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Evening star., 1956-08-18
Green Light to
Vocation

When pastures green and
lDGufn0 nleGdop grasses
Inutte the grazing herd, the
farmers blade,
When melted snow Iedues green
the mountain passes
And emerald Dlints the moss
In forest glade;
Vacation bound come city lads
and Insses
To rest cdretree beneath the
emerald shade.
Then summers sun shines gold
on hiH and holloiD
And hotly ripens fields OF
golden grain;
In July's heat lotp iDinCs the
siDooptng siDdlloiC
To promise cooling drduOhts
OF summer rain.
Professions tall OF Ooldenrod
non follow
Along the roads that tDind
from hin to plain.
Yet golden August days can't
last torerer,
They're Natures caution
lights to pdrn us all
VGc1tton's sloth must yield to
neD endeGUor.
The first red maple branch
presdoes FGu;
Septembey's cardinal fotDer by
the Tiver
Signals full stop - a new
years labors call.
Edith Clark Lowry
Evening star., 1956-08-18
A Strange Story

- WaShingtonianS will be surprised at
General Grants account, in today's let
ter column, Of his experience with the
District authorities in seeking perma-
nent home for the Columbia Historical
Society and its valuable collection Of old
Washington records. General Grant is
quite right in calling it strange story"
The Columbia Historical Society in
herited from a generous donor the old
Heurich house, a $150,0OO property, near
Dupont circle. The gift would enable
the society, a nonprof1t organization
dedicated to the collection and preserva-
ton of Washington history, to maintain
headquarters and to provide reposi-
tory for its unique collection. Yet the
District government seems to regard this
splendid gift merely as source of tax
revenues, and Is exhibiting an attitude
that approaches outright hostility.
Other communities do not tax his
torical museums. Some of them even
regard such institutions as the Columbia
Historical Society as community asset,
and appropriate public funds to help
them along. The Buffalo Historical So
ciety, for example, receives $63,000 year
from the municipal government; Penn
sylvania appropriated 100000 to build
historical museum in Philadelphia. Yet
our local government assumes skinflint
attitude toward local group that has
done great deal to record and to pre-
serve the rich history of our Nations
Capital, and which is far more deserving
of tax exemption than SO many other
organizations which eriov IL We seem
to have in the District Building what the
schoolboy once described as "a govern
ment of lawyers, not men,"
Evening star., 1956-08-18
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Of us when they demand home
rule for the District of Co
lumbia in party platforms.
When Congressman are
elected from the States, they
know that they will have to
serve on congressional COM
mittees, and should consider it
a privilege to be appointed to
a committee concerning the
care of their Nations Capital.
We have a beautifully kept
city. We had better count our
blessings and take cognizance
of the pitfalls and additional
expense that home rule would
involve before we ask for it or
accept it.
District Resident.
Evening star., 1956-08-18
Guarding Responsibility

There is merit in efforts being made
in New York City to encourage feuding
teen-age gangs to mediate the differences
which SO often have led to shocking vio-
lence. Various welfare and neighborhood
associations have given a helping hand
and it is proper enough that the city
police department should be sympa-
thetically interested. But it is unques-
tionably appropriate that New York Police
Commissioner Kennedy should have told
his officers that they are not to recognize
any gangs "as sovereign powers with
dominion or jurisdiction over certain
areas"
"You shall not" he added, "enter
into treaties, concordats, compacts or
agreements Of appeasement-because of
such are storm troopers made. You shall
meet violence with sufhcient force, legally
applied, to bring violators to justice
swiftly. Mob rule, and mob violence, is
an evil thing. We cannot compromise
with evil. You must enforce the law"
1t is elemental, Of course, that
police department exists for the purpose
OF maintaining law and order The ap-
proach to that purpose may vary in fiex-
ibility, but not to the point Of compromis-
ing authority by trading parts Of 1t away
to gang aderships-teen-age or other
wise. The New York City problem has
been a particularly disturbing one, and
perhaps requires reasonableness In its
treatment. 1t is fortunate. however, that
Mr.. Kennedy recognizes that even reason
ableness has It's limits.
Evening star., 1956-08-18

