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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-07
NoWs the Time to See
The Shenandoah Valley
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Continued From Page E-7
Presidents Jefferson and Mon
roe, open the year around. Doz-
ems Of other homes are visible
from the highway and may be
seen on special occasions.
Here lived George Rogers
Clark and his brother William,
who, with Merriwether Lewis,
explored the Northwest Terri
tory. Here is the University OF
Virinia, acclaimed one of the
most beautiful institutions OF
higher education in America.
Famed Skyline Drive
Onward to the Shenandoah
Valley, no matter what route
you take, you'll cross the stored
Blue Ridge Mountains of Vir-
GINA. They form the eastern
boundary of what once was a
great inland lake.
From Front Royal south to
Waynesboro extends the Shenan-
doah National Park. Running
over its crest is the famous Sky
line Drive, dotted with picnic
grounds and with several magnif-
icently located accommodations
for visitors. South from
Waynesboro all the way through
Virginia, the Blue Ridge Noun
tainS are a part Of the George
Washington and Jefferson Ma
tional Forests, which also cover
the Allegheny ranges that are
the western rim of the Valley.
More than 10000 people year
who live in other States buy
either Virginia hunting or fresh
water fishing licenses. AS the
is million acres Of Virginia's
national forests are public do
main and open to hunting, ex-
cept in a few areas. october sees
a great influx of sportsmen tt
the Valley area.
Big game hunting opens in
November and $4,000 deer and
bear hunters last year bought
national forest permit stamps
to sample the sport in Virginia.
Through the national forests
atop Blue Ridge Mountains, runs
the famous Blue Ridge Parkway
Two of the most beautiful Sec
tions of it to be found over its
more than 400 miles are those
from WayneSboro south tc
Roanoke.
Settlers Homes
The National Park Service has
restored the various types OF rail
fence originally used by the set
tiers. Some of their original
homes, their mills and outbuild-
ings, have been preserved, and
visiting them is a part Of the
Joy OF a tour over this magnif1-
cent scenic highway.
Geographically, the Valley OF
Virginia is a treasury of interest
to the visitor. In the national
forests remain the ruins Of early
iron furnaces and mines OF
numerous kinds. Scientists tell
us that the Blue Ridge is prob
ably the oldest mountain range
in the Nation.
The waters that the NOUN
tains once contained, in what is
now the Shenandoah Valley,
escaped, at least in part, through
subterannean leakage. Through
their action and deposits Of
liquized mineral. this leakage
formed hundreds of solid lime
stone caverns.
Some of these have been de-
veloped as attractions. and visi-
tors will ind them at Luray. New
Market, Grottoes, Front Royal,
Winchester. Harrisonburg and
Salem. Here you can enjoy a
tour of an hour or several hours
through fairylands of rock for
nations that took millions OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22

follow such course without at the same
time exposing itself before the whole
world as an imperialist of the worst and
most brutal type? How can it do that
without totally diScrediting its post
Stain propaganda in way that could be
profoundly Instantaneous to it among
all the "neutralist" nations? But still, on
the other hand, how can it tolerate Polish
Communist independence without risking
the very real probability that Hungary,
Czechoslovakia and every other satellite
will press for the same sort of freedom?
From the Soviet viewpoint, here is
choice of evils that may in fact prove to
be impossible for the Kremlin to make.
What we may be seeing, therefore, as
Secretary Dulles has again suggested, is
great turning point in hiStory-a period
that may mark the beginning of ire
mendous transformation for the better
in terms of the international balance of
power and slow but sure rebirth Of
liberty in the world behind the Iron Cur
tain. The Poles, in any case, even though
still led by Communists, seem very def
nitely to be moving in a direction that
should cheer free men everywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22
Shaking the Foundations

