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Scot Pleasant
.SIote.FiIed

Voters of Seat Pleasant (Md)
will have an uncontested cleo
ton when they go to the polls
to vote on May 7.
Candidates who filed for town
offices earlier this week are:
Ben H. Watkins, incumbent
mayor who seeks reelection;
Mrs. Margaret E. Gardiner,
treasurer Frank w. Marquette,
councilman from Ward l; Will
liam F. Mitchell, Ward II; Pres
ton Tate, Ward III: Edward J.
Goodwin, Ward "; John E.
Colmus, Ward V, and Willard
Roberts, and Joseph Gardella,
Councilmen-at-large
Mrs. Tate, Mr.. Goodwin and
Mr.. Colmus are presently coun-
ell members. Mrs. Gardiner is
seeking reelection as treasurer.
Other candidates are not hold
ing offices at present.
Town registration will be held
May / and 2 at the American
Legion Hall.
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its payments on monthly basis
with it's share for the year 1881
used as a base. The amount is
supplemented TO the extent that
highway revenues increase over
that figure from year to year
hence the amount Arlington will
receive this year has not yet been
determined.
Based on Several Factors
The other So counties receive
secondary funds as highway
revenues become available. The
distribution is based on a formula
that includes as factors. popula
ton, mileage, rural area ano
vehicle miles Travelled in each
county. Local boards of super
visors approved the projects.
Pittsylvania County was the
only other beside Fairfax tc
receive more than 81 million FOL
secondary roads. Pittsylvanis
will get 81 ,089. SOL.
In the Culpeper district, Fair,
fax received more than twice al
much as any other county
These are the ALLEGATIONS fol
the other counties in the district
Albermarle, 1886, 946.
Culpeper, S297,72O.
F'auquier, $529,0l6.
Fluvanna. $187,035.
Greene, $lll,66T.
Loudoun, S46l ,222.
Louisa, 1929. 667.
Madison, S204.l35.
Orange, $252,8l8.
Prince William, $324.429.
Rappahannock, $l58,748.
| The Staunton CONSTRUCTION
district was allocated a total o.
$3,820,270 and the Fredericks
burg district. $2,603 1892.
! Among the counties In thes,
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Sl.3 Million for Fairfax
Tops Rural Rood Out|oy

Fairfax County leads all Others
in Virginia in the amount OF
secondary roads ALLEGATIONS an
nounced today by the State
Highway Commission.
Fairfax will receive $I.357.464
for the fiscal year commencing
July /.
The Culpeper Construction
district, which embraces much
OF the Northern Virginia area
and includes Fairfax, will get
Sd, 767 ,836-third highest amount
allotted among the States eight
districts.
The Staunton district will gel
S3,820,270 and the Fredericks-
burg district. $2,603. 1872.
Totals 1898 Million
Total ALLEGATIONS to all district,
amount TO 1898 million for the
States 40,905- mile secondary
system OF highways. Last week
the commission announced ten
tative ALLEGATIONS OF more thar
$43.8 million for It's 8,500-mile
primary system and urban ex-
tensions.
The secondary ALLEGATION,
amounting to $33,772.638 are
for maintenance and improve.
ments to the farm-to-market
roads in 96 Of the SO countie.
In the State. The sum exceed,
the current years ALLEGATIONS b.
$58l,552
Arlington and Henrico Coun-
ties chose to remain out OF the
secondary system and conse.
quently receive their funds on 9
different basis. Unlike the Other
counties, these two maintain
their own secondary roads.
Last year Arlington received
$535,l60. The county receives
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also request an adjustment in
the charges If a substantial
portion of the water used does
not go into the sewage system.
officials said an example would
be a car wash business where
the water is carried away in
storm sewers.
The new levy also will apply
to residents in the annex areN
of Fairfax County who are now
being served by the county's
sewage system. Alexandria will
take over service to this area
when its new facilities go into
operation.
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Foirfox Sets Hearing
On Residential Plan