The sea seems to breath like
a monster animal--about once
in every thousand seconds.
This causes changes in sea
levels all over the earth.
Sea levels change with the
seasons. There are nontidal
changes with periods Of from
five minutes to an hour. Levels
rise and fall over periods of
centuries.
All these changes must be
untangled to get a clear idea
of what is going on now. This
will be a major job of ocean
ographers during the forth
coming international geophysi-
cal year. l957-58.
Nine nations have announced
plans to cooperate in this
part of the prograrr1-4the ex-
tremely difficult job of sep
arating these non-tid al
changes with those due to the
daily tides caused by the at
traction of sun and moon.
Hard to Measure Waves
The thousand second waves
present one Of the toughest
problems. They can be meas
ured best on isolated islands
and coasts. The United States
committee has planned for OBJ
serving stations at such places
as Ascension Island in the mid
Atlantic, Bermuda. the Azores
and Barbados, Iceland and
Jarvis and Palmyra Islands in
the mid-Pacific. These waves
travel the whole width of the
oceans with oscillations Of very
large sea areas and world wide
exchanges of water.
Altogether. 81 sea-level re-
cording stations now are
planned. NOf these, "a will be
American. France will main-
tain seven and Great Britain
six, but these numbers prob
ably will be increased as the
program gets under way. Other
stations are planned by Rus
sia. Argentina, Japan, South
Africa, Australia and New
Zealand.
The Sea-leyel recorders on
the isolated beaches will not
respond to ordinary waves, but
they will measure all changes
of longer duration, such as
those due to storms, undersea
earthquakes, tides and seasonal
changes of sea level. The chief
results of the measurements,
as outlined by the international
Oceanographic committee, will
be a better knowledge of
normal and abnormal changes
which affect harbors and ship
ping and sometimes cause
disastrous floods.
1t has been established for
some years that sea level, re-
gardless of tides, varies with
seasons. The reasons for this
are quite unknown. One theory
holds that vast amounts OF
water are transferred across
the equator with changing sea-
sons. A fascinating theory is
that in the Northern Hemis-
Evening star., 1956-08-18
THIS AND THAT
Rv THApIEc & TpATEM/EII

1t is the way Jones applies it
that counts.
Even today, with all our sad
knowledge of explosives, it is
the individual way one ap-
plies what he knows that does
the counting.
*A& ~
Recently some one found q
single mockingbird feather on
the floor near Templeton
Jones' desk.
Nov, / wonder how that
got there?" the man unused.
Temp Jones answered brisk
ly::
When you see a mocking-
bird feather near my desk,r he
said. you can be pretty sure
how it got there.
''Who else is interested in
mockingbird feathers?"
1t developed that Jones had
seen the feather on the brick
sidewalk out his way. and had
picked 1t up and put 1t in his
pocket.
When he PULLED out his
handkerchief, hours later. the
feather flew out with 1t,
unseen.
A bird feather collection
makes another good hobby.
One must have pretty fair
knowledge OF birds to do 1t.
A feather is just a feather,
unless it spells mocker, or
cardinal. or wood thrush to
you.
II it does. the feather be-
comes something personal.
pleasing, beautiful.
Held down on a page with
cellophane tape. and named
for the benefit Of those who do
not know. in a years time such
a book would interest many
other persons.
Cat and feather collections
tend to pail, at last, and that
is one Of their good points.
The scrapbooks are then sent
on to children. hospitals.
friends in other places, to old
ladies' homes and the like. !
where any little gesture Of
friendship is appreciated.
In this way the circle Of in
terest always widens. In a sort
Of good chain reaction.
Evening star., 1956-08-18

willingness to recognize the
special status of a historical
society as coming within the
exemption provisions. Formal
request for an opinion OF the
corporation counsel on the
subject resulted in a letter from
the Board of Commissioners.
dated July 8, 1856 (the day
after the President had signed
our bill as to the real estate
taxi. stating that our society
is not entitled to exemption
from the inheritance tax
$4,000 to $4,000, according
to what value D. c. appraisal
fixes): is not entitled to ex-
emption from the personal
property tax biased on value
of our collections and personal
property in Heurich House,,
and that contributions to the
society are not exempted from
the D. c. income tax (they are
exempted from the Federal
income taxi.
There is reason to believe
that our society may be ex-
empted from these taxes by
court action, if we sue for
reimbursement after the taxes
have been paid under protest:
and there is a possibility that
we may secure special legisla-
ton at the next session Of
Congress recognizing our status
as equivalent to that of histor-
ical societies throughout the
land. But the claims that may
be made upon us. in view of the
evident intention of the
District government to soak
this relatively impecunious
public service society of its
own citizens, are so substantial
as to threaten to exceed our
means. of meeting them, in
spite of the assurance from a
sympathetic and understands
ing foundation of $1,000 am
nually for three years and the
progress made in accumulating
funds for the foreseen in
creased cost of our operations.
In view Of this situation.
the Board of Managers at its
meeting on July, II decided
upon awaiting more factual in
formation as to probable costs
to be met and our prospective
resources to meet them before
moving into the Heurich
House. Evidently, this valuable
property, now exempt from the
real estate tax by act Of Con-
gress. is too valuable both for
the present and the society's
future to be given UP unless
absolutely necessary.
U. s. Grant Sd,
President. Columbia
Historical Society
Evening star., 1956-08-18

