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Profiting by Experience

Federal and municipal officials have
prof1ted by the lessons learned in their
Inflated first efforts to launch a slum
clearance and redevelopment program
In Washington. Failure to supply to the
prospective benef1ciaries of redevelop-
ment all details of the program resulted
IN misunderstanding and protests and
caused Congress to kill the early plans
for rebuilding Marshall Heights and
Barry Farms. Now, however, residents of
the Southwest area are being kept fully
Informed regarding the proposed face
lifting project there.
With approval of the Area C re-
development plans by the National Capt.
tai Planning Commission and the Rede-
velopment Land Agency, arrangements
were made by the Washington Housing
Association for public mass meeting at
which Southwest residents and business
men could learn all about the undertake
Ing. At a queStion-and answer forum
the citizens were told why it is necessary
to demolish most of the buildings in the
area, what will be done to rehouse dis
placed residents and how the whole en-
terprise will benefit not only the South
west but the city in general.
1t is wise to conduct such program
OF good public relations in advance of
the hearings which the District Commits
sioners are required by law to hold in
the near future. The preliminary forum
should facilitate final approval of the
nropram
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
THE POLITICAL MILL
Kefouver JoIted by Jersey Vote
By GOULD LINCOLN

New Jerseys presidential pri-
mary jolted Senator Kefauver
of Tennessee in his drive for
the Democratic presidential
nomination and boosted Re-
publican hopes that tn State
will go for President Eisen-
hover again-no matter whom
the Democrats may run
against him.
Coming on top of Kefauver's
poor showing in Illinois. where
some of his friends pressed a
write-in campaign. the over
whelming defeat of Kefauver's
slate of delegate candidates by
a slate pledged to Gov. Meyner
was a real blow-though by no
means a knockout. The Ke-
fauver band-wagon movement,
which got under way with the
Senator's victories in New
Hampshire and Minnesota and
his good showing in Wisconsin,
has certainly been slowed.
Apparently the country is not
on fire for the tall Tennessean.
Showdown Nearing
But then, neither is it on fire
for Adlai Stevenson, Kefauver's
only announced opponent in
the race for the Democratic
nomination. For Stevenson not
only made a poor showing in
Minnesota-where he had the
Humphrey-Freeman organiza-
ton working for him-but a
slate of delegates favorable
to him in New Hampshire was
showed under by the Kefauver
pledged" slate. The showdown
between the two Democratic
candidates will come in Flori-
da's May 80 primary and Cali
fornia's June S.
New Jersey has SO votes in
the Democratic National Con-
vention. Apparently Kefauver
has captured one-half vote
and the other 351a votes go to
Meyner, "uppledged" to any
candidate. but presumably at
the Governors disposal when
the time comes to ballot for a
presidential nominee. There is
a strong suspicion that Meyner
favors Stevenson. He has been
mentioned as a possible
nominee for Vice President on
a Stevenson ticket-although
Meyner vehemently denies he
is candidate, or even avail
able. for a vice presidential
nomination. He has, however.
the backing of a number of
leading Democrats from other
States. who would like to see a
-Meyner ticket put
in the field. Geographically
such a ticket would be entirely
correct.
Kefauver claimed he would
get 10 convention votes in his
contest with the Meyner slate.
His supporters hoped for even
more. He campaigned vigor-
ously in New Jersey for almost
a week. His failure in New
Jersey is psychologically bad
for Kefauver in Florida, any,
way you look at it. The
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Montgomery Road e ode
Montgomery County will he