A public hearing will be held
at 8 pm. May Z in the Fairfax
Courthouse on the county's con-
troversial residential develop
ment plan.
The hearing date was sched-
uled by the Board of County
Supervisors yesterday on a zon-
ing amendment to implement
certain residential development
recommendations of the Ntzhugh,
master plan.
AS now drafted. the amend
ment would limit residential de-
velopment in the western two
thirds of the county to three
acre lots. Within the eastern
corner of the county, seven lot
size categories ranging from TO-
900 square feet to one-acre are
proposed
The county now has only
three different lot-size categor-
les. ranging from 10000 square
feet to a half-acre.
The vote on advertising the
amendment was 6 to /. Super
visor Stuart DeBell of Center
vile District cast the only dis
senting vote. Most of his district
would be within the three-acre
lot category. and he said resi-
dents of this area did not want
1t He said he also objected to
the supervisors attempting te
adopt a new master plan before
receiving master plan recon-
mendation from the planning
commission.
Long Before Planners
The planning commission has
the master plan recommendation
of Consultant Francis Dodd Nc
Hugh before it since the fall OF
1854. The new supervisors who
took Office in January once con-
sidered replacing the planning
commission because it had not
come up with a master plan rec
ommendation. but later chose
the coming amendment idea a;
a way Of adopting major feature;
Of the McHugh plan.
The amendment embraces
major residential zones proposed
by the McHugh plan-excep'
the so-called conservation zont
of five-acre lots. This category
was deleted because it was too
difficult to draw a coming mar
following the erratic boundriel
of the proposed conservation
zone.
A stipulation offered by Sup.
ervisor A. Claiborne Leigh wa.
incorporated in the amendment
exempting subdivisions for which
proper plats are filed by the time
the amendment takes effect, anc
for which final approval is giver
within eight months thereafter
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School Budget Detailed

Leaflets summarizing the pro-
posed Arlington school budget
are available at schools. libraries
and the Office of the superintend-
ent. 1925 North Quincy street. A
public hearing will be held at 8
pm. Tuesday at Stratford Junior
High,
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sent of the State. The court
held, the resolution said, the site
was not public land subject to
State control.
The resolution complains thai
1T was never the intention oil
the Congress to invest the Fed
eral Power Commission with the
authority. either express or i'm.
piled to usurp or encroach or
the sovereign powers of the State,
to regulate the use of waters Of
their non-navigable streams"
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Fuirfux Bonds Leader

C. Francis Cooke, State chair
man of the Savings Bond Com
mittee. has announced the ap-
pointment of F. Carbery Richie,
cashier of the National Bank OF
Fairfax. as chairman of the Saw
lings Bonds Committee of Fair
fax County.
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districts and their ALLEGATIONS
are.
Stafford, $223,527.
Spotsylvania. S290,306.
Augusta, S7l2,5 $50.
Clarke. Sl43.624.
Frederick, 1851 1854.
Page. $26l ,056
ROCKINGHAM, $636,342.
Shenandoah, $432, 206.
Warren, $l48,872.
Construction districts that ex-
ceeded Culpeper in total
amounts allocated were Bristol.
$4,936,844 and Salem, $4,789,-
o9S.
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FORD SCHOLAR SHIP
AWARD-G. Boyd SwartZ,
IT, of 213 Indian Spring
drive, Silver Spring, has
been named recipient of a
four-year scholarship from
the Ford Motor Co. Fund.
He is a senior at Montgom-
cry Blair High School and
one of 70 winners among
$50 candidates. The COM
petition was among chill
dren of Ford Motor Co. en-
ployes. = Cameramen, Inc.
Photo.
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FoIIies at AnnunduIe

The senior class of the AMMAN
dale tVaJ High School will pre-
sent the Senior Follies, an all
boy review, at 8 pm. tomorrow
at the school auditorium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-10
DORIS FLEESON
Picture of a Man Having Fun

date for his announcement.
Short Of stating a Stevenson
preference. Truman would have
helped him most by merely
keeping still.
Tactically, the new deadline
gives Hartman another 48
hours to convey theimpression
that he has Truman on his
side. Possibly Truman did it
to see what Hartman could
produce in that time. To
date, the New Workers. dele
gate-hunt has yielded few
results.
What it might mean to
Hartman if his old friend
shot his wad in Harriman'S
behalf is speculative. Truman
in the past has proved an ef-
fective exploiter of discomfort,
and discomfort with Stevenson
exists in some measure.
But the hour is growing late.
In fact. Truman has grumbled
to friends that Hartman was
much too late launching his
active candidacy for the presi-
dency.
Meanwhile, he is giving the
convention tensions another
turn Of the screw and
thoroughly enjoying himself
in the process.
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Irregular Arab Forces Seen Holding OFF
Allies in Any Clash Over Suez

