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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-14
NettIed

We Fundamentally agree
with The Stars editorial APP
prevail of a bill offered by
Maryland's Senator Butler to
establish a Federal research
into the why's and wherefores
of the pesky little jellyflsh
which infest the waters of the
Chesapeake and its tributaries.
What would contribute more
to healthful summer pleasure
than to bring these floating,
lengthy-tentacled "stingers"
under control? Then those
beautiful blue waters which
look so inviting would also be
pleasant to enter.
Certainly there is nothing
more frustrating on a swelter-
ing day than to have to sit
marooned on boats or piers
because we know that one dip
will entangle us in what Inc
Star calls the warm embrace"
of a sea nettle.
This problem has been with
us for a long time. But we
understand the Japanese and
Chinese have found a way to
dry jellyfish for soup-making
purposes. (Horrible thought0
Certainly with all our Ameri-
can know-how, we have an
excellent chance Of finding
an equally enterprising use
for them. Or at least some
method which will discourage
their growth.
Anyway, it's certainly a
wonderful thought to look for
ward to.
Lila Douglas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-14

George B. Begg. jr., believes
my letter. Failures Alp,
would warm the heart of the
most ardent anti-intellectual.
He claims I have reduced the
mind of Christ" to a few
catchy cliches.
am sure Mr.. Begg is the
better theologian. My mother
rightly named me Thomas. (
have what I believe to be
honest doubts about many
theological doctrines and dog
mas. But I assure Mr.. Begg
this is the first time I have
every heard any responsible
theological authority imply
that the teachings of Jesus
are anti-intellectual cliches.
In my letter / thought i was
saying we do not practice
what We preach. 1 was not
consciously giving aid or COM
fort to anti-intellectualism.
/ thought it was the purpose
of intellectualism to persuade
the human will and mind to
conform with the ideals of
spiritual truth. I believe Jesus
expresses the practical ideals
of spiritual truth so that all
men everywhere and of all
different religious faiths can
see and understand their love
and goodness. In theory we
are a Christian nation. Yet,
as we face God in a last judg-
ment, If there be one, how will
we answer for our steward
ship as the custodian of the
plenty and power we so provi-
IDENTIFY enjoy? Will God APP
prove of our rotting surfeit
of understandable plenty when
our brothers perish from mis-
cry and want? What does
God think of our using the
primary power of the universe
to totally destroy and devas-
tate beyond the flendishness
Of Satan? Maybe the theolo-
CLANS have a reassuring an
swer. But as for me, doubter
that / am, ! believe Jesus
meant exactly what he taught.
And If they be cliches, Mr..
Begg's cup surely runneth
over.
Thomas E. MattingIy, MD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-14

-Four Democrats have been
President of the United States
since the Civil War-and two
of them we're Governors of
New York, Grover Cleveland
and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Two other Democratic Cover
nors of New York. during the
same period. were nominated
for President but failed to win
Samuel J. Tilden and AL
fred E. Smith.
Now another Democratic
Governor of the Empire State
is seeking such a nomination
w. Averell Hartman. For
the Democrats, Governors of
New York seem to have special
appeal. And that seems to
be the major qualification of
Hartman in his present quest.
New York'S big block Of
delegates to the Democratic
National Convention always is
an ace in the hole. They will
have SO convention votes. For
: Gov. Harriman's prestige, it is
unfortunate that he will not
have a solid delegation. Pro-
evenson delegates were
elected in three districts, and
six or eight of the "a dele
gates at large, with half q
vote each, will be Stevenson
supporters. according to re-
ports-among them Senator
Lehman and Mayor Wagner of
New York City. Carmine G.
DeSapio, Tammany boss and
Harriman's chief political cap
tain, is doing his best to
smooth this uncomfortable
wrinkle in the Hartman cloth.
Hartman also has the OPPOSE
ton in New York of the
powerful F. D. Roosevelt clan,
including Mrs. Eleanor Roose-
welt, who has been campaign
ing for Stevenson.
Not Peoples Candidate"
other factors working
against Hartman include his
lack of popular support
throughout the country as
disclosed by all the public
opinion polls to date. To a
great mass of Americans he
is scarcely more than a name.
The Democrats of the South,
and they will have a potent
voice in the Democratic Ma
tional Convention, are against
him because of his drastic
stand on immediate desegre-
cation of the public schools.
To many Democrats in the
Midwest, the fact he is hooked
up with the Tammy leader-to
whom he owes his nomination
for Governors a reason for
suspicion. They fear he will
be regarded in their section as
a city slicker. And finally,
there is the front-running
Adlai Stevenson who will go
into the convention with more
delegates pledged or promised
to him than any other candi-
date. Further, Stevenson has
proved he has voter appeal in
the presidential primaries.
The factors which may work
in favor of Gov. Hartman, in
addition to his strategic posi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-14
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

