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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18
To-Day n 'SoczE1Y
EXCLUSIVELY YOURS
Pierre Millet Feted
By MYron Cowens

there and ! discovered that
everybody in Argentina is re-
lated. 1t is obviously worse
than Virginia. Alberto Benegas
Lynch is first cousin to Am
bassador Vicehi's wife. Am
bassador Carlos Coll Benegas,
head of the temporary eco
nomic mission here is first
cousin to both of them, and
Alberto Benegas Lynch is even
distantly related to his wife
Sophia.
All kinds Of goodbys were
said at this luncheon. Ruth
and Russell Dorr leave next
Wednesday for flve weeks in
Japan. where Ruth win be the
first woman to stay for a few
days and nights in the Budd-
hist temple at Nara. She has
been granted permission so
she can study the paintings
there. Dottie Kidder leaves
Friday for points north from
Nonquitt, Mass, to Murray
Bay, and will be back in time
for the dinner she and Randy
will give on the 18th in honor
of the John Auchinclosses and
the Steve DorseyS. Both State
Department couples have been
"Wristonized" and are about to
set out for foreign posts. John
and Audrey will go to Palermo,
Sicily; Steve and Carolyn to
Beirut, Lebanon.
French Col. Hubert de Gas
tines Of NATO, another lunch
con guest, is soon off to Paris.
And the Governs, them
selves, leave early Friday
morning for Dottie and Sherry
Davis ranch at Sheridan,
Wyo., where they will have
their own horses, their own
cottage and their own trout
stream. Notwithstanding all
that, they will drop it like a
hot cake to be on hand for
the Democratic convention.
\ 4 \ 4
GEORGE v. ALIENS APP
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She has been thoroughly
trained in the duties and re-
sponsibilities of public life.
Even at IS, she was in charge
of her fathers most secret
papers. During the war, she
headed a social welfare organ
ization for veterans created by
her mother.
She organized the Anchieta
Foundation, to help encourage
home industries and handi-
crafts for the poorer classes.
AS Governors wife, she
founded a nursing school dur
ing the war with the help of
the Rockefeller Foundation,
and also a school for social
workers.
Asked if she were her IA
theirs favorite, Nine. Peixoto
said mo. l was neither the
youngest nor the oldeSt.a I
was in the middle and I had
to earn his esteem"
According to her, the late
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President was very strict
about the work he expected of
her. but very indulgent about
her opinions.
He believed in women and
their ability" she said. He
gave women the vote and per-
mitted them to enter the
diplomatic service"
Although Nine. Peixoto has
been surrounded by a blaze of
publicity, she says:
II have always kept my pri-
vate life very private and
never let anything interfere
with it. And I have tried to
keep my young daughter
Continued on Page BIS, Col.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18
By BETTY BEALE

