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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1955-06-17
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Evening star., 1955-05-10
Hebrew Temple Dedication

The beautiful new home of the Wash
ington Hebrew Congregation is another
exemplification of the Lords instruction
to Moses: LET them make Me Sanctuary,
that I may dwell among Them Thou
sands of willing hearts contributed to the
fulfillment of that ideal, skilled workmen
labored in the tradition of Bezalel to the
end that it might be graceful to look upon.
But the society led by DR.. Norman
GerStenfeld served all believers in the
creating of its temple. The affirmation
it has offered in the Capital of the United
States is a witness to the power of religion
everywhere President Eisenhower had
this in mind when he declared at the dedi-
cation: This country is spiritual Or
gauism" and when he explained that the
rights set forth in our American charters
of freedom are rights that God gave
to you and your neighbor."
Looming above him as he spoke, the
President saw the Tables of the Law
sacred to all men of goodwill. Through
long years to come they will stand as
reminder of his words and of the faith
Evening star., 1955-05-10
Away With the Flat Look

French fashion designers are restoring
themselves in the good graces of their
devoted followers and best customers
the women. Apparently realizing-long
after most men did-that they were fight
ing losing battle to popularize the "flat
look" the Partisan style authorities are
turning to "naturalness and freedom of
line" in their initial summer showings. In
non-technical language, this seems to
mean straight lines only where straight
lines belong-with other lines following
more natural bent. The news stories indi-
cate that such firms as Patou and Carven
all have turned their backs on designs that
tended to make women look like animated
telephone poles, tall or short. Even Chris
tian Dior, who is being blamed for the
original error of judgment, is backtracking
with suggestion that "a large bow be
worn slightly above the waist. To all of
which, the less deadly of the species will
append hearty: Well done!
Evening star., 1955-05-10
Sick Leave Abuse

The Star has recently car
ried several articles regard
ing abuse of sick leave by
Government employees. AS the
leading Washington paper, you
speak to the Nation on such
subjects.
In fairness to all, and in
justice to the majority of
Government employees. do you
not think it would be appro-
pirate to mention also the So
called Thousand Hour Club"
those who have over 1000
hours of accrued sick leave?
Or case histories of those who,
in 10 or more years service,
have not taken one day Of sick
leave?
Possibly some recognition of
those who are faithful in their
duties would cause others to
emulate them. Al least, it
would give Congress a truer
picture of the average en-
ploye, as I see it after 80
years of Government s~fvice.
Donald b. Brooks
Editors note: The Stars
Federal Spotlight column fire.
quently has referred to the
Thousand Hour Club" and
the fine records of its mem
berS.)
Evening star., 1955-05-10
Is Delay Economical?

There is no question about the need
for new District Government admins
tration building. The only question in
the minds of officials is whether the need
is acute enough to warrant diversion of
other public works money to such con-
struction. Testimony by Administration
Director Schuyler Lowe before a House
Appropriations subcommittee indicates
that, at the least, the time has come to
begin actual planning of an addition to
the present Municipal Center.
The District Government long ago
outgreW it's available Office facilities The
various divisions and departments are
housed not only in the old District Building
and the newer East Administration struc-
ture, but in District-oWned or rented build
ingS at numerous locations. The original
plans for the Municipal Center envisioned
matching West Administration building,
on ground now used as parking lot. The
west annex at first was included in the
Districts long-range public works program,
but was eliminated to make way for other
important Improvements.
Some fiscal information supplied to
Mr.. Lowe by the Districts Space Advisory
Committee makes one wonder how long
the west wing can be postponed as an
economy" measure. The committee re-
ported that about ST million could be
realized by selling old buildings now used
for administrative purposes, $4,000 in new
taxes could be gained by return of District
owned properties to private ownership and
that more than 100000 year could be
saved in maintenance costs involved in
keeping the old structures in repair. Fur
thermore, an unestimated additional sum
undoubtedly could be saved by eliminating
lost motion and other waste resulting from
the scattering of municipal activities. The
situation certainly calls for careful study
in connection with immediate planning
of the District Governments construction
program.
Evening star., 1955-05-10
THE POLITICAL MILL

