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compared to Kefauver. He
chose to enter the primaries
in five States to make this
demonstration Minnesota,
California, Florida, Illinois and
Pennsylvania. He was drawn
into the Oregon primary.
where he defeated Kefauver in
a write-in contest by a very
considerable majority.
Kefauver did not enter
either the Pennsylvania or
Illinois primaries. His friends
attempted a write-in vote for
him in these States, but failed
to make any kind of showing.
Kefauver lost. too, when he
bucked a slate of uninstructed
delegates in New Jersey.
headed by Gov. Meyner. On
the whole. the primaries have
been good to Stevenson. Ke-
fauver won the primaries in
Maryland. Indiana and Wis
consin without opposition from
Stevenson.
1t is noticeable that Steven
son won the Florida primary
because he is regarded as a
moderate" and lost the Min
nesota primary for the same
reason. This may or may not
have an important bearing
when the national convention
starts balloting for a presi-
Dental nominee. Hartman
and Gov. Williams of Mich
igan are among those potential
nominees who have denounced
the idea that the Democrats
should nominate a mod
crate
However. Stevenson has the
active support of such strong
New Deal-Fair Deal DEM
ocrats as Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt. widow of the PreSi-
dent; Senator Lehman of New
York. Mayor Wagner of New
York, and former Representa-
tive Helen Gahagan Douglas
of California. He has been
Endorsed. too, by the Amer
leans for Democratic Action
along with Hartman and
Kefauver-and that is no
moderate organization.
Comeback Changes Picture
Stevenson began the pre-
convention campaign last De-
cember as an odds-on favorite
"a faSt-moving front runner
for the presidential nomina-
ton. He received a severe
check when he lost in the
first two primary States, New
Hampshire and Minnesota.
The Minnesota defeat severely
shook some of his supporters.
None of them. however. threw
up the sponge and deserted.
But the loss in Minnesota I'M
doubtedly caused other poten-
tial and expected supporters to
stop, look and listen. His come
back since those defeats has
changed the picture materially,
and if he wins in California
the Stevenson band wagon will
be rolling.
Let it be said, however, that
Senator Kefauver and his sup
porters have by no means
given up the fight. He, him.
self, claims a moral victory
in Florida where Stevenson
outran him only by about TO-
900 votes. In addition, Ke-
.fauver has come off with six OF
the Florida delegate votes to
% for Stevenson. The Ke-
fauver forces are in this
California fight to the finish.
with no holds barred, so far as
they are concerned.
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THE POLITICAL MILL
By GOULD LINCOLN
Stevenson Looks Like Winner

LOS Notwithstanding a
bolt of Southern delegations in
the Democratic National Con-
vention over the party plat
form. Adlai Stevenson today
looks to be an early-ballot win
ner of the 1856 Democratic
presidential nomination. For
two reasons: Cd His victory
over Senator Estes Kefauver
in Florida, though narrow, in
dicates he will have the sup
port of many Southern dele
gates as a moderate" and 90
he probably will win the Cali
fornia presidential primary
next Tuesday, again over Ke-
fauver.
A Stevenson victory in Cali
fornia. however, is a sine qua
non for the former Illinois
Governor and party standard
bearer in 1852. The anti-Ste-
venson forces, with Kefauver
as a battering ram, will do
their utmost to stop Stevenson
here. If they fail. Kefauver
will cease to be a real threat
for the presidential nominal
ton. The only chance under
such circumstances to defeat a
Stevenson nomination will lie
in a deadlocked convention,
with Gov. Averell Hartman of
New York and favorite-son
candidates conspiring to bring
this about.
Delegates Likely to Stick
If he wins CALIFORNIA; SO
delegate votes, Stevenson will
go into the convention in all
probability with more pledged
and otherwise promised dele
gates than any other potential
candidate. This is the role
played by Kefauver in the
1852 Democratic National Con-
vention. The Kefauver dele
gates in that convention did
not stick to the Tennessee SEN
ator. Stevenson's delegates in
the coming convention are
more likely to remain firm.
Also. Stevenson already has
promises of many delegates to
vote for him on a second or
third ballot.
Kefauver, it is expected, will
enter the convention with the
second largest number of
pledged delegates. Whether
he can turn these delegates,
or a material number of them.
over to Hartman or another
candidate is extremely doubt
full. 1t is under such circum-
stances that the Southern
delegates become a determin-
ing force. If they decide to
go for Stevenson as the pre-
ferable nominee over other
Northern and Western potential
candidates, they can in all
probability swing the nomina-
ton to him. They constitute
a large and important bloc
in the convention.
In the preconvention presi-
Dental primaries. Stevenson
has outdiStanced Senator Ke-
fauver in every State where
they have met head on, ex-
cept Minnesota and New
Hampshire. In the latter State
Stevenson did not enter per-
sonally. but his friends put in
a slate of delegates favorable
to Stevenson" and all were de-
feated by Kefauver delegates.
Stevenson chalked up victories
in Oregon, Florida. the District
of Columbia and Alaska. If
he can add California to the
list, he will have demonstrated
his vote-getting powers. as
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ICTC Stakeholder View

