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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR
Photographers Exhibition

Photographers Exhibition
The 14th annual exhibition
Of the Capital Camera Club at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art
was reviewed in The Star of
April %, 1905. There were
204 pictures on display, and
leach print was judged upon
its pictorial merit rather than
for its technical excellence"
The jury included: Richard N.
Brooke. president of the So
ciety of Washington Artists;
James Henry Moser, president
of the Washington Water
Color Club; E. c. Messer. di-
rector of the Corcoran School;
Harold Macdonald and Ma
thilde Mueden. Among the
exhibitors were Winfield Scott
Cline, Virginia M. Pralle.
Anne Pilsbury, Helen E. Will
liams, Mrs. Sigrid D. Thomp-
son, William H. Zerbe, j. j.
Woodward, E. w. Humphreys.
William E. Dassonville, J. H.
Tarbell, Edward j. Daw. c. H.
Leighton, J. w. L. Dillman,
j. D. Hasson, E. E. Richards,
w. T. Knox, L. M. Kaiser,
Walter Zimmerman, Max Abel
and Edwin o. Yerbohm." The
reviewer declared: THE pho
tographers have sought out
pleasing subjects and have
bided their time until the light.
too. was favorable. This is the
strength of the exhibition; its
weakness lies in a lack of con-
centration of light and shadow
and a mistaken notion that
indistinctness means artistic
feeling"
Markham In Town
An interview with Edward
Markham, the poet, appeared
in The Star on April IL, 1905.
beginning: THAT Man with
the Hoe" is standing at my
shoulder all of the time. Inever
seem able to get rid Of him.
He's like another Franken-
stein. I have written other
things, other poems that peo-
pie have been kind enough to
tell me are better than The
Man With the Hoe and 1t is
rather hard sometimes to be
continually referred to as the
author of that one thing.
really believe some people do
not know I ever wrote any,
thing else. I am a working
man. I write for q living, and
I am at 1t all the time"
Theater Notes.
On April 23--Shakespeare's
day-l905. The Star reported
that Wilton Lackaye had
closed his season in THE Pit"
after LOO consecutive per-
formances. 1t also reported
that Yvette Guilbert was as
tonishing her native Paris by
singing songs on the simple
life" order. Virginia Harmed,
1t was announced, had been
engaged by william A. Brady
for the title role Of "Trilby."
Henry w. Savage was UNDER
stood TO have gone abroad to
confer with Puccini about his
new OPERA" Madame But
terfy." Ellen Terry was APP
pearlnG In J. M. Barrie's Alice
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-16
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avail themselves of the talents of
a man whom I consider the most
outstanding Jewish painter living
in the United States-Ben Shahn.
This year New York's Downtown
Gallery celebrated the twenty
fifth anniversary of its association
with the artist by staging a large
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-16

Jewish themes recur frequently
in Ben Shahn's work. The exhibit
ton included a large watercolor,
'Maimonides,' a stern old man
holding an open book with the
text: "Teach thy tongues to say,
l do not know, and thou shalt
progress" On view was also q
copy of stunning new volume.
'"The Alphabet of Creation" an
ancient legend from the Zohar,
with numerous illustrations by
Shahn. The Hebrew letters, and
the various Jewish symbols are
interpreted in such spirited way
that they gain new life and sig
nificance from the pen of this
inimitable craftsman.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-16
The Year in Jewish Art

retrospective show. In the twen-
ties, corrosive anger moved the
young painter to indict by Carl
cature the men who were respon-
sible for the sufferings of Sacco
and Vanzetti, and of labor leader
Tom Mooney.
Today it is compassion rather
than fury that leads the artist.
now close TO sixty. to point TO the
danger Of atomic destruction. In
the past. Shahnfs attack was di-
rect but also a bit naive: today.
he warns rather than challenges.
aware as he is of the complexities
Of life. If the works Of his youth
could be grasped in glance. he
now makes US stop and think and
rethink the issue.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-16
TholLlasville, Georgia
Lipseys Of Townsville
Become Grandparents

Mr.. and Mrs. Morton Allen Lip
seY of Moultrie had a blessed
event recently. Mr.. and Mrs.
David LipsY told The Southern
Jewish Weekly.
Patricia Ellen Lipsy is the
newest member of the Lipsy
family. The father, Morton Lip
sey, is associated with his parents
in a new store that opened recent
ly in Moultrie. His parents are
prominent merchants in Thomas
vile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-16
Motusow Gets
3-Yeur i ERIN
For Contempt
sys6s A.soeiased Pres.