By GOULD LINCOLN

governor of New York, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, has sat in the
White House as President. Van
Buren, Cleveland and Frank
lin Roosevelt were all Demo-
Gratis. OF the unsuccessful
candidates, Tilden and Smith
were Democrats and Hughes
and Dewey, Republicans. The
Importance of the New York
governorShip in a race for a
Presidential nomination goes
far beyond this record in these
later days. For New York is
regarded as the pivotal state
even though Woodrow Will
son was able to win election
to the Presidency without its
electoral votes in 1916, and
Harry S. Truman performed
the same feat in 1948.
While it is too early to sew
up the Democratic PreSiden-
tial nomination for any poten-
tial candidate. it is sure that
Mr.. Hartman and his quail
fications will be given more
and more consideration by the
party leaders as the months
go by. He has dispelled the
suggestion that he cannot win
an election for he was elected
in New York when no one, or
comparatively few, immedi-
ately after his nomination in
1854 expected him to win.
After that election. when he
was asked if it made him a
candidate for the Presidency
in 1856, he replied; Il am for
Adlai Stevenson. More re-
Gently, when he was asked if
he would be a candidate for
the nomination. he lodged.
saying: Il haven't had time
to think about it." Having
taken part in the coalition
that handed the Presidential
nomination to Mr.. Stevenson
in 1852, Mr.. Hartman may
feel it's up to Mr.. Stevenson
to step aside for him in 1856.
Also, a certain New York State
Democratic political leader
who is reaching into the ma
tional field, Carmine De Sapio.
is laying his plans. A Gridiron
dinner skit, to the tune of
'Davy Crockett" had an i'm
personator of Mr.. De Sapio
singing: Took Mr.. Hartman
of New York State up a tall
building to learn his fate.
Pointed out Albany to serve as
bait, said in Sc We have a
date" And in the same skit,
an alleged friend of Mr.. Har-
riman put the governors
thoughts into song as fol-
lows; Sincerely, oh. yes. sim
cerely I'm for you, Adlai.
You're first-after me-"
Mr.. Hartman and Mr..
Stevenson are not the only
important potential candidates.
Senator Kefauver of Tennes-
see will be filing. undoubtedly.
There is more and more talk;
however. of a Harriman-Ke-
fauver ticket.
Evening star., 1955-05-10
Status Quo in Virginia

Virginia citizens have re-
Gently witnessed two demon
strations defending the status
quo in free public education in
the Commonwealth.
First was the presentation
by the Commonwealth Attor-
ney General to the Supreme
Court of a brief arguing for
continuation of segregation in
Virginia. This presentation
was supported by a series Of
statistical data which. to the
extent they may have been
true, constitute a prima facie
indictment of the States sim
cerity in providing free public
education to all its citizens.
The second demonstration
was the Incorporate action at
Annandale by an organized
group to disrupt an orderly
discussion of the problems of
complying with the Supreme
Court decision. This latter &C
tion was spearheaded by per-
sons claiming descendant ties
with the heritage of Jefferson
and Mason.
Before a defense of the sta
tus quo is pushed too far, per-
haps the status should be more
fully understood. For example,
the March issue of "The
School Board Journal con-
tains an article ranking the
48 States on various aspects
of education. Virginia ranks
18th among all States in
need" population wise) for
education; Virginia ranks 21st
in ability" Crelative wealth.
TO pay for education. On the
other side, Virginia ranks 34th
in relative effort" to provide
good schools and 1t ranks 44th
in the drawing and holding
power" of its schools. In COM
posite rank Virginia has
Evening star., 1955-05-10
NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE.

