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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-13

The test of a foreign policy
is not in the arguments that
are advanced for it, nor in the
support that it can win from
the public at home, but wholly
In its success in the areas
where it is applied.
To be successful, a policy
must realize a positive and
clearly-thought-out aim.
The aim of the United States
In the world at large has been
to strengthen military posi-
tons so weak as to invite pos
sible aggressions from an am
bilious new great power, and
thereby make war less likely:
to help reconstruct economies
shattered by war, raise stand
ards Of living, and thereby ease
the social tensions that could
lead to internal explosions;
and thus appear in the world
as a great power whose
strength is a shield for the
weak. whose purposes are of
impartial benef1cence, and
whose influence is directed to
peace.
This aim wholly comedies
with American self interest, as
a proper foreign policy must
also do. A secure, internally
stable and prosperous world
Is favorable to the security,
domestic peace and prosperity
Of the United States, a Nation
OF continental size, highly
developed economically, largely
self-suff1cient, not seeking or
needing special privileges from
anyone.
The aim also comedies with
American idealism-with the
American creative highland
is therefore assured Of that
public support which, in a
democracy. is essential to a
consistent and continuing
foreign policy.
The realization of the aim
has been favored by historic
conditions. The United States
is not an imperial power.
Though the leading victor In
two world wars, she annexed
no territories. established no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
Fifth Man Treated
After Lob Alcohol
Kills 3, FeIIs One

Another man believed to have
consumed methyl wood alcohol
at the Naval Research Labora-
tory was admitted to District
General Hospital last night.
Three men already have died
and another is i'll from the effects
OF what police have described as
on-the-job drinking by custodial
workmen at the laboratory.
The latest to seek treatment
was Allen Tillman, rs, colored
of 1856 Mount View place Sc
Capt. Richard j. Felber of the
homicide squad said Mr.. Tillman
told attendants he drank q
coke" given him by one of the
men who later died.
Navy officials told police q
half-gallon of alcohol was miss
ing from one Of the buildings al
the laboratory in Bellevue.
A story of how the cleaners
mixed alcohol with cokes last
Friday night was related to po-
lice by Moses Burch. SO, colored
Of 304 E street NE, still seri-
ously i'll. Shortly after drinking
the mixture the men became Ill
and one by one we're admitted to
the hospital where three died
Both the Navy and District po-
lice are investigating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
BY RICHARD RODGERS

Weather Bureau forecasters do
not depend on their aching
corns for predictions. The
bureau opened an elaborate ex-
'hibit here today proving that
science. not pains and aches
furnish the basis for prognosti-
cations.
Electronic gadgets are strewn
about the Commerce Depart
ment's auditorium and main
lobby in profusion. The place is
packed with push-button con-
traptions explaining how wealth.
ermen snoop on the skies.
Radiosondes, ceilometer, trans
missometer. high-climbing bal
looms carrying transmitters, a
radar disc and dozens of other
strange and wonderful machines
are on display. The show will
last through June 20. from $3.50
am. to 10 pm. daily.
One Of the most interesting
displays shows how a tornado
works. When a viewer pushes a
button. a miniature twister is
created Of smoke on a tiny land
scape in front Of him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06

One is tapped directly into the
recorded weather announce
ment available to all phone
users. The other is wired into
the Weather Bureau.
A man on the other end of
this latter instrument was on
duty today giving the latest data
on weather conditions all over
the Nation.
One caller already knew it was
a fine day here. And how about
Miami? Good day in Miami.
also; temperature about 30.
Well, Los Angeles. then. Not so
good out there. HAY fog and
the temperature around 3d." the
weather worker said.
Exhibits range from simple
magic such as learning the cur
rent status at such widespread
places all the way to the esoteric
programs by which forecasters
learn how hurricanes are being
born.
1t is an impressive show. II
should be convincing, II only an
unscheduled storm doesn't blow
into town while the exhibit is
playing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
Science, Not Aches, Predicts Weather;
Amazing Godgets on Display ProveIt

