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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05
Prods Commonwealth

In the last several weeks
many Virginians Legislators.
school boards, city councils.
civic organizations and news
papers) have become a chorus
in urging Gov. Stanley to call
a special session Of the Gem
eral' Assembly so that body
might establish a school policy
for the Commonwealth, or
better, so that it might enact
the so-called Gray Plan in
light Of the NAACP's current
program Of sCits for school
desegregation.
I continue to maintain that
there is no other way out for
the Commonwealth of Virginia
except adherence to the law
OF the land. i.e., the Supreme
Courts decision outlawing
segregation in public educa-
ton. The Old Dominion is
still a political entity Of the
Union, the enactment Of the
fictitious interposition resolu-
ton Notwithstanding. and II
the law applies to other States
1t applies to Virginia with
equal force. All Richmond has
to do is to announce that
those communities ready to
desegregate schools may 60
ahead and do so. This SEEM
ingly can be done without the
need Of a special session.
Leonard sltton Brown. Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05
Rock and Rolf

1t should not be difficult to come up
with the right answer to the problem
which has grown out of the Rock and
Roll" shows at the Armory.
That these affairs are productive of
diSgraceful conduct has been abundantly
demonstrated. And the brawling promises
to become more serious if allowed to
continue. So the authorities ought to do
one of two thingS-either furnish enough
police protection to maintain order or
abandon these so-called musical per-
formances which seem to stimulate an
already highly advanced form of youthful
alteration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05
Congress Expands


The smart boys in Congress
are at it again. Not long ago
they voted themselves hand
some salary increases, gener-
GUS pensions and additional
clerical assistance. Then, of
course. with more clerks and
secretaries they needed more
Office space. So down came
blocks of private residences on
the Hill to make way for inn
posing new Senate and House
Office Buildings.
AS another result of ex-
pansion of the congressional
Office staff, additional park
ing space is required. Con-
sequently. the latest scheme of
the boys on the Hill is to raze
the remaining houses on Sec
ond and B streets NE. and
turn the site of their destruc-
ton into a congressional park
ing lot.
Among the buildings slated
to be strapped for this pur-
pose is beautiful old Belmont
House of ante-bellum days. 1t
is a historic landmark with
great high-ceilinged rooms,
rich paneling. rare doors of
massive polished wood with
silver hardware, beautiful
crystal chandeliers and giant
f1replaceS of bygone days. And
this lovely, historic home
where famous men and women
once lived is to be turned into
rubble to provide for the cars
of Congressman and their sec
retaries! Immortal Caesar,
dead and turned to clay, might
stop a gap to keep the wind
away"
If those boys in Congress
hadn't taken the cash from
our pockets to give themselves
bigger salaries and more as
sistants, they might not have
been able to buy so many cars
that they would be obliged to
tear down rare and lovely
houses like Belmont House in
order to park their limousines.
Jane @. Public.
X X
would like to add my voice
to that of Mrs Charles E.
Russell in regard to destroying
so many Washington land
marks-places where much of
the history of our country was
laid.
Would Americans pay fabu-
louS sums to tour Europe If it
were not for the fact that the
"old" there has been pre-
served?
1 am a native Washing
tonian, and it hurts to see
places I remember from child
hood fast disappearing. / hope
our planners will wake up to
the fact that people come here
to see our historic shrines.
Mrs. Elsie M. Firmin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Getting good sod on a slope
is not easy. in fact most home
owners find it a pain in the
neck.
Even the lowest slope. or
terrace, as it is grandly called,
gets full of dandelions and
bare spots.
Seeding such a slope seems
to make all the elements con-
spire against the project.
First, it is too hot, and the
seed won't terminate.
Then the rains come. and
wash the newly growing grass
plants out.
Various animals like to romp
on such slight slopes. And
there are insects.
Sometimes one must. plant
the seed under burlap, pegged
down. to get a good stand.
1t would be easier to sod it,
and this is just what many
do, in final despair.
So, the contemplation OF a
real BERN, California style, is
left to the most daring egg
heads.
1t would be a solution. OF a
sort, If you had a big enough
place, especially along a main
highway.
And. of course, If you had
enough money.
Keeping a flourishing BERN
in good health would seem to
be a job for at least two men,
giving it their whole time.
1t is a pretty sure bet, there
fore. that not many suburban
home owners will 60 in for
berms around their places,
though the general idea has
charm, and maybe one or two,
here or there. will try 1t.
A modified BERN is probably
as far as they could go. the
cost Of upkeep being what it
evidently is.
Nobody would want a NANCY
looking BERN. would they?
No. a BERN. to be good.
would have to look just as
they do in the glossy pages Of
the too big magazines.
Just get a million dollars
and go to California and have
as many berms as you please.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05
THE POLITICAL MILL
Democrats. q Porty Divided
By GOULD LINCOLN

