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Evening star., 1956-12-26
Adventist Church
To Note Founding

Members Of the Review and
Herald Memorial Seventh-day
Adventist Church will celebrate
the 25th anniversary Of the con-
gregation's founding Friday and
Saturday In the Church. 1905
Forty-second place, Hyattsyille,
Md
Elder p. D Nichol, editor OF the
denominstion's publication, Re-
view and Herald. will speak At
the II am. service Saturday. He
served as the FIRST pastor Of the
church. 1924
The history Of the church wiil
be presented In pageant form at
7.30 pm Friday. A social will be
held a. 7 pm Saturday In the
Washington Missionary College
gymnsaiun, Takoma Park. Nd.
Elder John r. Lnof. the present
pastor. came 70 the church this
month.
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1855 Inspection Stickers
Still Legal on DC. Cars

There are number Of auto
mobiles running around District
streets still bearing 1855 motor
vehicle inspection stickers. But
IL is probably perfectly legal.
Traffic Director George T..
Keneipp explained that those
with 1855 stickers probably had
their cars inspected late in 1855
or early 1856. when his depart
ment was still operating in the
1855 registration year.
Automobile inspections start
anew each April /. BY mid-Jan-
uary most Of the routine inspec-
tons have been made. From
then until the end Of February
people who have been out Of the
city when their regular inspec-
ton date came around are taken
care Of. This year all OF these
will get 1855 stickers.
The 1857 stickers won't be
attached until March, when
inspections are usually reserved
for those registering their cars
for the FIRST time In the District
and obtaining new license plates.
Mr.. Keneipp said there may
Be 10000 cars with 1855 inSpec-
ton stickers. He SaId the inSpec-
ton service can take care u
that number easily In the time
remaining.
II there are Some driving cars
Evening star., 1956-12-26
NATIONAL GALLERY
DISPLAYS MANET
MASTERPIECE

The National Gallery Of
Art has acquired and placed
on exhibition one of the
greatest masterpieces Of the
French artist Edouard Ma
net. Gallery Director John
Walker announced today.
The painting, entitled lie
Chemin de Fer" is a bequest
Of Horace Havemeyer OF
New York in memory of his
mother, Louisine w. Have
meyer.
Most Of the painting was
executed in the garden Of
Manet's friend Alphonse
Hirsch, whose daughter
posed for the child. The
model for the older woman
was Victorine Meurend,
whom Manet painted on
other occasions.
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/ lion on 100-odd pictures and
statues to put in the SIS million
gallery Mr.. Mellon was going to
build for the Nation.
Mr.. Finley was the gallery's
director until Mr.. Walker sue
ceeded him last July.
The gallery itself was not to
open until March. 1941. But
there was a lot to be done in
cataloguing the pictures and pre-
pairing them for exhibition, as
well as working on plans for the
building.
Kress Gifts Added
Magnificent as Mr.. MELONS
own collection was. it would have
ratified around in the five-and-
a-half acres of exhibit space.
The art density would have been
less than 80 pictures to the acre.
But before the building was
ready. Mr.. Finley persuaded the
Samuel H. Kress Foundation to
make the first Of its series Of
opulent gifts to the gallery.
There were many more pic
lures in the Kress collection
Originally planned to fill a pri-
vate Kress Gallery in New York;
than could be accommodated
Mr.. Finley and Mr.. Walker had
to decide which OF the pictures
should be chosen.
Only about one-third Of the
Kress collection Of art remains.
The wedding out-or "distilla-
ton" as Mr.. Walker prefers to
call the process-has been largely
the work Of the present director.
Influence Increased
The KresS Foundation has con-
tinued to make large gifts, as
have other individuals and foun-
dations. Because OF this con-
tinuing influx Of great pictures.
and because Of the skill, taste
and diplomacy Of men like David
Finley and John Walker. the Ma
tional Gallery Of Art has risen
70 the very top rank OF the
worlds art galleries.
Mr.. Walker says that David
Finley's incredible ability to per-
suade collectors that their works
OF art would be OF greater public
service, and more beautifully dis
played. in washinzton--in the
aew National Gallery-made pos
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sible this extraordinary develop
ment."
One Of the National Gallery's
important claims TO pre-emi-
nence. Mr.. Walker believes is in
the balance of its collections. He
says that "the visitor can see
here the development Of painting
and sculpture from 1900 to the
present time as in very few gall
leries in the world"
In this respect. he believes,
the National Gallery ranks only
with the Louvre in Paris. the
National Gallery in London
(which was Andrew MELONS
ideaD and the Berlin Museum
(before the Russians looted it,
Gallery Rating Heightens
Each Of these three galleries
is notable also for the number
Of what he calls "pilgrinsge
paintings" individual MASTER
pieces OF such universal bril-
lance that people travel thou
sands OF miles just TO stand in
their presence. The National
Gallery has perhaps $50 such
paintings. And although the
Louvre and the London gallery
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RombIines