In the auditorium foyer today
the exhibitors had a transparent
model Of an earth satellite,
roughly the size of a medicine
ball and crammed with equip
ment. This is represented as an
approximation Of the globe
which scientists will fire into the
heavens to circle the earth.
Ruben H. Gunthner, an cleo
tronics engineer in the Weather
Bureaus instruments design Sec
ton, pointed out a continuance
today that takes over when the
forecasters leave work. This
thing measures visibility, tenn
perature, dew point. wind speed
and direction, altimeter setting
and precipitation. It also codes
and transmits its conclusions
into the National Weather Cir
cult.
The show is the latest Of a
series designed to tell the public
how the Commerce Depart
ment's various organizations
work.
The show has telephones
which visitors are invited to use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06

ing World War II and after 1915
when the draft was revived.
He was born July IL, 1886, al
Monson, Mass, near Springfield
He was graduated from Holy
Cross College and came here ir
1909 to enter Georgetown Law
School. He has lived here since
then and no native son has ever
been more devoted to this com.
munity.
In recent years prominent
lawyers, the late Supreme Court
Justice Robert H. jackson and
Lloyd Paul Stryker among
others, have complained that
the art of advocacy" has been
declining-that is the talent OF
pleading before a jury. But il
had a brilliant exemplar in
Washington as long as Mr.
Leahy was practicing.
He was a lawyers lawyer, =
one to whom other lawyers re-
ferred difficult jury cases that
Continued on Page B-S1, Col.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Guild of Prescription
Opticians of America goes
into its fourth day of meet
ings in the Shoreham Hotel.
The Municipal Finance
Officers Association con-
tinues its meetings in Hotel
Statler.
The Maryland District
Federation of Labor winds
UP its meetings in the Will
lard Hotel.
The Federal States Con-
ference on Aging continues
in the Mayf1ower Hotel.
The Machinery and Allied
Products Institute opens a
three-day session in the
Hotel Statler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06

kindly strangers can help i'm
measurably this summer.
A trip to summer camp would
assure her d nutritious diet
with plenty of milk to drink. fol
awhile. 1t would help to build
UP her spindly body and give her
a store of resistance.
The forest setting would offer
new inspiration for her artistic
talents and a fresh outlook on
life.
You can make sure that
Martha gets a chance to go to
camp this summer by contribut-
ing to The Evening Star Sum-
mer Camp Fund.
The following camp fund gifts
are acknowledged today:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
House Debate Near
OnWater Pollution
William E. Leohy Dies;
Lawyer, Civic Leader
By GEORGE KENNEDY

William E. Leahy, one of the
Nations leading trial lawyers,
died of a heart attack yesterday
afternoon at his home, 1925 Gar
field street NV. He was SO.
He became i'll while lunching
at the Cosmos club and went
home. His. wife. Mrs. Miriam
Kramer Leahy, was with him
when he died. The Leahys had
no children.
Mr.. Leahy had returned in
April from a four-month con-
valescence in. Florida after a
previous heart attack.
He was supposed to take II
easy, but of course he didn't, y
an associate said.
Praised by Commissioners
He stayed away from the
courts after his illness but he
was still indefatigable in his
civic activities. He was chair
man of the Commissioners Citi-
zens Advisory Council since 1858
and member since its inception
in 1852.
The Commissioners issued q
proclamation late yesterday
terming him an Outstanding
civic leader" who had served on
the Council with distinction
and devotion"
One Of the problems that
faced him on his return from
Florida was that of saving the
Old Union Engine House, the
meeting place of the Association
Iof Oldest Inhabitants of which
he was president.
One of Mr.. Leahy's last tasks
was the preparation of a memo
rial service of the association for
deceased members scheduled for
tonight.
Draft Director During War
He served as Washington di-
rector of Selective Service dur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
The
Rambler
Wine Tasting
Is q Fine Art
By JACK JONAS

M. Artim M. Devletian of
the Institut National d,Appel-
ations d'Origine was Mortified.
Water in the wine?" he
asked. Never! In France, it
is not permitted"
He took a hurried sip of
burgundy and recovered sufi-
GENTLY to admit that in the
French home water is mixed
with the wine.
But it is table wine. And
that?" His shoulders and ex-
preston indicated his con-
tempt. 1T is-how do you say
it?-wine for ordinary con-
sumption"
M. Devletian, here to de-
fend the honor of French
wines, was host at a taste of
wines in the Sheraton Carl
tons banquet room.
Before that he had been at
tending sessions of the Inter-
national Patent and Trade
Mark Association, doing battle
to hold such names as Bor-
deaux, Chablis and Graves to
the French alone.
Such wines have been
made in these areas for CEN
turies," he said. why should
they not always be known as
coming from France?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Martha Needs Help
To Escape Disease

