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QulreQ al the famed ActOTS otudlO in New York but with the same curves and beauty she has always displayed.
 Opposite Miss Monroe will be Don Murray, new and exciting Broadway actor. who will be mak- ing his screen debut He was select ed for the important cowboy role over thirty-odd young actors who were tested for the part. Producer Buddy Adler surrounded them with top talent-Oscar nominee Arthur O'Connell; Broadway actresses Bet ty Field and Eileen Heckart; Rob- ert Bray, Hope Lange, Hans Con- reid and Casey Adams.
 George Axelrod, who wrote The Seven Year Itch" and "Will Suc- cess Spoil Rock Hunter?", two high ly successful plays, adapted Inge's comedy romance between the chan teuse of the Blue Dragon Cafe in Phoenix. Arizona and the naive, but brash cowboy from the Susie-Q ranch in Montana Their hilarious love-making is carried on in bus. at roadside diner. in the cafe and at the Jaycee Worlds Champion ship Rodeo.
 joshua Logan, who directed the screen version of Inge's Picnic 5 handled the directorial duties on Bus Stop" To give greater scope to the picture than the play had. Director Logan took his company of 80 players and technicians on loca- tion first to Phoenix, where the an- nual rodeo was in progress. and to Sun Valley. Idaho for scenic back grounds. For the rodeo scenes Lo- gan used 10000 spectators as extras to cheer Marilyn and Don Murray. who does some bronco riding of his own. Top riders, including Casey
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-30

 Tibbs. Worlds All-Around Rodeo Champion. participate in the au- thentic roundup. Moving his troupe on later to Sun Valley, Lo- gan made use of the vast expanse of snow-covered mountains for the equally realistic snowbound out door scenes that keep the pas sengers" marrooned at the Bus Stop for several hours.
 Milton Krasner, ASC, who photo- graphed Miss Monroe in The Seven Year Itch" handled the Cinema Scope cameras for Bus Stop which emerges as handsomely mounted film treat.
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-30
Fidalgo Island Packing Company Claims Paid

Unemployment o an D n ation claims involved in the Fidalgo Is- land Packing company case are now being processed for payment, an- nounced Merrill E. Weir, acting dir ector of the Alaska Employment Se- c,irity commission.
 Claims of the cannery workers which had been filed between July 5, 1853 and July 3. 1854 had been withheld pending final decision of the courts regarding legality of seasonality regulation covering can- Hery workers. About 5000 claimants and 17,0O0 weekly claims are in- volved. All claimants involved are cannery workers.
 Weir said that any cannery work CT who had payment withheld on claims filed between the above dates may now be eligible for pay ment. All claims involved have been kept on file in the benefit section in Juneau, and will now be processed for payment.
 Any claimant who had payments withheld and who has changed his address or who does not receive a communication from the Employ ment Security Commission within two weeks should write to the ESC. Box 2661, Juneau. giving his name and social security number. The latter is particularly important, said Weir.
 Most payments are estimated to be paid by the first part of Sep tember.
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-30

Margurita Simpson. with the trav- el department in Wien Alaska Air lines downtown office, flew to Bar row Sunday to act as Wien tour guide there for about two weeks. Miss Simpson will be senior at the University of Alaska next fall.
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-30

iaI school there this year. Formerly residents of Fairbanks, the Smiths have lived for the past year in Bell lingham, Washington. where he has been working on his masters de- gree.
 They left for the Koyakuk vit- lage Monday with Wien Alaska Air lines.
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-30
E. C. SMITHS TO TEACH IN ALLAKAkET SCHOOLS

MT. and Mrs. E. c. Smith and their two children, Sandy and Kurt, passed through Fairbanks last week end en route to their new home In Allakaket.
 Smith will teach in the Territor-
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-30
HAMILTON ACRES GARDEN CLUB MET LAST WEEK

The Hamilton Acres Garden Club met recently in the music room of the NordaIe school Hostesses for the evening included Mines. Will liam MacMartin. Larry Schull. and Thomas Herring.
 Don Dinkie, hortieuiturist from the University of Alaska Experi- mental station, showed full length feature film on Farming in Alaska" and conducted a ques- tion and answer period on farming in the Panama valley.
 Special guests included members of the Fairbanks Garden Club and husbands of many of the members.
 The next regular meeting of the group is slated for September II.
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-30
ENTERTAINMENT MOVIES DINE AND DANCE
 RADIO AND " PRO GRAMS FOR EVERY DAY THE WEEK
BUS STOP STARS MARLIN
 AT NEW EMPRESS SUNDAY