A sign on a Route so restau-
rant pleads: Come on in and
eat before we both starve." +.
A reader reports this sign
on a dry-cleaning establish
ment on Columbia pike: Sea
sons Greetings, 7 TO 7 on
Weekdays, Until 6 on Satur-
days" -.
Evening star., 1956-12-26
Police Probe
Murder AnqIe
In Death Here

Death of a 41-year-old me-
Ichanic whose body was found in
Ia vacant lot Christmas Day is
regarded as a murder until
proved otherwise" police said
today.
Inspector Aubrey M. Tolson.
acting chief of detectives. said
men from homicide, the robbery
squad and second precinct are
working on the case.
Maurice Vaillancourt of 1925
Thirteenth street NV, died of a
ruptured liver. Deputy Coroner
Christopher j. Murphy an
nounced after an autopsy. The
injury could have resulted from
a fall or heavy blow, the post
mortem indicated.
Still warm, the victim was
found in the rear Of 1017 P
street NV, his wrist watch and
a wallet containing SIS missing.
Capt. Richard j. Felber did
not discount murder. but he said
| if fall produced the fatal in
Jury, Mr.. Vaillancourt could
have been robbed as he lay un-
conscious in the vacant lot.
Movements Traced
One phase of the investiga-
ton is an attempt to trace
the mans movements after
he left his home to go to mass.
He was found about lao am,
but it has not been determined
whether he reached church. The
body was found a block north
of a direct route between his
home and the Immaculate Con-
Iception Church at Eighth and
N streets NV.
In looking over the scene yes
terday Capt. Felber said the
man could have fallen on one
of several pieces of masonry left
from a razed building. His gray
flannel suit bore only one muddy
stain on the knee. He had only
n cents, a rosary and a book of
matches in his pockets.
Spotted by Couple
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Tim
mons of 1017 P street NV. saw
tn body in the lot behind their
home. Mrs. Timmons told po-
lice she saw the man shortly
before her husband returned
home and that when they both
looked again, 1t had turned
slightly. He was pronounced
dead by a Casualty Hospital
physician.
Mr.. Vaillancourt, a native of
Quebec and an Army veteran.
was identified nine hours after
his death by Federal Bureau of
Investigation fingerprints. He
was an employe of the Standard
Pressing Machine Co., 11O9 Ninth
street NV. and made his home
with a sister, FRANCHISE Vaillan-
court. a Mayflower Hotel en-
ploye.
He also is survived by an
other sister, Mrs. Richard c.
Parks Of 2l25 Thirty-sixth
place Sc.
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may have a greater number, Mr..
Walker believes that his gallery
is CLOSING the gap rapidly"
Such galleries as the Prado in
Madrid and the Ufiiz in Florence
also have great pilgrimage
paintings" Mr.. Walker comedies,
but they do not have such
rounded collections as the great
est galleries.
Oddly, a gallery which does
not belong in the same league
with these great national mu-
seums is the one Of which Mr..
Walker is especially fond. He
once confessed that the small
Phillips Gallery at Twenty-first
and @ streets NV. had the at
mosphere he most enjoyed in a
picture gallery.
It is small, rather informal
and leans heavily on the modern
works Of which its Greater. Dun
can Phillips, is such a connois-
seur. Mr.. Phillips is also a trus-
tee Of the National Gallery.
The stately chambers Of the
National Gallery produce a very
different effect. The windowless
walls are covered In damask,
Italian plaster or oak panelling.
There are comfortable couches
for visitors. but no ashtrays.
Beautiful-looking rooms are a
problem 70 a gallery. How can
information about the paintings
be provided without cluttering up
the walls? Mr.. Walkers an
swer is an innovation introduced
about a year ago.
I In lieu Of a handbook to the
entire gallery. which he would
like to see prepared some day
(the collection keeps changing
so fast that no complete cata-
logue has been published since
the first one). Mr.. Walker has
started leaving small pamphlets
on several gallery tables. each
describing the pictures in that
room.
Few Are Discarded
Visitors are invited 10 help
themselves and more than 1884,
900 Of the pamphlets we're dis
posed Of that way in less than
a year.
The touching and wonderful
thing about IL. Mr.. Walker says.
els that We haven't found more
Evening star., 1956-12-26