Martha is only 8, but she looks
like a little old woman.
She is thin and undersize and
frequently has blush circles I'M
der her eyes.
People are attracted to Martha,
as they always are to something
in miniature. She, in turn, is a
little too withdrawn, too indie
pendent.
Martha's father is an arrested
tuberculosis patient. unable to
work. At the health clinic where
she reports for checkups, they
say that if she is to escape the
disease herself. she must have
plenty of eggs and milk.
Milk Is a Luxury
When a family lives on a
public assistance grant. eggs and
milk become something of a
luxury. Martha's mother. who
is i'll herself, would like to man.
age the diet Martha needs. But
on an income admittedly only
l78 per cent of the minimum cost
Iof subsistence, she can't.
There is creative talent in this
quiet. scrawny little girl who lives
In a crowded section of town on
b street where heavy traffic
streams all day. The art she
turns out at the neighborhood
house where she goes every day
tells something about her dreams.
Martha likes to draw people
and houses. There are always
flowers around the houses.
At school. she is in a special
class for slow learners. A well
fare worker who knows her
wonders whether it wouldn't be
a different story, though, = II
things were better for Martha
at home-on the theory that
emotional factors condition the
I. @
You Can Help Martha
Martha is one of the WASH
lngton area children whom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
Mail Piles Upfor Boy, 10,
Who Lost Both His Arms

ridor with Mrs. Joan Viehmann,
supervisor of the Nursing Serv-
ice Office at the hospital. He
had said earlier he didn't want
his picture taken, but on agree
ing, suggested that his hair be
combed.
Butch is in for other contri-
buttons, one of which will be
the proceeds from q circus in
the back yard of Lucinda Sypult
IL, of 1854 Madison street NV,
lat 4 pm. Friday.
Girl Tells Plan to Help
The sixth-grade student at
Brightwood School, Thirteenth
and Nicholson streets NV.
called The Star yesterday after
noon to ask what hospital Butch
is in.
On being questioned, she re-
vealed her plan to help the little
boy.
She is going to make some
soft drinks to sell to classmates
and other children in the neigh
Iborhood at five cents a glass
and her mother and girl friends
are going to help her with the
cookies. The latter will sell fol
two cents each.
All the proceeds from the
circus. which will consist of q
comedy skit put on by Lucinda
and a girl friend, singing, anc
blngo, will go to Butch.
II think we'll raise a lot Of
money" Lucinda said, because
l hope a lot of children will
come"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
Maryland Bridge
Open to Traffic

The Decatur Street Bridge
linking the towns of Edmonstor
and Hyattsville in Prince Georges
County, opened for traffic yester-
day.
Spokesman for the Gale Engi-
neering Co. of Galesville. Md.
builders Of the bridge, said the
project has been virtually COM
pleted with only work on the ap-
proaches yet to be done.
The $4,000 project. which
was undertaken in conjunction
with the Anacostia River Flood
Control Project. still has not
been officially accepted by the
county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
By JAMES F. MoSER, Jr.


