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until commercial. recreational
and city services are adequate to
accommodate growth.
zoning regulations are being
drawn with these problems in
mind, Mr.. Cater told the citi-
ZenS.
The association asked that
dwellings be prohibited on alleys
less than 30 feet wide, and that
a provision be inserted in the
coming regulations to add a re-
quirement providing for FIVE
foot walk on each side.
Lane Congratulated
In other action, the group
congratulated Brig. Gen. Thomas
A. Lane, Engineer Commissioner,
for his efforts to improve the
standards of the public school
system in the District.
The association asked that
funds be restored to the District
budget for construction of a
health school for crippled chill
dren on the Upshur street site
owned by the District.
Mrs. Harold B. Hinton, acting
president, conducted the meet
ing in the parish hall of Christ
Episcopal Church. Thirty-fr
and o streets NV.
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Steelmon to Speak
At Annual Session
Of History Group

John r. Steelman, who was
an assistant to President Tru-
man, will speak at the 10th an
'nual membership meeting of the
Montgomery County Historical
Society at 7 pm. Thursday at
the Congressional Country Club.
Mr.. Steelman is vice president
of the society. Chief Judge
Stedman Prescott of the 9th
Judicial Circuit Court will be
master of ceremonies. More
than 400 Montgomery County
residents are expected,
Tickets may be bought from
Mrs. Louis M. DENT, chairman
of the Dinner Committee, at
2029 Connecticut avenue NV,
or through the Office of Jones,
Kreeger q Hewitt, Cafritz Build
ing.
Other committee chairmen
include Mrs. Adolph GUIDE, ar
rangements; Mrs. Henry De-
Corsey, floor committee; Mrs.
Robert c. Jones, reception, and
Mrs. Edith Jarvis, program.
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narcotics being shown to Junior
and senior high school students.
The group had been shown the
film. Confidential File" by Capt.
Karl G. Mccormick, head of the
Narcotics Squad. 1t was narrated
by Detective Sergt. Joseph A.
GabryS.
In other business, the citizens
passed a resolution supporting
an increase in the police force
to $500 men. They also went on
record favoring the Jones Point
Bridge.
The group postponed its cleo
ton of officers for 80 days.
John B. Thomas, president,
conducted the meeting in Cor
don Junior High School, Thirty
fifth and T streets NV.
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transit problem thoroughly with
out an interruption to service
after August Is. when the com
pany's franchise is scheduled to
die.
Miss Edith Lyons. assistant
superintendent in charge of
elementary schools. spoke on the
effect of the Southwest Re-
development plan on the school
buildings in the area.
The meeting was held in
Barney Neighborhood House
under the leadership of Mrs.
G. Sartwell, president.
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Failure to Replace
HOUSING Protested

The Southwest Civic ASsocia-
ton last night complained be-
cause not one housing unit has
the homes demolished
to make way for the redevelop-
ment of Southwest Washington.
The association approved an
appeal to the District Commits
.SionerS to see that no more
homes are RACED in the area I'M
til the erection of new housing
units has begun.
1.-THE ghost-like area result
ing, makes it extremely hazard
Gus and dangerous for the re-
naming citizens to use the for
.saken Streets" said DR.. Charles
w. Wade, chairman of the
groups housing committee.
The meeting was held in the
Randall Junior High School,
First and l streets S.W.
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Lanes School Views
Hailed as Courageous

The Brookland Citizens Asso-
citation last night commended
Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Lane, En-
geneer Commissioner. for his
courage and fortitude in focus
ing the attention of the COM
munity on the deficiencies of the
District school system"
The motion was made by Miss
Lucy Lynch.
The meeting was held at the
home of Miss Kathleen Noel,
1862 Lawrence street NE.
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# Franchise Extension
For CTC Supported

The Southwest Citizens AS
ISOLATION last night gave it's full
approval to the plan of the
Federation of Citizens ASsocia-
lions to extend the Capital
Transit Co.'S franchise for five
years.
This would enable the Public
Utilities Commission to study the
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Higher Annuity Backed
For Retired Teachers