stand anybody with a bundle
in his hands or under his arms.
Toting, as the South says it,
is outside the dogs liking,
1t means one of two things
to him, a peddler, or a gypsy,
one or the other.
Now. today'S humans may
not understand about gypsies
and peddlers, since both groups
are on the wane, but you can
bet your last dollar that the
dogs understand.
In the old days, in which
dogs are still living, not hav-
ing any experts" to tell them
differently, peddlers and gyp-
sizes were strictly not wanted
around homes.
A big man with a bundle
was just plain disliked and
feared. When gypsies came
to a small town, the frightened
mothers hurried their children
indoors, locked the doors and
windows. and pulled down all
the blinds.
Part of the racial memory
of many Americans is seeing,
as a child, a swarthy face
peering through the lace cur
tainS.
Take away the mailman's
pouch, and the dogs would
leave him alone.
Just how he would carry
his mail. including the millions
of letters and dodgers nobody
wants. is something to be left
to the discretion of the au-
thorities.
Surely the men who have
built up our great postal serv-
ice can come up with a solu-
ton to this one.
Temp Jones, who throws
out his ideas lightly, thinks
something might be done by
distributing the letters in and
around the postman's clothing,
just as some people carry huge
sums Of money in secret belt
arrangements under their
arms.
Jones is willing to leave it
to the Postmaster General, a
capable and worthy man, and
his various assistants, most of
them dog lovers, too.
It's easy to fool dogs. Just
make the mailmen look like
homeowners or executives, and
leave of their packs, and the
dogs will leave them alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-14

Templeton Jones can tell the
Post Office Department how to
keep dogs from biting mail
men. but of course the officials
would pay no attention to him.
Jones is not an expert, or
authority on anything except
himself.
He has no standing, as it
were, when it comes to dogs.
But Jones loves them, and
has been watching them for a
neat lifetime, come what may.
He knows dogs.
He thinks, his friends some
times believe. like a dog.
Just as Emerson said the
thoughts of a turtle are all
turtle. SO the thoughts of
Templeton Jones at times are
tinged with the canine flavor.
He also specializes in think
ing catlike. at times, and oc-
casionally birdlike.
Still, he is no expert" and
not to be an expert, in Amer
lea, means you are less than
the dust beneath the automo-
bile wheel Of the thinking ex-
ecutive.
How to keep dogs from Bit
ing mailmen?
Easy" says Templeton
Jones. in his best canine man.
ner.
Just take away the post
mems mail pouches.
That's ALL. but it would be
enough. Jones makes it condi-
tional, because he knows that
there is nothing in the Postal
Laws and Regulations, Sec
ton Ia, item 345b. about the
matter.
And what isn't in the regu-
lations. just doesn't exist, as
far as the Post Office is con-
cerned.
Take away those big heavy
pouches. and the pooches
guarding their homes would
leave the swift goers on their
routes strictly alone. And do
you know why?
Because modern dogs have
been conditioned against men
with bundles.
The dogs. evidently. have
accepted whole-hog the re-
strictions put on Army officers,
that they must not carry
packages in public.
We knew a charming young
lady once, who had been
brought up by an aunt in
Canada.
Inc aunt, a good Cathollc,
put two restrictions on the
young lady under her charge.
One, she was never TO carry
a package. Somehow. this
struck the aunt rs distinctly
middle class. or worse.
Second, the young woman
was not allowed to go to early
mass. Only working people"
went to it. and the young
miss was above that group,
too.
Well, the dogs Of America
suffer from somewhat the
same delusions.
They believe. as a class. that
they are we'll above cats. es-
pecially common cats that are
allowed to run the streets at
will.
Then. they simply cahnot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-14
Remembers When