treme, Maine Is touched by
but one other State.
Q. In poker. what are the
chances Of q player getting q
flush, Q straight flush. and a
royal fiush2 w. A.
A. A player has / chance
in sos Of getting q flush; ! in
1882 Of getting q straight
flush. and / in 640.739 Of get
ting a royal flush.
@. How much bigger than
former ones is the average
automobile windshield today?
g. B. 8.
A. In the past 10 years there
has been an average increase
Of over 70 per cent In size, as
well as changes In shape.
Some Of the 1857 cars are ex-
pected TO have even larger
windshieIds than the current
ones. with more complex
curves.
Evening star., 1956-08-18

A cat scrapbook Is easy to
make, because newspapers and
magazines today go in for
photos Of our feline friends.
1t is amazing how many pic
lures one can collect in a years
time.
Part of the collection will
come from kind friends, who,
knowing of your hobby. will cut
out all the articles and pictures
they see.
If the articles are too long,
just the beginning, end and a
few facts along the way, should
be included.
The photographs. after all,
are the highlights.
#A#
The house cat, in its various
forms, is one of the most pic
turesque of animals.
No fancier needs q margay,
or an ocelot, when he can get
practically the same 1.-THE grace
and beauty in any old alley
tom.
The point of view, of course,
is what does 1t.
II you have beauty in your
eyes. which are part Of the
brain, you have beauty out
there. wherever you find it.
This is a very old philoso-
ply, but a good one.
Some Of our modern ways
are, really, as old as the hills.
When philosophers were
white-haired men in what APP
peared to be nightgowns, they
were not much different from
our dapper friend, Templeton
Jones.
Jones wears the very latest
thing, and fools people into
thinking they have seen him
on television. but he actually
is as much Of a philosopher as
Plato ever thought Of being.
There is a touch Of Socrates
in old Temp. it must be ad-
mitted.
One Of Jones philosophical
asides has to do with what
seems
What seems to be, he says, is
usually what is.
This idea is so very old that
1t goes back to pre-history.
Evening star., 1956-08-18
Home Rule

A desire to have a vote in
presidential elections does not
necessarily mean that we all
want home rule, and the dele
gates to the national conven-
tions are not speaking for all
Evening star., 1956-08-18

system In Washington but. indirectly, will
pave the way for many purely local
trafhc-relief projects. The prospect is
highly encouraging to harassed motorists
of the Metropolitan Area.
Evening star., 1956-08-18

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tOriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sGttOn.
Evening star., 1956-08-18
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HA6KIN 1
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE
cents for

@. What are the largest
racial groups in Canada, and
what are the largest religious
groups?-C. L. p.
A. Over 80 per cent Of the
population are Canadians Of
French stock. English. Scots
and Irish make UP almost half
the population. Roman Catho-
lies (40 per cent Of the popu-
lation) constitute the largest
religious group. The United
Church Of Canada is second
largest Cformed in 1925 by the
union Of Canadian Methodists.
Congregationalists and some
Presbyterians), and Church Of
England in Canada Is third.
@. Which State is bounded
BY the greatest number Of
other States7 +. Up.
A. Tennessee and Missouri
are each touched By eight
other States. At the other ex-
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-10-20
Virginia NAACP Elects Arlington
White Woman to Executive Post