The Manor Park Citizens AS
ISOLATION last night approved the
proposed annuity raise for re-
tired teachers now under con-
slderation by the House.
Vice President William J. For
man conducted the meeting In
the Whittier School, Fifth and
Sheridan streets NV.
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Evening star., 1956-08-27
American Mood of TODAY

given Vice President Nixon was
not surprising to those who
have followed party politics in
America, A party in power
doesn't choose its candidates
at the last minute. Months in
advance of the convention the
party leaders arrive at a con-
sensus. Mr. Stassen's mistake
was that for some reason of
his own he thought such a
unanimity could be upset at
the convention itself. He now
regrets his miscalculation.
In a broad sense the re-
nomination of Mr.. Nixon was
in itself striking proof of the
harmony inside the Republi-
can party. The conservatives
. had rallied to his support
early this year when the first
signs of a dump Nixon"
movement were noted. Be-
cause Of the nature of the
attack - the distortions of
Nixon'S 1854 speeches by the
Democrats = Republicans of
both the Taft and Dewey
groups were more insistent
that he be chosen than was
apparent on the surface in
recent months.
The two conventions were
not much different from those
OF other years. The convention
system is still a cumbersome
unrepresentative conclaye
which is wholly without sane
tion of Federal law. The Demo-
Gratis made more noise this
time and supplied the basis
for more colorful stories in
the newspapers but the. Re-
publican convention was a
splendid example of dignity.
forebearance and conspicuous
avoidance of partisan attacks
by the two candidates. The
contrast between the parts
played by the two ex-Presi-
dents was self evident. Harry
Truman came out a political
casualty of diminished in
f1uence while Herbert Hoover
emerged a heroic figure.
From its unspectacular be-
ginning to the singing of
God Bless America" after a
moving prayer at the close.
as the President Of the United
States stood reverently with
bowed head. the Republican
convention caught the mood
OF the country-a satisfaction
with the peace and prosperity
achieved thus far and a fer
vent desire that they be con-
tinued. The Democrats now
will have to prove that change
for changes sake isn't their
only issue.
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AnthropoIogists
Open World PurIey

DUSSELDORF, Germany.
Aug. "a R.-About 300 anthro-
biologists from all over the world
opened a five-dsy Congress here
yesterday.
The Congress will celebrate the
centenary Of the discovery of the
Neanderthal man, who roamed
the earth $4,000 to 10000 years
ago. His skull was found in 1856
in the nearby Neander valley.
The scientists drove to the
valley 7 miles east Of Duessel-
dorf and placed a wreath at the
discover site.
German Professor Eduard
Jacobshagen, Of Marburg Uni
versity has been invited to re-
port on the recent discovery OF
a skull Of a Neanderthal woman
he said lived more than 10000
years ago.
Evening star., 1956-08-27
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ike and Nixon high-leve campaigns. Unless
provoked single naughty be uttered about the
Democrats before September is.
The Republican convention the first televson
where the customers waited until after the commercials go
to the kitchen for beer.
Wedding: An event where the music clothes tears and
flowers such that wander by mistake you
it's funeral
Both Republicans party harmony
The difference that Democrats refuse regard harmony
achieved while there's still left standing.
Two men in bar got into fight who came closest
to being nominated for vice president by Republicans
Couple of named Joe Smith
Orator: fellow who face lineup facs-and run
through them without having hand laid him.
The Government the cost of living went up again.
The Republicans better hurry put picture on the
dollar bill while there's still something left put on
Evening star., 1956-08-27
Warsaw Admits
Mine Disaster

BERLIN, Aug. 81 R.-Com-
munist Poland's official news
agency PAP confirmed today
that a serious coal mine dis
aster occurred at Chorzow, Po-
land, but said reports that 20
had died were wrong.
mo, no, it is not true," said
a PAP editor reached in Warsaw
by telephone. "The government
will have communique later
today"
The first report of the disaster
was brought to Berlin yesterday
by travellers. arriving from Po-
land. They said an unknown
number of miners had. been
trapped and probably killed by
a fire which broke out in a
Chorzow mine Saturday.
The travellers said the Polish
Government ordered the blazing
tunnel sealed off to prevent the
fire from spreading.
There was no indication how
many miners were in the tunnel,
but the travellers said they had
heard many" Polish soldiers
and Germans were among them.
The soldiers repeatedly had been
Isent>in to boost production.
Chorzow. formerly Koenigshu-
ette, is city of about 100000
in the former German province
of Upper SileSia. The area has
been under Polish control since
World War II.
Evening star., 1956-08-27