A diplomats life is a success
sion of corpses, said French
Minister Pierre Millet. He had
just quoted the French
proverb, 'Partir, c'est MOURN
I'm peu,"-to leave is to die a
little.
81 don't like it q bit and I
never liked 1t less than now"
said the departing Frenchman
in reply to toastS at the
Myron Governs luncheon for
him yesterday.
His presence here for almost
seven years was an indication.
he said, Of the permanence of
the French government. The
remark drew smiles.
AS q close observer for all
these years. he pointed out
that fundamentals Of our for
eign policy have not changed,
though election time talk
would indicate otherwise.
PLUS ca change, plus c'est la
meme chose" The more things
change, the more it's the same
thing. France and America, he
had discovered, are extremely
close. I'VE have our squabbleS
but that only proves how close
we are.
In the air-conditioned and
harmoniously decorated dining
room Of former Ambassador
and Mrs. Myron Cowen, lunch
con had progressed at a pleas
ant and fattening pace. !.
There was jellied bortsch with
sour cream on top; chicken
casserole cooked with potatoes,
mushrooms and green seedless
grapes (delicious); string
beans with chopped peanuts
on top; crescent rolls: vanilla
ice cream mold filled with
raspberry ice and petits fours.
No society columnist will ever
starve.
The Argentine Minister and
Sonora de Benegas Lynch were
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pointment as Ambassador to
Greece after serving as AS
sistant Secretary of State for
a huge area encompassing
same. is a little like the general
m edical practitioner who
decides to specialize. said an
Allen admirer.
After having all the head
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aches that went with Near
East. Asian and African af-
fairs, he has now been assigned
to the most acute headache
of all" Cyprus question:.
Which is the biggest head
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ache won't be on Georges
mind when he and Kitty
finally go to Athens. They are
bound to think Of something
slightly more romantic-like
Continued on Page Be, Col. I
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MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE at 49th, Emerson 2-225b
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about $4,000 for extending
sanitary sewers. Most of this
amount will be used for EXTEND
ing service in sections Of the
area annexed in 1852 from Fair
fax County.
More than 100000 also is set
up in the bond issue for addi-
tional storm sewers. About one
third of this amount will be used
in the annexed area. Approx
mately 100000 will be used on
the Hooffs Run drainage pro-
ject started some time ago.
A new 100000 incinerator will
90 into operation about May Is.
This will provide the city with
an efficient garbage and trash
disposal system. The incinerator
is located near the sewage treat
ment plant
In preparation for the opening
Of the incinerator, the city last
year began mixed trash and
garbage collection. However, the
pickup was reduced from twice
a week to once a week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
Freeman Plans
New Project

The Ridge View development
on Franconia road in Fairfax
County is being built by Carl M.
Freeman, 1900 Old Georgetown
road, Bethesda, who has been
building in the Washington area
for some.10 years. a spokesman
said.
This l90-acre Virginia de-
velopment is a brand-new one
scheduled to open tomorrow for
the first time, a spokesman for
the builder said, 1t is planned
to erect some 400 houses in the
community eventually,
Mr.. Freemans firm has built
some 1000 houses and about the
same number of apartment units
in the Washington area.
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Big Sewer, Water Project
Aiding Area Service

Alexandria water and sewer
systems are expected to be
among the best in the Metro
politan Area when current
construction programs are COM
pleted..
The Alexandria Water Co.,
which serves Alexandria 10000
population, has started construc-
ton on a $l.3 million dam on
Occoquan Greek. The project
will provide the biggest water
storage facility in Virginia.
The new facility will provide
storage for 10 billion gallons.
about 10 times greater than the
present reservoir. With addi-
tional pumping facilities, the
company will be able to pump
so million gallons day The
company pumps Is million TO 20
million gallons a day now from
Its existing reservoir on Deco
Juan Creek.
The Alexandria Water Co. also
provides the supply for the Vir-
Rinia Water Co. a subsidiary.
and for the Annandale and
Fairfax Hydraulics water COM
panies. The other three firms
serve Fairfax County customers.
The Alexandria company itself
also serves about $4,000 persons
In the area adjacent to the city
Several months ago. the City
Council was considering buying
the water system but the project
apparently has been abandoned.
City ownership was resisted by
the company, and several coun-
cllmen considered the cost of
acquisition and municipal OPP
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Grafton more than the city could
handle.
Howard c. Richard, manager
of the water company, said the
new dam is expected to be COM
pleted by the end of the year
An $50 million sewage treat
ment system will go into opera
ton in June.
The project includes a $3,5
million treatment plant on Hunt
ing Creek at the foot of South
Payne street. three main trunk
sewers and pumping stations.
The project is being carried
out by the Alexandria Sanitation
Authority created in 1852. The
authority. the first set up under
new Virginia law, was formed
TO abate pollution Of the Poto-
mac River. The city now pumps
its raw sewage into the river
James j. Corbalis. IT., director
engineer for the authority, said
the new plant Will provide the
most complete treatment of any
plant in the Metropolitan area
In addition 10 Alexandria S
sewage. the plant Will treat a
portion of Fairfax County'S. The
county is paying part Of the cost.
Alexandria residents will begin
paying for the treatment service
in July. The annual bills Will be
equal to so per cent Of each
customers annual water bill.
The Authority will operate
only the treatment and trunk
facilities. Sewer lines to indivi-
dual properties will still be the
responsibility OF the city Public
Works Department.
A new bond issue approved
by the City Council provides
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GosneII Project
To Have 1872
Residences