I own $500 shares of Capital
Transit stock. am 80 years of
age, was born in Washington,
D. c.. and am still a taxpayer
there 1 have been retired for
Is years and am resident and
voter in Ventnor. N. j. While
living in Washington, 1 was
secretary of the Washington
Board of Trade, president of
the Washington Stock Ex-
change. treasurer of the Wash
ington Auditorium Corp, a vice
president of Hamilton National
Bank and served on many in
augural committees.
l first purchased CTC stock
go years ago and have had
some of this stock for a long
time. I receive The Washing
ton Star daily, keep in touch
with the transit situation and
feel qualified in expressing
views on same.
1 am opposed to that part
of the transit authority bill
that provides for selective con-
demnation of property. as this
would be a hardship to the
$500 stockholders. Members
of Congress were ill-advised
when they relied on the advice
of the Commissioners and
D. C. Public Utilities Commits
sion and Cancelled the etc
charter.
Had the Public Utilities
Commission granted the COM
pany fare increase to meet
the demands of labor. the
strike would never have hap
pened. When they did grant it,
the strike ceased. There is no
question, and the Commission
ers and Public Utilities Com
mission agree. the road is
adequately managed. Should
the authority" wish to ac-
quire the company, it should
do so in its entirety and issue.
say. $40 million 3 per cent tax
free bonds. redeemable by lot
million per year,, instead of
borrowing $40 million from. the
United States Treasury. I am
quite sure stockholders and
Mr.. WolfSon would accept
these bonds.
Further, the rail lines should
not be scrapped. An all-bus
line would be smelly" and
perhaps create smog and
would be dangerous ON icy
streets and hard to load at
the curb.
All that the stockholders
request is fair and equitable
treatment.
Christian ]. GOcke1er.
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Clarifying Speed

IF I could guarantee that
my audience would see a man
get killed. I could fill our
largest stadium"
I don't know who first made
that remark; but the annual
auCo race at Indianapolis on
Memorial Day recalls it.
Thousands attend. to get a
thrill" The lure that sells
the tickets is danger = the
chance, the likelihood, that
one or more drivers will be
killed. The morbid thrill
seekers hope to witness dra-
matte death, with screaming
tires. twisted metal, and flam-
ing gasoline.
Speed = SenseleSs. crazy.
murderous speeds the grim
reaper that Strews our high
ways with thousands of blood
smeared corpses annually.
Auto races emphasize and
glorify speed and make heroes
and popular idols of dare
devil" drivers who gamble their
lives for cash.
I suggest it would be in the
public interest to outlaw auto
races. The stamp of public
disapproval would help. psy-
chologically. to discourage the
amateur dare devils who roar
along our highways with the
conceited notion that they are
supermen at the wheel and
can control a car at 70, 80, 80
m.p.h. and up.
Auto races have no place
in a civilized society. How
about stopping this form of
commercialized suicide, which
panders to the morbid?
Franklin Ford.
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Pans USIA

There was som e I hing
pathetic. something bordering
on hysteria. in the recent
letter signed Truth Against
Lies" and praising the U. S.
Information Agency. That it
was written by some USIA
employee is apparent. I have
evidence that the USIA is not
accomplishing its mission. and
is an amateurish agency vast
ing money. l think it should
be abolished.
The agency is putting on
the air every day programs in
English that are neither help
full nor sensible. One program.
entitled Panorama of Amer
ica.' is silly. apparently not
rehearsed, and is really hurt
full to the American cause. On
several occasions I have felt
it necessary to protest to the
agency about pro-Communist
broadcasts; again, I have felt
that some broadcasts were
wholly apart from historical
truth, and have told the
agency so. I have listened to
diatribes against various per-
sons and countries that were
lacking in facts. immature in
presentation, and stupid in
composition. One. recently,
in English, tried to cover the
whole world in Is minutes,
and was childish.
Summing up about the Eng
fish language .broadcasts. l
classify them as the worst that
can be heard in Washington,
poorer in quality and content
than those from the numer-
Gus European countries. in
Guiding all the Iron Curtain
countries.
The USIA has practically
abandoned broadcastS to Gen.
trail and South American
countries, though these are
important to us.
Another curious phase is
that. when some friendly coun-
try is sending us news and
entertainment, the USIA usu-
ally begins using a short-wave
channel so close that 1t ip-
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THIS AND THAT
Rv CHARLES TRACEWELL