Ten-year-old Robert (Butch)
Upton Of McConchie, Md. il
now walking around at George
town University Hospital. Anc
his mail is piling up-some Of
it from as far away as Cali
fornia.
The letters, his mother, Mrs
Catherine Upton, said, tell him
what a brave" boy he is ano
congratulate him on his cour-
age. Most contain contributions
toward his recovery.
1.-The interest of so many peo-
pie is wonderful" Mrs. Tiptor
added.
Butch is in the hospital a:
the result Of touching high
voltage wires at his home on
May Is. Doctors were forced
to amputate both his arms al
the shoulders.
Surgical Problem Seen
Butch's surgeon said yesterday
there has been a surgical prob
lem but that plans now ar,
being made to try to fit him with
artificial limbs.
Meanwhile, a total of $227.6!
in contributions to help in the
rehabilitation of the little boy
has been taken in at the 30l
Restaurant at La Plata, Md.
where Mrs. Upton is employed
as waitress.
Bennett v. Gambrell, owner
of the restaurant, said employee,
at Marshall Hall Amusement
park, Marshall Hall, Md, hav,
collected $125 there and tina
fraternal organizations in L;
Plata are starting funds. HI
added that the Charles County
Restaurant Tavern Association
also is contributing.
Receives Check
Almost another 5000 was col,
lected by employees of Lustin,
Nicholson Chevrolet Co. Tit
fund was started by Ode R
Ball, a salesman at the com
lpany's Hyattsville Md Office.
Yesterday, at the hospital, Mr.
Ball presented Butch with tn,
check as the little boys forme,
private nurse, Mrs. Bessie Dublin
of Springfield, Va, fed hin
watermelon. She dropped bacl
In to see how Butch was gettinl
along.
After the watermelon feast
Butch got out of bed ant
walked down the f1fth-fioor cor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
Arlington 0kdys
Courthouse and
School Bonds
SGT Million OutIuy
On Two Projects
Approved by Voters

Arlington voters, reversing
their thumbs down vote on a
February school bond issue, yes
terday approved a $4.5 million
school bond issue and a $2.2
million bond issue for court
house improvements.
1t was also the second try on
a courthouse improvement pro-
gram. County voters in 1854
turned down a $500, 900 bond is
sue to acquire nearby property
to expand the courthouse.
The vote on the school bonds
a 1,243 margin Of victory, came
too late to avoid halliday ses-
sions next fall in some elemen-
tary schools.
The tally was gill votes fol
the school bonds and 4,92s
against. In a special election
February 81, voters turned down
a $9.4 million school bond pro-
posal by a vote of 5,720 to 1888
The courthouse improvement
bond issue, which authorizes a
six-story replacement for the
present center portion of the
courthouse, was passed by a slim
I799 vote margin 5,937 for and
I5,138 against.
A total of 1885 votes were
cast barely more than one
fourth of the 41,000 registered
voters of the county.
Groups Backed Proposal
Both bond proposals had the
virtue of almost unanimous bus
mess, civic and political indorse-
Iment.
E. r. Draheim, school board
chairman, said yesterdays re-
suits followed logically from the
fine cooperation of all commu-
nifty groups working together"
He said he was delighted that
We can now move forward with
much-needed school construc-
ton and planning for future
school construction"
Last month the school board
said the February bond setback
would mean halliday sessions at
the beginning of the next school
term regardless of the outcome
yesterday.
Between 800 and 1000 students
will be on double sessions in ele-
mentary schools next fall. This
would involve from % to 81
classes. But an early sale of the
bonds voted yesterday will en-
able construction of an addition
to the Jamestown Elementary
school. This will relieve over.
crowding, sometime during the
next term, by about IL classes
c. Wynn Tolbert. Arlington Bal
Association president. said yes.
lterday's vote showed that Ar.
Ilingtonians are still willing tt
vote bond issues for emergency
and critical needs"
Lawyers Led Campaign
/. The bar association led the
way in planning and campaign
Ing fer the courthouse bond
issue. The $2.2 million includes
funds for acquisition of parking
facilities in the courthouse area
i Mr.. Tolbert said supporters
of the courthouse improvements
hope an early start on construc-
ton Will be possible.
Seven Arlington precincts
played turn-about roles by giving
the school bonds a margin OF
victory yesterday where they hao
contributed heavily to the Feb
ruary 81 school bond defeat. The
precincts were Bancroft, Madi-
son, Oakridge, Overlee Knobs
Thrifton, Virginia Highlands
and Westover.
Each of the 81 precincts re-
corded less opposition in the
school bond vote yesterday thar
in the Eehriiorv 81 alantio0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
Foundation Elects

The B'nai Birth Hillel Foun.
dation at George Washington
University has elected the fol.
lowing officers for the coming
year:
Michael Hammer, president,
Phil Berger, vice president; Bar
bara Brisker. secretary. and Davic
Fran. treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
CAMP FUND FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp.
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail
it to The Evening Star.
Washington 4. D. c.. or bring
cash to The Star cashier.
The cost--$36.40 for IL
days, 1920 for six days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
Goee School Parents