with 1855 stickers who received
notice TO have their cars re-
inspected and are fiouting the
law. they may be assured the
police either are or will be on
their trail
Evening star., 1956-12-26
Conveniences

Eleanor O'MalIey reports
the Fathers Club of Our
Lady Queen of Peace Church
was selling Christmas trees
on church property, with
several teen-agers acting as
statesmen.
Someone had built them
a rough shed for warming
themselves on the cold eve
nings. Passing by, she had
noted they'd built a fire,
and three or four of them
were around IL, warming
themselves.
On one particular eve
ming, she noted a larger
group of boys crowded into
the Shanty. In front Of
them was a large-screen
televisiOn set someone had
lugged in to provide the
comforts of home.
Evening star., 1956-12-26
Pitfalls


ping at canapes and slipping
at cocktails for many a WASH
ington party season reports
on an encounter.
At one holiday party, he
was edging his way toward
the bar when he bumped into
a small blond. There was
some conversation, then both
headed for the bar.
He handed her a drink.
Are you married?" the
blond asked.
At that moment, he saw,
over the blond's shoulder, a
familiar face, its owner lis
tening interestedly to the
conversation. 1t was his wife.
The wife, as if the question
were meant for her, leaned
forward and said, Eyes, I'm
married"
Are you, dear?" asked the
blond. And where's your
husband?"
The wife'S humor came to
the fore. She pointed to a
man standing alone against a
wall. The blond's eyes wild
ened.
Why, that's my husband!"
she said, Indignantly, and
marched off to rescue him.
Evening star., 1956-12-26
The
Rambler
Ticket Puncher
Packs q WoIIop
BY JACK JONAS

A lady in Southwest Wash
ington is convinced it requires
nerves of steel to round out a
life in the Nations Capital,
where anything can happen
and usually does.
This lady reports she
boarded a streetcar at one Of
those turnaround places, and
was waiting for it to start it's
trip toward the downtown
section.
AS the Streetcar began to
pull out, a group of young
sters leaped from hiding, ran
alongside the slowly moving
car and forced open the rear
door, effectively halting it.
The operator speedily
opened the front door and
leaped outside.
The next thing the lady
passenger heard was the
sound of a shot, rapidly run
ming feet, and the shout of
the operator: Next time, l
won't miss!"
AS the operator climbed
back aboard he noticed that
his lady passengers complex
ion was the color of a good
grade Of bond paper.
II used this" he explained,
holding up one of those foun-
tain pen shaped pistol CAD
gets. Had a blank in it.
II had the same trouble last
night-but I'll bet I won't be
bothered again."
Evening star., 1956-12-26

Spry
Another lady who stopped
by a news vendors cart was
SO much lavender and old
lace it seemed she should be
home with her rocking
chair and knitting instead
of bucking the crowds on
Pennsylvania avenue.
Her eyes lit on a display
of diversified badges bear
ing such legends as 81 Like
Elvis" and Il Hate Elvis."
She pointed to the one she
wanted.
what are you going to
do with it, lady?" the news
vendor asked, curious.
'1'm going to wear it," she
snapped.
The one she picked said
II Want ElviS for Christ
mas"
Evening star., 1956-12-26
Wife Had Intuition