Mayn Monroe returns to the of the New Empress Theatre Sunday in Bus Stop Twentieth CentuyFoxs CnemaScope Luxe color version William nges successful Broadway play After absence IA months the Der One glamour girl with acting
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-30

KING CHIN'S 5-course dinner for 2 or more-$275 ca. Includes For tune cakes Jasmine tea.
 tPaid Adv.1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-30
Labor and Transit Authority

The transit union is UNDERSTANDABLE
concerned by failure of the Transit
Authority bill to spell out other pro-
cedureS for collective bargaining, while
outlawing the right to strike. A substi-
tute for the right to strike, such as some
form Of guaranteed arbitration, has been
suggested as reasonable amendment.
1t seems to have been the thought of
those drafting the legislation, however,
that the processes to be followed in col
Iective bargaining would be decided by
the Authority itself and not written
into the Transit Authority bill. The
intent Of this bill, as is clearly to be
seen by other provisions, is to confer upon
the Authority a degree Of autonomy,
free OF interference by other agencies,
including Congress itself, that would be
unique in Washington.
The reason for such autonomy is
that the Transit Authority is supposed
to acquire its capital for establishing
transit system by sale of bonds to the
public. These bonds are to be secured
by potential revenues Of the system. Any
legislative decree which beclouds the
prospect of earnings might hamper the
sale Of bonds, and arbitration of wage
levels in the transit industry-where
wage awards in arbitration are made
without reference to ability to PAYS
regarded by operators as a red flag.
Labor's suggestions will of course
receive thorough consideration, as they
should Unless there is determined speed
IN Congress to get on with examina-
ton Of the labor and other provisions of
the transit bill, however, there is real
danger that, come next August Is, there
will be no transit system operating in
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-30

The offer of the Reynolds
Aluminium Co. to construct
and finance school buildings
where needed is deserving OF
editorial attention. Your paper
carried the news of this offer
couple Of weeks ago. With
the bill before Congress now
which seeks to have the ma
tional debt further increased
by underwriting costs of edu-
cation in the States. the Reyn-
Odds offer should appeal to the
practical mind as a good rea-
son why Uncle Sam should
keep out of the schoolhouse
business.
The Reynolds offer is to A.
nance school buildings over a
4O-year period. If communities
in large numbers should ac-
cept the proposal, it is easy to
see that their needs could be
met at a minimum cost by the
magic Of mass production.
There are ready-cut dwellings
for sale, with books of plans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-30

tality In his magazines; so did obscure
names.
After he had left active magazine
writing and editing, retiring to sort of
self-sought obscurity, he made delight
full comeback with three volumes of remi-
niscenceS - Happy Days." Newspaper
Days" and Heather Days" He was about
to publish another book, aptly titled "Mi-
nority Report" His later writings are
as mellow and gusty as any memoirs in
our literature. They serve as perfect
memorial for a rebel who loved gem
utlichkeit and beer and his friends, who
laughingly fought the good fight against
sham and hypocrisy and pretense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-30
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

tends to blot out the harsher
realities Of life.
No one. while thinking Of a
noble tune from one of the
best Of the old light operas.
can still remember, at least
at the very time, that the
world is in a terrible state.
and that politicians seem to
be bent on making it worse.
Books may not be read as
much, as one grows older, but
they still occupy a wonderful
place in life.
1t is good just to see them,
whether in a store, or in O
friends house, or in a library,
or on ones own shelves.
We know a busy and deter
mined man Zone has to be both
busy and determined, today
who loves to read. but who
does not do as much of it as
formerly, for a variety of
reasons.
He still has hundreds OF
books around, and is forever
getting himself new ones,
which he cherishes and loves
as of old.
Each new book, he tells it,
is the best book he has ever
had, and if he does not get
around to reading it, it is no
fault of the books. nor his.
This happy state of affairs
makes everybody happy. in
Guiding the book. Yes, books
can be happy, too. One has
but to look at a truly neg
lected book to realize that its
dog-eared cover and soiled
pages make it weep. The hap
py book is clean. it looks for
ward to being read, and is
proud of the glances of its
owner. Like a good dog, it
responds to good treatment,
and is never so happy as when
basking in the sunshine of
its owners eyes.
Book and music memories.
II SO they may be called, are
good memories, because they
are Selective. they discard the
unhappy, and the poor, and
give us. only the better and
the best.
This is privilege of art in
its best sense. 1t is one of the
things that make true art the
great force it is in the minds,
hearts and lives of human
beings. And in their memo
ries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-30
Sage of Baltimore

