecting a chair modelled after
one Gen. Harmon had in his
room at West Point. Gen. Har.
mon bought the chair after
graduation, and has moved it
around with him from air base
to air base for many years.
Another problem was choice Of
a cap to go with the faded blue
denim coveralls which cadets
will wear while doing ground
work around planes. The acad-
emy staff agreed on a dark blue
cap designed like that worn by
the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball
team
Evening star., 1955-02-27
Congress Pay Raise
Makes Tax Cut Hard
To Beat, Says Byrd
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economy might stand it. but 1t
isn't wise to put it to test now"
Senator Kerr intimated that
Senate Democrats. who outnum-
ber Republicans 49-47. may try
to make party issue out OF the
$40 reduction which was con-
demned by President Eisenhower,
as reaching some kind OF
heights of fiscal responsibility"
Senator Clements of Kentucky,
the acting Democratic leader.
said he was mot in a position
to say" whether any such at
tempt would be made.
Senator Lyndon B. johnson,
the Democratic leader, suffered
a minor setback from a recent
kidney operation and is leaving
today for a checkup at the Mayo
Clinic.
Thus he will not be able to
attend a meeting of the Senate
Finance Committee. which will
take up the tax legislation to-
morrow. He could be represented
by proxy if he were unable to
attend.
Williams Sees Rejection.
Senator Williams, Republican
of Delaware, said he was conf
dent the committee would reject
the $40 proposal. He said he
thought the committees seven
Republicans among the Is men,
bers would go down the line"
with Senator Byrd.
Senator Millikin, Republican
of Colorado, predicted "a strong
vote" against the proposal within
the committee, but he wouldn't
guess whether all Republicans
would stand hitched. Senator
Malone. Republican, Of Nevada,
a member, declined to say how
he intends to vote.
Senator Byrd said the COM
mittee will call Secretary of the
Treasury Humphrey as its only
witness. Mr.. Humphrey has OPP
posed the $40 reduction vigor-
ously.
Senator Byrd said he hopes the
committee can act tomorrow and
Senator George said he saw no
reason why it shouldn't. That
would make the bill available for
Senate action later in the week.
Evening star., 1955-02-27
Housing Code Draft
Now Retroactive,
Affecting All Homes
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attempts to deal with tenement
units was over sharing Of bath
room or kitchen facilities.
The new draft of the code
makes no allowance for sharing
of kitchens, but does allow shar-
ing of bathrooms. Specifically.
the code says leach dwelling
unit shall contain within its
walls, available for the exclu-
sive use of the occupants thereof,
a kitchen sink"
In addition. the draft says.
both dwelling units and rooming
units shall have available for
the use of the occupant or occu-
pants thereof, a lavatory. water
closet, and bathing facility"
Where the bathroom facilities
are not provided for the "exclu-
sive" use of the occupants. some
sharing is allowed. Where two
or more dwelling units are in
volved. not more than four occu-
pants may share the same wash
basin. toilet or bathing facility.
In rooming houses, Mr.. Cary
said. the committee has not yet
decided whether to limit sharing
of bathrooms to six persons or to
eight.
The new draft also provides
that ANY new or additional
kitchen sink. lavatory. bathing
facility. water closet. water heat
ing facility, or electrical outlet
required by the provisions of this
part tof the codel shall be in
stalled not later than six months
after the effective date of this
chapter.
The new draft also reflects
compromise on interior kitch-
ems" which do not have their own
windows. Such kitchens, the
code says, may continue to be
used for such purpose. but the
floor area of such room shall not
be included in calculating the
total habitable area of the dwell
ing unit of which it is a part"
Regulations to prevent over
crowding require that 130 square
feet of floor space be provided for
the first occupant of a habitable
room, plus 80 additional square
feet for each Of the next six oc-
cupants and at least IS square
feet for each occupant in addi-
ton to the seventh.
Evening star., 1955-02-27
Colt Sent to Malone

SANTIAGO, Chile, FEB. 26 (P>.
Chilean President Carlos
Ibanez today sent a thorough
bred colt as a gift to United
States Senator Malone, Repub-
lican. of Nevada. who was a
member of the Milton Eisenhower
mission that visited Chile and
other Latin American countries
last year,
Evening star., 1955-02-27
Nixon in Virqin Islands

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, Vir-
gin Islands. Feb. rs (Pl.--Vice
President Richard M. Nixon ar
rived here today from Panama
on his Caribbean tour, he was
welcomed to these island pos
sessions OF the United States
by Gov. Archie Alexander. The
party goes to Peurto Rico to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1955-02-27

the Fairlawn Management Corp,
a firm created to satisfy
creditors.
Mr.. Frank maintains there's
nobody to blame" for the trouble.
He said he was inexperienced in
the building field and the city
was coping with a large-scale
development for the first time.
Evening star., 1955-02-27
Air Group Elects Patterson

Thorwald S. Patterson of 400
Anacostia road Sc. has been
elected president of the WASH
ington Air Derby Association, a
group of private plane owners.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-12
EAST LAKE PERSONALS