go away and try someplace
else.
Sometimes the bluebir d
house entrance is too large.
The diameter of the hole
should not be more than one
and one-half inches.
There should be no perch.
and the hole should be six
inches above the floor in a
house whose total height is no
more than eight inches.
All this. however, cannot
insure the bluebirds will get
to keep their house.
This is natures way OF
treating her children, and
there is not much we can do
about it, except to be vigilant
and to hope.
One sometimes finds a nest
built on the ground, where the
busy feet of children, dogs and
cats roam.
The birds seem, to the OBJ
serving human, to be very
silly.
Wouldn't it be just common
sense for them to place the
nest up a little, say in bush?
Nature decided that long
ago.
1t would not.
She tells her creatures how
to operate. by making it pos
sible for them to succeed, over
the long run, as they develop
ways and means.
The nest on the ground
usually is hidden in tall grass.
and provided the grass is let
alone. the eggs and nestlings
have a good chance Of coming
through alive.
49,
So we see that interfering
with nature, in one way or
another. is one way human
beings have Of doing i'll to the
birds.
This, Of course, cannot be
helped.
All one can do is the best
one can. Countless persons.
every spring. try to protect
bird nests as well as they can.
and often do surprisingly well.
After a nest is found, the
thing to do is to let it alone.
and try to keep prying people
from watching it too much, as
this will disturb the birds and
may even cause them to ny
away and stay away.
AS to whether a disturbed
pair of bluebirds will return.
that is in the lap OF the gods.
as the saying Is.
The best one can do is to
put out raisins.
These tid-bits will attract
them. one may hope.
Our own bluebird expert
ence has been worse. Just one
pair, in IS years, and they re-
NAMED only one day. Since
then, a beautiful house has
gone untenanted.
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primaries, will be bigger test. Once
again, Mr.. Stevenson is the favorite and
he has virtually all of the organization
backing. If he can swamp the Tennessee
Senator in this last-lap test on Tuesday
he will be well on his way to taking the
Democratic nomination. But if he loses,
or If he just squeaks through as in
Florida, you can pay your money and
take your choice as to what will happen
when the Democrats gather in Chicago.
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Trials and tribulations of
bluebirds in a starlings' world
are pictured by w. A. D., jr.,
of Silver Spring, who writes;
For several weeks I had
been happily watching
charming pair of bluebirds
building a nest in my bird
house. These are our first in
several years.
"All had been going well,
until yesterday. l had chased
away some nasty starlings
when l noticed the straw
pulled partially out of the en-
trance and I found three
broken eggs at the foot of the
tree.
THE box is about six feet
from the ground with no limbs
below it.
THE bluebirds came back
once, and haven't seen them
since.
Il suspected possum, that
visited us last year, but this
morning I saw those starlings
poking their heads into the box,
and l wonder if they are the
culprits.
"a cat couldn't reach it and
remove the eggs, so / am at a
loss to solve this mystery.
Meanwhile am desolate at
losing my bluebirds.
do you think they will re-
turn?"
Starlings are always up to
tricks of this sort.
1t is one of the black marks
against them.
Other species are accused OF
the same thing, notably the
wrens, which will stand and
peck at each others eggs If
they can reach them. That is
why it is better to have no
perch outside a birdhouse en-
trance.
People who have specialized
in placing bluebird houses say
that lower down is best, on a
post not more than four feet
from the ground.
This tends to keep both COM
mon sparrows and starlings
from trying TO enter and take
over.
The danger from cats, at the
lower position, is not too much
to endure. evidently We must
realize that cats and birds
have been living in the same
world together for centuries.
II cats destroyed as many
birds, or even half as many.
as some claim they do. there
would be no birds left by this
time.
The only sure way OF pre-
venting starlings from taking
over a bluebird nest is to
frighten them away as often
as one can.
Thus discouraged. they may
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Gratitude