The major theme Of the
Republican campaign for an
other four years in the White
House is plainly going to be
the cry of "peace!" And GER
tainly no slogan could possibly
have a stronger appeal to the
minds and hearts of all
Americans.
Even in Europe, the name of
Eisenhower is looked upon as
a symbol Of peace and moder-
alton. French newspapers went
into paeans when word of Mr..
Eisenhower'S denomination was
received. And there have been
credible reports that even the
captive Nations behind the
Iron Curtain are happy that
Mr.. Eisenhower looks like a
sure bet for another term.
But appealing as the word
peace" certainly is, there is
no use ignoring certain dangers
in the state-of-mind of the
free world, when preoccupa-
ton with the cause of peace
seems to take precedence over
every other consideration.
A sober contemplation of
the sort of peace we have been
enjoying under the Eisenhower
dispensation is not reassuring.
The peace we do have is a
peace tailored to measure for
the present-day needs of the
Communists. But it is not
the sort Of peace that can last,
nor is it the sort of peace that
gives us any real hope that a
tranquil and constructive fu-
ture lies ahead.
In 1852, true to his campaign
pledge, Mr.. Eisenhower went
to Korea, and set in motion the
negotiations which finally cul-
minated in the Korean armis-
tice. The killing and manning
OF American young men was
halted, and the nation
breathed gratitude. But the
Korean armistice was nothing
more than a cessation of shoot
ing. 1t was not victory, nor
was 1t peace. 1t was only a
Evening star., 1956-08-27

haved completely reassured
them. At all times he was
completely successful.
Already Republican news
papers are starting to beat
warning drums against COM
placency. and that was Chair
man Halls post-convention
theme.
In these quarters the vital
ity and verve of the Demo-
Gratis at Chicago made a deep
impression. So did the wealth
Of new talent they displayed
at every turn. This talent was
not present: it was seen in
action, handling caucuses,
making statements, and visit
ing delegations.
In short, such men as SEN
ators Gore, Humphrey. Ken
nedy and Monroney; Mayor
Wagner and Governors Leader,
Meyner, Ribicoff and williams
were shown politicking in the
most blithe and sure-footed
manner. They helped mate
rally to reduce Mr.. Truman
to the rank he hateS-elder
statesman. More important,
they inspired in their own
party the belief, that come
what may next November, the
Democrats are going to be in
business in a big way for a
long, long time.
Vermont Royster of the Wall
Street Journal put it that
Democrats ran a convention;
Republicans played follow the
leader.
Evening star., 1956-08-27
DORIS FLEEsoN
6. 0. P. Chiefs Beot Warming Drums
Against Election CompIocency

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.
Both the national conventions
were a success from the point
OF view OF the politicians who
ran them. The party managers
got the tickets in each case
they thought were their
strongest. The platform strug-
giles were milk runs compared
to many former years.
There are no leftover feuds
to bother the candidates. Long
before the final gavels, it was
clear that Harry S. Truman
had mistaken prestige and
popularity for power and that
Harold Stassen spoke for
latent anti-Nixon fears among
Eisenhower supporters far
from strong enough to cope
with the tightly held Repub-
lican state organizations.
Democrats gave the public a
sporting convention with a
photo-f1nish end. Republicans
had to spin out a coronation
over four days which were for
the most part dull. The TV
columnists are warning them
that they bored their national
=
audience, which is something
Tor them to consider in con-
nection with their plans to let
President Eisenhower cam
paign only on TV.
Confident on arrival. Repub-
licans left here in a golden
glow of optimism. For nearly a
year they had seen little of the
President; his apparently
ruddy health and the vigor
with which he spoke and be-
Evening star., 1956-08-27
Convention Crowds Greet President
As Strictly Constitutional SOVEREIGN