cNdA 0AI
You can't do that. please.
you and Temp Jones
should get together with Haw-
kins and Beethoven and go
see The Star layout man.
"Give him six easy lessons
in counterpart.
Counterpart out to him
that he should put This and
That right to heck back where
it was before, in three COL
umnS.
"A New Look is all right in
its place, but for the sake of
posterity. YOU might counter
point out the fact that a new
format at this time seriously
disturbs the traditional format
of the vast army of fans who
are quietly collecting your
works in convenient form for
the philosophical advancement
of future generations.
Sincerely, j. r. M"
Keeping scrapbooks is an
. honored American custom.
Many begin it as children,
some continue it for a life
time.
No matter who or where
you are, there is sure to come
a time and place when you
want to keep a scrapbook.
Scraps, tidbits in the news,
interesting pictures, poems
These and a thousand other
things make their appeal, and
are certain to vanish unless
something is done about it.
This something is a. book in
which such things can be
pasted.
1t is called a scrapbook and
nobody knows how many mil
lions of them are in existence.
Selecting the right size and
type for ones needs is an early
problem.
Too large, it is hard to ham
die and to read.
Too small, and many items
must be left out.
Too flimsy. one might as
we'll have left the clippings
where they were.
Too husky, and you have
something you shrink from
using.
~ X
The best scrapbook is one
designed for certain matters.
Reviews of books, for in
stance.
Left in papers and maga-
Evening star., 1955-05-10
An Obstacle Removed

A possible obstacle in the path of
Southwest redevelopment under the Zeck-
endorf plan has been removed with the
implicit White House sanctioning of ne
gotiated contracts for this special program.
The awarding of contracts by negotiation
rather than competitive bidding had been
contemplated under preliminary arrange
mentS made with Webb & Knapp, William
Zeckendorf'S New York contracting firm.
Recently, however, the General Services
Administration had said it favored COM
petitive bidding for such public building
contracts as were awarded under Federal
purchase legislation. The stand had
clouded plans for Federal participation
in the rebuilding of the Southwest.
On White House authority, the Budget
Bureau has notified Congress that the
question of negotiated or competitive bid
contracts is one for Congress to decide.
There will be no objection from the Presi-
dent if the Federal purchase pro-
gram in Southwest Washington is carried
out by negotiation with Mr. Zeckendorf
or other contractors. The New York
builder has said that he is not interested
in competitive bidding, after having spent
so much time and money in the prelim-
mary planning of the redevelopment
project.
The White House is right, though, in
suggesting that adequate safeguards for
the public interest should be included in
any negotiated contracts. One important
safeguard would be the inclusion of pro-
vision for payment of real estate taxes to
the District on lease-purchase properties
before title is transferred from private
to public ownership. 1t is hard to under
stand why such proviso was omitted
from the legislation as introduced.
Evening star., 1955-05-10
Civil Defense Flaw

A very serious failure in the
local defense program is the
almost complete absence of a
local warden service. Over
S500,000 has been spent on
local civil defense, but there
is no trained warden service
which is necessary to any ef-
fectual plan for saving lives
either in an atomic attack or
even a peacetime catastrophe.
At this particular time. local
citizens have no information
on plans for dispersal or sur
vival in the event of an attack.
Such a plan should be thor
oughly lmbedded in every
mans, Womans and child's
mind as to where he or she
would be evacuated from. by
what type of transportation
and by what route. In the
event of the separation of FAM
lilies, each family should know
where his rendezvous area has
been established. With the
medium of television and radio
an emergency radio and tele-
vision station should have al
ready been established, with
everyone tuning into that sta
tion in the event of an alert,
to receive final or revised in
structions.
Civil defense experts say
that evacuation is the answer
in case of an attack, but we
do not plan for it. 1t is a we'll
known fact that panic could
be averted many times by
keeping people busy. People
then should have prearranged
assignments of action if only
in family groups.
To date, the true extent of
the local program is an unco-
ordinated effort with medical
communications, fire, first aid,
etc, operating on separate in
structionS. There is a group of
i, half audible sirens dispersed
throughout the city. A warden
service exists in name only,
with headquarters that will
accommodate about 100 people,
no clerical service for CO.
ordinating, planning and train
ing and no trunk Line phone
to receive or disseminate mes
sages. After over four years of
promises to get meeting places
in the various areas of the city
for training, storage of equip
ment, ETC., the warden service
has dissipated into thin air
through resignation or just
lack of attending meetings.
Wendall A. Paris,
Formerly Asst Training Di-
rector D. G. Warden Services
Evening star., 1955-05-10