Through huShed Twilight ring
inc
Like chimes of glass, breese-
bloDn,
Melody outpourino.
Adoring.
A hermit thrush is singing
Gods goodness to his oDn !.
Harold Willard Gleason .
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Demands Accounting

I congratulate the George
Washington Medical School on
the receipt Of the splendid
100000 Ford Foundation gift.
Persons interested in animal
welfare are anxious to know
what amount Of that sum has
been allocated to provide the
necessary exercise pens for
their laboratory animals.
Mrs. r. A. West,
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terferes with the foreign
friendly broadcastS. But have
never known the USIA chan
nels close to the Communist
channels to interfere with
their broadcasts. not even the
broadcasts from Sofia, Buda-
pest or Warsaw.
Some time since, USIA de-
cided to broadcast to France
from the Library of Congress.
The USIA speaker rehearsed
the program before recording.
then completely changed the
questions put to the Library
speaker. so that the resultant
recording. when put on the air,
was weak and amateurish.
All of the foregoing has
been collected. with much
more, while listening to Short
wave broadcasts brought in
on a powerful radio.
Charles Coulter.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used n
letters carry writers' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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The only sure way OF pre-
venting starlings from taking
over a bluebird nest is to
frighten them away as often
as one can.
Thus discouraged, they may
Evening star., 1956-03-30

With BILL LEETCH

haven, Va. Taken on a buck
tail this is the largest striper of
record ever caught off a Virginia
beach with rod and reel. 1t is
known that these big stripers
inhabit surf waters well down
the Carolina coast. as they often
are taken in nets. A catch of
one of any size with rod and reel
is rare, however.
And here's some more Vir-
ginia fishing news. Skip Ahalt
of the Sport Fair in Arlington,
Va, reports that Dave Thomp-
son brought in five nice small
taken from Goose Creek
below the dam last Sunday. The
fish hit a Lucky 13 lure in frog
color, and wouldn't take any
other bait. They ran in size
from IL to is inches. We drove
up through Virginia to Martins
burg, w. Va. this week. then
back to Harpers Ferry. Frederick
and SO on home All streams
were flowing clear with plenty
of water. Even the Monocacy,
which was quite high. was run
ming green water, good sign.
x n
Gus Berlitz of Deale, Md. asks
us to make note of the next
meeting of the Chesapeake Bay
Western Shore Chapter of Ike
Waltonians at Capt. Johnnie
Manifold's restaurant, Deale,
Md, April 2. at $3.50 pm. There
will be a prominent speaker, door
prizes, and the public is cordially
invited.
Still not much news Of the
white perch although a few are
being caught nedi OiIt .-oe
Sisters. Still too cold for them
to take hold well. We need some
nice warm, sunny weather to
start them really hitting.
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CONTEST RULES

J.. The contest is open to all bows, and
girls currently attending grammar school,
high school or prep school
.. The object is to pick the lineup in
the proper batting order for washington
In its opening game against the Yankees
April II In case of q postponement,
the first Washington game. whether
home or away will be used. THE SEN
ators are scheduled to play their frst
three games at home. all against the
8. Entries must be submitted on an
oficial entry blank or a typewriter
facsimile. Entry blanks will appear
frequently in The Star.
4. Entries must be printed or type
written.
Batting Order Contest.
Grifith Stadium.
Washington /. D. C.
8. Entries must be postmarked no
later than midnight, April 10
z. Prizes will be awarded as follows:
The entrant whose batting order comes
closest to matching the actual batting
order starting the game will receive a
new Benrus wristwatch and two box seat
tickets to opening day, IL SUNDAY and
two holiday baseball games at Grihth
Stadium. The next 10 best entrants
will receive offcial baseball bats for boys
nd autographed baseballs in the case
" 8. In case of ties. the entry bearing
the earliest postmark will receive primary
9, All entries become the sole prop
Under no circumstances will entries be
rafnrnad
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Senator'S Contest Offers
Staggering Possibilities