Mrs. Marian MCGOWAN, Mrs.
Dixie Ambrose and Irwin Ambrose
were in Norfolk Saturday.
George Ambrose was in William
ston last week end.
Jesse Smith of Norfolk is visit
ing here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Talmadge Bas-
night of Elizabeth City spent the
week end here.
Alvin MCGOWAN, Turner Twiford
and Aubrey Basnight motored to
Columbia Saturday.
Mrs. Inez Basnight and Chester
Holmes of Norfolk were here Sat
urday.
Sam Smith of Elizabeth City
was here for the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Basnight and
Susan were in Columbia Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Basnight
and children of Norfolk were week
end visitors here. sx
Miss Annie Ambrose is visiting
| in Elizabeth City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Ambrose,
Mr.. and Mrs. Reverne Sawyer and
Fchildren and Miss Bertie Ambrose
visited in. Creswell Sunday.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-12
OREGON INLET FERRY

Note; s AN. and $40 P. N. Trips will
discontinued on August 18th.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-12
Welcome to Wanchese

THE LARGEST VILLAGE
seaod products skilled friendly
helpful and fhinq
9uoes comfortable
show the visitor good fine
time to see WA%CEsE and chat with its
opportunities development
the Coast WANCFSE offers money
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THERE rs NO SUBSTITUTE
FOR
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
Applying the Brakes

Government officials have submitted
some persuasive testimony to Senate
Banking subcommittee in Justification Of
recent moves to tighten credit. The OBJ
jective, in short, is to erect barrier
against new round of imitation. To this
end, several agencies have taken restric-
tive steps In the past few months-the
latest being the Federal Reserve Boards
action in approving another rise in the
rediscount rate to Us per cent, the high
est level in many years. The effect Is to
make commercial borrowing of money
= from Reserve System banks more costly.
In the end, this form of restraint is cal
culated to have an impact on all forms
of credit expansion and perhaps to slow
down demand that Is taxing virtually
all categories of production and threat
ening a new wave of price increases.
Shortages of materials are being matched
In some areas by scarcities of skilled labor,
q combination that already has pushed
prices up and could force them into new
danger zone.
1t is never uniformly popular, Of
course, during time of booming pros
perity to apply the brakes. Easy money
and It's infiationary accompaniment have
an exhilarating quality-for time. In
the long run, however, they are destruc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
Victory at Last

There Is more than one reason for the
widespread qualification over the success
Of the 1855 Community Chest campaign
for 81 million. In the first place, this is
the flrSt time since World War II that
the Chest has achieved its goal. The long
succession Of failures had depressed cam
paigners, member agencies and the public
alike-leading to unrest that had raised
grave questions as to the future Of the
federated give-once-for- all program. In
the second place, revived plans for adop-
ton Of the United Fund idea in the WASH
ington area hinged largely on a Chest
victory this year. II the present cam
: paign had failed, the efforts to promote
an even larger one-package solicitation
undertaking would have suffered severe
], setback.
Great credit is due the army Of vol
Hnteer workers who sacrificed time and
energy to make certain that the goal
would be reached. Each one of these
tireless and devoted workers can take
satisfaction in the knowledge that he
helped not only to bring in the largest
total ever collected by the Chest for its
charitable, health and welfare agencies,
but to insure perpetuation Of the single
package drive system. These men and
women, in turn, have right to be proud
OF the effective leadership Of Campaign
Chairman e. X. Morris and his staff.
This was a cooperative community serv-
Ice that merits the commentator of all
who live and work in the Washington
Metropolitan Area. And those who gave
will join in hoping that next year a
United Fund will bring together the pres
ent Chest agencies, the Red Cross and
many other organizations IN a combined
drive for ALL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
Those Security Risks

e Earlier this week Chairman Philip
Young of the Civil Service Commission
told Senate subcommittee that security
risk dismissal figures have always been
greatly miSrepresented. He added that
three-fourths of the cases listed in Sc
curity risk statistics actually represent
Federal employees separated from their
jobs under routine Civil Service pro-
s. cedures.
~ Now a second witness has testified.
= Paul E. Hadlick, counsel for another
i Senate subcommittee, says that about
80 per cent Of the people listed as having
been fired under the administrations
i security program really were discharged
under regular Civil Service or normal
departmental procedures"
Since the two men were not talking
Il about precisely the same statistics or the
same periods of time, direct comparisons
cannot be made. Perhaps both Of them
are right. But whether the true per-
centage of real security risk separations
us 10 per cent or Is per cent or some
where in between, the essential point Is
clear enough. Some Republican politi-
clans (not Mr.. Young) have grossly mis-
represented the extent to- which the
Eisenhower administration has ferreted
out security risks in the Federal family.
Their partisan purpose was to suggest
that the incoming administration had
ito clean out thousands of disloyal EN-
ployes who were hired under the Demo-
Gratis. The fallacy of this was first ex-
posed long ago. The testimony Of Mr..
Young and Mr.. Hadlick confirms that
exposure. So perhaps we have witnessed
the last inning Of the numbers game"