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was forced to nee Germany.
Weizmann had offered to get
him q position at the Hebrew
University In Jerusalem.
Haber set out for the Near
East. On the way he fell sick
and died. In his viii he had
left, it developed after the
war, his enormous library to
the Israeli institution.
The Hebrew University is q
quite different set-up with wide
interests In the social as well
as the physical sciences. Much
attention is being given to the
peaceful development Of nu-
clear energy. Power is of spe-
cial Importance for the further
development Of the semi-desert
country. Even more notable.
however. have been the accom-
plishments in the field of trap
ping solar energy which may
hold out brighter prospects
for a land with plenty Of sun
shine.
Solar Trap Displayed
Most prominently displayed
at the Israeli exhibit was the
so-called solar trap invented
by Hebrew University scien-
fist which eventually may have
a very high place among the
developments of this age. It is
simply a bright rejecting sur
face which reflects shorter So
lar rays covered by a very thin
black surface which absorbs
the long heat waves Of the sun
and does not reflect them. 1t
is probably the most efiicient
design for trapping sunshine
yet known.
But. 1t was stressed at the
exhibit, the scientific interests
of Israel are far from provin-
cial and its research workers
have taken the world for their
province. Some of the. most
notable work described in the
1000 research reports is In the
fundamental mechanics Of can
Ger formation.
Another work of worldwide
significance Is the discovery
that human hemoglobin, the
oxygen-carrying red coloring
matter Of the blood, is not a
single substance but a COM
bination Of at least three frac-
tons.
AS pointed out by Ambassa-
dor Eban, the little nation may
have shown the way in which
small countries, maintaining a
high cultural level and an en-
thusiasm for research, can
achieve almost equal rank
at least in the long stretch Of
history-with the worlds great
and populous empires. For re-
CARELESS of the immediate fate
OF Israel its scientific achieve
ments alone in seven years
place 1t historically in the FORE
front Of modern nations.
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In keeping with its campaign to
penetrate and win a dominant position
in the Middle East, the Kremlin has now
approached Lebanon with an offer of aid
and trade. The event. like similar Soviet
moves toward Egypt, Syria and Saudi
Arabia, Serves as good example of the
kind of competitive coexistence" that
the West must reckon with in all key
areas of the globe, particularly in coun-
tries where conditions invite Moscow to
spread It's influence with economic
weapons.
Although relatively prosperous, the
Lebanese have their serious problems.
One Of these Is the fact that they have
run into some difficulty in finding ade
quate outlets for fruit, their major item
of export Another is that their once
excellent highway system Quilt by the
French) has deteriorated and now needs
extensive repair and modernization. They
could have loan from either the World
Bank or American sources to carry on
such work, but they do not want to Dor
row money from abroad If they can ne
gotiate other arrangements that would
leave them free of financial indebtedness.
1t is against this background that
the Russians have proffered technical
and other types of help to reconstruct
the country's roads and promote its gen.
eral internal development. AS for repay
ment, reports indicate that the Kremlin
has proposed kind Of long term barter
arrangement under which it would re-
ceive Lebanese enthusiastically fruit
in exchange for the aid. How the Beirut
government will respond remains to be
seen, but the offer, despite it's hidden
political dangers, unquestionably has GER
tain enticing economic aspects. In that
respect, it is another demonstration of
why the West ought not to underestimate
the challenge implicit in the Soviet drive
for competitive coexistence." }
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