Montgomery County will be
LETT with a practically unen-
torceable and meaningless
road construction code if
either of two proposed amend
ments thereto which the
County Council has set for
hearing at the inconvenient
hour Of 2:l5 pm. on April "a
Is adopted. These two amend
ments permit waiver of the
standards for paving thickness
now set forth in the road con-
structlon code. One proposed
amendment permits the waiver
70 be granted by the County
Council while the other pro-
posed amendment permits the
waiver to be granted by the
county manager. The road
construction code at present
wisely permits no waiver of
paving thickness standards
We do not want any more
thinly paved streets in new
subdivisions as we had prior
to the enactment of the road
construction code in 1850
since these thinly paved
streets are expensive to main
tain. Therefore, the code
should not be amended to per-
NIT waving of the standards
OF paving thickness. The
montgomery County Civic
Federation at its meeting on
April 8 unanimously passed a
resolution opposing adoption
OF these proposed amendments
to the road construction code.
These proposed amendments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
Taxi Rules

Alex r. Preston did an
excellent reporting job con-
corning the need for an over
all regulatory body to control
cab rates throughout the
Metropolitan Area of Wash
ington.
The hodgepodge of varying
rates, whether it be de-
termined by taxi meters or by
rigidly fixed zone boundaries.
hurts the cab industry through
loss of cab patrons. This
crazy-quilt pattern of differing
ways of determining the cost
of a cab trip is a headache
to public officials, passengers.
cab companies and cab drivers.
l. a cab driver for over 10
years. am more concerned
about what method is best for
the passenger.
The taxi meter has always
been unpopular with the cab
passenger. The majority Of
cab drivers in Washington are
only too glad that Congress
had the foresight. years ago. to
prevent the taxi meter from
becoming reality. The zone
system. along with group rid
ing, as used in Washington
and in great number Of COM
munities throughout the coun-
try. is unquestionably far
more popular. The key" to
this popularity is due to the
fact that the passenger knows
the cost Of his trip before it is
taken.
The best solution to this d.
lemma of eliminating unrea-
sonably high and surprisingly
low cab rates, without resort
ing to the use of the antique
taxi meter and yet retain the
key" is the flexible circle
zone system. The circle zone
system is a point-to-point sys-
tenn. The shortest distance be-
tween two points is a straight
line. This straight line can be
easily measured with a ruler.
On most city maps one inch is
equal to one mile. A rate could
be fixed at 40 cents per inch
mile or 5 cents per eighth inch.
A cab trip could easily be
measured. Should trip "a be
4is", the cost would be sl.65:
should trip B. be ar, the
cost would be 81; should trip
&c" be So, the cost would be
$3.50. With the circle zone
system a uniform and easily
understood method Of de-
termining cab fares is possible.
Irving Schlaifer.
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Kefauver support in that
State. a minority a few weeks
ago. had been bolstered by the
Tennessean'S early victories
until it was believed he was
running neck and neck or even
ahead Of Stevenson. The
Kefauver forces now will work
all the harder-and so will
Stevenson.
In New Jersey, Kefauver was
bucking a strong Democratic
organization, with Meyner at
its head. 1t was another case
of Kefauver against the
'boSses"-and this time he
took a shellacking. Not only
did Kefauver suffer in this
contest for delegates, but he
made poor showing in the
preference vote for President
a so-called popularity contest.
He was the only Democratic
entry in this test, and Eisen-
hover was the only Republican
entry. With only 292 voting
precincts missing in a total
Of 4,155. Kefauver had only
100000 votes as compared to
307,040 for Eisenhower. While
the primary is "closed"-that
is, only Republicans can vote
in a Republican primary. and
only Democrats can vote in
a Democratic primary-the
vote Tuesday certainly indf-
Gated that Eisenhower is the
better drawing card, very
much better. The Republicans
naturally were pleased that so
many took the trouble to go to
the polls to PUNK for the
President. even though he had
no opposition in the primary
whatever, and for a slate of
delegates pledged to him.
Watch From Sidelines
New Jersey was the first Of
the Eastern States to hold a
presidential primary = except
New Hampshire. 1t will be
followed next week by Pennsyl-
vania and Massachusetts,. In
Pennsylvania the only entries
are Eisenhower and Senator
Knowland of California on the
Republican side (Knowland'S
name was entered there before
the President announced he
would run and Knowland later
could not get his name off the
BALLOT, and Stevenson on the
Democratic side. While pri-
mary elections do not pit Re-
publican against Democrat, 1t
will be interesting to see how
many voters turn out to sup
port Eisenhower on the one
hand and Stevenson on the
other in this pivotal State.
Things seem to be moving
nicely at the moment for the
unannounced or under-cover
aspirants for the Democratic
presidential nomination.
Messrs. Hartman, Symington,
Williams ct al. are watching
the Kefauver-Stevenson con-
test. hoping the two will kill
off each other-and they may.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
LETTERS TO THE STAR