Harry w. Lewis, supervisor Of
the Reading Clinic OF District
Public Schools. will discuss
Helping Parents Understand
the Reading Process at a meet
ing Of Gage School parents at
1880 pm. tomorrow in the school,
Second and u streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06

HE CAME BACK in a few
minutes with a man who
looked like an American in
dustrialist and turned out to
be Henry C. HowellS, a WASH
ington representative for the
American machine tool build
ers and makers of special in
dustrial equipment.
Wines a hobby with me"
he said. Everybody has his
own way of tasting it. I'll
show you mine.
Three senses play a part.
You look at the wine to see If
the color is right. Then you
smell it to see if the aroma is
right. Then you look at it
again, to reasSure yourself
about the color.
"For example, this Chablis
has a greenish cast. All Cha
bills should have little green
in it. Then, only if the color
and aroma are right, you
taste it.
And the final test-no wine
should leave an aftertaste. 1t
should leave the palate clean"
Everybody, even M. Devle-
tan, who brought them from
France, and Mr., Howells, the
guest faster, seemed happy
with the wines. The only I'M
happy ones there were the
walters, because nobody, not
even M. Devletian or Mr..
Howells. brought along his
own personal tastevin, and
wine tasting takes a lot of
glasses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
Street Scenes

A woman at Eighteenth
street and Columbia road
NV hailing a taxi, then tell
ing the driver to go on when
she spotted a friend rafting
toward her in his tattered-top
Model A convertible. :.
Workmen unloading boxes
from a truck on Tenth street,
with the This Side Up" ar
rows pointing down. i.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06

THE ELABORATE menu
warned that, for maximum
enjoyment, the wines should
be tasted in the order in which
they were listed. The first on
the list was a Chablis, 1852,
and sip of that was taken first.
Light. Very dry"
"Ah, monsieur!" said M.
Devletian. "Un connoisseur!"
He seemed pleased.
Here, at the next table," he
went on. "Try the Bordeaux. "
The Bordeaux was slipped.
Heavy"
M. Devletian looked horri-
fed again, and hurried away.
Another man, whose accent
indicated that he, too, must
know about French wines,
took his place.
"All of the Bordeaux" he
said, automatically, ARE very
solid. You need something
with them for the proper en-
joyment. Some cheese or wal
nuts. We do not, unfortu-
nately, have any walnuts. Here.
A bit of cheese. And have you
tried the vavray?"
Several vavrays, barsacs
and arrnitageS later, M. Devle-
tian was collared again and
asked about the proper meth
cd for tasting a wine.
First" he said, you must
look" He held his glass to a
light and looked. Then"
holding it beneath his nose,
you must catch the bouquet.
Then, you sip, like this"
M. Devletian slipped, like
that, and seemed to be chew
ing the wine. Later, you sip
way down here" he said,
pointing way down there to a
spot a quarter of an inch
above his Adams apple. But, "
he added, and a note of sad
ness crept in, Il am not an
expert. I will bring you an
expert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
No Large Influx

But he said the changing
ratios here apparently are not
greatly affected by a large-scale
influx of Negroes, such as has
been reported in Chicago and
other cities with a large indus
trial economy.
Schools and welfare agencies
are feeling the change, however
AS recently as 1858, the number
of white and colored children in
the Districts public, private and
Iparochial schools was about
equal. In 1855, the proportion
was 71.000 colored to $4,000
white. And in public schools
alone. the ratio was $4,000 col
ored to $4,000 white.
On public relief rolls, there
are almost 10 times as many
colored children receiving aid
as white children. But recent
immigration is not a large factor
here either. About IS per cent
of the mothers-both white and
colored-whose children get
Welfare Department. aid have
lived in the District more than
10 years, according to DR.. Ray
mond F. Clapp, department re-
search director.
For the Metropolitan Area as
a whole, the ratio of colored to
white population has remained
almost constant in the last six
years. About 23.5 per cent of the
area population is colored.
While DR.. Pickard's figures
show a net migration of only
], 900 colored persons to the SUBJ
urbs since 1850, this figure does
not represent the actual move
ment of colored families, he says
A great many more colored fami-
lies are moving into suburban
sections, but their number is bal
anced by families who move OUT
of rural sections Of the area.