empleton Jones. too, likes
animals. but he pays little at
tention to women's hats.
Probably this blind eye to
hats stems from two causes.
For one. modern hats are
not interesting. usually being
too small.
Second, Jones is too busy
using both eyes to avoid being
poked in one with a hand
bag.
He thought that he had
more or less mastered the art
until the other day.
Then he learned once more
not to underestimate the
power Of a woman.
Jones was seated on the side
seat next to the back door, so
he could get some air from
time to time.
He had kept his usually
wary eye open for pocketbooks,
but time and tide had lulled
him almost to sleep, a habit
with many bus riders. This
transit nirvana is known to
many.
Jones was seated there,
when a blond woman rushed
to the back door and reached
up over his head for the bell
pull
This action usually is harm
less. but this time the woman
had a large yellow rectangular
bag slung from her right arm.
AS she reached up. the big
bag swung with her hand.
Templeton Jones saw it
coming, and lodged just in
time.
The left brass-bound corner
missed his right eye, his good
one, by quarter Of an inch.
Was the lady sorry?
"Sorry?" asked Templeton
Jones. why, she not only
wasn't sorry. she actually
looked offended at the way I
had lodged.
las if she said
las If she said, Men are
crazy" grinned Templeton
Jones.
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Negative Approach

AS a voteless Washing
tonian. have been under the
impression that the Commits
sioners were more or less ap-
pointed to serve the public in
a similar capacity as elected
congressman from the States.
OF course, the difference is
that the Commissioners are
political appointees, and Con-
gressmen are elected as the
preference Of people whom
they represent.
This has been very evident
in the handling of public
transportation. The fault of
the lengthy transit strike can
be laid directly at the door
OF the Commissioners. who
talked a lot but did little to
bring the strike to a rapid
end. Neither the Commits.
sioners nor officials of the
Public Utilities Commission
seem to have given the least
thought to the convenience or
preference of the riding public.
Do they care that a great
majority of the riding public
for various reasons prefers
the trolleys to buses? No!
Have they considered what
many more buses on the
streets will do to already over
cluttered-up traffic? No! Have
they given thought to the I'M
bearable increase in taxes
that will result because Of
increased maintenance of
streets broken up by the
extra heavy pressure of heavy
vehicles? No! Or to the dirt
and stencil marring our once
beautiful city by increased
exhaust gas. which is sicken-
ing as we'll? MOI I wonder
what their decisions would be
If they had to make use of
public transportation?
II. L. II.
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of blood at all times Unfortunately. the
number Of volunteer donors always de-
clines in peacetime-yet there is con-
tinuing need for maintenance of an ade-
quate blood bank. Right now, the local
blood center has exhausted its supply
Of O-negative blood. the most common
type. Volunteer donors of all types Of
blood are urgently needed. Citizens wish
ing to participate in this life-saving
project should report at once to the Red
Cross Blood Center, 2O25 E street NV.
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Integrotion Viewpoint

Much has been written
lately concerning the Supreme
Courts indignation order. My
first thought is directed at
those. including Dorothy
Thompson. who use the word
coercion" Out of context,
the word implies force, yet the
American College Dictionary
states, restraint or constraint
by force. law. or authority"
/ dislike the word force" as
applied to overt action by a
police body and I do not think
this is necessary to accomplish
compliance. We citizens of
the United States, both colored
and white, have long been
exposed to the tenets of this
great democracy which teach
loyalty. obedience to laws and
respect for authority; those
which we enjoy complying
with as well as those which
we do not. We have been so
taught and we instinctively
desire to uphold the written
Constitution as well as y its
interpretations.
II some of our great men,
such as some seemingly mis-
guided Congressman and Gov
ernors, would use their in
fluence toward preaching
obedience to the mandates of
our great land. and If the
police power OF States under
their leadership were in
structed to uphold the laws, I
am certain that harmony
would prevail.
DIR. Theodore A. Shell.
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Thanks, Fellow Voters