specify that waivers of paving
thickness standards may be
granted in cases of undue
hardship" These amendments
also provide that the County
Council or county manager
shall solicit a recommendation
from the director of the De-
partment of Public Works be-
fore granting such a waiver,
but there is nothing in the
amendments to keep the
County Council or county
manager from blithely ignor-
ing the recommendation made
by the director of the Depart
ment of Public Works.
The background leading to
the proposal of these amend
ments is disturbing. Eugene
Casey laid some 1900 feet Of
paving of substandard thick
ness near the town of CATH
ersburg, enormously believing
that he was laying it in the
town of Gaithersburg. The
Department of Public Works
holds that he can bring this
paving up to county standards
by OVERLAPPING it with another
layer of paving. Should a
readily remedied, negligent err
ror such as this be regarded as
an undue hardship case? If so,
the County Council will find
that adoption of the proposed
amendments will open Pam
dora's box to a flood of requests
from subdivision developers
asking to be relieved from the
paving thickness requirements
Of the road construction code,
since these developers can al
ways argue that compliance
with the code is an undue
hardship because it will d.
minish their profits.
Adoption of these amend
ments may. therefore. lead to
many more inadequately paved
streets in new subdivisions,
just as there were prior to
1850 when the present road
construction code was adopted.
These amendments should be
defeated to keep our road
maintenance costs from getting
larger and larger.
Warren SeatOn,
Acting Chairman, Com
mittee on Roads. Streets
and Bridges, Montgom-
cry County Civic Fed
Grafton.
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'AnuIe' on Vaccine

We now learn that there is
not enough Salk vaccine to
continue and fulfill the large
program outlined last spring
but only enough for the pre-
school child. But there is a
definite silence as to why this
is so. Does the public not have
right to know all angles?
Let me quote from a letter
to the editor of the Boston
Herald, by Allan M, Butler,
MD, professor of pediatrics
at Harvard Medical School and
chief of the Children's Medi-
cal Service of the Burnham
Memorial Hospital for Chill
dren at Massachusetts, General
Hospital. dated January 6.
1856:
The facts behind the differ
ing opinion concerning the
safety of the Salk vaccine can
be clearly stated.
THE Salk vaccine was in
tended to contain killed virus.
Competent scientists felt that
the method of producing the
vaccine did not assure killing
the potent live viruses used in
the vaccine. Such proof was
important. as minute amounts
of live virus when injected into
humans pass to the intestinal
tract where multiplication of
the virus could produce polio
in those vaccinated or make
carriers of the virus who would
spread infection. Actually. in
the subseqent use of the vac
cine live" virus was trans
mitted to recipients. some of
whom acquired polio fatal.
paralytic and nonparalytic)
and became carriers of the
virus. This means. Of course.
that vaccinated children, who
did not have signs of polio,
could have been carriers
spreading infection.
by this fall the majority of
manufacturers found that in
using the methods officially
prescribed live virus appeared
unpredictably in the vaccine.
This is why manufacturers
stopped its extremely well-con-
trolled vaccination program.
with these incontrovertible
facts concerning the inability
to be sure the virus was killed
and the vaccine safe, scientists
and manufacturers undertook
new methods of producing
killed virus vaccine and new
trials to see If the truly killed
virus vaccine produced a de-
sirable immunity. For from
available clinical experience
there is doubt as to whether
a killed virus vaccine will pro-
duce a lasting immunity. II
not. vaccination of children
could result in a higher Incl
dence of polio among adults
in whom paralysis and death
are frequent"
If you are among the major
ity for a polio vaccination. you
would do we'll to ponder the
words above and ask yourself
frankly II this is really safe"
II the few tests made so far can
assure safety and whether Inn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19

the problem with a determination to
work out compromise bond plan that
would be acceptable not only to the lib
eral groups and the conservatives but to
the voters at large. The committees
report deserves the careful consideration
of the School Board. The chances are
good that if the board approves the re-
duced program the citizens of Arlington
will support the new bond issue plan
when the time comes to vote on it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
Exceptions Noted