Averell Harriman's week in
Washington - which began
with the Governors Confer
ence and wound up with the
Gridiron Club dinner last Sat-
urday-left doubt in the minds
of few politicians and obServ-
erS that the New York Gov
ernor'S hat will be in the ring
for the 1856 Democratic Pres
idential nomination. He took a
lead in the discussion of i'm
portant National problems
which came up during the con-
ference of all governors. called
by President Eisenhower. He
stepped right out in the lead to
attack the Eisenhower admin
istration at the subsequent
conference of Democratic gov
ernorS, called by Democratic
National Chairman Paul NJ.
Butler. At the Gridiron din
ner, where always speakers
face dangerously an audience
of leaders of public and private
life-and where many ambi-
tious candidates have had
their wings clipped-the New
Yorker did a Workmanlike job,
with some phrases and lines
that recalled Franklin D.
Roosevelt senior. Further,
the week here enabled Mr..
Hartman to talk with Demo-
Gratis from all parts of the
country-governors and mem
bers of Congress particularly.
This ambition to run for
President is not new so far as
Gov. Hartman is concerned.
He had it in 1952-When he
was the favorite-son candidate
of New York at the Democratic
National Convention in Chi
cago. The fact that some of
his Democratic colleagues did
not take his bid for the nomi-
nation seriously at that time
probably was a surprise to him.
He himself took his candidacy
very seriously. indeed, despite
the fact he had never been
elected to political Office. He
had held at least eight impor-
tant jobs under Presidents
Roosevelt and Truman, and
he had back of him the big
gest delegation in the conven-
ton. In the end. he yielded
gracefully to the nomination
of Adlai Stevenson.
Mr.. Harrimans big chance
for a Presidential nomination
really came on election day
last November-when he won
the New York governorship
over Senator Irving Ives; Re-
publican. Eight New York
governors-or former gover-
nors - have been nominated
for President in the past. Four
of them were elected. The
successful were Van Buren,.
Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt
and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Those who fell short were
Tilden, Hughes, Smith and
Dewey. Only one Republican
Evening star., 1955-05-10
T HIS. AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

zines, they are gone with the
wind. the wind of opinion,
puffed on by time itself,
Put away neatly. they are
always there. The writer here
regrets that he did not keep
the marvellous set of reviews,
in newspapers and magazines.
of Witness" Whitaker Cham
bers' book.
They were among the best
reviews ever put out in Amer
lea about any book, and de-
served to be kept.
Now they are gone. and only
extended research could bring
them together again.
y * x
1t is natural for one who has
selected a scrapbook of GER
tain size to dislike to see his
material changed, so that his
selected material will no longer
fit.
This means that he must
either get a new scrapbook,
or cut and paste, and it is this
very job, cutting and pasting.
that makes a Scrapbook q
chore.
Symmetrical articles may be
put into books with scotch
tape. This is not SO pleasant
with a paste-up job.
The paste, for one thing,
is always getting in the wrong
place!
The essence of scrapbook
keeping, one may feel, is neat
ness.
This means that too many
pages. crammed in, will make
the whole volume look bulky,
when filled, and this is not
good. OF course. the best books
make allowance for this.
Old printed books, with clip
pings between the pages, must
not be overlooked. Many i'm
promptu scrapbooks are made
in this way, and if the same
selection and devotion go into
them, who can say they are
not good as any?
Tears may come into the
eyes at the sight of some
old scrapbook, dog-eared ana.
worn. containing the work of
40 years ago, collected by
mothers hands. To her, dear
soul, everything one did seemed
wonderful and momentous.
Those days cannot come again,
but the sweet memories of the
past lie over all these faded
clippings, adding another small
chapter to the glory of the
scrapbook.
Evening star., 1955-05-10
Austria as an Auqury