Ell PASO. Tex. Mar. 49,
United States District Judge r,
E. Thomson today sentenced
turnabout witness Harvey Matu-
sow to three years in Federal
prison for criminal contempt Of
court.
Judge Thomson ordered Ma
tuso remanded to the custody of
the United States marshal. He
set bond for appeal at $4,000.
Matusow had said earlier 1t
would take him only a short
time to raise bond money.
Matusow was held in criminal
contempt for "malciously lying"
In an attempt to gain a new trial
for Clinton Jencks, an official of
the International Union Of Mine.
Mill and Smelter Workers. Jencks
was convicted last year of lying
In a non Communist affidavit
filed under the ft-Hartley
Law.
AS Matusow entered the court
room he said he was concerned
about the citation-but I'm not
going to let it worry me. I'm not
going around with my head be-
tween my legs"
Matusow said, II am not the
real issue. The entire security
system of the Government is the
real ISSUE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-16
Raid in Brentwood
Nets Five Suspects

Five persons were arrested on
gambling charges yesterday in
a raid on a North Brentwood
numbers spot which Prince
Georges County police estimated
was taking in 50 million q year.
The raiders said the business
averaged about $4,000 a day and
was the biggest Of Its kind un-
covered in the last two years.
An eight-man raiding party
armed with a search warrant
broke down a basement door
yesterday afternoon in the $500
block Of Forty-first place, North
Brentwood.
Police said they seized 1880
In cash on q table, four adding
machines. a telephone and about
a bushel Of numbers slips.
Vice Squad Detectives Robert N.
Cabral and George E. Clements
said they arrived while part of
the days take was being tabu-
lated.
Arrested were Theresa e.
Chase, 81. of the 1900 block of
Second street NV; Joseph A.
Chase. 40, of the same address;
Albert E. johnson. 43. of the
1900 block Of Vernon street
NV; Charles F. King. So. Of the
1900 block Of @ street NV: and
Mamie v. Compton. SO, of the
$500 block Of South Eighteenth
street, Arlington. AL are colored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-16
Eisenhower Voices
Equal Concern Over
Farm, Stock Prices
Senators Studying
Market Should Use
Caution, He Declares
President Eisenhower declared

President Eisenhower declared
today his administration is just
as much concerned with any
drop In agricultural or other
prices ~ 1t is in stock market
declines. He emphasized, how
ever, that caution must accom-
pany any study OF the stock mar
ket Or other factors likely to
affect confidence in an expand
ing economy.
His comments followed news
conference questions as to
whether he was worried by re-
cent drops in stock quotations
and whether he thought the
Senate finance Committees
investigation of the stock mar
ket contributed to this.
Mr.. Eisenhower said he had no
opinion on the effect of the COM
mittee inquiry. But he added
that nothing he had heard thus
far indicated that the study was
being conducted without caution.
Nor did he hint of undue worry
about the stock market situation.
Sharp Disagreement
AS the Senate committee went
ahead with its hearings today,
Chairman Fulbright sharply dis
agreed with Secretary Of the
Treasury Humphreys warning
that the investigation could inn
peril confidence in the country's
economy.
II just can't agree" the Ar
kansas Democrat said. IF there's
any real confidence. it's not
going to be hurt by these hear
ings."
In his news conference re-
marks Mr.. Eisenhower recalled
his many earlier assurances that
the administration is trying to
promote prosperity and inspire
(See MARKET, Page A-12.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-16
New Grade School
On Riggs I'd. NE.
MayBecity'sBiggesl
Size Almost Doubled
As Plons Are Revised;
Boards OK. Sought
BY Jones G. Deune