l, as one OF the 1858 who
defeated the Arlington County
school bond issue, am very
thankful for those who have
enough interest in their homes
to forestall another attempt of
the carpet-baggers of the
county from saddling more
taxes on the now overburdened
real estate tax payers of the
county. If you will note
carefully the precinct vot-
ing. you will notice that
those areas voting for the
bonds are made up of apart
ment jewellers. service per-
sonnet and others living in
Arlington who are striving to
see that the taxes are so high
that the property owners will
not be able to pay. I have a
personal knowledge of the way
some of the service personnel
work. I had a neighbor who
knocked on doors for two
weeks trying to get people to
vote for the last bond issue
that was defeated. and two
weeks after the election he was
ordered to Alaska or some
other foreign place far from
Arlington County.
The Arlington County School
Board should realize that this
is mandate from the prop
erty owners to either resign or
to get some legislation passed
to protect the property owner
and the legal resident of
Arlington from the carpet
baggers from the North.
II taxes go much higher,
there will not be enough people
left in Arlington County to
care whether we have schools
or not. And If the building of
apartment houses continues,
and the dwellers are not made
to pay taxes. then who cares
whether their children have
schools or not. If the Arling-
ton County School Board is
going to allow the schools to
discontinue the teaching Of
fundamental subjects, and re-
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Robertson Rebels

Senator A. Willis Robertson
has joined Virginia's rebellion
against the United States by
introduction of a bill for Con-
gress to authorize the States
to operate schools on either
integrated or segregated basis.
The Senator apparently Is as
ignorant or as disdainful OF
the meaning of the Constitu-
ton as proponents of the Gray
bill which would authorize the
Commonwealth to pay to those
parents who object to sending
their children to integrated
schools the amount the Com
monwealth would spend II
the children were in public
schools.
The Supreme Court, whose
duty it is to interpret the
Constitution, has ruled that
segregation of students be-
cause of race is unconstitu-
tional. In the ruling, time
was allowed local communities
to adjust to indignation If they
acted in good faith. Instead
of complying with the ruling.
Virginia proposed the Gray bill
which seeks to avoid the rul-
ing. This bill. regardless Of
what its proponents say. would
weaken, il not destroy, the
public school system of Vir-
ginia. So many bigots would
use private funds" the cost
per pupil would be prohibitive.
Further, the bill is immoral in
that it continues the undemo-
cratic, unchristian fiction of
a superior race and teaches
the people of Virginia to avoid
and defy the law.
Had Senator Robertson told
his constituents that the Su-
preme Court has spoken and
that all law-abiding Ameri-
cans should obey the law, in
tegration would have started
and friction would have been
avoided. The Gray bill has in
cited bigotry and now Senator
Robertson'S bill increases that
Indictment. Both bills are un-
constitutional
The Social Action Commit
tee OF Plymouth Congrega-
tional Church believes that it
is Christian and democratic
to obey the law and immoral
to discriminate against people
solely because of race. 1t be-
lieves that 1t is the duty Of
all who believe in the theology
of the founding fathers to
speak out against injustice in
any form.
4. Lewis Terrell,
For the Social Action
Committee, Plymouth
Congregational Church
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Poisoning Accidents

We appreciate the article
by DR.. Peter j. Steincrohn on
accidental poisoning in the
home which appeared in The
Star for February IA.
1t is gratifying to us who
have been working in this
area for some time to know
that awareness of the prob
lem now exists among those
who are reaching a large
audience. We feel your mes
sage is a real contribution to
the education Of the public.
which is a major factor In
curtailing home accidents.
The Food and Drug Admin
istration. in its desire to assist
in the current poison-preven-
/, ton program, has issued a
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Don't Give In

When you find your business
Sd0gfng.
Don't cdpitulate to fears:
Liue intensely in the present,
Never doubt the coming years.
The mighty poUer to conquer.
Lies in facing Uhdt may be.
Man can iDin the hardest
battle,
Man Dds made for Dictory.
GiroIdo Forbes \
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'Poydoy Blues