n. L. Mencken, dead at IS in his native
Baltimore, is said to have requested In his
will that no obituary tributes be paid to
him. 1t may have been a final flourish
In a legend Of perversity, or it may have
been serious desire to save fellow news
papermen the chore Of recapitulating the
events Of half century lived largely in
the public eye. But whatever the reason,
those who honor Mencken can hardly
honor this last charge of the most idol
lied idol-smaSher Of his day.
AS he grew older and less noisy in
the pursuit Of more serious things, it had
become somewhat the fashion to dismiss
the sage Of Baltimore as a Don Quixote
whose windmills had long since crumbled,
noisy relic Of the Jazz Age. What is too
often forgotten is that Mencken was not
just destructive influence, a puckish
houter Of convention, batter of Prohi-
bition and Puritanism. He was a positive
and pioneer force in American letters,
benevolent and liberating influence who,
In the words Of one critic, blasted clear
the ground on which the present genera
ton stands"
Mencken'S own most enduring monu-
ment is 1.-THE American Language"-proof
enough, If any were needed, that he did
not waste his enormous gifts in a life
time of rubbing the cat of complacency
the wrong way. Whether or not he might
have left more in the way of personal
literary heritage had he not spent so
much time alternately harpooning sacred
cows and encouraging other writer's has
hooyo c,ihi ~
ton. But the fact remains that no man
of his talent has been more generous with
time or praise in fostering young authors.
When Mencken was an upcoming
newSpaperman on the Baltimore Sun,
which he joined after an apprenticeship
on the old Baltimore Morning Herald,
America was still swathed in the folds Of
Victorian Edwardian gentility. He as
sisted at the unwrapping with bolster
Gus enthusiasm that left his countrymen
shocked and breathleSS. He became
kind of headmaster for a whole new
school Of writer's. He discovered Joseph
Hergesheimer, James Branch Cabell, Sim
clair Lewis. He was a champion Of F.
Scott Fitzgerald. And he forced recog-
milton Of that apostle Of realism, Theo-
dore Dresser down the Threats Of the
American public.
He did more. The most pungent and
powerful critic Of his day, willing and
able to take on anyone from G. B. Shaw
on down, Mencken was also the kindliest
OF editors. One of his truest memorials
lies in the letters cherished by writers
all over the country who, when they were
starting out, were helped along by the
editor Of the Smart Set and later on,
the editor of the American Mercury, those
two periodicals that lit up the sky Of the
late teens, the 20s and early sos.
Mencken was a punctilious CORE
spondent, replying often by return mail
in letters that were full OF constructive
suggestions. Many creeds found hospi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-30
Toxpoyer's Lament

The District Commissioners
are at it again. They are now
asking Congress for an in
crease in local taxes. the easy
way out. They are trying to
convince the lawmakers that
the increase is necessary, while
actually 1t is not.
The deficit could be made I'D
by reducing unnecessary ex-
penditures in local govern
ment. For example, the Dis
trict offers numerous free So
cial services where a small
charge could be made to defray
most Of the maintenance costs.
Also, there is a great deal Of
waste in our Traffic Depart
ment. Numbers of useless
traffic signals. traffic signs and
other equipment. all installed
at large expense, could be
reduced.
I feel sure that II our able
congressman would investigate
these things, a solution could
be found without increasing
the burden Of the local tax
payers.
ID. c. Resident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-30
Qualification