School officials today revealed
plans to build the Districts
biggest elementary school at
Sixth street and Riggs road NE.
A new school at the Riggs
road location already is in the
next school budget. but Deputy
Supt. Charles N. Zellers dis
closed that officials in the last
few days have decided to make
1t almost twice as large.
Under the new plan, the school
will have 81 elassrooms, instead
Of 10 in the pending budget. It
will be built to house l,118 pupils.
The cost is expected to be
around $500. 900, Mr.. zellers said.
The new plan. for which Of
ficials expected to seek approval
at the monthly Board of Educa-
ton meeting this afternoon. was
devised after officials learned last
week of large-scale housing de-
velopments eharted in the Riggs
neighborhood.
More than 1000 new housing
units already are nearing COM
pletion in the area and almost as
many more are scheduled to be
built there In the next two years,
Mr.. Zellers said.
The nearest school in the vi
cinity, Keene Elementary at
Rock Creek Church and Riggs
(See SCHOOLS, Page A-3.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-16
Stocks Extend
Recovery With
GGnsUp to Sd
BY shs Assoeiossd Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 16.-Tre
stock market extended its recov-
cry drive today with advances
ranging to around "a a share in
some instances.
Bethlehem Steel rose $4.12,
General Dynamics $2.87, Ameri-
can Telephone $2.12. Kern Coun-
ty Land $1.87 and Sears. Roebuck
and Texas Co. SITS.
There was a brisk demand for
shares at the opening and the
ticker tape ran behind. Numerous
stable blocks of shares changed
hands and prices moved quickly
to gains Of 81 and more. BY
early afternoon, however, trad
ing had Quoted and many shares
had dipped below their best levels
Of the day.
Yesterday, the market staged
its biggest advance since Sep
TENDER 5, 1889, after a week Of
sharply lower prices. The Asso-
ciated Press average of go stocks
rose $3.50 to $l54.40 on volume
Of 100000 shares.
Burton st. John of Shearson.
Hammill a. Co.. commented that
"the breadth and vigor" Of yes
terday's turnabout carried as
surance that we have witnessed
the worst Of the decline"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-16
Bribery Jury Is Told
OF Ex-Lieufenant's
Tipoff 10 Gambler
Thomon Soys He Told
Simkins Thot Police
Knew Of Operations
By jock Jonas

A former gambling squad
lieutenant told a Federal Court
jury how he tipped of q WASH
ington gambler that police were
aware Of the gamblers numbers
operation.
"Okay, thanks. we'll be gone
tomorrow" Capt. Todd o. Tho
man, jr., said Roger (Whitetop)
Simkins replied.
Capt. Thoman, then a lieuten-
ant on the gambling squad, said
he gave the warning In q tele-
phone call to Simkins last June
IL, three days after the 55-year-
old colored gambler had agreed
to pay him $500 q month to
protect the Office from police
interference.
Capt. Thoman also told the
jury that John Lefty Winston,
a, colored, proposed paying
Capt. John B. Monroe, then in
command of the 18th police
precinct, 500 a month so VIM
ston could operate his numbers
business in that precinct.
The captains testimony was
given in the bribery and con-
spiracy trial of two suspended
policemen and six alleged gam
blers in U. s. District Court for
the District of Columbia.
IT made q telephone call to
Mr.. Simkins and told him ] had
a complaint on his office ct 408
NJ street NV" Capt. Thoriaa
said. HE said, 'Okay, thanks,
we'll be gone tomorrow"
Ten days later, the witness
added. he met Simkins and Al
bert II. fReal Estate) Smith. IS.
identified in testimony yester-
day as Simkins' partner. He said
both Simkins and Smith told
him they had opened q new Office
at 1912 Otis street NV.
On trial in addition to Capt.
Monroe, Smith, Simkins and
Winston are Charles (Geechie
Charlie) Anderson. 40, colored:
Burnie King. 20, colored; Pro-
stationary Detective George G.
Prather and Curtis NJ. tBozo)
Taylor, 80, colored.
Capt. Thoman said he met
Simkins and Smith ct 10 pm.
CONTINUED ON PAGE Ala, Col. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-16
BY Crosby S. Moves
E..nn>.n Fasr...~.4.., - n. g..