ARLINGTON, Va.-(A N P)-
When Mrs. Barbara Marx ac-
cepted an executive position on
the Virginia NAACP's executive
board last week, marking the
first time in this states history
that the civil rights group has
elected and had a white member
on its board.
Mrs. Marx was named to the
Remember board during an an
nual conference of the Virginia
NAACP at Petersburg, in a move
of appreciation for the stand she
took in recent school indignation
case.
Mrs. Marx was one of the three
white people who signed an
Arlington desegregation suit. The
action brought floods of telephone
calls and abusive letters from
irate white segregstionists.
"It's a bit of a nuisance for
the rest of the family, but l just
don't care" said Mrs. Marx at
the time.
The two other white residents
who joined the 50-year-old Mrs.
Marx in signing the desegregation
suit withdrew their names after
experimenting similar harras-
nlent.
Mrs. Marx moved to Arlington
Is years ago from New York City
and has been active in NAACP
work about nine years. She said
she had become interested in this
work because of conditions at
Arlington's Hoffman-Boston High
school for Negroes.
The housewife, who has an g.
year-old daughter, said that sit
just doesn't seem fair to keep
segregation"
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-10-20
FREE CHEST
X-RAYS NEXT
WEEK

Three major northwest areas
will be covered next week by the
mobile unit of the Dade County
tuberculosis Association.
Free chest x-rays will be avail
able to citizens Of these areas at
hree locations during the coming
week, Oct. 22-26.
On Monday and Tuesday, Oct.
% and % the x-rays will be
available at Dixie Park, $40 NV
18th st. Hours on Monday are
from 8 am. to noon and 5 pm.
to 8 pm. Tuesday hours are 9 am.
to noon and from / pm. to 3 pm.
On Wednesday and Thursday,
Oct. "a and % the unit moves to
the Ritz Theatre at NV End ave-,
between 9th and 10Th SITS. We'd
nesday hours are from 9 am. to
noon and 5 pm. to 8 pm. Thurs
day hours from 8 am. to noon
and ] pm. TO 3 pm.
On Friday the unit will be sta
toned at the Mt. Zion Baptist
Church, 30l NV 9th ST., with
hours from 9 am. to noon and !
pm. TO 3 pm.
DR.. T. E. Cato. Dade County
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-10-20
Race Association to
Meet In Houston

HOUSTON, TEXAS CAMP
The Annual Meeting of the AS
ISOLATION for the Study of Negro
Life and History will assemble at
eAas Southern University here
on October 1928.
The Association is meeting in
ats 41st Annual session having
been organized by the late Carter
G.. Woodson in Chicago in 1915.
The president of the Association
is DR.. Charles H. Wesley, presi-
dent of Central State College, Will
berforce, Ohio.
Albert N. Brooks OF the District
of Columbia Public Schools and
editor of the Negro History Bull
letin is secretsry-treasurer.
A large delegation of repre-
senatives of the Social Science
Departments of colleges and uni
versities will be in attendance at
these sessions as participants in
discussions and plans for the
future.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-10-20
NAACP STARTS
DEFENSE IN
TEXAS CASE

TYLER, Texas-(A N P)-The
State of Texas rested its case last
week in a hearing here in which
the state is seeking a temporary
injunction to ban NAACP activity
in Texas.
The NAACP started presenting
its side in the case Immediately.
The hearing, which began on
Sept. %, now is in its fourth week.
Judge Otis T. Duns gan is presid-
ing in the Seventh District Court.
BY the close of Fridays session,
the state had presented $50 ex-
hibits. Among the documents are
many pertaining to non-partisan
political activities of the NAACP
in Texas, including get-out-she
vote campaigns which urge all
those eligible to pay their poll
tax and vote. Others include f.
nancial records.
The states suit names h e
NAACP snd the Texas Confer
ence of NACCU Branches in the
state. Association attorneys deny
the charges and contend that
there is no legal connection between
the national body and the unin-
corporated branches in Texas.
Last week, NAACP Special
Counsel Thungood Marshall indi-
Gated that the NAACP is con-
sidering filing suit to restrain
Texas Attorney General John
Ben Shepherd from questioning
children and their parents in
volved in Indignation suits before
the federal courts. Two days be-
fore scheduled hearing on an
appeal in a Dallas school deseg-
regation case on Oct. l, the police
rounded up the plaintiffs. There
upon, Mr.. Marshall requested and
was granted a postponement Of
the hearing.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-10-20
NAACP Announces
Is State Meetings