The item on Lincoln Beachey
in the 80 Years Ago" feature
of Sundays Star brought back
some vivid recollections OF
aviations early days.
was a young reporter at
Dubuque, Iowa, when Beachey
came to our town to fly an
exhibition. He had two planes.
One was a great big one. 1t
would carry the pilot and a
passenger. The other was his
favorite, a single-seater and
fast; it made probably go miles
an hour. That was the one
he flew under the wire, be-
tween the judges stand and
the grandstand at the fair
grounds a Curtis Baby
Grand.
Although the event was, of
course, sensational and spec
tacular, and Beachey already
was limping from his crack
ups, in those early days flyers
were not social lions. I do not
recall any great community
events in Beachey's honor,
aside from the fair grounds
programs, but / do recall run
ming across him a couple Of
evenings in places where beer
was still a nickel for a To-
ounce glass with free lunch
to boot-diversion. maybe. for
a flyer, but part-time boarding
house to a newspaper cub Of
those days.
A year or two later, in 1915.
a wing of a Beachey plane
tore off, 1900 feet above San
Francisco Bay and one Of my
early idols was no more.
Spectacular TO the end, he
died one Of American avia-
tons greats. He should never
be seen as less.
Earl Scoop shktz.
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We Can Do 1t Safely

common sense decision in turning down
the Kremlin'S tentative invitation to the
whole of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to visit
Russia in connection with Soviet Aviation
Day, June "a. The rejection does not
constitute formal rebuff, but it leaves
no room for doubt-while keeping doors
politely open-that our country does not
propose to engage in an indiscriminate
exchange of military junkets between it
self and the USSR.
AS far as Soviet Aviation Day is con-
cerned, General Twining, chief of our Air
Force, is already committed to go to
Russia. But the Presidents decision
makes clear that it would be "impracti-
cable" for the United States to act affirm
atively on Moscow's proffer to invite all
of the members of the jos to attend the
celebration. In fact, the decision serves
notice on the Kremlin that our Govern
ment'S response to future invitations Of
this sort will be limited by broad but
rather strict set of conditions.
These conditions include the follow
ing: ~ Acceptance of such invitations
will depend both on the circumstances
prevailing at the moment and on what
General Twining reports after he returns
from his impending trip (2) If any other
of our top military leaders are invited by
the Kremlin, they will agree to go only
with the understanding that their
schedules within the Soviet Union be so
arranged at to permit maximum time
outside of Moscow for visits to those
activities of special interest to their own
services"-Army, Navy, Air Force or
Marine Corps. And (3) it is unlikely in
the extreme that the entire top member
ship of the jos will ever be free to travel
together, as unit, to the USSR; at most,
as the President has indicated, only two
of the chiefs will be able to undertake
that kind of mission simultaneously.
There are those, of course, who be-
lieve that under no circumstances or
conditions-eS especially at this stage in the
cold war-Should there be any American
Soviet exchange of military visits. This
negative view is based on the fear that
the exchange would give the Kremlin
undeserved responsibility, create false
impression of growing friendship between
Washington and Moscow, hoodwink the
West into relaxing its armed vigilance,
and in general do much more good for
Russia than for the free world. The fear,
however, seems to have little real sub
stance in view of the Presidents restric-
tionS.
Certainly, given those restrictions, it
is difficult to see why our country should
be hurt bv trims like General TWining'S
AS Secretary of State Dulles has just
reStated, there are some rather encour-
aging signs of a possible Soviet change
for the better-a fact suggesting that we
ought not to be fearful of leaving our own
doors reasonably ajar or of making
occasional visits behind the doors of
Russia. Flexibility has its virtues; we
must be wary of seeming to be too rigid
or completely frozen to a fixed and
immutable position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-14

