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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-07

Meeting announcements
must be in the hands OF the
CiUic Calendar editor by noon
Thursday of each meek to in
sure publication in the column
Sunday. Those received too
late will not be used separately
unless there is some special
neWs significance attached to
them.J
Robert E. Mclaughlin. chair
man Of the District of Columbia
Board of Commissioners, will ad-
dress a meeting celebrating the
silver anniversary of the East
land Gardens Civic Association
at pm. Thursday in the recrea-
ton hall of the Metropolitan
Baptist Church. 1925 R
street NV.
The group will present plaque
to its first president, Walter L.
Robertson, and citations to other
citizens who have made out
standing civic contributions to
the community.
Other meetings of civic in
Uerest during the week, all be-
ginning at 8 p m. unless other
wise noted. are:
Monday
Arkansas Avenue - Lutheran
Church of the Incarnation
Fourteenth and Gallatin streets
NV.
Forest Hills-Recreation room
of the Brandywine Apartments,
4545 Connecticut avenue NV.
Glover Park-St. Luke's Meth
odist Church, Wisconsin avenue
and Calvert street NV.
Ivy City - Trinidad Civic
Cromwell School, Gallaudet and
Central streets NV.
Kalorama - Adams School.
Nineteenth and California streets
NV.
Mount Pleasant-Mount Pleas
ant Branch Library, Sixteenth
and Lamont streets NV.
Progressive Citizens Associa-
ton of Georgetown-3115 P
street NV.
West End-2O03 I street NV.
Tuesday
Fort Dupont = Anne Beers
School, Thirty eighth street and
Alabama avenue Sc.
Fort Stanton Civic - Fort
Stanton Fieldhouse, Erie street
between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets Sc.
Hillcrest-Holy Comforter Lu-
theran Church, 1919 Alabama
avenue Sc.
Kingman Park Civic-Sping-
arm Senior High School, Twenty
sixth street and Benning road
NE.
Midway Civic Morgan School.
Florida avenue and California
street NV.
Summit Park - Anne Beers
School, Thirty eighth street and
Alabama avenue Sc.
Wednesday
Garfield-Douglas Heights Civic
Douglas Recreation Center,
1000 Alabama avenue Sc.
Chevy Chase Com
munity Center, 1901 Connecticut
avenue NV.
Rhode Island Avenue-Bate-
mans Store, 1904 Rhode Island
avenue NE.
Thursday
Capitol Hill Southeast-Hine
Junior High School, Seventh and
c streets Sc.
CoYuracc Joiob4e T...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-07
Clemson Alumni Meet

William H. Maynard, deputy
State attorney in Baltimore, will
address the Clemson Alumni
Club at its october meeting at
$50 pm. Wednesday at MAYORS
Restaurant, 951 Maine avenue
S.W. Mr.. Maynard will speak
on Analysis of Major Crimes. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-30
Transit Transfer

There could still be some slip 'twixt
cup and the lip, but to all intents and
purposes Capital Transit's agreement to
sell its properties to the group headed by
o. Roy Chalk and Morris Fox should
assure private operation of mass transit
in Washington after next August IA. We
congratulate the new purchasers, wish
them well and are thankful that Wash
tngton has been spared the extraordi-
narily bad type of public ownership with
which it has been threatened during the
past months.
Mr.. Chalk and Mr. Fox are not transit
operators. They have had no previous
experience in an industry which has been
steadily losing ground around the coun-
try in competition with the private auto
mobile and vast public expenditures to
encourage private, as opposed to mass,
transportation. AS businessmen looking
Tor profitable investment they have, no
doubt, been attracted by the same pros
poets that originally brought Mr.. Wolfson
and his group to Washington: A company
with close to 81 million cash money In
the till and more than that represented
IN valuable real estate, not to mention
rolling stock, garages, barns, tools and
other equipment They have come here
to make money, which is still considered
a legitimate aspiration in some circles.
With sound management and intelligent
cooperation from the regulatory agency,
plus the tax concessions promised them,
they may succeed both in making money
and providing good service.
Certainly they deserve every chance to
prove it. They have had, throughout the
lengthy preliminaries, the counsel of Ed
ward F. Colladay, who knows the city
and its problems. And Mr.. Colladay's
clients will do we'll to follow his guidance
in emphasizing the Importance Of local
interests, despite absent ownership, by
selecting board of directors for the new
company that will represent the COM
munity as well as the controlling stock
holders. 1t is encouraging to learn that
policies, designed to accomplish these
detectives, are favored by the new own
ers. They will get away to a better start
II they demonstrate, at the outset, de-
sire to provide adequate and efficient
service to the public which at least EQUALS
their preoccupation with the fortunes of
the stockholders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-30
Consolidated Compdioninq