Clarence w. Gosnell, Inc,
builder of the Westgrove devel-
opment south Of Alexandria, has
been in the residential construc-
ton field in the Washington
area for more than 80 years, a
spokesman for the builder said
today.
The firms 60-acre Westgrove
development off the Mount Ver-
non boulevard will have 1872
homes when completed. More
than go of them already have
been sold.
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but I don't see any other solu-
ton" he said.
Mr.. Williams said nearly 1000
new residential units are either
under construction or projected
for the near future in the an
neXed area. This will mean
another $50 students, he said.
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square miles from Fairfax
County in 1858 has given officials
a king-siz headache.
Nearly all the new land was
vacant when the city took it
over. Now housing developments
are springing up in nearly every
section.
T. C. Williams, 60-year-old su-
perintendent who has guided city
schools for % years, thinks he
can hold the line against double
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shifts next year. But unless more
schools are built soon, the city
faces a real space problem.
Mr.. Williams noted that Alex
andria hasn't had a double shift
for about eight years. He said a
few vacant rooms are available
BY rearranging some Of the
school zones. double shifts may
be avoided next term.
"Rezoning is never popular
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Republic Has
Project

Some $50 houses will be added
to the rapidly developing Spring
field area Of Fairfax County by
Springfield Estates which opened
two months ago, the firm said
today.
Developer Of the 300-acre
tract is the Springfield Estates
Co.. a joint venture of West
Coast builders involving the Re-
public Construction Corp. which
has built thousands of houses in
the West, spokesman said.
More than 1870 of the houses
projected for the development on
Franconia road just east of Shir-
ley highway have been sold. the
builder said.
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Alexandra Hopes to Bar
Double Shift in Schools

Jurisdictions in the rapid post
war population increase.
City school construction man
aged to keep up with school pop
ulation over the past several
years, but the annexation of rs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
BY PAUL HOPE

Alexandria schools are just be.
ginning to feel the pinch of over.
icrowding which has long since
hit other Metropolitan Area
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05
Frank A. Nixon

The death, at n, of Frank A. Nixon,
father Of the Vice President, brought to
an end full and useful life. He had
the distinction and the satisfaction of
living long enough to see his second son
nominated by his party for reelection
to the next highest Office in the Nation.
In fact, his doctor said that the seriously
stricken man probably would have given
up the struggle to live much earlier but
for his intense desire to see his son NOM
mated and, he had hoped, reelected.
And when Vice President Nixon flew to
the bedside during the San Francisco
convention, the father insisted that his
son return, to accept in person the honors
awarded him. The elder Nixon, of humble
background, was UNDERSTANDABLE proud
Of his sons achievements. The Nation,
regardless of political faith, sympathizes
with the Nixon family in its hour Of
sorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05

Sixteen Americans are pre-
sumed dead as the result of
the shooting down of an
American patrol bomber. This
is nothing new. The Chinese
Communists have shot down
more than half a dozen United
States aircraft over interna-
tional waters in the last few
years-in what we unthink-
ingly refer to as peacetime.
The usual protests are not
enough. We should issue Or
ders to our fighter pilots to
shoot and shoot to kill when
ever Communist aircraft are
encountered over international
waters-whether or not they
fire first. By fighting fire with
fire--that is. by Issuing the
same orders that apparently
have been issued to Commu-
mist pilots-we can stop these
incidents and ease tension on
both sides.
Such are the viewpoints OF
two American teen-egers who
quite possibly may someday be
flying in an unarmed plane
within range Of a Communist
MIG base.
Robert F. DOrr,
William B. Dyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05
Our Crowded JoiIs