Your editorial, Payday
Blues" does not present the
credit of Government salaries
to individual bank accounts in
true light.
The real purpose is to
eliminate needless. repetitious
costs to the banks as well as
to the Government. The very
fact that the Government
pays most of its employees an
annual salary on a biweekly
basis and the added fact that
a great number. estimated at
so per cent to rs per cent, OF
these employees already have
bank accounts. makes the
plan feasible.
About 10 per cent OF
the checks to Government
employees for a pay period
change In amount. Thus. II
we deal only with the changes.
the Government eliminates all
of the normal-rate checks for
employee bank customers and
the banks eliminate their pres
ent costly process OF handling
these checks and the CORE
spending multimillions Of de-
post slips. AS / understand
one banks operations in this
area, the employe-customer
prepares a deposit slip. in
dorses the check and gives it
TO the teller. The teller
gives back machine-prepared
receipt. The check goes to
the proofroom and then into
transit. The deposit slip goes
to the bookkeeper and is
posted TO the ledger account,
then passed to the statement
clerk for posting to the state
ment.
The new plan would work
this way: The Government
would establish 26 official pay
dates for the year and pay
all employe-bank customers
through their banks on
these dates. Staggered paydays
would be eliminated. The
Government would continue
the use of its Payroll Change
Slip STANDARD Form 1926
appropriately revised so that
a properly authenticated copy
would provide the bank the
amount to be credited to the
employe-bank customers &C
count until receipt Of a sub
sequent Payroll Change Slip.
Since these slips change only
the established payroll. they
constitute about 10 per cent Of
the total payroll pay period
after pay period. The bank
would properly note the amount
to the individual ledger account
and to the bank statement.
Thereafter. upon arrival of
the pay date, the bank. with
out check or deposit slip.
would credit TO the individual
account the amount noted
and would continue to do so
each subsequent pay date
until it received another Pay
roll Change Slip.
The employee customer would
enter the amount in his check
book each pay date. without
notice or receipt, since he
would know the pay date. and
from his copy of the Payroll
Change Slip the amount to
be entered. He would verify
his entries. as now. with his
bank statement.
While the above deals only
with the Government payroll
as such and excludes checks
for tax refunds because the
amounts are not the same,
the plan, possibly with some
modification. would work well
where the person receives
checks in the same amount
time after time, for example
Government retirement pay
ments and certain veterans
payments.
/ hope this will offset your
editorial statement, ut might.
as possible solution, be Just
as well to leave things as they
are"
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pamphlet. protect Your
Family Against Poisoning"
which We hope will prevent
some needless tragedies.
Irwin Kerlan, Md,
Associate Medical Director
Chief of Research and Ref
erence Branch. Division OF
Medicine. Food and Drug
Administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-27

Good deeds come a dime q
dozen. but unfortunately they
do not often get publicity.
The truth is that good too
frequently. is not particularly
interesting.
Mrs. j. w., jr., Of Arlington.
Va, thinks something ought to
be done about 1t. .
1T seems impossible in this
day and age" she writes, ito
read a Washington paper that
does not contain accounts of
purse snatchings. yoke robber-
les. and worse. A happy proof
that all Washington is not
vicious is the following:
Monday evening, about 1880
O'Clock. I was riding to Union
Station with my husband, who
was leaving town on a business
trip.
Just before we reached the
station ! realized that the door
on my side was not latched,
so I opened 1t slightly, then
slammed 1t shut securely.
After we reached the sta
ton and my husband had left
me. started to drive away,
and had just left the platform
when a taxi pulled in front of
me and stopped.
"A young man got out OF
the cab and came to my car
He was holding my purse
in his hand and asked me II
1t were mine.
Il realized that it must have
fallen from my car when
opened the door, but ! was so
surprised that I could only
stammer my thanks.
THE young man threw up
his hands as much as to say,
Women are crazy went back
to the cab, and drove away.
ut seems to me to be one Of
the incest things that ever
happened. ! hope that this will
be printed. so that the young
man may read it and know
that his act of honesty and
kindness was really appre-
ciated."
This letter gave Templeton
Jones a chance to expatiate on
women's handbags again.
He believes that these con-
tanners Of h a n dkerchiefs,
purse. lipstick. ETC., are po-
tentially the most dangerous
weapons Of today.
He never gets into a bus or
streetcar. he says, but that
some woman tries to knock
his eye out with a brass-bound
bag.
The brass corners, he AYERS,
are something new.
In the past, handbags were
made of soft leather, but re-
Gently an entirely new sort
came into existence.
These are Of very tough
leather, large and rectangular,
wide and high, with metal
corners.
The result Is a weapon,
rather than a carrier. Jones
says.
Unlike most persons who
ride buses, our experienced old
friend is not bored by the trip.
He recalls a friend who
boosted many years residence
here.
This old fellow had two
interests every time he rode
downtown.
He looked for cats and dogs
along the way, being a great
animal lover, and he loved to
note the ladies hats.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