guerrillas to disorganize was
so strong that eventually the
British gave up.
Great Britain and France, at
this moment. are fighting
guerrillas in Cyprus and Al
geria. In each case Western
armed forces are overWhelm-
ingly the stronger. But they
are making little Roadway
against the disorganizing power
of their opponents.
Now, in the Suez crisis, bat
tleships and paratroops are
being dispatched to stand by in
case Egypt refuses acceptable
terms. Under such circum-
stances. war is a possibility.
But what kind of war would
in every probability be fought
by Egypt and her Arab SYM
pathizers?
However the initial clash
might occur, it is practicable
that the war would follow the
guerrilla pattern.
A lesson of guerrilla wars is
that it is practically impossible
to win them. unless they are
civil wars, in which the SYM
pathizers of the population are
divided-as was the case in
Greece, This would not be the
case in Egypt and the neigh
boring Arab countries. The
only state and population in
the area that would support
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Trumon Has Democrats by Ears Again,
And All Will Be Listening Saturday

cannot at this late date be
broken.
Every check shows Steven
son within sight of the $751;
votes needed to nominate. The
restless South purely detests
the Truman preference, Gov
Averell Hartman. The Kansas
City milkman would be hard
put to recognize the names of
possible dark horses, they are
so very dark.
But no one will predict that
the 1948 champion can't and
won't pull a rabbit out Of the
hat when he explains his plans
for the Sunday newspapers.
The Hartman supporters are
either the best actors in town
or they fear the worst. Their
expressions are almost wistful
as they watch their last, best
hope perform for the reporters
and the platform committee.
They say they don't know
what Truman will do, and they
certainly act like it. The for
mer President, of course, did
not do Stevenson any favors by
setting up the Saturday target
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DOROTHY THOMPSON
The Age of Guerrilla Wars

the WesternerS (for q large
price Of territorial expansion)
is Israel, whose participation
would further inflame pam
Arabia.
The vulnerability of organ
lied armies would be enormous.
The oil pipelines traversing
hundreds of miles of desert
could not be protected against
saboteurs. The foreigners"
could not employ one reliable
Arab. The Arab fellah and
Bedouin can live and fight UNI
der conditions impossible for a
Westerner.
Nobody would gain anything
from such a war, except the
countries that kept out of it
and could eventually offer their
good Offices to end it. Since
guerrillas fight on their own
soil. they disorganize and sab
otage their own economies.
Thereafter, also. it is not easy
to demobilize such bands and
return them to normal produce
tive life. No form of war is
more demoralizing. in the exact
sense Of the word. President
Nasser's problems would be
multiplied.
However tempers may flare,
and fears conjure up develop
ments that have not yet oc-
CURED. there is a common,
worldwide interest shared by
Egypt, in reaching an equita-
BILE and reasonable settlement,
which. like all enduring settle
ments. cannot be dictated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-10
DORIS FLEESON

CHICAGO. - Age has not
withered nor custom stalled
Harry S. Humans love affair
with American politics.
1t burns as brightly as it did
that summer day A years ago
when he played hooky from
the blowing and ran two miles
to the telegraph Office to see
whether the Democrats had
picked Champ Clark or Wood
row Wilson.
On view in the presidential
suite of the Blackstone Hotel
is just about the nearest
thing to a completely happy
man this imperfect world af-
fords. He is the center of a
hubbub of excitement and
speculation he created himself.
The latchstring is out. and
everybody who is anybody and
some who are nobody get his
chance for a handshake, a
grin and a salty comment.
If anyone but Truman were
involved. it would be possible
to prove categorically that this
convention has settled into an
Adlai Stevenson mold that
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IAYID LAWKENCE
Looking for the Right Words

