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Evening star., 1955-10-07
Issue Of Integrity

II would be hard to think of graver
accusation than that which Harry Tru-
man has made, rather casually, against
James F. Brynes in the latest installment
of the formers memoirs in Life magazine.
AS Mr.. Truman relates the story, Mr..
Byrnes telephoned him at Independence,
Mo-, in July, 1914. Mr.. Byrnes said that
the President had decided on him as the
vice presidential nominee for the forth
coming election, and he wanted to know
If Mr.. Truman would put his name in
nomination. Mr.. Truman agreed. 1t
became clear later, Of course, that Mr..
Truman was the Presidents choice. and
he was nominated.
In Mr.. Truman's account, however,
he says he learned some time later that
the President had called a meeting, far
in advance of the Democratic convention,
to discuss with party leaders the selection
OF running mate. At this meeting,
according to the memoirs, the President
said he preferred Mr.. Truman, and Frank
Walker, former Postmaster General, was
instructed to notify Mr.. Byrnes of the
decision. II believe, therefore" Mr.. Tru-
man wrote, ''that Byrnes knew that the
President had named me at the time he
called me in independence and asked
me to nominate him at the convention"
This, to repeat, is about as serious an
accusation as one public figure could
make concerning another For Mr.. Tru-
man is saying that Mr. Byrnes, one-time
Congressman, Senator, Supreme Court
Justice, Secretary of State and Governor
OF South Carolina, deliberately and know
ingly deceived him.
It is hard to believe that this Is true,
especially since, on It's face, it makes
little or no sense. How could Mr.. Byrnes
have expected to get away with such
deception as Mr.. Truman imputes to him?
There is nothing in Mr.. Truman's account
of the incident to indicate that he eyer
tried to confirm or verify his belief. And
Mr. Byrnes, "for the present" Is having
nothing to say. (Mr. Walker recalls that
he delivered the message to Mr.. Byrnes.
It is not clear, however, whether this was
before or after the Byrnes phone call to
Independence). But the issue Of integrity
which this account raises is too serious
to be left permanently unresolved and
buried in seemingly casual paragraph
in any ones memoirs.
Evening star., 1955-10-07

@. ! am confused by cost Of
living statistics. What Is meant
by a 1899 dollar and q I947-49
dollarp What have they to do
with present costs?-F,tL J.
A. Since cost rises Or de-
clines are expressed in per-
centages, there must be some
figure which is taken as q
basis from which they fiuctu-
ate. The average purchasing
power Of 81 in the 1947-49
period is now used as the
basis (l00To) for computations.
Previously the 1889 dollar was
used. With the 1947-49 prices
as l00ea, the overall cost Of
living is currently about 1149d
that is. 1t has risen about
149o since 1947-49. On the
same basis, the purchasing
power Of the 1947-49 dollar
Cas- money! has gone down
Evening star., 1955-10-07
Power From, Old Sol

Near Americas, Georgia, the sun it
self is now powering rural telephone
circuit servicing eight subscribers. This
is the first commercial application Of the
so-called solar battery. The gadget-
made up chiefly of razor-thin disks OF
silicon, which comes from common sand
may not ever be able to compete with
either the atom or the conventional
Sources of energy, but its practical poten-
tialities undoubtedly are significant.
Last year, when they announced the
development Of the first Of these instru-
ments, scientists Of the Bell Telephone
Laboratories explained that it would do
the following things, among others: (1)
Convert sunlight, instantly, directly and
efflciently, into usable electricity; (2)
achieve this at rate of SO watts per
square yard Of battery surface exposed
to Old Sol; and go transfer to storage
batteries, for use at night, any surplus
left over from the solar power thus cap
tured during the day. This is the process
that has just been put to work on pay
ing basis near Americus, and it apparently
Is successful- far more so than any past
effort to harness the suns energy.
This does not mean, of course, that
man is on the verge of wrestling vast
amount of electricity from the sun, which
each day radiates on our earth more than
a quadrillion kilowatts of energy. But 1t
does indicate that we are moving signia-
cantly toward time when considerable
part Of that energy may become harness
able. AS a matter of fact, although un-
likely, there is at least a chance that
scientists will achieve ''breakthrough"
in this field before they achieve one in
their current effort to control hydrogen
fusion power for peaceful uses. Certainly.
as far as the future goes. we are living
In such an age Of marvels that few pos
sibilities seem too fantastic to be ruled
out of the world Of reality. What world
1t has grown to be!
Evening star., 1955-10-07
Autumn Benediction