LONDON, Mar. 16.-Until this
latest crisis on the political front,
we've always thought of the Brit
ish as pretty straightforward.
uncomplicated folk. Now we
wonder how such an absurd idea
ever got started in the first place.
Today before the showdown in
the Labor Party's effort to throw
out Aneurin Bevan we went
around to ek.advice and counsel
from an informed friend-a man
who probably knows as much
about what goes on in the Labor
Party as anyone with the possible
exception of Messrs. Attlee and
'Bevan.
We found him in a dispirited
frame of mind.
Go away" he advised. do
the decent thing and tell your
readers you don't know what's
going to happen. And after 1t
happens admit that you haven't
a clew to what it means. It's
not clever but at least it's hon.
est"
We pointed out as gently as
possible that this would never
do.
"All right" he told us. There
are 293 members of the British
Labor Party in Commons. Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-16
By the Assesiossd Pres,

BALTIMORE, Mar. 16.-The
Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen asked
q question on his Dumont tele-
vision show last night and got
an unscheduled answer" from
q network show on ABC.
Here's what Baltimore tele-
viewers heard. thanks to an error
by q studio technician at Tv
Station WAAM:
Bishop Sheen, appearing on
Life Is Worth Living" had just
described the Western World as
Christ without o cross" and
compared 1t to the Communist
world Of the "cross without
Christ"
Then he asked: would the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-16
Trying to Plumb Beyon Crisis
Is More Labor Than Party
Reporter Dizzied by Wheels Within Wheels,
Yeurns for Simplicity Of Continental Politics

lowing for condolences, there
are roughly 290 possible ex-
plantations for what is happen
ing. Normally you try to make
things nice and simple. In this
case, the number of wheels
within wheels rs the story and
you might as well face up to the
fact"
My friend picked up a copy Of
the London Daily Mirror, a
Labor tabloid boasting the big
gest circulation of any news
paper in the world. An inside
spread was devoted to a violent
attack on both Mr.. Attlee and
Mr.. Bevan.
Look at this" he said. Here's
proof of one of the popular
theories about this blowup.
Bevan isn't really the man
they're after. It is Attlee him
self. The whole thing has been
engineered by Herbert Morrison,
who Is getting tired Of his job
as Attlee's right-hand man.
Attlee is a middle of-the-roader
"a compromiser between the
radical and conservative wings
OF the Labor Party. It's all very
simple: Get rid Of Bevan and
the left wing just disappears
Attlee is out Of a job and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-16
ABC Voice Answers Query
By Bishop Sheen on Dumont

Communists find Christ for the
CROSSE"
''Of course not" said a. loud
and clear feminine voice from
the Meet Corliss Archer" show.
Ted Jaffee. news director Of
WAAM, said the technician acct
dentally threw q switch to ABC
for an instant instead of to Du-
mont while transferring the pro-
gram from studio control to mas
ter control. The picture was not
disturbed.
Mr.. Jaffee said the staten was
swamped with telephone calls.
Some viewers we're indignant
about the mixup. he said. some
got quite O laugh out Of it," and
others were amazed at the CO.
incidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-16
BY the A.soeioted Press

HELSINKI, Finland, Mar. 16.
The Finnish Seamen's Union
announced today the crew Of the
tanker Aruba will strike rather
than sail the ship and its cargo
of Jet fuel to Communist China.
The union said that as re-
suit Of Nationalist Chinese
threats and the U. N. ban on
strategic materials to the Chi
nese Reds, THE ship finds itself
in danger Of getting involved In
actions Of war"
It called on the tanker's Finn
tsh owners to "direct the ship
to safer waters" The union
announcement said the crew has
refused to sail beyond Singa-
pore.
The east bound tanker is be-
lieved to be somewhere in the
Indian Ocean.
(The State Department said
in Washington that 1t is of
course pleased that the fuel
would not reach the Commu-
mist Chinese, but Press Officer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-16
Ex-Major Says Army
Didn't Gust Officer
Admitting Red Links
Doesn't Identify Man;
BIumes Clerical Error
For Peress Mixup
By james Y. Newton