@. What member Of a Presi-
dents cabinet was known as
"Puddler jim" and why did
he have this nickname?-R.z.
A. It was the late James
j. Davis, who at the age Of
IL had become a puddler's
assistant. He worked in the
iron and steel mills Of Sharon,
Pa. Under Presidents Hard
ing, Coolidge. and Hoover, Mr..
Davis served as Secretary Of
Labor and from 1881 to 1889.
was a member of the United
States Senate. "Puddler Jim"
is the title Of his autohio-
graphy. \
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-14

these humans, and someday,
if we can retain the support of
this landlord and the Arlington
Board of Health, we can take
over this country and become
the master race. So will you
please help us.
Virginia Crepner.
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Pendulum

This brass moon SiDuno the
hours diDay
And notD hangs quiet. poised
IN space.
Time ceases in this ancient
house,
The long years loiter IN this
place.
But II ! found the iron KEY
That fits the empty aperture,
And stirred the unmoUino
pendulum,
Time mould run backward, !
am sure,
And people from another
sphere
Would come and marcel at US
here.
Edno |. S. Borkek
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THE EVENING STAR. Washington, D. c. ." AS
THURSDAY, II.

for special contingencies that
ARE virtually certain to arise"
las might be expected" the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-17
Red Oil Drill
Trade Blocked
BY the Associated Press

The Commerce Department
has turned down an American
firms plan to swap information
with the Russians on drill bits
used in oil wells.
Secretary of Commerce Weeks
based the decision yesterday on
national security. He said the
Russians stood to gain more
than they would give.
The department did not iden-
Itify the firm in its formal an
nouncement. but a spokesman
confirmed speculation by re-
Iporters that it was Dresser In
Idustries, Inc, of Dallas, Tex.
The firm had asked for a
license to send the Russians
technical data on "the deEign,
production. assembly and opera
ton of rotary rock drill bits
In return, it was to get Rus
sian data on the assembly on
IA Russian-designed turbo drill.
and also up to 40 turbo drills
of various sizes and types.
1--WE rejected this application
primarily because we wish to
avoid any action which might
serve to weaken the voluntary
system Of international strategic
controls" Mr.. Weeks said.
He said American-made oil
drill bits are the most advanced
in the world. and among the
States and IA other Western
countries as highly important
from a security standpoint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-17
Students Riot
Ponty Raids


BERKELEY. Calf, May II
R.-Three thousand University
of California students invaded at
least a dozen sorority houses last
night in panty raiding party
that turned into a near riot.
Co-eds were knocked around,
assaulted, carried outside in pa
jamas or nude" the student
newspaper Daily Californian said
today.
Damage done by the noisy
raiders was unoffcially estimat-
ed at more than $4,000.
Beds were overturned, bedding
thrown out of windows, at least
one door ripped of its hinges
clothing and purses stolen. One
houSemother was reported
knocked over.
II am Mortified" said Associ-
ate Dean of Students William F.
Shepard. Nothing like this has
ever happened before"
The Daily Californian in lead
editorial called for retribution
from the NC fraternities for
what it called "the night of de-
hatchery"
University authorities prom
Used action as they and police
sought to Ak responsibility.
Squads of police rushed to the
scene. But as one group was
broken up, another would make
a raid elsewhere. Order was fin-
ally restored early today.
One youth. Raymond Kellner,
%. was jailed as a drunk.
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No individuals were criticized
by name in the document.
The report said a State De-
part move begun in l949 to de-
centralize administrative oper-
atoms to its four regional policy
bureaus european, Far Eastern,
Near East-South Africa and
American republics has ac-
tually degenerated to the point
of decontrol."
"Series OF Crises"
1t said the department does
not seem to realize that Con-
gress intends in making appro-
priation cuts that the depart
ment's proposed programs should
be reduced.
Instead, the report said, the
department allots full amounts
and cuts back on reserve funds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-17
British Sergeant
on Cyprus