The pood Is laced NTH shad-
oiDs dark and c6ol.
Pine-needles cushioned deep
upon the ground
Are rusty dry beside q mossy
pool
BreiDinO a fragrance iDhere
there Is no sound.
NON IN the forest as the
epening falls
! DGlk alone refreshed by
solitude:
Across the lake a broWn thrush
trtlls and calls
Breaking the crystal silence
OF the iDood.
Marjorie Somen Sehsusr
Evening star., 1955-10-07
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Black Light Issues From Green PIonts
BY THOMAS r. HENRI

plant. A small fraction Of these
chemically produced COM
pounds. however. recombine.
The energy liberated by this
process Is trapped by the chlor-
ophyll molecule, which in turn
gives OF the mysterious light.
Or. Arnold now has shown
that leaves, II frozen while ex-
posed TO Illumination. can re-
tain their lieht-giving ability
for several months. At the
same time DR.. Stretler has
found that certain extracts,
prepared from leaves under-
going exposure to light. con-
tain substances which give on
q bright light when certain
chemicals called long-chain
aldehydes are added TO them.
The aldehydes used are COM
pounds found in many living
things. particularly In human
brain tissue. In luminous bac-
teria they activate oxygen.
They are one Of the compounds
which enable these bacteria.
such as are found in decaying
fish, to give on visible light.
st.b,,,x.d Nv ch.r,,c.,.
-
AIter tne hgnt-glVing com.
pounds nave Deen removed
from plsnss, tne Cnicaeo dol
ogists nave Iouno. tney remaln
quioe sta0ie unoer some iorms
y c1emlcal GsatMsnt. Lney
can, however. De ueseroyeo py
Weak aclos ana paItialiy M
acuvateo Dy partlai exposure
Evening star., 1955-10-07
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES z. TRAcEWELL

kind hearted. IN other words.
Their lives are attuned to
kindness the same way q how-
er turns toward the sun.
On the basis Of brute force,
q decent modern society has
built o backwater Of peace, in
which kindness Of heart can
thrive.
It thrives best in such a
garden Of love and affection,
but this does not mean that
it win not raise its shining
head even under bad circum-
stances.
What one must keep in mind
IL that the rough guys OF this
world do the yoemen work in
keeping back the other rough
guys thus providing the soil
In which the arts can flourish,
e. well as kindness Of heart.
What y art. particularly
writing and music. except the
creation Of kindliness?
This pattern Of kindness
runs through even the por-
trayal Of its opposite. II only
by relief: In setting forth
crime and the like. the artist
makes known to even the
most casual reader how far the
divergence Is from the good
and the perfect.
49,
In everyday Life, where
y people do not ordinarily dis
cuss grave matters, but are
content mostly with cl1it-chat,
the pleasant person b always
welcome.
HIS contrast wish The grim
unhappy tvpe b very easily
felt. and though nothing %
all be said on the matter, the
effect II more lasting than
many suppose.
No doubt cur correspondent
had his whole day frightened.
though he realized 1t not. by
the kind young woman who
simply was natural. who was
not afraid to address q strang-
er when she wanted informa-
tion.
Possibly he had to right
his misconception, that frank
ness and naturalness are con-
fined to any ore section Of the
country, though he admitted
he was wrong.
These great qualities Of q
human mind and heart -four
ish everywhere. and one is
Just as likely to run into them
here as in Columbus or In
dianapolis or Milwaukee or
Denver or San Francisco.
What one has to do, Of
course. is get beyond the
facade. Every human builds
up O sort of front. or facade,
as q protection against certain
types. Sometimes this must be
surmounted. or looked through
or past, to find the real per-
SON hiding there.
Evening star., 1955-10-07