A. former Army major told
Senate investigators today that
a commission In the Army was
given to q man who later ad-
mitted he was q Communist and
that to the best Of his knowledge
he was never removed.
The disclosure came in testi-
r1ony by Curtis r. Kirkland of
Jacksonville. Fla, before the
Senate Investigations subcom-
I1ittee. The group is holding
hearings on the promotion and
honorable discharge Of DR.. Irving
Peress. New York dentist and
former Army major.
Mr.. Kirkland, veteran of 16
years service, formerly was at
tached to LIST Army headquarters
in New York and handled loyalty
and personal history forms SUBJ
mitted by DR.. Peress In his appli-
cation for commission late in
1852.
Mccarthy Question
The witness was asked by Sem
ator Mccarthy if he knew of a
case where an admitted Commu-
mist had received a commission.
There was such a case" Mr..
Kirkland replied. and explained
that the man admitted he was
a Communist after he had been
given the commission.
"Was he removed?" asked Sem
ator Mccarthy.
ITO the best of my knowledge
he was not" the former major
said.
There was no further identi-
fication of the case but there was
indication that further testimony
will be heard on it later.
Mr.. Kirkland said it was the
custom in the Army to commits
sion applicants before they were
required to I'LL out loyalty forms,
Many officers were put or
duty before they submitted any
FORMS he said. I'VE were just
lucky that they were not Fifth
Amendment cases, too"
Tagged Other Cases
It had been brought out
earlier that MIR. Kirkland ano
Maj. F. E. Van Sickle, a previous
witness, had been instrumental
In Tagging down" five cases
where individuals have received
commissions. The action was
taken before the i've were called
to active duty, however. and al
were discharged.
The two officers discovered in
those cases that the applicants
had cited the Fifth Amendment
in declining to answer form
questions regarding their loyalty
But Mr.. kirkland said today
that the Army had no policy he
tSee PERESS. Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-16
ExpeI
Beyan, 141-112,
In AtfIee Victory
Feud Gives Tories
Great Advantage
In Next Election
BY the A.seeia,sd Press

LONDON, Mar. 16.-Laborite
members Of Parliament kicked
left-winger Aneurin Bevan out
Of their ranks today on charges
of disloyalty. This isolates him
as an independent in the House
of Commons.
The 57-year-old Welsh orator.
former coal miner, was re-
ported to have told a secret
meeting Of Labor members of
Parliament he would never ask
for reinstatement.
The action came on a motion
to withdraw the whip" from Mr..
Bevan, meaning to remove the
party label. The vote was
141-112.
This disciplinary move was
sponsored by the moderate sup
porters of former Prime Minister
Clement r. Attlee. the party's
72-year-old official leader. He
has been subject to repeated at
tacks from Mr.. Bevan and his
followers in the last three years.
Mr.. Attlee's supporters reject
ed last-minute attempt to get
Mr.. Bevan off with a reprimand.
The vote on that was 1924.
Triumph May BE Costly
The outcome was q triumph
for Mr.. Attlee, but it may prove
a costly one. Observers believed
the split would dash the Labor
Party's hope Of defeating Prime
Minister Churchill's Conserve
tiyes in the next general cleo.
ton, which Sir Winston must
call before October. 1856. and
perhaps will call this year.
Conservative supporters con-
tinued to pressure Sir Winston
to call 1t quickly to take adj
vantage Of the Laborite feuding.
Accused of repeated revolts
from Mr.. Attlee's leadership, Mr..
Bevan was given little chance Of
escaping punishment. Mr.. Att
lee and his shadow cabinetAl5
leading party members who
would become Government min
listers if the party won the next
election-scorned suggestions Of
compromise. They agreed unan-
imously to resign unless the eau
Gus approved their motion to
withdraw the whip.
The disloyalty charges grew
out of Mr.. Bevan's heated oppo-
sition to the official party line
on hydrogen weapons.
Attlee Backed H-Bombs.
Mr.. Attlee and his shadow
cabinet backed the Churchill
governments policy Of building
and stockpiling H-bombs as q
deterrent to Communist agrees
sion.
"It's no good going to the
Kremlin and thinking you can
read them the Sermon on the
Mount" Mr.. Attlee said in q
speech. "You have to. talk to
them straight.
Mr.. Bevan kicked over the
traces with a call for a British
declaration that this nation
would never use the H-bomb un-
less an enemy uses one against
Britain first. About q fifth Of
the Laborites in the House, in
GLIDING ardent pacifists, sup
ported him. The fight was Joined
with a declaration by moderate
Laborite Sir Hartley Shawcross
(See BEVAN, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-16
Paris Council Committee
Votes Rearming Pacts
BY the A.soeiussd Pres,

by me Nssociufsd Ffess
PARIS. Mar. 16.-The Foreign
Affairs Committee Of the French
upper house. the Council Of the
Republic. today approved the
Paris treaties son German re-
armament. The vote was 20-4
with six abstentions.
The council will act on the
treaties next week. The National
Assembly. or lower house, has al
ready approved them.