Pravda'S enraged editorial comment
on the Communist press in Warsaw aptly
sums up, Willingly or unwittingly, the
basic significance of the Polish situation
as a whole. For it is a situation whose
potentialS unqueStionably threaten to
cause "the very foundations of the peo-
pies democratic system to totter." And
that means, of course, "the very founda-
tions" Of the power structure of the
Kremlin'S satellite empire in Eastern and
Central Europe.
It Is for this reason that Nikita
Khrushchev, Deputy Premier Molotov
and other top Soviet leaders political
and military made their extraordinary
flight to Warsaw last Friday. The purpose
Of their trip, an emergency journey indi-
eating the gravity of the Kremlin's view
Of the situation, was to Stave off what
has since happened-namely, the rise to
power Of the "Titoist" Polish Communists,
and the fall of the So-called "StalinistS"
or pro-RuSsianS.
AS result, Poland's Communist Party
and government are now controlled, at
least for the time being, by men who
believe - along with Marshal Tito of
Yugoslavia = that the Soviet Union has
no right to dominate any other country
with Red regime. Headed by Wladyslaw
Gomulka, "Titoist" only recently re-
leased from prison term imposed upon
him by Stain, these men have in effect
declared their independence of the
Kremlin. And to strengthen their own
hand they have ousted from the Polit-
huro In WARSAW Such dyed lin thew
"Stalinists" as Marshal Rokossovsky--
Moscow'S Polish proconsul, who may also
be dismissed from the Defense Ministry
and all his military command.
During his Friday visit to Warsaw,
Mr. Khrushchev, according to reports,
first tried cajolery and then threats in
an effort to dissuade the independence
minded Communists from doing what
they have done. Among other things, he
is said to have shouted that the Soviet
Union would resort to military force to
"crush" any such rebellion. But the
Polish "Titoists' apparently have refused
to be either bamboozled or frightened.
Instead, they have gone forward. with
their plans, and Mr.. Gomulka, in a de-
fiant speech bitterly attacking Stalinist
miSrule in his country. has proclaimed
that Warsaw's new regime intends to be
its own master, travelling its own road
to socialism"
All OF this obviously constitutes a
dilemma OF great seriousness for the
Kremlin. Mr. Khrushchev's reported
threat TO use force may yet be translated
INTO action, but how can thg Soviet Union
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22
A Problem in Itself

We trust that DR.. Corning'S proposal
Tor school-building program, supported
by Government loans, will not rest with
the unanimous approval it has received
from the Board of Education 1t deserves
renewed consideration by the Commits
SionerS. Such consideration should be
made part of a review of the Dis
trict'S public works program. That pro-
gram included school construction, but
rising costs and other causes have al
ready altered the program. If the public
works program cannot accommodate ex-
listing school construction needs, the pro-
gram must be revised.
DR.. Corning has always been an adj
yocate of financing school construction
by borrowing, which is normal procedure
in other cities. If it were possible to
obtain something approaching a firm
agreement between the Commissioners
and the school authorities as to needs,
the financing by loans or Treasury ad-
VanceS, treated as special legislation to
meet a specific situation, should not be
too difficult to obtain. In the public
works program, Congress went further
than ever before in authorizing loans, ex-
ceeding $50 million, for highway, water
system and sewage construction. Through
the general fund we are paying for the
Federal Court House, the hospital center
and for park purchase, on the installment
plan. There is every reason to spread the
cost of school construction over the years.
Such costs are too heavy to be imposed
on current revenue.
School construction is highly neces-
sary. Yet we must recognize the increaS-
Ing costs of school operation, resulting
from the needs for more teachers and
more special inStruction-needS revealed
by Indignation and the necessity for over
coming an intolerable disparity in pupil
achievement. We do not believe that
either these needs, or the provision of
adequate facilities through school con-
struction, can be met by the normal
processes of annual budgeting. They rep
resent particular problem, to be dealt
with separately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22