placate the Democrats of New
York. Michigan. Pennsylvania
and his own State of Illinois,
shows himself more strongly
in favor of immediate deseg-
regation than he has been pic
tured, the Southern delegates
to the Democratic convention,
whose votes he now hopes to
receive. may turn against him.
If the national convention
ecomes deadlocked, there
looms the possibility of another
Missouri compromise" (which
like its famous predecessor has
to do with the Negro question.
The compromise would not be
Truman, for whom the South
ern Democrats have no love.
They deserted him and carried
four States for the Dixiecrat
candidate in 1948-and he
later boosted of carrying the
presidential election that year
without the solid South"
No, it would be Senator Stu
art Symington Of Missouri.
Symington. like Bre'er Rabbit,
don't say nothin'" at this
stage of the game. Not OPEN
ly. anyway, A theory has
grown up in regard to the Mis-
souri, Senator, however. 1t is
that he would be more accept
able to the South than any
other potential nominee, that
the South would be delighted
to take him as a compromise
candidate. You can hear this
in Florida. other Southern
States, and in the North.
Must Take a Stand
Sooner or later, however,
Symington, like all other po-
tential candidates, will have to
toe the mark on this deSegre-
cation issue. If he plunks for
moderation" it could ruin
his chances in the North, both
for nomination and for cleo
ton. If he goes along with a
platform plank that will please
the Negroes of the North and
the Democratic politicians who
wish to hold on to the Negro
vote, he has to face a revolt in
the South.
Senator Kefauver, having
been defeated in Florida,
though by a narrow margin,
has hammered home his own
stand on desegregation, which
is certainly more acceptable in
the North than in the South.
He has a very considerable
bloc of delegates pledged to
him, or otherwise promised,
as a result of the presidential
primaries in Northern States
and he has none in the South
except his own Tennessee
delegates. Even in Tennessee,
he has the Governor, Frank
G. Clement, breathing down
his neck. Clement has an ambi-
ton to be the vice presiden-
tial candidate on q ticket with
Stevenson.
So this race issue continues
to plague the candidates for
the Democratic presidential
nomination in a major way.
And once the party platform
is adopted and one of the
candidates nominated, it will
continue to dog the nominee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05
Victory at Any Price?

The Democrats appear to be
all set to start a propaganda
drive which. they hope, will
bring about a depression of
sufficient depth for them to
win the 1856 election. This is
not the first time they have
done this. Recollection takes
us back to the 1854 election
when the Democratic "proph-
cts of doom and gloom" led
by Senator Douglas of Illinois,
went up and down the land
proclaiming that business was
bad and getting worse and
that a Republican depression
was in the immediate offing.
This phony issue had its part
in winning the Democrats con-
troll of Congress.
Now Senator Douglas is in a
key position, heading a Senate
committee which intends to
investigate the soft spots" in
our economy. Senator Douglas
doubtless remembers what
similar Senate Investigations,
such as that into stock market
operations, have done to BUSH
ness confidence, as we'll as to
the stock market. So we can
expect to see Senator Douglas
committee give such slanted
publicity to every industry
operating below 100 per cent
capacity that the overall pic
ture of prosperity will be well
concealed beneath deep
blanket of gloom. If this does
not touch off a depression the
Democrats will lose bet.
They should worry what hap
pens to the country so long as
they get elected.
Observer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05
Sensitive Issue