All green foliage gives on
an invisibly dim. deep red
almost black-light. It can
be detected only by sensitive
instruments
This phenomenon, first dis
covered q few years ago by
Chicago University biologists,
now appears part Of one Of
the most fundamental proc
esses Of life. It is closely as
sociated both with the bio
luminescence Of certain worms
and firefiies and with the
phenomenon Of photosynthesis
upon which depends all Life
on earth.
Finding Of the significance
Of what seemed at first only q
curiosity Of nature has just
been announced BY the uni
versity.
The discovery was made
first when Drs. Bernard L.
Strehler and william Arthur,
then at the Oak Ridge hb-
oratory Of the Atomic Energy
Commission, were studying
changes In B chemical known
as adonesine triphosphate In
plants undergoing photosyn-
thesis.
FREELY Extracts Employed
They were using extracts
from the bodies of firedies
which give on q bright light
when this chemical-an inn
portant source Of, energy in
muscles present. They then
found that chloroplasts, the
parts Of plants most closely
associated with photosynthesis,
when mixed with firefiy Juice
and illuminated. subsequently
would give on light. They then
made the unexpected discoy-
cry that living extracts Of
green plants gave on q light
OF their own without any mix
ing.
The light given on by the
chloroplasts now is believed to
be the exact opposite Of the
first chemical step In photo
synthesis, the process by which
plants manufacture starches
and sugars from the hydrogen
IN water and the carbon In the
atmosphere through the energy
o. sunlight. Light absorbed by
the chloroplasts forms unstable
chemical bonds within the
Evening star., 1955-10-07
the same percentage. and now
stands at about 81 cents.

@. What Is the biggest loss
in weight that any individ-
ual has achieved as the result
Of q reducing diet?--G.K.
A. The biggest one Of which
we know is the loss of 410 lbs.
in one year. recently reported
from Florida, achieved by a
former circus "fat lady" In
1850 she weighed over a quar-
ter OF q ton. and had a near
fatal heart attack. In the sue
ceeding year she dieted and
lost 410 lbs, then kept her
self on a special diet until
she got down to her present
125 lbs. At the height Of her
circus career as Dolly DIM
Piles" she weighed SIS lbs. and
was Z II. around the waist.
Evening star., 1955-10-07
D. G. Resident.

] quote from Q letter recently
received from Q friend In
Liberia TO show how far Q
candle can throw It's beam
or. better. how far The Star
casts It's Light:
Ran across your design for
q play yard, described In an
illustrated feature by Doris
Kanter in The Sunday Star
Pictorial Magazine. Our fam
lily sends US The Star from
home. Cut it out and am
going to use some Of the ideas
on a piece Of land we got In
Miami before we left. Not one
OF the main things children
love is rnissing-water, sand
and something to climb on.
You must have held a council
OF children and let them offer
their own ideas. Sincerely.
Evelyn Levandowsky. Harbel,
Liberia, West Africa"
Horace w. Peaslee
Evening star., 1955-10-07
Th-for-Tot Tax?