Premier HatoyamaS negotiations in
Moscow have resulted in something less
than a good peace treaty for Japan.
What he is returning home with is a sort
of Stop-gap agreement whose value re-
mains to be Seen-a fact that explains
why many of his countrymen, especially
the conservatives, are keeping their fin-
gers crossed and withholding their cheers.
The agreement - officially called
"Peace Declaration" to an end
the technical state of war that has ex-
listed between Japan and Russia for the
past II years. At the same time it opens
the way for the re-eStablishment of dip
lomatic and consular relations between
the two countries, development that
will enable the Kremlin to set up large
stats in Tokyo and elsewhere.
Other features of the declaration in
clude ~ Soviet promise to support
Tokyo'S application for membership in
the United Nations; (2) activation of
a fishing pact that may be helpful to
Japan's economy; (3) commitment to
release all Japanese still held in Russian
territory; az abandonment of the Krem-
Inns reparations claims; (5) an under
standing under which the two countries
will seek to increase their trade; and (6)
an agreement to continue to negotiate in
an effort to work out definitive peace
treaty, which would return certain islands
to the Japanese and confirm their Gin
alienable right to individual or collective
self-defense phrase that seems al
most broad enough to concede that they
are entitled to rearm in alliance with the
United States.
However, as has been demonstrated
so often in the past, Soviet words do not
always mean what they appear to mean.
That is why many Japanese have taken
a reserved and skeptical view of what Mr..
Hatoyama has achieved. They suspect,
among other things, that the agreement
although 1t contains number of SEEM
ingly encouraging promises-may do little
more than lay the propaganda ground
work for Russian political and economic
maneuvers of sort that would do their
country no good.
Maybe this is a too-suspicious point
Of view. but the japanese doubling
Thomases" certainly have good reason
for their unenthusiastic wait-and-see at
titude. After all, just about year ago,
the Russians signed similar agreement
with Chancellor Adenauer Of West Ger
many, and since then relations between
Bonn and Moscow have deteriorated
rather than Improved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22
His Best Man

The Democratic nominee is
singing. II can do anything
you can do better ;"
President Eisenhower gave
us peace in Korea. His advice
to England and France to settle
the Suez Canal crisis by peace
full means demonstrates his
craftsmanship and the sound
ness of his judgment.
He stabilized the cost of liv-
ing. restored honesty and pres
tige to government, stopped
unnecessary squandering of
billions Of public funds and
balanced the budget. By so
doing he has created an incen-
tive for industry to expand
and stimulated activity all
along the line.
Government statistics show
that the wheels of our indus
tries are turning out more
goods today than ever before;
corporations are giving stock
holders good dividends; steel is
at capacity rate; rail earnings
are up and finances are better;
power usage is at a new peak,
and IS million are employed.
Americans are happier than
they were many years ago.
1t is unthinkable to change
leadership.
Have we forgotten the mess
in Washington during the Tru-
man administration?
Indeed Adlai Stevenson can.
not do better.
George Subj.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22
'StroddH AdIo1

The name Of the Democratic
presidential C candidate has
presented some dfflculty to
those who have tried to coin
phrases with it. presidential
seedlings would do we'll to have
their names chosen with
greater care.) Until now, the
most apt has been one which
at best lays itself open to mis-
Interpretation. That is, I'M
doubtedly one need not be mad
to be for Mr.. Stevenson. but
also undoubtedly it must be
easier If one is "Madly for
Adlai."
In this dearth of catchy
slogans. almost any rhyming
tag is eagerly or desperately
grasped at. The recent speech
Of President Eisenhower ac-
cusing Mr.. Stevenson Of "the
big straddle" presents the slo-
gan-makers with q natural:
"Straddly Adlai"l
OF course. such a slogan
would not. under thoughtful
analysis. serve as an indorse-
ment Of Mr.. Stevenson. But
the Democrats have not in
their campaign attempted TO
appeal TO citizens given TO
thoughtful analysis. And any
slogan would do as well for
those who are "Madly for
Adlai."
Lloyd Birmingham
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22
Eisenhower Attack