NICOSIA, Cyprus, May II (P.
"A bomb thrown at a military
vehicle near Famagusta today
killed a British army sergeant
major and wounded two other
soldiers.
The sergeant major was the
second British serviceman killed
in two days on this British-ruled
island where a Greek Cypriot
underground is waging a cam
paign of violence for union with
Greece.
A Royal Air Force corporal
was shot dead yesterday at the
edge of Nicosia's airport. Three
Cypriots were captured shortly
after the shooting and turned
over to police for questioning.
One of the three was seized
after a helicopter crew spotted
him hiding in a tree. Author
tiles said the corporal was shot
after he had several times given
three CypriotS a drink of water.
The bombing death of the
sergeant major raised to 20 the
toll of British servicemen killed
on Cyprus in the last Is months.
Sixty police and civilians also
have died.
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St. Aueustine's Fort
Soved CITY 3 Times

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.-St.
Augustine was settled by the
Spanish in 1865 and burned and
looted by Sir Francis Drake in
1886.
English pirates plundered the
again in 1868. Erec-
ton of Castillo de San Marcos
in 1872 ended the towns troubles
in this respect. The fort with
stood three English attacks.
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'Rodio Attachment
Spies on Small Fry

NEW YORK-A new attach
ment for radios has been devel-
oped that will enable parents to
tune in on nursery noises and
keep an ear on what goes on
among the small fry.
The device. a low-power radio
transmitter, can be plugged into
a normal electric outlet. It broad
casts on a frequency that won't
interfere with normal radio OPP
Grafton.
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Union Man Indicted
On Anti-Red Oath

Attorney General Brownell
yesterday announced the indict-
ment of Andrew S. Nelson. pres
ident of the New Orleans local
Iof the international Longshore-
mems and Warehousemen'S
Union on charges of falsely
denying Communist Party men,
bership or affiliation.
The indictment was returned
by a Federal grand jury at New
Orleans.
Nelson, 80. has been president
of the New Orleans branch of
the international union, headed
by Harry Bridges. since 1947.
A four count indictment
charged him with making false
denialS of party affiliation in
nom Communist affidavits filed
with the National Labor Rela-
tons Board in 1852 and 1858.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-17
State Department Hit
On Money Management

A House committee unani-
mously reported yesterday that
the State Departments internal
management is so ''woefully
weak that in practice there are
now five State Departments in
stead of one"
1t added that the departments
handling of funds is incredible
and causes "a series of financial
crises throughout each year
which force the hating of pro-
grams already begun, or the
serious curtailment of others"
Hearings Held Abroad
The report approved by the
House Government Operations
Committee was prepared by an
International Operations Sub
committee. headed by Repre-
sensitive Hardy. Democrat of
Virginia, which held hearings
abroad last year.
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scale. Whole areas of the city
many square blocks in extent
are being seized and RACED. in
part for traditional public use
as for streets and parks, but fol
much greater part for sale tC
private entrepreneurs for strictly
private business purposes :"
In cases such as the one at
issue. the appellate court held
that 1.-THE trial court is much
more than the moderator of a
lawsuit"
1t asserted that the trial judge
should function in part as a
guardian Of the home owners
rights.
In his dissent, Judge Wash
ington declared that the ques-
ton Of property values in con-
demnation cases" is primarily
for the jury under proper in
structions. He asserted that
the jury's verdict was amply
supported by the evidence"
The Judge observed that Mrs,
Riley received less for the pro-
perty than she had contracted to
pay for it. But" he said, that
does not mean that the court
and jury failed to consider and
decide her case with fairness
and propriety. 1t is clear that
just compensation may be more
or less than the owners invest
ment. He may have acquired
the property for less than its
worth or he may have paid a
speculative and exhorbitant
price :"