DR.. Roland Bieren is i'm
pressed by a photograph of
Mrs. Nixon and President
Sukarno. One gathers that
he thinks Negro voters
and other antisegregationists,
should find this sufficient
cause to vote Republican. A
little further research might
change his mind.
During the Indonesian Presi-
dents visit. Mrs. Nixon under
took the entertaining of his
son Guntar. Where did she
take him? To a nearby. segre-
gated amusement park. Under
any circumstances, it is re-
pugnant to find the Vice
Presidents wife patronizing a
segregated place. To take the
Indonesian Presidents son
there is almost an insult to
DR.. Bieren's brown Asia" Ac-
cording to a spokesman for the
Indonesian Embassy. the trip
was arranged by the State De-
partment: i.e., it was an official
trip. In other words, this adj
ministration does not regard
segregation as a moral issue.
In all fairness, it is doubt
full If a Democratic admins
tration would have shown any
more sensitivity on this issue.
The social structure of racial
prejudices can be nicked and
dented by legislation. and the
lives of its victims be thereby
eased. But the main body Of
prejudice will wither away only
as those prominent persons
who oppose it in their official
statements begin TO show
deep distaste for II in their
private lives as we'll.
Those who sincerely oppose
segregation must regard his
advocacy as something more
than a minor error Of jude-
ment. On this basis. Negro
voters are in a quandary-not
merely as to which Democrat
TO choose, but as To which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05

LOS ANGELES, June 5. -
Senator Kefauver's violent at
tacks on Adlai Stevenson, as
a carrier of water on both
shoulders on the Negro issue,
delivered in the California
presidential primary. have
served to emphasize again the
division in the Democratic
Party. For Kefauver has
charged that Stevenson, to
win in the Florida primary,
permitted himself to be pic
tured as the great moderate"
on desegregation, but in Cali
fornia has tried to prove
himself deYoted to that cause.
The issue threatens to tear
the party apart when it meets
to write its national platform
and nominate its candidates
for President and Vice Presi-
dent in Chicago in August.
South Wants Moderate
The Florida primary clearly
indicated that the Democrats
of the South will not go for
an extreme partisan of deseg-
repation. for example, Gov.
Hartman of New York or
Gov. Williams of Michigan.
The very fact they picked
Stevenson, on the ground he
is a moderate, is proof of this.
But it is equally clear that
Hartman and Williams, desir-
ing to hold on, to the Negro
vote in their important cities
of New York and Detroit, will
seek to write into the party
platform a firm declaration
supporting the desegregation
decision of the Supreme Court,
and a demand that desegrega-
ton of the public schools be
carried out promptly.
Even Stevenson. with the.
big Negro vote in Chicago at
issue, may have to moderate
his moderation stand.
In the California primary,
Stevenson has sought to allay
any suspicion he is not heart
and soul for desegregation.
For in this State, too, there
is a material Negro vote which
in the past has been strongly
Democratic but which now
shows signs of moving over to
the G. o. P. Kefauver has
sought to win this Negro vote
by declaring that a vote for
Stevenson would be pleasing"
to such rabid opponents of de-
segregation as Gov. Talmadge
of Georgia and Senator Ellen
der of Louisiana. Both OF them
have Endorsed Stevenson as
preferable to Kefauver and as
able to carry the South in the
general election. Kefauver's
national campaign manager, F.
Joseph Donohue, went even
further and said a vote for
Stevenson would be a vote for
Eastland, Senator from Mis-
sissippi, and Ellender and Tai
madge.
Problem for Stevenson /,
Whether Kefauver's charges
and attacks on Stevenson will
be strongly felt in the North
and West and in the Demo-
cratic National Convention is
stiN to be determined. How
ever. If Stevenson. in order to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05