dental nomination for their
favorite candidate. It has been
that way in most national con-
ventions of both political par
ties for a long while.
The only time the rank and
file of voters come into the
picture is after the conventions
have been held. If the Chi
cago meeting results in a plat
form plank which offends the
South, it can be taken for
granted that there will be a
split in the November voting.
A "walkout" of Southern
delegations is not likely to
occur at the convention unless
some fragrant offense to the
Southern Democrats is COM
mitted. With the experience Of
the revolt in the 1913 Demo-
cratic National Convention still
wildly in mind, the profess
SIGNALS feel they can avoid a
recurrence. They now have as
allies some Southern politicians
who are themselves candidates
for reelection to Congress and
naturally do not want to see
the voting procedures in No
vember messed UP.
There will, however, be a
drive to get "write-in" votes
on election day. and it will be
stimulated by the failure of
the national platform to de-
nounce the Supreme Courts
decision on segregation, which
the South feels is an unconSti-
tutional uSurpation Of power
by the high court. For the
Democratic National Conven-
ton, even by inference, to ap-
plaud what the court has done
is to fan the flames Of fury in
the South.
So ambiguity Of phrasing
could keep the professionals in
the Democratic Party harmo-
NOUS next week, but it also
could be the forerunner of a
split ticket in many States,
causing electoral votes for the
Democratic nominee to be
placed in jeopardy.
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The SueZ Canal crisis con-
tinueS to be the principal con-
Germ of President Eisenhower
and his subordinates in the
State Department and the
National Security Council.
Eisenhower's mildly optimis-
tic tone in his public ut
terances is based on hope
rather than facts. The adj
ministration is painfully aware
that the Soviets are lurking
behind the Egyptians in the
conflict.
Prime Minister Eden did not
spell out his thoughts in
his statement on Wednesday.
He emphasized that Britain's
quarrel is only with Col. Nasser
and nobody else. But it is not
difficult for our diplomats and
policy-makers to understand
that Britain'S concern, like
ours, about freedom of passage
through the Egyptian water
way is over the Soviets' at
titude after the Egyptian gov
eminent has taken over the
canal.
There is positive information
that Nasser decided on his bold
move only after he had a
number of consultations with
the Soviet hierarchy. He
also consulted Prime Minister
Nehru and Marshal Tito be-
fore plunging the world into
the present crisis.
Like Washington, London
realizes that the Kremlin has
recently changed it's strategy
somewhat. But all the men at
the top-Khrushchev, Bulganin
and others-have reafflrmed
that the main objective of
the Communists is to destroy
the capitalist world. And the
denial of passage to merchant
vessels and tankers which
carry precious oil from the
Middle East would indeed
sever the jugular vein of the
free Western nations.
With the full support of
Russia, Egypt will be able to
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JNS TANTTNE BROWN
Different Views on Suez Issue

an international conference.
London and Paris believe
firmly that arbitrariness must
be answered in the same
manner. They believed that
since the American Govern
ment had talked in the past
about massive retaliation and
leading from strength, it would
agree that this is the moment
to stop the Soviets' highly
successful moves in the Middle
East.
The British and French dip
lomats are convinced that if
the West adopted a firm poll
icy against "barefaced inter-
national act of brigandage."
its repercussions in the Arab
world and the Far East would
be highly gratifying. So far,
they say, we have turned our
cheeks every time the Rus
slams decided to slap us. The
blatant breach of international
agreements by Nasser gave the
West unique opportunity to
call a halt to the lawlessness
of the Communists and their
agents or dupes. AS it is. says
London, we have lost already
so per cent of the advantage
we would have had if British
and French troops had occu-
pied the canal zone.
London is evidently less con-
cerned over the Soviet reac-
ton than Washington. The
British imperial staff and the
Foreign Office are convinced
that Moscow would have at
tackled us with verbal blasts
but would not have budged
militarily.
The British also believe that
a quick and strong Western
action would have seen the
end of Nasser himself. There
are plenty of ambitious men in
Egypt who are laundering for
the top spot.
Despite their recent concil-
iatory tone, the British and
French governments still in
tend to go ahead with military
action in the event the forth.
coming conference, like most
other international parleys,
ends without positive results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-10
CONSTANTINE BROWN
British See Allies Losing and Reds Gaining
In Delaying Action Till After Farley