Some who came here from the
Chicago convention had to
buy new clothes, and not only
because Of the difference in
climate. The air of luxurious
festival was enhanced by the
fact that San Francisco's top
hostelries top in elegance any
thing in Chicago and San
Francisco is a continuous fes-
tival in itself.
Americans like royalty and
they like coronations. When
Elizabeth II was crowned a
British friend asked me sourly,
Whose queen is she-yours or
ours?"
Dwight David, like every
other sovereign. is above the
battle. In the turbulence of
party, class, and sectional
strife, the crown symbolizes
the nation. its faith, dignity.
unity. continuity. and its es-
sential mores and morality.
Eisenhower, a robust Repub-
lican. nevertheless wears an
invisible crown. no doubt to
his own intense surprise, be-
cause he is no usurper who
put 1t on his own head. But
unlike any President in my
remembrance. criticism of him
has a dark implication Of lese
majeste. And, like royalty. he
never answers personal criti-
cism. but maintains a kingly
calm.
The worst his enemies say
Of him is that he reigns but
does not govern. They pay him
the remarkable tribute Of ad-
vocatine more absolutism. But
the Nation is. quite obviously.
governed, and much better
than it has been In quite q
Evening star., 1956-08-27
Though Shooting Wars Have Ended
World Has Only an Armistice
CONSTANTINE BROWN

temporary cessation Of war.
That situation remains ex-
actly the same today as it was
at the time the armistice was
arranged, except that, in the
interim. and in brazen de-
f1ance of the armistice terms,
the Reds have immensely boil
stored their striking power in
Korea. Today they stand
poised and ready to resume
their aggression against South
Korea. And we. with scrupulous
observation of the truce pact,
have denied to the Republic
of South Korea the proper
means, men and equipment it
needs to repel the next Com
munist assault.
The embattled island of
Formosa, last ralIying point
for freedom in China. still
clings precariously to survival
and braces for the inevitable
day when the Red hordes from
the mainland will be un-
leashed against Chang Kai-
shek. This. also, is peace. Six
teen American fliers just the
other day were shot down to
death in the Pacific, by way
of reminding us that peace in
the Far East is a tentative
thing. its duration hinging
alone on Communist whim.
And in Europe, the peace
that the peoples of the still
free nations so much prize is
being paid for today in the
rapid growth of a paralyzing
neutralism. a spreading illu-
sion that it really is possible
to trust the arch-conspirators
of the Kremlin. Because Mr..
Eisenhower, especially since
the Geneva Summit" con-
ference. has allayed European
fears of atomic war, the neu-
tralists love him. And nothing
in the world could advance the
Red conspiracy more than the
spread of this defeatist. head
in-the-sand attitude.
The facts are that we are
enjoying a period of peace, or
more accurately an absence
of warfare, while the world
Evening star., 1956-08-27
DORIS FLEEsON
Professionals Foresee Struqq|e

That the President himself
- whose political intuitions
are first-rate-perceived the
contrast was shown by the
emphasis on the future he put
in his acceptance speech. For
the fact is that almost Moth
ing was heard here about the
Republican Party as such: in
stead delegates talked about
Ike, Nixon, Harold Stassen
and Democrats.
Republican leaders private
ly concede that their party
rebuilding has a long way to
go. They genuinely expect an
Eisenhower victory which will
give them four more years to
catch up to the opposition.
They don't even want to dis
cuss what might happen if
there is another 1948 upset.
The public is said at this
point to be apathetic toward
the campaign. 1t will not be
for want of trying if these
two parties don't force them
selves on voter attention be-
tween now and November.
For the professionals, what
ever they say in public. fore
see much closer struggle
than now appears. There are
troublesome regional issues
lower farm income, public
power, soft spots in the econ
omy.
These and the Presidents
health will determine the out
come, they say, rather than
the great issues which find
Messers. Eisenhower and Ste
venson closer together. than
either would admit.
Evening star., 1956-08-27