Being q long time resident
Of the District. ! appreciate the
many benefits Of living here.
I have lived in quite q few cities
throughout the United States
from time to time. and have
found that there is no place
as nice as Washington. ! real
ize that rising costs call for
additional sources Of revenue.
While q tax increase will pinch.
] guess that 1t Is one Of the
necessary evils.
OF all the proposals, prob
ably the hardest to get through
but one Of the fairest, would
be to tax earnings made in
the District, 10 be paid by res4
idents as well as nonresidentS.
While at FIRST glance it may
seem like o very unfair thing
to do, this Is just what Mary
land Is doing. Nonresidents Of
Maryland who earn their
money there, Government en-
ployes, ct al. are forced to pay
Maryland income tax as well
as a District tax. You might
say. well, / wouldn't pay It,"
which Is what I said, but the
tax Is taken out of your money
before you get it. This is a
criimmy deal and District res
idents were handed the dirty
end Of the stick to help pull
Maryland out Of q hole.
The Star had an article on
this tax proposal quoting Sem
ator Butler and Representative
Hyde Of Maryland as saying
they were against 1t. Yet both
no doubt thought that 1t was q
real ginger peachy idea when 1t
was decided to tax the pay Of
nonresidents working in Mary
land. How two-faced can you
getl With these two in Con-
gress. 1t looks like the Com
misSioners and the other resi-
dents are again caught in the
middle. I hope they win
put up a heck Of a fight to get
this proposal pushed through.
I'm sure that they will be
backed UP by those concerned.
d. G. Resident.
Evening star., 1955-10-07
"A Man Who

There is q lot of unfair and
unfounded criticism Of Vice
President Nixon seeping
through the American atmos-
phere of politics. No one can
put his finger on anything at
all against the Vice President.
but 1t is not strange TO bump
into someone in the course OF
a day who can tell you how bad
of this country win be If Mr..
Nixon every becomes President.
1t is only empty talk passed
from one empty head to an
other, but just the same. 1t is
rotten and shouldn't be passed
on by decent Americans. There
is nothing really serious being
said about Mr.. Nixon's charac-
ter or anything Of that sort.
but people are just criticizing
him without cause. 1t isn't In
the so-called American spirit
and should not be tolerated by
people who pride themselves In
a sense Of justice and patriot
ism.
Vice President Nixon would
make q fine President. and II
the Republicans next year
don't make him their stand
ard-bearer, the Republicans
win be passing up a great OPP
portunity to put in the White
House a young man capable Of
doing q good job and doing it
for at least two terms. A lot
Of good Republicans aspire to
the White House Job. and ]
don't blame them tI'd like the
job myself someday) but they
are not fitted for various rea-
sons for the nerve-racking
and tedious job. They Just
don't have itl ~
In Mr.. Nixon the Republic
cans have q very young man
an intelligent man. II they
are looking for someone who
will appeal to the voter. Nixon
Is their man. He makes q
clear, understandable. down.
to-earth speech and has q
background as American as the
Rockies. He's a veteran Of the
Navy and, in his short time in
politics, has done q job prob
ably unequaled by any other
man in public life in so short q
time. II
Depend on Nixon" might be
a good slogan for the Republi-
cans to adopt for 1855.
Tom Coll
AA&
I am q Washingtonian and
do not have o vote. II ! had
q vote to give, I would have
given 1t to the Democratic
Party. However, like many
others, I like Ike. But since
his illness ] wonder II the Re-
publicans are really In power
or IL It is Just Eisenhower the
man. I heard many remarks
when he was elected. People
said they liked Eisenhower but
wouldn't want to see Nixon In
the White House in case some-
thing happened to the Presi-
dent. Though young. ! think
Mr.. Nixon has proved himself
to be honorable, intelligent
and capable. / think the Re-
publicans should have the
courage of their convictions
now and put Nixon in COM
plete charge until the Presi-
dents recovery. Who would be
a better candidate for the
Republicans than Nixon, espe-
cially with a little trial run?
What is the matter Repub-
licans, are you scared?
A. r. H.
Evening star., 1955-10-07
Bizarre Bozoor

Why do people always want
to see others risk their lives?
Such thrill-seeking is as far
removed from the spirit Of
God as hell Is from Heaven.
Your paper told how, ct q
church bazaar in New York
State, q steel pole broke and
a stuntman plunged to his
death.
I While q priest administered
the last rites the crowd prayed
In silence"
Wonder If 1t asked forgive
ness for murder?
Johanna Patterson.
Evening star., 1955-10-07
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may BE- used u
letters cGrry aDriterS correct
names and addresses. An
letters are subject to conden-
sGtton.
Evening star., 1955-10-07
FOURTEENTH STREET.