Long-overdue relief from the multi
plicity of Embarrassing drives will be
afforded Federal employees through the
conSolidated-Sol solicitation plan announced
by President Eisenhower It is a sensible
arrangement for "true voluntary giving"
that will benefit the employees, the Gov
eminent and the three classes Of agencies
participating In the program.
Much of the credit for devising
the plan should go to Chairman Philip
Young of the Civil Service Commission,
who long has been concerned over the loss
OF Federal time and manpower involved
in the recurrent campaigns for national
and local charitable, health and welfare
agencies. BY direction of the President,
Mr.. Young and his staff devoted many
weeks to studying the problem, consult
Ing with Community Chest, Red Cross,
health-fund and other officials and work.
ing out solution.
Under the general program-appli-
cable not only here but wherever Federal
employees are solicited in fund driveS-the
Government departments and agencies
hereafter will conduct maximum of
three fund drives each year. One will be
for United Fund or Community Chest
organizations lin Washington it will be
for the new United Givers FUND.-, another
will be for the Red Cross and the third
will be for health-research and health
education agencies. Because the local
UGF includes the Red Cross, there will
be only two annual campaigns in Federal
departments in the Washington Metro
politan Area. The only exceptions to the
drive limitations will be in the case of
disasters or other emergencies requiring
special collections.
Within the framework Of the new
program, Federal administrators will be
directed by the President to cooperate
Fundamentally with the health and well
fare groups. This will include distribu-
ton Of campaign literature, collection of
funds in sealed envelopes and payroll
period collection of instalment payments.
We think it is unfortunate, however, that
the plan does not provide for payroll
deduction of instalment pledges. Civil
Service officials said they were without
authority to make such deductions. To
what extent the lack of such a payroll
plan may impair the success Of the pro-
gram will be known only after the FIRST
test, during the UGF campaign next fall.
II, as some experienced campaigners fear,
the test shows that payroll deductions are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-30

In reference to many delin-
Quent taxpayers in Montgom-
cry County there has been q
statement made by one of the
county officials that it was
poor business management. OF
course, this is not a true state
ment.
We in the building supply
business deal with many types
of people, builders, ETC., and
we are having a hard time
collecting money for merchan-
disc financed through mort
cages. The reason is that
money is being ration d
throughout the Nation.
With the increase In taxes
and interest rates. and dis
count rates. this causes an
imitation Of expenses beyond
the manpower of production.
Mr.. Cole Of the National
Federal Housing Administra-
ton, ct the beginning Of the
year. predicted that 1856 would
be as good as 1855. This state
ment has been retracted in
recent months.
There is a tightening down
on all monies on all levels and
business and government must
curtail their expenditures and
expansion.
Constantine Eisinger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-30
Camp Anniversary

This week the Washington YMCA is
celebrating the 50th anniversary of the
founding Of Camps Let's, the big summer
haven for boys on the Rhode River, near
Edgewater, Maryland. The "Y" has cause
to be proud Of this camp, for it was a
pioneer among local boys camps in the
Washington area. Several generations Of
boys have learned the BENEFITS Of outdoor
living and of good craftsmanship and
fellowship at Camp Let's. We wish the
camp another SO years, at least, Of con-
structive service to the young men Of
Washington and vicinity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-30
Old SchooIhouse