SAN FRANCISCO.-In re-
Prospect. I seem to have been
at one convention and a coro-
nation. In San Francisco (won-
derful city for a coronation)
delegates went through the
usual rituals of a convention
for two days, waiting for the
real thing. Then, when the
Presidents plane appeared in
the skies and he and his lady
landed to drive the l6 miles to
the st. Francis hostelry through
tens OF thousands Of happy
subjects. the press and the
television cameras deserted the
hall. where the platform was
right in the middle Of being
read. At last he. whom every
body had come for. was here,
Americas only legitimate and
strictly constitutional sover-
eign.
The question Of the crown
prince threatened briefly to
make a little trouble, a few
malcontents having suggested
that the prince was afflicted
with a peculiar hemophilia Of
popularity that might favor a
pretender. But the court
closed around him with fixed
bayonets and the glaring mien
Of those who would strike down
treason instantaneously. Prince
Richard was the true favorite
son. II not Of California. OF the
sovereign
All week the atmosphere OF
3 coronation pervaded the
city. Social events swamped
the political--in fact there
were no political events.
Everybody with a great house
or a handsome apartment was
apparently giving Q party.
Evening star., 1956-08-27
Peace Is Major Republican Cry

balance Of power shifts at an
amazing rate of speed toward
the Communists. The shift
is most apparent, and most ir-
reversible, in the vast areas
of the Middle East and South
east Asia, where the, profess
sional neutralists hold sway.
There is grave menace for
the future of freedom in the
continuation of the kind of
peace" we have today. To be
sure, it makes for an unbeat-
able election slogan. But it
also, with terrifying certainty,
sets up the conditions for a
certain Communist assault
whenever the Kremlin feels
ready.
Evening star., 1956-08-27
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Republicans Crown a Kinq

long time. When people are
satisfied they don't keep time
cards.
Because nobody could, or
even dreamed of, unseating
Ike. they couldn't unseat the
crown prince in favor Of some
pretender. In fact, nobody was
willing to assume the role of
pretender.
A king is the repository of
legend and myth. Legend and
myth are not falsified. They
are the poetry of truth.
1t is very hard for parties to
defeat kings. 1t takes revolu-
tions TO overthrow them, and
only God can peacefully elimi-
nate them.
Those who don't like Nixon
will pray for Ike. So will those
who do.
Evening star., 1956-08-27
DAVID LAWRENCE

ENROUTE FROM SAN
FRANCISCO TO WASHING
TON, Aug. 27.-There was a
big story at the Republican
National Convention that
seems to have been missed by
many observers. 1t wasn't
visible to the naked eye like
parades and artif1cially stimu-
lated demonstrations. But it
was plainly revealed if one
took the time to talk with
representative leaders and
delegates from various states
who only four years ago were
scowling at each other in the
Taft-Eisenhower battle. For
today there is effective unity
such as a major party rarely
enjoys.
TON Dewey" said a former
Taft leader of national prom
inence. made the finest poll
ticaf speech of the convention
and he looked like a new
Dewey. If he had made such
fighting speeches in 1948, we
never would have had Truman
a second time"
Conservative leaders and
delegates from States that had
supported Mr.. Taft all made
similar remarks and so did
those from Dewey's side,
hitherto regarded as the
liberal" wing of the party.
There were, of course, other
evidences of unity that were
unmiStakable in the comments
about the platform adopted.
The Republicans. to be sure.
cannot be described any longer
as a divided party" The
Democrats have become the
truly divided party" now.
Wnen a party is out of
power a long time it USUALLY
splits into factions, and doesn't
become an effective instru-
ment OF political action until
its candidate wins the White
House. The solidarity evident
now in the Republican ranks
resembles the unity achieved
by the Democrats in 1885
after FDR's first term. Usually
1T is the influence and record
OF the President which brings
this about. 1t has been due
this time to the solid DEM
onstration by President Eisen-
hover of what he himself calls
a dynamic conservatism"
which happens to be closer to
the American mood of today
than any other brand of polit-
ical philosophy.
The conservatives, for the