vert to the teaching Of ballet,
art, cooking, sewing and other.
nonessential subjects. we do
not need more schools; we need
more dance halls, restaurants.
and dress-making shops.
James X. Hall.
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Pen names may be used il
letters carry writerS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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Lowell B. Hazard, professor ct
THE Westminster Theological
Seminary, on THE Gospels"
st. Peters Lutheran Church
The Rev. Donald F. Brake, pas
ltor, on THE Good Shepherd
Coed Shepherd Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Alexandra,
Va.-The Rev. Hilbert j. Wueb-
bens, pastor, on His Robe
STAINED With Blood"
Lewis Memorial Methodist
Church-The Rev. M. P. Ger
man. pastor Of Bethany Baptist
Church, will speak.
st. Johns Episcopal Church,
Georgetown = The Very Rev
James A. Pike, dean Of the Ca
thedral of st. John the Divine.
New York, will speak.
Holy Comforter Episcopal
Church-The Rev. Harwood C,
Bowman. rector of the Church
of Our Saviour, win speak.
Georgetown Lutheran Church
DIR. Frederick E. Reissig, exec.
utive secretary of the Washing
ton Federation Of Churches. will
speak.
Luther Place Memorial Luz
theran Church-Dr. Walter B:
Freed, pastor, on "Hallowed Be
Thy Name"
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|ScIerosis Society
Reflects Attorney

Marshall Hornblower. local at.
torney. has been reelected chair
man Of the Washington Chap.
ter Of the Multiple Sclerosis So.
ciety.
Other officers of the chapter
which has headquarters at 1916
Connecticut avenue NV. are
John w. Cooley and Mai. Gen
william H. Hasten, U. s. A
(ret.), vice chairmen; Mrs. Her
bert Levy. secretary. and Joseph
P. Tumulty, IT,. treasurer.
The Multiple Sclerosis Society
was formed In 1916. The local
chapter was formed In 1852.
Trustees Of the Washington
group include Renah r. Cana
lier, former District Commits
sioner; Lawrence F. Hurley. edi-
tor of Nations Business, and
Omer w. Clark, Deputy Veterans
Administrator.
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overwhelming propaganda bat
tie for first place in the Nations
thinking.
His personal letters to the
distinguished alumni" frankly
seeks their support and sets
forth points which 81 hope
will be of some assistance to you
in serving as an active spokes-
man for the Army in your COM
munity."
Promises Other Notes
1.-THE Army is the service or
ganized and armed to fight any
kind of war" Gen. Taylor wrote
"By the range and power Of its
weapons it is capable Of meas
ured application of military
force"
Promising that he will keep
them informed in other letters
from time to time, Gen. Taylor
said that particularly al this
time. there is much confusion.
believe, in the minds of the pub
lie with regard to the proper
composition and strength of our
defense forces"
Discussing new weapons, the
Four-StaI General saw "the
danger that the continued in
dispensibility of land forces may
be obscured in visions of more
attractive solutions to National
security"
Reviews Atom Attack
He conceded that the United
States "has succeeded and must
always maintain a powerful nu-
clear deterrent to an atomic air
attack" But he added:
However. as nuclear air
parity is achieved. the likelihood
of any nation embarking de-
liberately on atomic general war
is greatly reduced. This condi-
ton of atomic balance increases
the danger of nibbling agrees
sion to which land forces are the
indispensable response -.
1T is particularly important
to prevent or put out the brush
fire before it car spread into a
general confiagration. This re-
quirement calls for ready, mobile
Army forces"
Gen. Taylor said he hoped