If some of the people rails
ing the hullabaloo about a few
students cheating at D. C.
Teachers College would expend
the energy trying to get some
thing done about improving
the facilities, a real service
would be done to the commu-
nifty. The existing buildings
were erected prior to World
War I and began deteriorating
shortly after completion. /
cannot speak for the Miner
Building, but would testify as
to the abysmal condition of
the Wilson Building. The third
floor has been condemned for
years, but remains in constant
use. currently as an art gallery,
but for many years an orien-
tation center for people from
other lands, What a disgrace
to have distinguished visitors
from all over the world enter
a dilapidated fire-trap mas
querading as q civic college Of
the Capital Of the greatest
Nation in the world! The first
rule of fire prevention in public
buildings. that of inclosing the
stair wells, is blatantly vio-
lated. The facilities for phys
ical education, lab sciences,
art, music. drama and related
subjects are unbelievably in
adequate. AS the school was for
many years for women only,
there is only one mems room
in the basement as part of the
gym locker room. The mfr
mary is far behind the times in
equipment and service. The
cafeteria and kitchen equip
ment are so Anticipated that
they're not used any more. Hot
lunches are no longer avail
able. The Offices are painfully
cramped. The only thing Will
sonites can brag about is an
excellent library for a college
Of its size.
Now that Wilson and Miner
have been combined, a site
must be found with room
enough for a spacious campus
and buildings of progressive
design. Everyone must do his
part in presenting Congress for
the money. Every year the ex-
penses for the school system
increase, and every year Con-
gress lowers the budget. Turn
your civic pride toward this
long past due improvement,
and leave disciplinary problems
to the excellent faculty and
administrative heads Of d. c.
Teachers College.
Former Wilson Student.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-30
Gettysburg, 1856


The frogs tDere chorusin0 near
Devips Den
And kGtydids kept up their
hoGrse debating
That unsuspectinp summer
eUentn0 aDhen,
In need OF shoes, a force
came penetrating
This UdIIev from the south.
And so. By chance,
(For Meade intended not to
hold this toDn,
And CdshtotDn IDds the site
Lee planned his stGnceJ
Came the encounter OF such
grim renoDn.
So, three days later, Scouroed
BY holocaust.
Peach Orchard, Little Round
Top. and CUPS Hin
Shuddered to stiffness. Scared
and bottle-tosSed,
And the silence OF the many
dead broke shrill.
Today at DeuipS Den, brook.
songs stiH trolic
Among messed uelDet stones;
the fields are clear
But for the monuments and
guns. symbolic
OF stTUe-ds II soft peace
DeTe eDer here.
Json MergoFd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-30
Explosion at Pozn0n