President EISENHOWER, back In wash
ington until Thursday, has good reason
to feel pleased and encouraged about last
weeks campaign trip to the West. Almost
without exception his crowds were large
and enthusiastic as he carried his re-
election fight into five States. His own
behavior had quality of relaxed buoy
ancy that helped stimulate his audiences
and was reflected in the language and
delivery of his speeches. He dealt with
many bjectS-adminiStra policies
on the farm problem, on natural resources
and power development, on national de-
tense and the controversial question of
the draft, and on economics. On all of
these he was much more than defen-
Sive as he quipped about Democratic
criticism and pointed to the "peace-and-
prosperity" record In New York on
Thursday he is scheduled to turn to an
other major subject-foreign policy-on
which Adlai Stevenson opened his strong
est attack in Cincinnati last Friday.
Throughout his five days of travel,
Mr.. Eisenhower appeared to gather mo-
mentum steadily to the climax in Los
Angeles on Friday night. There has been
a feeling that the fight for CALIFORNIA;
80 electoral votes, plus contest for one
Senate seat, has developed into a real
''horSe race" 1t probably will remain SO
until November 6, but Republicans were
clearly heartened by the Presidents re-
ception there and by the fighting broad
sides which he directed at Mr.. Stevenson
and the Democratic Party. 1t was with
emphatic Scorn that he ridiculed Mr..
StevenSon'S incredible folly" of talking
about ending the draft and disseminating
the testing of our most advanced military
weapons, describing it as "a strange
new formula" for guarding the peace and
preserving the security of the Nation.
And it was in similar vein that he at
tackled the Democrats for what he called
their lack Of faith in the capacity of our
free economy and their recourse to Fed
eral panaceaS for every sort of problem.
There are two weeks to go in this
campaign. The President has plans that
will keep him busy politically during
most of that time. 1t has been demon
strated before that elections are not "sure
things" until the votes are counted, but
the G. o. P. knows now at least that their
best front man still has a lot Of the
magic touch that brought them out of
the political wilderness in 1852.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22
Youth lakes Back Seat

On October IL a program
entitled Youth Statutes the
President on the Occasion Of
His Birthday" was presented
in the Statler Hotel. The pro-
gramming was excellent and
sincerely expressed, by its fine
caliber, the utmost regard Of
the Nation for the President.
There was only one unfor-
tunate part Of the program.
The program employed the use
of the word youth" I was
a part of that gathering and
I can assure you that a very
large percentage of the as
sembled were not youth"
1t was unfortunate that
many Of the youths we're con-
signed to the rear and to
standing positions while the
elders were given very choice
seats. 1t was unfortunate that
youth could not take a front
position in a program par
ticularly set aside for them.
Although most Of us have a
sincere respect and devotion
for our elders. / cannot but
feel that those elders pushed
us out at a time when we
wanted to express our sincere
fluctuations to the President Of
the United States.
! do hope the President rec
ognizes that we do wish him
the best, even II we we're pre-
vented from demonstrating
those wishes publicly to the
extent we desired.
Peter L.. TOurtellOt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22
In Appreciation

I add my THANK you" to
that Of D. c. Village-staff
and residents-for the fine
coverage The Star gave to the
institutions 50th anniversary
celebration. which includes the
pageant "The Golden Years."
already given twice by the
residents themselves. 1t does
much for these elderly and
inflrm people to be able to
participate in something that
gives enjoyment to others.
Your photographers also
have done a splendid job. If
they and you could see the
pleasure and satisfaction it
gives D. c. Village residents to
see their pictures and names
in print, each and all would
feel more than gratified and
repaid for their work and skill
contributed.
Katherine Hein0ld,
Volunteer Worker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22
Reading the Wind

In the Udllev red and tohite
Houses hold at chimney height
Strings OF smoke so one who
tnous
Can read the tOind, the lDav
It blotCs.
In the valley the smoke strings
Lean sometimes like gray
Sdplin0s
Shaken lightly, but not much.
Sometimes the smoke feels the
rough touch
OF tDtnd before 1t ledUes the
brick
And spreads like juniper, nat
and thick.
A smoking chimney tells a lot,
For a new fire, blazing hot,
Signals to a neighbours eyes
The hour the fire tenders rise,
And then betpeen the roof
and sky
II shows the iray the tcfnd goes
By.
Elizabeth jane Ashley
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

one direction. then back an
other "a blocks.
X 4 y \
Any one who has ever tried
this sort of system knows
where it fails.
The regularity of it. To re-
peat, the regularity Of 1t.
Human beings are not made
for regularity, except in rare
instances.
Most people, large or small.
young or old, do better with
variations.
That is where the annual
vacation comes in.
For one man who does best
without a vacation, there will
be 10000, or maybe million.
who need it.
1t is the urge to change,
now and then.
That is where the fixed plan
Of walking falls down.
But If one walks just now
and then, and gets a kick out
Of it, even a few walks will do
great deal Of good.
So If we exhort you to walk.
and maybe prod our lazy self
into 1t, too, then the gain
will be immense, because To-
days need. according to the
experts who know everything,
is for constitutional exercise
for most Of us, that is. exer-
else which benefits the whole
constitution. rather than any
one part Of 1t.
Walking shines there. 1t Is
today as it has been since
cave days the perfect exercise
for the largest sets of muscles,
bringing into play the chest,
heart and blood vessels, and
even the mind, through sights
and sounds seen and heard
as one goes along.
There is a sense Of accom-
plishment TO walking that
soothes the mind, too, an
especial need in an age when
people take happiness" pills
10 do what common sense
should do for them easier and
better.
Walking is a doctors pre-
scription, but here you get II
for nothing. and 1t will do
you just as much good as II
there were an IN. D." after
the name. The only thing is.
you must take 1t, not just
read about It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22
Cultural Kibitzers