Overcrowded penal institutions are
giving District Prisons Director Clemmer
headache-but there is another side to
the picture. The rising prison population
is largely the result of more rigid and
more. effective law enforcement. Mr..
Clemmer has no complaint to make about
that Salutary situation in Washington.
However, he feels justified in asking for
more than 81 million in improvements at
the Lorton Reformatory, Occoquan Work.
house and the District Jail.
Two factors have played their parts
in tanning local penal establishments
beyond intended capacity. One is in
creased police efficiency under Chief
Murray'S policy of putting more patrol
men on the streets. This has begun to
pay off in reduction in yokings, burgla-
ries and other crimes. simultaneously,
criminals are being removed from circula-
ton and put behind bars at rate that
has diSmayed the underworld added
to Director ClemmerS housing troubles.
In his new budget request, Mr.. Glenn
mer cited another important reason for
the growing number of prisoners, namely,
Sterner administration of justice. He
noted that average sentences have in
creased from Az years in 1858 to 61s
years today. This frightening of the
average stay of inmates at the workhouSe
and the reformatory has retarded the
rate of turnover, thus adding to the
congestion. Moreover, newly strengthened
narcotic laws are expected to bring to the
Jail many persons who heretofore have
succeeded in evading arrest and success
full prosecution. The problem really is
a grave one, from Mr.. Clemmer's stand
point. The answer lies not in slackening
law enforcement, of course, but in pro-
viding more adequate facilities for the
detention of criminals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05
Prosperity as a Statistic

Republican and Democratic SpokeS-
men sound as If they were talking about
two different things when they address
themselves to the state of the national
economy in 1856.
It is virtually essential, of course, In
a presidential campaign that an issue
be made out of the country'S economic
health. It was winning issue for the
Democrats in 1882, when that party took
over the Government for an uninter-
rupted 20 years And each four years
thereafter, until 1852, the Democrats
made effective campaign use of the charge
of Republican responsibility for the 1929
stock market crash and the great de-
preston that followed. At least an effort
Is being made again this year to find
flaws in an economic picture that has
been dazzling In its brightness for most
of the past three years. On Labor Day,
Adlai Stevenson complained that the Re-
publican administration is treating 'pros-
perity as a statiStic"-with inhuman
regard for low-income families, the de-
pressed farm economy and high unem-
ployment in the automobile industry.
AS If in answer, on that same day
Secretary of Labor Mitchell released a
report to President Eisenhower that con-
tanned not only statistics, but more. For
1t recalled that under his administration
there have been extensions and increases
in unemployment insurance, minimum
wages. social security coverage, benefits
to Federal workers and numerous other
measures for individual economic pro-
lection. And turning to statistics, it
pointed out that there are SIS million
more employed today than four years
ago, and that the take-home pay of the
average factory worker-after adjustment
for taxes and changes in costs of living
has increased by more than $3.50 weekly
in the same period. At the same time,
nonpartisan studies showed that individ-
ual savings had increased by ST. billion
in the first half of 1856, that consumer
buying is heading for new record in
this final quarter and that even auto
sales in 1857 are likely to approach the
boom level of 1855.
Before November the voters will be
exposed to further evidence and discus
sion Of current prosperity, "as statistic"
or otherwise. In all probability they will
not be at all confused about whether it
exists for each of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05
Air Safety Research

survey by the Guggenheim Aviation
Safety Center at Cornell University has
revealed an alarming lag in research in
air safety. Implicit in the findings is the
possibility that more intensive research in
recent years might have prevented the
Grand Canyon midair collision that cost
1913 lives The study disclosed INERTIA in
adopting new or better devices" and in
spending money for development of such
devices.
The survey report said there we're 127
aircraft collisions from 1913 through 1855,
81 OF which involved deaths of passengers
or crewmen. Furthermore, "near misses"
are occurring daily. And higher speeds,
more traffic and Increased flying in low
visibility weather" are multiplying the
hazards. The report commented that the
lag in safety research and development
may be the result of faulty economics.
The center recommended develop
ment of electronic warning equipment of
greater range and reliability, with special
attention to the problem of making small
craft clearly visible on radar screens.
Among other suggestions were brighter
lights, lumineScent paints and other
devices of value when the "see and be
seen" principle is governing operations
Some Of these proposals already are being
studied. We hope that the Grand Canyon
disaster has spurred the aviation industry
and Government experts in their efforts
to make flying safer. The situation is
too serious to permit of economy at the
expense of public safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05