Like the East Germans in June Of
1888. the Poles of Poznan have now
erupted into understanding explo-
sion Of pent-up feelings against Commu-
nist-imposed hunger and tyranny. At a
cost of much bloodshed, their brief
uprising apparently has been suppressed.
But what they have done-as rank-and-
file workers bravely defying the tanks
and guns of the Red regime represents
a spirit that is ineradicable, and there
can be no doubt that it is spirit shared
by the vast majority of their countrymen.
The Polish people, after all, are over
whelmingly Catholic. More than that,
throughout the centuries of their history,
there has been bred into their blood and
bones an intense sense of nationaliSm
intermingled with a profound hostility
toward Russian imperialism, czarist and
Soviet alike. Repeatedly in the past, Just
as now, they have demonStrated-some
times with what might be called a reck-
less but altogether admirable romanti-
cism-a devotion to independence so deep
and fierce as to make them fight for their
own, regardless of cost, even against the
worst kind of Odds The Poznan "revolt"
is one example of this exceptional trait
of theirs. and another can be found in
the story of how their cavalry-armed
only with sabers-threw itself unfiinch-
ingly against the massive arnor Of
Hitler's invading legions.
So it Is not surprising that these
people have regarded the notwithstanding
Warsaw regime as an alien and hateful
thing ever since It was imposed on them.
In recent weeks, in keeping with Moscow's
-Stalinization program, the regime has
proclaimed numerous liberalizing reforms
more of them, in fact, than in any other
Soviet Satellite-but this sop-throwing
program has not been good enough or
thorough enough to satisfy the great mass
of Poles. Their violent march in Poznan
Is proof of that-an uprising rejecting
not only a desperate desire for an end
to miserably low living standards, but
also passionate yearning for independ-
ence. Their hunger, in short, is not for
bodily food alone, but for the substance
of national freedom as well-a hunger to
be rid of the Red tyranny, a hunger to
be genuinely their own masters.
what remains to be seen now is
whether the post-Stalin Kremlin operat-
ing through the Warsaw Communists,
will react with savage measures, or
whether-aS in East Germany three years
ago-some placating moves will be made
The answer, one way or the other, should
become clear in due course Meanwhile,
whatever may develop in the form of
oppression or concession, the world can
be sure of this: That the Poznan explo-
sion, far from being mere flash of tenn
porary temper, is symptomatic of the
volcanic pro-freedom forces that rumble
everywhere beneath the seemingly solid
surface of the Red empire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-30
.Inteqrotion View

I have read with consider
able interest letters to The
Star regarding the segrega-
tion-integration problem fac
ing the Nation.
1t seems to me that many
who argue against Indignation
base their arguments on the
tradition Of separation in the
South and intimate that this
separation has little, If any,
thing, to do with racial supe-
riority or inferiority. have
lived for several years in two
States below Mason and
Dixon's line and have observed
that the actual conditions of
separation Enthusiastically imply
a sort of "second-class citizen
ship" for the Negro. A specific
example-in buses, Negroes
have been required to use the
rear Of these public vehicles
(not the right side or the left
side). The same sort Of ar
rangenent occurs in theaters:
that is, the balcony or a rear
section is most often reserved
for Negro patrons.
1t is often argued that inte-
grafton in public schools must
inevitably involve a lowering
Of academic standards because
OF lesser academic ability
among Negro children. But
may not this be attributed, at
least in part. to a separate
but equal system of public
education which has never
been equal? Unquestionably
some Of the best systems Of
public education operate in
States which are integrated.
And then there is the argu-
ment that Indignation in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-30
Historic Georgetown