One of the glossy home mag
azines recently carried an ar
ticle about the use of the BERN
in California.
The BERN, it said, is just an
old mound of earth thrown up
before q mansion to keep out
the stares, fumes and lights Of
modern traffic.
Looking around his home
neighborhood in Chevy Chase.
Md, Templeton Jones could
find no single home where such
a mound could be installed.
The places simply weren't
big enough.
Evidently one has to live in
California.
The east front of the Chevy
Chase Club. he decided. really
is a BERN.
The effect secured with the
long stone wall. with plants
atop, and the old-fashioned
carriage house at the Quincy
street entrance. is that Of the
BERN.
Oficials believe that the
whole set-up does protect the
club building from the noise
and glare of Connecticut ave-
nue. traffic at its height.
There may be places out in
the far country where a real
BERN occurs. but Templeton
Jones does not recall them.
The idea is one to play with,
however.
The word BERN" comes
from the French "berme."
They are great for putting an
re" on the ends Of words.
The word originally meant
a narrow shelf, part or edge at
the bottom or top Of a slope.
Any walk in the Woods
shows many berms Of this sort.
Modern United States calls
the shoulder Of a road the
BERN.
In the days Of the l850s and
for some time later. local
United States talk spoke Of the
bank of a canal opposite the
towpath as the BERN.
The idea Of the bank seems
to be it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05
Driving Rules

The mounting number of
manned and dead caused by
automobile accidents is worthy
of the consideration and best
thought of each individual
driver. When we step into our
cars we should realize that we
are responsible for the safe
guidance of thousands of
pounds of metal whose death
dealing procliyities are very
great, and we should resolve
each time we drive to not only
obey the rules of the road
meticulously. but also the rules
of politeneSs and consideration
for the other fellow which we
normally follow when we are
not driving. There is created
a feeling of egoism in the
breasts of some confirmed
"Milktoasts" when they sit
behind the wheel, a sense of
power and Importance which
they do not otherwise enjoy.
The ordinary rules of courtesy
are out the window.
Too many accidents occur
because Of the cup that cheers.
A conscientious driver will alb
stain from even one drink if
he keeps in mind his RESPONSE
bility to pedestrians, to his
passengers and to his fellow
automobiles. Persons who are
affected with defective hearing
or eyesight, who are suffering
from fatigue or from diabetes,
epilepsy or other acute or
chronic deviation from health,
should not expose themselves
and others to danger by at
tempting to drive.
Automobile manufacturers
should be enjoined to discon-
tinue their emphasis on speed
and large size in the construc-
ton of cars. The addition of
seat belts, fiberglass dash
boards and unbreakable glass
should be made to the equip
ment for all cars.
The motorist has an obliga-
ton to keep his car in good
repair and car inspection is
required in the District every
year. There is. just as much
necessity for medical inspec-
ton of the owner at the same
intervals. No license should be
given to anybody unless he can
show a current automobile in
surance policy of sufficient
size to reimburse the victim of
his carelessnesS for repairs to
his car and for his medical and
hospital expenses in case of
accident.
The drunken drivers license
should be revoked permanent
ly. If all recipients of traffic
tickets Except if they are for
{ a few minutes overtime park
ing) were required to be tried
in court, with the attendant
loss of time from work and the
other inconvenience involved,
there would be less necessity
for so many traffic tickets.
Insurance companies could
help by offering substantial
reduction in premiums to mo-
florists who have had no acct
dents during each year pre-
ceding the payment of the
premium and by increasing
the cost to those who have had
accidents.
James A. Cannon, MD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05
10y of Sufferinq'