TotsA ctnAiN4n STREET.
Dear Sir:
II note from some Of your
articles. that your friend,
Templeton Jones. at times sees
to think all friendly people
are from the Middle West.
II thought so, too, until
recently. when I happened to
be standing at q bus stop
remember them?)-when q
beautiful young lady came
along.
She. too. stopped at the
stop.
IT tried to look noncom-
initial. or whatever that Il.
and didn't succeed. because
she was q very nice looking
young lady.
while ] was trying TO look
that way. she glanced over
and asked me II / knew Shs bus
schedule.
"This was right down my
alley. because I didn't.
mo one. as q matter OF fact.
knows the schedule. because
a. far a. We know there isn't
any.
II told the bright young
lady 30. and she went on 70
. general discussion Of local.
national and international
affairs.
- II finally said. II guess you
are from the Middle West.
aren't your"
NO" she answered. @just
from Washington"
"Oh." ! said. Washington
|. state"
no" she said. ''washinston.
D. c."
so. you sss. sometimes
they can fool you.
Sincerely. ]. H."
A friendly person n .
friendly person is . friendly
person, as the Baltimore lady
writer said.
We have several Of her
books, and 1t always alnazes
US. that any one could get
away with 1t.
She built up q great rep
utation as a writer. when all
she did was to achieve novelty.
Our wonderful country so
loves novelty that it took her
and her queer productions TO
its heart, and you haven't
heard the last Of them.
After all, novelty is novelty
is novelty.
A friendly person is always
friendly, wherever you find
him or her.
The mainstring of his heart
/ is affection. not dislike or hate.
Much can be done to incul-
cate a bit Of this, but basic
ally It is born In one.
Every one has q list Of
friends. however small or large.
In the list will be q few natu-
rally friendly folk. They are
Evening star., 1955-10-07

with some suitable recommendations for
dealing with the latter.
Evening star., 1955-10-07
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al Building
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entirely after that erected last
year by the Guernsey county All
clubs at Old Washington. AS a
matter of fact, the same blue
prints and bill of material will
be used.
Joe Parrish and Arthur Rich,
members of the fair board, Ladd
Wheeler and Roy Wentworth,
members Of the All club advis-
ory council and Associate Agent
Paul Jonard visited the barn
at Old Washington last Friday
to get first hand knowledge of
the project contemplated here.
Agent Jonard pointed out
today that they are already ac-
cepting contributions of labor,
materials and money and the
extension office in Caldwell
should be contacted by anyone
interested in donating any one
of the three above mentioned.
1t has been estimated that ap-
proximately $4,000 board feet
will be needed for the construc-
ton.
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Ohio Power