orgetown has many
characteristics of Williams
burg-historical significance,
close association with the early
years and great men Of our
country, and priceless ex-
amples of early American
architecture. In a sense it is
a national monument. A
great part of its charm and
value is the small inter-
spersed open spaces and trees.
These small open spaces
are being rapidly eliminated
through the greed Of q few,
who. unstayed by District au-
thorities and to the detriment
of many householders, are fill
ing them with incongruous
houses. with only vestigial re-
mains Of q yard" the min
imum or less than the law
allows.
For half q century WASH
ington has struggled to get
rid Of alley dwellings.
Now a whole lovely block is
threatened by a builder who
proposes to fill 1t with what
are little more than "alley
dwellings. Already hundred
year-old trees have been felled,
itself sacrilege. District au-
thorities seem to promise no
help in preventing this threat
ened damage to Georgetown:
and it seems that this project
could not be effected without
the District accepting the
dedication" Of enough land
to make . legal" street or
alley TO give access to the pro-
posed alley dwelling.
Thomas M. Woodward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-30
THE POLITICAL MILL
Clement Knifes Kefouver Hopes
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Gov. Frank g. Clement Of
Tennessee has stuck q knife
into the presidential ambi-
tons Of his fellow Tennessean.
Senator Estes Kefauver. The
wound may be fatal. The
ambitious young Governor may
say that Senator Kefauver had
already been sunk by the Ste
venson victories in Oregon,
Florida and California pri-
maries. The fact remains,
however, that the Tennessee
Democratic State Convention,
on the insistence of Gov.
Clement, has Just voted to
send an uninStructed Tennes-
see delegation to the Demo-
cratic National Convention.
Senator Kefauver quite nat
urally had desired a delegation,
committed to himself.
A presidential candidate who
does not have his own State
delegation pledged to him-or
at least a considerable major
ity Of the delegation--is at q
disadvantage, as Gov. Glenn
ent well understands. Appar-
emily. Gov. Clement has done
the best he could to administer
the coup de grace.
Senator Kefauver and his
supporters, it is true, were able
to wiring a kind of compromise
from the Governor. Under it,
the delegation is permitted to
vote for any TennesSeean who
stands a chance for the presi-
Dental or vice presidential
nomination. Senator Kefauver
is the only announced Ten
nessee candidate for the preSi-
Dental nomination. If the
compromise agreement is lived
up to, the Tennessee delegates
will vote for Kefauver as long
as he is in the running-and
that is what Senator Kefauver
expects them to do. The
agreement is, perhaps, the
next best thing to an in
structed delegation. But that
Gov. Clement and a majority
of the delegates will quit Ke-
fauver at the first opportunity
is a foregone conclusion. Only
a real show of strength for
Kefauver on the first ballot
or two could prevent the de-
Sertion.
Plays Into Stevenson Hands
The weakening or elimina-
ton Of Kefauver as a can
didate plays into the hands of
Adlai Stevenson, the Steven
son people firmly believe. They
expect to pick up quite a num-
Der of the delegates that Ke-
fauver won in presidential pri-
marieS in States like Min
nesota, New Hampshire. Wis
consin, Indiana and Maryland.
Gov. Averell Hartman of New
York, however, will do his best
to gather in these Kefauver
delegates. and Kefauver may
try to throw them his way. The
Hartman trouble lies in the
fact the New Yorker has not
been able to sell himself to
many of the leaders of the
Democratic Party or to the
rank and file.
Back of the Clement ma
neuvers lies the Governors
own personal ambitions, which
are (a) to be nominated for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-30
Missile Prospect

The new Anglo-American agreement
on guided missiles serves as a SOLDERING
reminder of the steady progress being
made-apparently at a much faster rate
than anticipated couple Of years ago
toward the development Of workable in
tercontinental air weapons of fantastic
range, speed and destructiveneSs.
AS signed by Secretary of State Dulles
and British Ambassador MakinS, the
agreement has the effect Of enabling the
United States to teSt-f1re guided missiles
from Florida SoutheaStward over Britain'S
Atlantic possessions to Ascension. Island
5000 miles away. Up to now, under earlier
Anglo-American agreements, the firing
range has been limited to 1000 miles.
This striking increase from 1000 to
5000 miles speaks pretty much for it
self. 1t plainly indicates that long-range
guided missiles have been developed to
a point where they can be tested in con-
trolled fight over far greater distances
than heretofore. 1t suggests, too, that
scientific experimentation and break
throughs" may be markedly speeding up
the advent Of the so-called "ICBM."
When it comes into being (perhaps
within the next few years., the "ICBM"-
or intercontinental ballistic misSile-will
be nonguided air weapon capable Of
travelling at a speed upwards of 10000
miles an hour. Equipped with an atomic
or hydrogen bomb warhead, it could
devastate virtually any city in the world
within matter of minutes after being
fired from its launching SITE
The Soviet Union is at least as active
as the United States and Britain in seek
ing to arm itself with destroyers of this
sort. So the world obviously is approach
ing time when it will have to reckon
with clear and present danger Of sud-
den death coming in the form of guided
and nonguided missiles-weapons that
will be unprecedentedly deadly even if
our military scientists succeed, as they
believe they will, in perfecting an effec-
tive "antimissile missile" for defense.
In its own way, the new Anglo-Amer-
lean agreement constitutes a warning
that such time may be relatively near.
The potentials of about war thus have
become so terrible that mankind must
establish real arms control and a lasting
peace or flirt with suicide. 1t may be a
cliche to say this, but that does not make
it any the less true.