NEW YORK-(ANP)-Thirte
state NAACP groups will hold
annual meetings between now and
the end of the year, it was an
nounced last week by Gloster B.
Current, the Associations director
of branches.
The conference schedule is as
follows:
Oct. 1921, Rockford, ILL.,; Oct.
20-21, Beloit, Wiss.; Oct. 26-27,
Sarasota, Fla; Oct. 1928, Little
Rock, Ark, St Joseph, Mo-, Erie,
Pa; Oct. 27-28, Des Moines, L.;
Nov. pa, Jackson, Miss; and Dec.
S-9, Columbus, Ga.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-10-20
Lutheran Church
Moves Against
Race Bias

CHECAGO-(A N P)-'Any
congregation which stubbornly
clings to patterns of segregation
and discrimination based solely
on mans feelings rather than
Gods word should be the object
of the concern of district officials
of the denomination"
This YVES the crux of the state
ment by the American Lutheran
Church here last week as it noti-
fed congregations that they are
responsible for a ministry to their
entire neighberhood regardless of
racial or cultural composition.
No specific course Of action was
prescribed through the state
ment of policy on the interracial
ministry of tht Gospel, which
was adopted last Wednesday, at
the denominations convention
here.
The statement said churches
who foster race or class distinc-
tons among people violate Gods
pattern"
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-10-20

Health Commissioner, joined with
Mrs. Williemae Murray, chair
man of the tuberculosis Com
mittee, in urging everyone to
take advantage of the free chest
x-ray service. Get your chest
x-ray and be sure you do not
hive tuberculosis" DR. Cato said.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-10-20

FOR GENERATIONS, Carnation has
been the milk of healthy babiesl It
is the brand known far and wide by
parents and by doctors, too. Eight
out of 10 mothers who feed their
babies a Carnation formula say:
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-10-20

my doctor recommended it." Ask
your own doctor about Carnation.
He will tell you no other form of
milk is so safe for baby's bottle, so
nourishing and digestible. Yes,
mother. you can trust CGrmGtiom.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-10-20

THE MIAMI TIMES-The Peoples Newspaper"
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1856 PAGE IL
, 1956-01-12
NOTICE OF SALE

H#
The Virgin Islands Corpora
ton offers for sale, AS Is,
Where is, a number Of Inter
national TD-4o Tractor Parts
presently surplus to our
needs.
Interested persons should re-
quest a copy Of this surplus
listing from our purchasing
purchasing division at Golden
Grove.
, 1956-01-12
FOR SALE

2 Acres with gorgeous views
of Salt River, Judith's Fancy
and Grande Princesse. Prices
very reasonable. Inquire:
MONTRosE REALTY,
King Street
Phone 1876 evenings
, 1956-01-12
w INN G

Owners of animals and
fowls which have been tres
passing on Mount St. Mary
and causing serious damage
are advised to keep them out,
otherwise the undersigned
will be forced to take other
means to protect his property
Victor H. Chilean
, 1956-01-12
NOTICE

The family Of the late
CHRISTIAN JULIAN takes
this means to express its sin
cere appreciation to the staff
Of the Charles Harwood Me
mortal Hospital for their kind
ness to him during his last
illness. Many thanks also to
the numerous friends who by
deds and words showed their
sympathy at his passing.
MRS. Helen Clarke
Iva Julian
Evening star., 1956-12-12

when they met today FOR
luncheon at the Ofiicers Club,
Fort McNair.
Mrs. Robert Pike was in
charge Of the decorations.
Mrs. Henry G.. Casey. hospi-
tality chairman. reported on
the series Of neighborhood
coffees held for club members.
Evening star., 1956-12-12

greeted Mrs. Brigadier William
Range wife Of the. Director of
the Salvation Army who was
presented with the toys do
mated by the members, for
the needy children Of
Washington.
The Navy Civil Engineer
Corps Officers Wives Club.
Evening star., 1956-12-12

met today for their monthly
luncheon at noon at the Army
Navy Country Club.
Mr.. Toby Palms entertained
on the afternoon program
with a demonstration Of
Christmas decorating and gift
wrapping. Men bers were
asked to bring q gift for 3
Evening star., 1956-12-12

child at the Episcopal Home
for Children In Washington.
Industrial College
A male choral group from
Fort Myer presented a pro-
gram Of Christmas music and
narration to The Oficers
Wives Club. Of the Industrial
College Of the armed forces