Inc cauStlc remarks about
presidential aides, in your May
26 editorial. "The Joy of Suf-
fering," were unjust. You say
Presidential Secretary Howard
Pyle said the wrong thing in
the wrong place at the wrong
time" when he declared in
Detroit, where there is wide
spread unemployment, that
the right to suffer is one of
the joys of a free economy"
What Mr.. Pyle said was the
truth, though an ugly truth,
which offended labor in our
democracy in an election year.
That seems to be his crime.
Yes, "the right to suffer is
one of the joys of free econ
omy," just as "the right to
prosper" is. If they keep on
raising wages annually, the
price Of a commodity has to go
up with it. Since the wage
increase helps only a small
portion of the entire consum-
ing public, people who have no
wage increase and have a
fixed income must restrain
their desires to buy the goods
that high labor produces.
Hence, the inevitable interrupt
ton Of production and conse-
quent unemployment. Labor
has the right to strike and the
right to get higher wages; the
right to enjoy the fruits Of
high wages. Then why not to
suffer the consequences of poor
labor leadership? Quoting
Herbert Spencer. "while men
continue to be members Of a
social unit, they cannot vio-
late the life principles OF So
ciety without somehow COM
ing back to themselves"
J. II. Poladian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05

party to choose. Negroes are
almost forced to regard all
politicians as mere opportun-
lists on this subject, for none
passes that critical test of sim
cerity. The unhappy result is
bloc voting. which all thought
full Americans must deplore.
If both presidential candi-
dates would avoid the support
of segregationists as stren-
uously as. for example, they
would Communist support.
we might hear the last of such
distractions as "the Negro
vote" or the Jewish vote"
This would be a victory for all.
Warren w. Morse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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@. Who wrote the words Of
"Fair Harvard? -D. o. A.
A.sThe writer Of Americas
oldest college song was the
Rev. Samuel Gilman, who was
graduated from Harvard in
1911. He wrote Pair Harvard"
for the university's bicenten-
NAL celebration in 1886. and
was rewarded with an honor
airy degree by Harvard at the
next commencement.
@. What is the name Of the
tropical tree which produces
an edible milk2--R. F. c.
A. Cow trees" a name
given to a9number Of trees Of
different families, when pierced
produce a milky Juice which
is used as a substitute for milk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05

ment. which so exclusively controls this
Federal City. In comparison with other
world capitals. Washington is far behind
in this respect. But we believe the
opportunity is here for demonstration
of partnership between Government and
private enterprise in supplying real
need, so difficult to obtain without partic-
ipation Of both.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iUriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SGtton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05

One tree (Brosimum galacto-
dendron), which grows in Ven
ezuela, has a highly nutri-
tious milky juice with q creamy
odor and a taste recalling that
Of cows milk. Upon exposure
to air 1t becomes yellow and
gradually thickens TO a some
what cheesy consistency. The
natives fatten on the milk
Of this tree.
Q What is a hire purchase
plan?-B. G. S.
A. This is the British name
for what we call instalment
buying. The national associa-
ton which keeps track Of this
type OF credit in Great Britain
is called the Hire Purchase
Trade Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05

Lentopic
They say
a prayer
A day
viii keep
The DeuA
Array.
Nellie Amos
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-05-18
Tips on Touring
BY Carol Lone uuuus.u,.
Women's TruveI Authority

Americans are notoriously
gadget-minded, and none more SO
than the motorist. To keep them
happy, the accessory manufactur-
ers have come up with new items
just in time for the summer tour,
ing season.
The adjustable comfort cushion.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-05-18
OH Conservation
Club Plans Annual
Fishing Derby

Oak Harbor Conservation is
sponsoring its annual Fishing
Derby Sunday, June 8, at the Rocky
Ridge Quarry, which is owned by
Virgil st. Clair. Membership in the
Club consists of over $50 members
from all over the county. Over 200
children participated in last years
Fishing Derby and this years event
is expected to be larger and more
elaborate. Rules and regulations
for the Derby will be published at
a later date.
DR.. L. j. Darr is president of the
organization, Cy Franck has been
named General Chairman of the
Fishing Derby an dwill be assisted
by Vaughn Sherman and Albert
Tiltin; Safety Committee members
are Merlin Budd, Parker M >ore,
Alvin Gerner; Prize Committee,
John Edwin, Floyd Witter, Phil
Van Rennsealer; Concession Com
mittee, Carl Stiger, Charles Ravas.
Fred Lieske, AL Van Alta, Dean
Lytle; Bait and Tackle Committee,
DR.. Gene Taylor, Rollie Paulsen
and Richard GuntSch.