interfere with free passage
through the Suez Canal. The
British believe that at present
the Muscovites are not ready
for a military showdown if
the West should decide to use
force to prevent nationalist
ton of the Suez Canal Co. by
the Cairo dictator.
But they firmly believe that
if the Western powers we're
to take Nasser's arbitrary
action lying down it would be
impossible for them to force
the issue later. After a while,
Nasser-or some more reliable
successor the Kremlin may
put in his place-will start
pin-pricking. He may raise
the tolls or say that the canal
must be closed for several
days or weeks for technical
reasons. He may impose dis
criminatory fees on ships fly
ing certain flags (although
this is forbidden by the Con-
stantinople treaty of 1889.
There is no reason to be-
lieve, say the British, that
after Nasser has taken over
the canal against all interna-
tional agreements, he would
bother about what was decided
by the signatories to the Con-
Stantinople convention So years
ago.
The Russians prefer to
weaken the economic and So
cial fabric of the free world,
rather than engage in a
highly risky shooting match.
Making oil from the Middle
East difficult to get would fit
in perfectly with their present
political strategy.
The British and French gov
ernments. as we'll as their
people, are miffed about Wash
ington's attitude in this crisis.
Secretary Dulles definitely has
put the damper on their de-
termination of three weeks ago
to go ahead and occupy the
canal zone-and then debate
the merits of NaSSer's action at
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be rehashed. Gov. Hartman
will be paraded as the staunch
supporter of civil rights"
while Adlai Stevenson will be
. portrayed as a webbing mod
erationist."
Yet this is about the only,
issue that separates the two
leading contenders. The pub
lie has not been given any
clear difference between their
points of view on other issues,
if indeed there are any other
differences.
1t looks now as if Harry
Truman will cast his influence
toward the candidate he finds
out ahead of time is sure to
get the nomination. That's
normal behavior for a profess
sional. It's no secret that
Truman doesn't want Steven
son renominated but will
nevertheless campaign vigor-
ously for him if he is chosen.
The former President likes
Gov. Hartman and is be-
holden to him for extensive
campaign contributions, espe-
clally in 1948 when he needed
them badly. But there are
stories that Truman hasn't
dismissed the possibility of a
deadlock out of which might
emerge his friend, Senator
Symington, as a compromise.
The political facts today
show that Stevenson has the
edge and isn't going to be side
tracked. The Hartman vote
will go to Stevenson instead
of to Symington if it is APP
parent that the New York Gov
ernor can't win.
The public thinks, Of course.
that the nomination is really
going to be contested for by
rival delegations. Actually
rival bosses" would be a more
accurate description of the true
contestants. About a dozen
men control the votes of
enough States to win a presi-
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Debt Reputation
Protested by Dutch

THE HAGUE, Aug. 10 R.-
Indonesia's reputation of debts
to the Netherlands was pro-
tested by the Dutch government
today as a fragrant violation
of an agreement. A foreign min
istry communique called on In
donesia to reconsider the de-
cision.
The Indonesian government
announced Saturday it was writ
ing of millions of dollars in
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Democrats Seek to Please All Factions
In Writing Plank on Civil Rights
DAVID LAWRENCE

The season of double talk is
on. It's a time when poll
ticians say what they don't
mean and never say what they
do mean.
If anybody had predicted a
few months ago that the great
Democratic Party at its ma
tional convention would be
hesitating to indorse or APP
prove in specific terms in it's
platform the Supreme Courts
decision on segregation, he
would certainly have been re-
garded as a poor prophet.
Yet this very week the
weasel words are being beamed
from Chicago to the South
land and back. The profess
sional politicians among the
Democrats from the South
were amazed to read that
Adlai Stevenson, in an i'm
promptu interview, said the
Supreme Courts decision
should be Endorsed. Immedi-
ately, his managers disavowed
any attempt to dictate" to
the platform committee and
said that any compromise"
plank adopted would meet
with his approval.
A subcommittee of COM
promise writer's from among
Democratic Senators and
Representatives, especia lily
equipped with the best syn
onymS and euphemiSms in the
dictionaries of modern politics,
will try to draft phrases which
will keep the Negro vote in the
Democratic column in North
ern cities and at the same
time avoid estranging the
whites who normally vote
Democratic in the South.
This is quite an assignment.
But it will be accomplished.
There will be oratorical out
bursts from both sides at the
convention and the whole
civil rights" controversy will