John H. Monroe in his letter
January o.. headed Second
Term View" refers to broad
cast made by me over the
Mutual Broadcasting System
dealing with some casual re-
marks made by Gen. Eisen-
hover while he was aboard
the cruiser Helena en- route
home from his trip to Korea
in December, 1852.
I made the Korean trip with
the then President-elect as
pool" representative of the
combined radio-T'V networks.
and my account Of his remarks
resulted from that trip. His
comments about his desire to
leave the presidency and re-
tire from public life in 1857
at the end of one four-year
term were not made to me
directly, but were recounted to
me by a member of his official
party.
Mr.. Monroe has quoted cor
rectly from my broadcast.
However, he speaks of an Asso-
ciated Press account of 1t as
having appeared in The Star
on January 10. thus permit
ting the inference that the
broadcast may have occurred
as recently as a week ago.
My broadcast was made on
January Is. 1858. and was re-
ported In The Star the follow
ing day. on the eve of Presi-
dent Eisenhower's inaugul a.
ton. Through inadvertence,
the fact Of its having occurred
three years ago was not made
clear. l bring this to your
attention because a much
greater significance might pos
sibly be attached to those
casual remarks of Gen. EiSen-
hower-made before he as
sumed the presidency-if they
were to be made the subject
Of a network broadcast in
today's atmosphere of political
conjecture and speculation.
/ sought in my broadcast Of
three years ago to make 1t
clear that Gen. EiSenhoWer's
remarks aboard the Helena,
as reported to me, were made
half jokingly during a dis
cussion OF the constitutional
amendment limiting the Office
of President to two terms. I
reported that Gen. Eisenhower
tossed in the observation"
that the limitation didn't con-
Germ him. because he was
quite sure that he would be
ready to retire in 1857 after
four years in this job"
In connection with the cir
cumStances of his remark
about wanting to retire after
one term, the President was
asked about my broadcast and
the newspaper references to II
when he held his second news
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-30
Jones Case Absurdity'

This is to express my appre-
citation for The Stars fine edi-
torial entitled, Jones Case
Absurdity." The editorial could
not help but alert many of
your reading public to the dan
gers embodied in the veterans
preference legislation. TIL e
country needs more and more
editorials of this kind: we
need to know and learn of the
qualifications of this discrimi-
natory legislation not only on
the merit system in the Fed
eral Government but also its
impact on the economy. The
taxpayers need to know that
this undemocratic legislation
creates social problems. partic-
ularly among our middle-aged
nonveteran career employees
with permanent" status and
with many years of satisfac-
tory or outstanding service.
Is it not time to remind the
professional veterans and their
highly organized groups that
they are fast losing their per-
spective when they continue to
clamor for greater and greater
benefits irrespective of the
needs of all the citizens? How
many of those professional vet
Grams would not have returned
If those who remained home
had not put their shoulders to
the wheel to keep the supplies
flowing?
I have long been aware of
the mandatory requirements
and injustices of the Veterans
Preference, Act of 1914, par
ticularly Section IL. 1t strikes
at the very foundations of a
merit system Unless COM
potency can become the major
consideration for appointment
and retention in Government,
it is impossible to achieve eff
fiency and economy. The Jones
case demonstrates how it even
affects the safety of our citizens.
Mrs. b. M. Mack,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-30
A Man and His Memoirs

Former President Truman probably
has enjoyed writing his memoirs. And II
so he probably enjoyed most Of all writing
about 1873 when he confounded all his
"favorite" enemies-the Republicans, the
"kept press and paid radio" the pollsters,
the big business Hobbies and pressure
groups" the "so-called Progressives' and
the professional liberals"-by winning
reelection. 1t was the year he decided
I'm going to give them hell" And 1t
may be recalled that he did.
It was in that year, too, Mr.. Truman
writes in the current installment of his
story, that he had a heart-to-heart talk
with General Eisenhower about reports
that the latter might be a candidate tor
the presidency. When the general cited
an earlier expression of his own views
that long professional soldiers should
abstain from seeking high political
Office" Mr. Truman Endorsed his good
judgment" II said" Mr.. Truman now
writes, that did not think he could add
anything to his splendid career and that
the only thing he could accomplish by
getting into politics would be to detract
from his reputation" BY that time, Mr.
Truman had made up his own mind to
be a candidate and, he adds, "those in
the party who turned against me could do
nothing to prevent it,"
But, since autobiographies often shed
light on history and the personal rela-
tionships involved, it is interesting to
turn to General Eisenhower'S Crusade in
Europe" In that, the General tells OF
conversation with Mr.. Truman in 1945.
He quotes the President as follows: "Gen-
eral, there is nothing that you may want
that I won't try to help you get. That
definitely and specifically includes the
presidency in 1948."
Mr.. Truman might be writing his
memoirs in different vein If General
Eisenhower had accepted that generous
invitation In 1945.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-30
Avalanche of Time
The tumblino hours can hnrdll