President Eisenhower (and
Adlai Stevenson concurs) has
invited representatives of the
Soviet Russian tyranny and
four Of her enslaved states to
tour America during the presi-
dental campaign to promote
cultural relations"
Why would the President
or the would-be President of
the United States desire rela-
tons. cultural" or otherwise,
with the blood-stained Krem-
lin killers?
Just what type Of culture"
would the Soviet butchers
promote - the fine art of
murder?
Elizabeth Lippitt.
San Francisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22
Political Poles

Many citizens of Arlington
County disapprove of placing
political posters on utility poles
along the streets and high
ways.
There are those who recog-
nize the hazard to the safety
Of motorists in detracting driv-
ers' attention and by confu-
sion with essential traffic signs.
Others realize that posters Gre
ate a hazard for utility line
men who must climb the poles.
Many Arlington citizens are
very sincere in their desire and
efforts to protect our commu-
nifty from things that mar its
appearance. There is COM
mendable civic pride on the
part Of these citizens that does
not tolerate the blemishes that
political posters on utility
poles create.
Many citizens of Arlington
also recognize that utility
poles are private property. and
resent the lack Of respect for
private property when posters
are tackled. nailed or pasted on
utility poles.
AS a result Of extensive dis
play Of political posters on
utility poles during previous
political campaigns, this sub
ject was presented before the
Arlington Safety Council last
fall. Subsequently the Airing
ton Safety Council presented
it to the Arlington County
Board for the purpose of pro-
viding appropriate legislation.
During the current political
campaign, the candidates gen.
orally have respected the
wishes of Arlington citizens in
this matter and have refrained
from use Of political posters on
utility poles.
Apparently. Mr.. Quenstedt
has chosen to ignore these
wishes. so that now we see not
only the remains of his July
primary campaign but also his
new campaign advertising for
the coming November election
posted on utility poles in Ar
lington.
Charles H. Russell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-22
Loymon to Pulpit

The Rev. A. PoWel Dawes
has characterized members Of
Congress as enemies Of pub
lie schools" saying the House
subcommittee investigating in
tegration used "sordid and
devious methods" Nothing
could be further from the
truth.
Let us review briefly the
school inquiry. The House
subcommittee was the target
of whitening attacks even "be-
fore" the hearings began.
Teachers, white and Negro,
integrationists and segrega-
tionistS, gave their honest
testimony. But the hearings
were halted, nevertheless, and
the needed testimony from
the pupils and parents never
came to light.
Alas, an IMMIGRATION at any
cost" campaign was launched.
Individual, organizational and
political pressure became too
great for the subcommittee.
Efforts to nip in the bud, hush
hush and minimize vital data
resulted in the subcommittee
calling a 'recesS."
If this is the high road"
which DR.. Davies is travelling.
want no part of it. Give me
the "low road" in preference.
Are we really to become ro-
bots. listening to the ever
changing moral and Christian
principles, as they are newly
interpreted and Spoon-fed.
and abandon every vestige Of
self determination and our
own self-reliant spiritual
guidance?
1 have always considered
ministers as "truth-seekers. +"
DR.. Davies desire to influ-
ence people. in certain fields,
runs counter to the declared
wishes of the people in the
very community in which he
breaches. I refer to the
Unanimous support" given by
the Mount Pleasant Citizens
Association to the subcommit-
tees hearings. This was &C
complished by indorsing the
published views Of the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations,
representing 81 civic organiza-
tons, in which they described
the subcommittee work as a
great asset" to the better
ment of the District school
system.
Paul Chiera.