Barring the completely unexpected,
it will be only matter of days now before
Austria-after a decade Of four-power
occupation-will be a free land again.
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov will meet
in Vienna on Saturday with his Anglo
French-American counterpartS to give the
Kremlins final approval to the independ-
ence treaty, and the treaty itself probably
will be signed on Sunday. And so will end
the long years of Russian obstructioniSm
that blocked every effort by the Western
Big Three to grant to the Austrian people
the sovereignty pledged to them in the
Moscow Declaration of 1943.
1t is not certain why the men Of the
Kremlin thus have finally come around to
the point of letting Austria be its own
master. But the most plausible and pop
ular explanation is that they hope to use
the Vienna treaty as kind of weapon
against West German rearmament. That
is to say, they are expected to do every
thing possible to exploit it in a manner
calculated to lure the people of the Bonn
Republic into abandoning their new role
in the Atlantic alliance, in exchange for a
similar neutralizing treaty that would
reunite their partitioned country but make
it highly vulnerable to Communist coup.
However, although it can create seri-
Gus propaganda problems for the West,
this lure is not likely to work, and the
Russians probably are not banking too
much on it. Accordingly, their about-face
as regards Austria must have been mott
waited by other reasons as we'll. And one of
these-posSibly the most important of all
could be the fact that they are faced
with such critical difficulties at home,
especially in agriculture, that they may
feel genuinely impelled to seek breathing
spell through negotiations aimed at easing
world tensions and enabling them to do
something about their domestic mess.
If this is not an over-optimistic view,
then the Kremlin's switch on Austria may
well be an augury marking the beginning
OF major change for the better in Soviet
policy-a change that could lead in time
to workable modus vivendi between the
free world and the world of the Red totali-
tarians. In any event, the international
situation has within recent weeks acquired
an element of f1uidity that constitutes a
challenge to Western craftsmanship. The
firmneSS and growing strength of the
Atlantic community unquestionably have
had great deal to do with all this, and
that fact-together with the fact of Rus
sia's home-front problems-should be kept
we'll in mind in any coming Big Four
negotiations either "at the summit" or at
lower levels.
Evening star., 1955-05-10
Flight

The only Way to hold your
loue is lose it,
Surrender 1t completely at
your tDill-
The only Wdy to gain it, to
refuse it,
As long as you desire don,in-
ion still.
The only ,ody to keep a foDer
is free it
To groW Serenely on its
brilliant plain,
The only Ddy to tame a bird,
to see it
Untettered lUingino into sun
dgGin.
No single being could fulfil
your longing.
Reueal the beauty deep Nth
In your heart.
But / mould like to be among
those thronging
To reach the height t0hich
sets you far apart.
To hold love, fast it must be
eDer flying,
or there i0iH taH to earth a
strange bird, dying.
Mary Lueretio Borker
Evening star., 1955-05-10
PoIond's PIiqht

The Star reports that when
the new Ambassador from
Communist Poland presented
his credentials to the Presi-
dent. he said that a rich
tradition of friendship dating
back to the period of Ameri-
can struggle for independence
still lives in the Polish and
American people"
The Poles today have lost
their independence. Probably
there has never been a people
in the worlds history who
priced it more. They helped
us. What are we going to do
about them?
Elizabeth Darlington Simpson.
Evening star., 1955-05-10
Mr.. Avery Bows Out

Retirement of SeweN Avery as chair
man of Montgomery Ward brings close to
an end one of the most spectacular careers
In American business. For long before
he fought off successfully the efforts by
Louis E. Wolfson to capture control of the
big mail order house, Mr.. Avery had been
a stormy figure in the world of finance
and company management. In 1905, when
he was only 80, Mr.. Avery became president
of United States Gypsum Company. In
the half-century since, he has never been
anything less than a president or chair
man. Gypsum had spectacular record
under his leadership and it was J. P. Nor
gan & Company that invited the aggressive
Mr.. Avery to take over an ailing Mont
gomery Ward in 1881. Eventually other
Morgan lieutenants were among the four
presidents and 40 vice presidents who came
and went during the Avery administration.
And even being carried bodily out of his
office by two soldiers of the United States
Army was not enough to force Mr.. Avery
out of control of his company in 1914
Time has now brought about what other
men were unable to accomplish
Even so the battle for control of
Montgomery Ward is not yet over. John
A. Barr, the new chairman, was on Mr..
Avery's team. A majority of the stock
holders, including some of the giant in
vestment funds, supported the Avery man
agement in the recent fight, but it is safe
to assume they will expect profitable re-
suits in return for that support. Mr.. Wolf
son appears sure of one or more minority
places in the board of directors and the
company record for the next year is certain
to be scrutinized closely in business and
financial circles.