he could mimeograph entry
blanks and thus send in thou
sands of entries. The ruling was
based on the fact that the use
of such a mechanical device
would give him an unfair ad-
vantage over others with no
access to such a machine.
st. Stephens School has. a
candidate for the honors in Tuck
Rumberger, 13. of 81 Fort Hunt
road, Alexandria. Tuck likes
Jerry Snyder to open at short in
place of Jose Valdivielso, who at
last reports from Orlando is in
Dressen's 'doghouse."
Tuck's lineup reads: Eddie
Yost, 3b; Dick Tettelbach, If;
Runnels, 2b; Roy Sievers, Id:
Carlos Paula, IF; Snyder, SIS:
Karl Olson. CT; Clint Courtney.
e, and Cluch Stobbs, p.
One of a thousand entries re-
ceived to date, Tuck's selections
have been filed at the ball park
office. Remember, all boys and
girls from grammer school
through prep school are eligible
and the first prize includes a
new wristwatch and two box
seat tickets to games at Griffith
Stadium on IL Sundays. two
holidays and one other day.
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| |Frenchmun Plans
Fust Stort in Bid
For Upset on TV

NEW YORK, Mar. 80 (R-
Cherif Hanna of France hopes
to benefit from stablemate Char
ley Humez' mistakes and upset
Carmelo (Chubby) Costa. a 2-to-l
in a televised 10-rounder
between featherweight contend
ers tonight at Madison Square
Garden (WRC-TV. Channel 4, in
Washington at 10 p.m).
The baby-faced. 25-year-old
Partisan watched Humez, the
European middleweight cham
pion, take two rounds to warm
up against Tiger Jones in the
Garden last Friday night. The
slow getaway cost the rallying
Humez the split decision by the
narrow margin of point, n
II will be out punching from
the opening bell," Hanna vowed,
Il realize the first round counts
as much as the last in the cor
ing"
Hanna, who knocked out Rob-
ert Cohen, the bantamweight
champion, in the 10th round De-
cember 10 has a 23-1-1 record.
Costa, the No. 3 contender, has
a 1924 mark.
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Ten Boats Enter
Mcmillan Race

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 80 (Spe-
ciaD. - The Mcmillan Cup Re-
gatta, one of the few collegiate
sailing races for larger boats,
will be held in Annapolis Harbor
tomorrow and Sunday with the
Naval Academy as host.
The 10 competing schools will
use the academy's 44-foot Class
"B" yawls in the two races. To-
morrow's race starts at 10 am,
while Sundays competition gets
under way at noon.
In addition to Navy, schools
represented will be Georgetown,
Brown, Massachusetts, Tech,
Coast Guard Academy. Harvard,
Bowdoin. Merchant Marine Aca-
denny, Princeton and Drexel.
Navy won the Mcmillan Cup
last year with 21A points ahead
of Princeton's 1914. Points are
given one for starting, one for
finishing and one for each boat
beaten,
Evening star., 1956-03-30

DETROIT, Mar. 80 (R.-The
Detroit Red Wings have cleared
the first hurdle in their drive
toward a third straight Stanley
Cup hockey championship.
But blocking the way to that
achievement-matched by only
one other club in National Hook
ey League history-are the Mon
treal Canadiens, the team that
kept the Wings from an eighth
consecutive league title this
season.
The Red Wings were at their
championship best last night
as they galloped toa 81 deci-
sion over the Toronto Maple
Leafs to enter the final round.
They wrapped it up in five
games, the Leafs lone victory
coming in the fourth game in
Toronto Tuesday night.
Five times in the series De-
troit found itself behind, and
four times the Wings came back.
1t was a bruising series and the
Red Wings will get only two
days of rest before tackling the
Canadiens in Montreal tomor-
row night in the best-of of-seven
opener.
The Canadiens required five
games to eliminate the third
place New York Rangers, too,
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Wings, Conodiens Open
Cup Finals Tomorrow

but wound up that series earlier
lin the week. So along with the
problem Of facing the cham
Ipions, the Red Wings must do
it without a break in the
schedule.
The two clubs have met In
three Stanley Cup showdowns
and Montreal has yet to take 1t
all. The Canadiens lost to De-
|troit in four games in 1852, and
in hectic. seven-game series in
1854 and 1855.
Another victory in the finals
for Detroit would match the
record Of the Toronto clubs of
|1947-48-49 In sweeping three
straight Stanley Cups. It's the
14th appearance in hockey's big
Igest battle for the wings, and the
18th for the Canadiens.
Two timely goals by Alex Del
Vecchio in the first period en-
abled the Detroiters to come
from a 10 deficit and bag the
deciding victory last night. Ted
Lindsay scored the final Detroit
goal in, the last minute of play.
After Rookie Dick Duff gave
the Leafs 10 first period lead
Iat 5:34 on a toss from Ron
Hurst, the offensive show was
practically all Detroit.