Tension explosions, in every
day life, are not confined to
the person who got out on the
wrong side.
These follow a sort Of tide
in human affairs, with the
eruption coming sooner or
later over nothing much.
If the blowup would come
as the result of plain evidence,
1t would be one thing.
1t never does.
Somebody says something,
and then the other answers
back, and there you are.
Every Office has this sort of
thing, now and then, and there
seems to be no help for It.
The best thing to do, Of
course, is to forget it.
Then the matter appears in
its true light, and everybody
(forced by the exigencies Of
life to live together for 8 hours
a day. knows it doesn't amount
to much. despite the thunder
and lightning.
x &kS
There will be a certain con-
straint. for a time, but that is
good.
In such close quarters. a
certain constraint, perhaps, is
good any time.
That is where oId-fashioned
courtesy comes in. Nothing
ever invented has taken its
place. 1t works for the good
OF all, and If it at times seems
a bit too lukewarm, at least
on its credit side it works.
Getting along together. At
home or in office, demands 4
good deal Of give and take.
There are no beds in Offices
only couches. now and then
but it is equally possible to
get up or at least come In on
the wrong side. somehow.
Every Office worker knows
how 1t is. Maybe it begins with
a headache, and despite the
cheerful fellow on the radio.
nothing stops it.
The fat lady on the bus adds
TO ones woes by stepping on
ones toes. and you know how
that hurts.
In the elevator. one is SOL
emn. sad-appearing, difident,
putting on all the armor Of dis
belief and negation.
Your friends. If wise, will let
you alone as long as possible.
mot q good day for asking
q raise" they win chuckle,
knowingly. HE got up on the
wrong side Of the bed. Ha. Ia.
hatO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05
VSTAS IN SCIENCE
"a Look at Future Of Cancer Research
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

growth in cancer-bearing pa
tients occurs because Of q basic
lack Of a normal defense
mechanism against slightly
different cells. This would, Of
course, justify a more inten-
sive study.
Whereas human cancer
cells grown in a test tube grow
well in the volunteer cancer
bearing patient, test tube cul-
tured normal cells do not.
Thus it would appear that the
cancer patient does not lack
a natural defense against for
eign cells, as such. It seems
likely that cancer cells are
distinctly different from nor
NAL ones in their susceptibility
to and ability to evoke i'm
mune mechanisms.
This possibility, If con-
flrmed, could lend itself to q
new approach to cancer con-
troll. This would involve efforts
to so combine q chemical with
some component of the can
Ger cells as to render 1t dis
tinctly different from normal
tissues of the body and so
capable of effecting an i'm
mune reaction"
No Effective Vaccine
The human system, the re-
port points out, has a mech
anism of defense against in
vaders from the outer world,
chiefly bacteria and viruses.
Antibodies are formed to fight
back the invader. Even with
out antibodieS certain white
blood cells have this normal
function. Vaccines against spe-
cific diseases stimulate the
creation of antibodies against
the germs Of these diseases.
Theories often have been adj
vanced that cancers-at least
some kinds--are due to some-
thing like bacteria or viruses
which invade the body. But
to date no kind of vaccine ever
has proved effective. It may
be, however. that such anti
bodies are formed in persons
who never get cancer and,
presumably, cannot be inocu-
lated with it.
One reason advanced is that
cancer cells are so close to
normal cells that the body
cannot tell the difference be-
fore it is too late, and thus
doesn't mobilize whatever nat
ural defense forces may exist.
The invading disease organ
lSms, on the other hand, are
SO different from normal body
cells that there is no mistaking
them.
But perhaps the defense
soldier cells Of some persons
are stronger. better organized
and more alert than those Of
others.
Some support is given the
idea of a virus responsible for
cancer from recent discovery
at the Sloan-Kettering Insti-
tute of a virus that regularly
and quickly will cause fatal
leukemia, or cancer Of the
blood, in mice. 1t also was
found that a vaccine could be
manufactured from this virus
which would give complete
protection to otherwise sus-
ceptible animals.