FRIENDS in the United States
sent me the article, Hitler
Ex-Aide Launches German
Anti-Tax Drive" in the March
rs issue of your paper.
Convinced that you are in
terested in fair and exact re-
porting, I have to correct some
OF your statements:
l did not break with Hitler
after he came to power in
l933"-but l broke with him
IN 1880, i.e., nearly three years
before he became the Fuehrer.
Similarity. I did not leave
Germany after my brother
was executed in Hitler's blood
purge of 1884,, but had to flee
from Hitler'S henchmen as
early as 1888, because I was
regarded as "Hitler's enemy
No. l" and numerous attacks
on my life were made. as de-
scribed in the book Nemesis"
by Douglas Reed. 1910.
You state. all in all, quite
correctly, my program of re-
unif1cation through neutrality
and a new social order of
co-ownership. Thus, you dis
claim the statement that I
want to initiate Poujadei
So far. nobody knows a pro-
gram of Poujade for external
policy. for internal reform or
for a social order. 1 agree
with him that the modern
state exploits the taxpayer
as l agree with you that COM
munism is the deadliest
danger to our age-which does
not make me either a French
"Poujadiste" or an American
capitalist!
DIR. Otto Strasser.
Munich, Germany.
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

said. II have to get it some
where"
This candid personality, we
think, made a point.
Genius is not always cata-
logued.
What Sullivan meant. we
believe. was that genius Is
simplicity.
What he did not say is also
true:
Genius is often complexity.
Genius is what you make it,
If you can.
Lincoln, the simple man,
was a genius.
Freud. a complex man. was
a genius.
But genius is, Mr.. Sullivan
to the contrary. very rare.
There are not. indeed. many
geniuSes around.
We sat in on a conversation
the other day. and one par
ticipant said there were but
six geniuses since the world
began.
He named them as follows:
Moses.
Jesus.
Paul.
Marx.
Freud.
Einstein.
Moses gave lis God. he said:
Jesus, love; Paul. Christianity;
Marx, modern economies;
Freud. mans mind. and Elm
stein. the world of the future,
whether we like it or not.
Each was a great genius in
his own way. Acceptance or
nonacceptance. the speaker
declared, hinges on whether
the way is ones own, too.
Great geniuses are rare, but
smaller geniuses come dime
a dozen, as the phrase has it.
To many persons, contem-
plating genius. only the COM
pick genius can be so called.
In truth, as the man said, the
true genius is always simple,
he dares to think for himself,
and In so doing does not have
to bow to any man. because
he carries in himself the re-
Election Of the glory of his
Creator.
We hope this makes sense
to our Virginia correspondent.
We hope he doesn't ask.
Who's quibbling now?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19

School facilities are impor-
tant, and perhaps worth all
they cost, but this importance
concerns the comfort of the
pupils more than their adj
vancement. When I first
entered school something more
than rs years ago. facilities"
consisted solely of one build
ing constructed of logs or
rough, implanted lumber, plus
puncheon seats for the chill
dren. Puncheon? Yes, look it
up.
The school term was usually
five months. The days session
was from 8 am. to 4 pm.
When 4 o'clock came, the
teachers work was done; she
did not have to sit far into the
night grading papers and
making out senseless reports.
In elementary and second
airy schools, facilities, or the
lack thereof. have very little to
do with the advancement of
the pupils. The great road
blocks to their progress are
(let us face it, stupidity, in
difference perhaps downright
hostility, lack of discipline,
and distractions unlimited.
1t costs more now to put a
child through third grade than
it did to put his grandfather
through college. But the old
schools turned out graduates
who became doctors, lawyers,
bankers, judges, and teachers.
including eminent college
presidents who ranked with
the foremost. But in those
days you rarely heard a child
say he hated school. Why do
they hate school now?
Elmer e. Hahn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Dear Sir:

Dear Sir:
Il enjoyed your piece about
inspiration and writing.
Il would like to submit a
quotation that is directly at
variance with the part which
said: 1T would take a genius
to explain it and there are not
many geniuses around
I'm his Autobiography of
an Idea Louis Sullivan, the
father of modern American
architecture, wrote, as re-
member it:
Learn to do what your
problem suggests when you
have reduced it to the simplest
terms. You are then at the
point that ordinary men call
genius, thinking it rarity
Il have often thought that
Sullivan was quoting from
something much older, per-
haps from an ancient philoso-
pher.
do you. or any Of your
readers, know the derivation Of
this quote?
1T might have been Aristotle.
He was a taker apart. Not
Plato. he was a putter together
to arrive at meaning. In other
words, something of a bunch
player.
Sincerely, G. X"
~
We suspect that Mr.. Sui
Ivan was indulging in that
great American sport, quib-
bling.
Every one, genius or no.
realizes that true genius is
rare.
Many think there are
geniuses, but no one is quite
sure exactly WnaC the word
means.
There was once a man ac-
cused of copying articles from
the encyclopedia without CIV
ing credit thereto.
One particular person was
somewhat cruel in his ac-
cusations.
why does So and So hate
me?" the man asked a friend.
He says you steal your
stuff" came the Fortnight
answer.
The accused spread his
hands open in a gesture of
dismay.
But l am not a genius" he
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munity would be lasting or
merely cause a higher Incl
dence of disease in adults at
which time it is far more
serious.
If you are in the minority,
as I am. you would feel much
more security concerning the
whole question knowing, as I
do. that a homeopathic physi-
clan treats polio patients sim
ply, safely and effectively just
as he would treat other "sick"
people, basing the selection of
a curative remedy, not on the
disease as such, but on the
signs and symptoms of illness
of the patient as a whole.
Germs or viruses must have
fertile field before they can
start their devastating work.
they are only secondary
causes of sickness. Health is
a power. Let us hold on to it
and not interfere with it.
Mrs. James l. Lavelle.
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When You Went Awuv

sunshine
Ana a blossom from a tulip
treel
Suit OF gold.
Hair done high and free.
Morning smile
And, bright memory. It Is you
see.
Margaret Speer Edwords
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19

Q. Where did Casey" STEM
gel, manager OF the New York
Yankees, get his nickname?
r. s.
A. Casey" Stengel says
that his nickname came from
X. c.. the popular abbrevia-
ton for his home town, Kansas
City.
@. Who originally made the
remark Vote early and vote
often? i NJ
A.The author is not known.
On March 81, 1853, William
Porcher Miles Of South Caro-
lima made a speech in the
House Of Representatives in
which he called attention to
the fact that this motto was
openly displayed on the cleo
ton banners in one OF the
northern cities.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
By THE HASKIN SERVICE
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE
4 y malt
Eyeat
y Please tnclose = " "-'NHson

@. Are there any deserts
where rain never falls?--
K.J.E.
A. No desert is entirely with
out rain. although in some, as
in the Sahara, years may 20
by without any rainfall in GER
tain localities. When the rains
do come. they are usually in
the form Of torrential down.
pours in scattered places.
O. How much money did the
Government take in last year
in Federal automotive excise
taxes?--G. @.
A. Total revenues amounted
TO S2,724, 495, 900. These taxes
came from gasoline: diesel
fuel; lubricating oil; automo-
biles, trucks. buses and trailers:
tires and tubes; parts and &C
cessories.
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Pen names mdv be used u
letters carry WrtterS correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to conden-
SdtfOn.
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