The tumbling hours can hardly
tDdit
Their turn, so quick they
pushing come.
Caught in the Avalanche OF
time
None stops TO count the
final sum.
The clocks tDedr out: the run
nerS drop
And still peH-meH the hours
cascade
Yet none swept By the mortal
food
win oiue his place up. no,
nor trade.
The torrent does not cease
for eDl
or stop its course for any
good.
The tumbling hours rain do,Dn,
and none
Would stop them epen II he
could.
Ruby Zosoren
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-30
Teacher SHORTAGE

The Stars January % edi-
torial, "Integration and Teach
ers," brought into the open one
of the problems of indignation
which protagonists have care
fully concealed until now.
"Integration," the editorial
states, places emphasis upon
IAN extraordinary variation in
pupil chieveme nt. More
teachers are needed to cope
with it." In other words. so
long as segregation existed
teacher could handle more
pupils than now, because in
any group there would be about
the same mentality and ad-
yancement. Now, with nonseg-
regation, the smart and the
dun are thrown together and
the number of pupils any
teacher can handle is re-
stricted. so that more teachers
are needed for the same num-
Der OF pupils. The cost Of
school government is thus
greatly increased and the Dis
trict finds more money must
be spent per pupil at the very
time when revenues are drop
ping off due to the exodus of
white families which, on an
average. pay higher taxes.
The editorial further states
the President. in congratulate
ing the Commissioners on in
tegration. suggested that Dis
trlct progress should be a
model for the country. Some
model!
During Virginia's recent ira.
vail. The Star did its best to
drag our Virginia schools down
to the level of those in the Dis
trict by promoting nonsegre-
cation. and many voters were
doubtless influenced by The
Stars editorial position. / hope
those voters read this latest
editorial with care.
e n C;n,oo~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-30
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Storqozer Detects q New Twinkle
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

whose atoms have been
stripped of their outer cleo
irons and may weigh as much
as q thousand tons per cubic
inch.
About Is of the hundred bill
lion stars that constitute the
Milky Way galaxy, of which
the solar system is an infin-
itesimal part, explode every
year.
This, at least, is what hap
pens In the Andromeda neb-
ula, the Milky Ways nearest
neighbor among the millions of
gigantic star systems that
make up the universe. The
two galaxies. between which
light moving at 10000 miles
a second travels in about a
million years, are of the same
size and substantially indenti-
cal in every respect. What
happens on one can be sup
posed to happen on the other.
The difference is that astrono-
mers on earth can observe the
Andromeda galaxy as a whole.
They cannot do this for the
Milky Way system for they
themselves are inside it.
DR.. Walter Baade and his
associates, Carnegie Institution
of Washington astronomers,
have just reported observing
the Andromeda system for 200
successive nights. on the watch
for appearance of nova"
stars which suddenly flare up
to many times their ordinary
brightness and then subside to
inconspicuous objects in a few
days. These stars, it is be-
lieved, undergo some sort Of
explosion. They are reported
only occasionally in the Milky
Way system.
Explosions Photographed
The Andromeda explosions
were recorded on Photographic
plates. They hardly could
have been seen by the human
eye. Study of the plates re-
suited in discovery of 80 such
nova. This is believed, for
various reasons, to be a rather
excessive number for so short
a period. The fastest and
brightest lasted for about five
days. The slowest, not so
bright, continued for about
$50 days. Close relations were
found between the brightness,
duration and rate of decline.
Taking the vast distance into
account, DR.. Baade and his as
Sociates report, these andre
media nova had about the same
absolute magnitudes and lu-
minosities as those more close
ly observed over the past two
centuries in the Milky Way
galaxy and apparently the
phenomena are almost pre.
cisely the same.
The star explosions witnessed
by the Carnegie astronomers,
of course. took place about a
million years ago, but there
is no reason to believe that
there has been any change
in frequency in either galaxy
in such a short period. 1t is
hardly a watch tick in cosmlc
history.