Continued from page onaN
new spoil banks at PhiIo Mine
No. 2 in Perry county; 375 acres
at Cumberland Mine No. 3 in
Noble and Muskingum counties
and 300 acres at Muskingum
Mine No. 4 in Morgan county.
The $40 acres of unmined land
which will be planted include:
100 acres at Cumberland Mine
No. 3; l30 acres at Muskingum
Mine No, 4 and so acres of Mus
kingum River Plant lands.
The company will use ap-
proximately 100000 seedlings for
underplanting of previously
planted spoil banks. Underplant-
ing consists of planting the more
valuable mixed hardwood spec
les in locust stands which do
not contain a desirable mixture
of the hardwoods. 1t will be done
at Both Philo and Cumberland
strip mine paintings.
Ohio Power now has 10,750
acres in forest, either natural
or planted. Planting of the spoil
banks is done by hand with labor
supplied under contract by the
Dunzweiler Construction Co. of
GAINESVILLE. Planting of old fields
is accomplished by four me-
chanical tree planters.
This spring the company will
plant black locust, mixed hard
woods, pines, and, for the first
time, Christmas trees. The mixed
hardWoods include yellow
poplar; red, white and chestnut
oak, green ash, and sugar and
silver maple. Include in the
pines are white, red and short
leaf pine while the Christmas
trees include Scotch pine and
Norway spruce.
Ohio Power obtains its seed
lings from tn Ohio Division of
Forestry nurseries at Green
Springs and Marietta; Boyd
Nursery Co, at McMinnville,
Ohio, and Smith Nursery at Mag
nolia, Ohio. Seedlings received
from the nurseries in January
and February are placed in cold
storage in GAINESVILLE and short
ly before planting are moved to
barns in the strip mine area.
Ohio Powers reforestation
and reclamation program is
under the direction of John j.
Reiser, real estate agent in
charge of reclamation.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-03-24
WilIscreek
WII.ISCRF EEK

WILLSCREEK We are
having all kinds of weather
rain, snow, sleet and some days
like spring. Oh well, we will
take things as they come.
Mrs. John Bates was taken
to the Memorial hospital at
Cambridge last Thursday and
had an operation on Friday.
Frank Wyscarver bought a
new Chevrolet OF the Atkinson
brothers last week. Now he is
showing it off,
Plenty of eggs. C. P. Moore
bought 500 dozen last week.
Iva Davis brought in the ice
cream last week.
Erwin Stallings and Eckard
Hogue is busy these days repair
ing houses and roofs caused by
the storm.
The dam is now going down
and the fishers are making good
headway. Howard Roe, our
champion fisher, caught several
nice catfish last week along the
creek.
Wilbur Jeffers has moved his
saw mill from the Mckee farm
on 513 to Lore City where he
has large set.
Several deer have been seen
around here the last week or
two
Carl Heddleson and son of
Yoker Valley, were here Satur-
day Evan Carpenter of West
Lafayette, was home the week
end.
We hear Frank Neuhart has
another good gas well. This
makes S good producing wells on
his farm.
Bobby Wyscarver attended the
basketball game at Athens, Fri
day night. He says it was great
game.
James Bishop and family were
visitors Of Viva Morris, Sunday.
Ralph Bates has bought new
William, wife and grandchil-
dren of Pleasant City were visi-
tors here last Sunday.
1t seems Irwin Bates is not inn
proving very fast.
Roy Dollison and wife of
Quaker City, were callers here
last Sunday.
The fishers were not very sue
cessful last Sunday.
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e. of.C. Elects
CONTINUED From Page One

kCOnLlnueQ from rage OnG)
A few remarks were made by
the retiring president, who list
ed the various business changes
in the county the past year.
In a few we'll chosen remarks,
Mr.. Patten accepted the presi7
dency for the coming year.
The new board of directors for
the c. of c, were then in
troduced and included John w.
Hazard, Walter Quick, Bolon
Farmhouse, c. J. Estadt M. A.
Brienza, John Shamhart, Lewis
Moscrip, Jr and Joseph Gial-
lombardo.
Rep. James spoke briefly and
stressed the importance of the
community getting behind the
possibility of locating an Ohio
National Guard unit in Caldwell.
1t. Governor John Brown was
then introduced by POSTMASTER
Shamhart and his brief but in
teresting talk was well received
by the 1l0 who attended the
annual dinner.
Brown spoke on the American
way of life with a sincerity and
touch of humor that left a very
favorable impression.
Favors for the dinner table
were furnished by Quimby's
Bakery, including a plastic bread
bag, a booklet Of recipes and
another interesting book on
"HoW to eat and grow Slim.
Manager Robert Lyons of the
local distributing plant, furnish
ed the favors.
The benediction was given by
Rev. Manson.