"she also had an intuition that
war was coming in Europe" Mr.
Walker says. That's more than
"a lot Of diplomats had"
He made two trips 70 Wash
ington that year TO work with
David Z. Finley on the collection
for the new gallery, and came
to stay in 1899.
DAVID Finley. Andrew MELONS
secretary, friend and adviser
had helped the millionaire spend
between $50 million and $40 NIL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11

sacredness of such Catholic rites
as Baptism, Confirmation, the
Eucharist, Matrimony, Penance,
the Last Amounting, and Holy
Orders-the dePutizing of the sue
cessors TO the Apostles.
The Sacraments were in posses
sion of the Church and in daily
use before single line of the new
Testament was written. People
we're being received into the
Church by Baptism long before
there was a New Testament. They
were receiving Confirmation,
were being married according TO
Christ's teaching, and praying
over and amounting the sick.
Christ did establish His Church.
He did deputize His Apostles. and
their successors. 10 continue His
teaching. He did promise that His
Church would endure forever, and
could nor fall into error. But He
nerer did say: "All My teachings
shall be in a book. Read and
believe nothing else"
An interesting pamphlet ex-
planning Catholic teaching will be
sent in plain wrapper on your re-
quest, and nobody will call on you.
Write for Pamphlet No. MG-28.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11

Many sincere people regard the
Bible as the sole authority for
Christian belief.
And they reject the teachings of
the age-old Catholic Church be-
cause these teachings and forms of
Catholic worship are not men,
toned by name in Holy Scripture.
Where" some will ask. does
the Bible say anything about the
Mass or Purgarory? And how
about confession TO a priest, pray
ing to Mary, and those seven
Sacraments you Catholics talk
about? They're not in MY Bible"
Although everything contained
in the Bible is true, yet the Bible
is not the sole source of all truth.
We know that Christ established
His Church that the Church
existed long before the Bible was
completed :. that millions lived
and died in the Savior's truth
without ever having seen a Bible
But we are willing to set aside
these historical truths for the
moment and Judge Catholic be-
liefs and practices by the Bible.
Take first the fact that the Bible
does nor mention the Mass or
Purgatory by name Well. neither
does it mention the word Bible
by name. Furthermore nowhere
within its covers is it stated what
are the writings which contain the
inspired Word of God. The only
authority you have for this is the
word of the Catholic Church,
which preserved and collected the
Scriptural writings and put them
between the covers of book.
The word Sacrament" mean
ing a sacred rite, is not used any
where in the Bible. But Holy
Scripture does make clear the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
U.S.. Caught Talking Out of Turn

blance of NATO unity in the
explosive Middle East, the
State Department has re-
Trained from taking sides
openly lest it offend either the
Greeks or the British and the
Turks. But there has been a
good deal of activity between
Washington and the capitals
of these three allies in an
effort, not to settle the prob
lem but to avoid break from
which only the Communists
could profit. The State De-
partment was favorable to the
demands for self determine
ton on the part of the Cyp-
riots, but it did not believe
that this was the time to force
a decision by violent means.
The gesture" of the de-
partment may have some mild
effect on Greek public opinion,
which has been told by the
propagandists that America
ranges itself on the side of the
British and the Turks. But it
has caused a storm of indig-
nation in Britain, where we
are being denounced as stab
bling them in the back. 1t may
have also some unfavorable
repercussions in Turkey, where
the people and their govern
ment insist that if the Brit
ish abandon Cyprus, the is
land must revert to its pre-
vious owners. that is to say
Turkey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
DORIS FLEESON
Hallway Strategy in New Hampshire
Only Added to Kefouver's Triumph

-. New Hampshire shows that
the American voter has very
little use for half-in, half-out
Strategy.
=, Supporters of Adlai Steven
son tried to make some easy
capital for him in a State he
refused to enter. They were
humiliatingly rebuked and
have succeeded only in in
creasing the value ard dimen-
sions of Senator KefaWer's
victory in the Nations first
presidential primary.
President Eisenhower and his
managers have been working
the same type of squeeze on
Vice President Nixon. Nixon is
not out, they say, and he's a
fine fellow, but he's not in
either and won't be until after
the Republican convention re-
dominates the President next
August.
{ The immediate result in New
Hampshire has been a sur
prisingly large write-in vote
for the Vice President. 1t ap-
pear sto be over a third of
the total received by the Presi-
dent, whose name was on the
ballot while Nixon's was not.
The Kefauver Stevenson
story is fairly obvious. What
happened on the Nixon write
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15

in will be the object of much
careful examination.
The Vice Presidents sup
porters can be expected to
contend that it was a spon-
taneouS outpouring of SYM
pathy and comprises proof that
the party approves of him. Ger
tainly the size of the write-in
was wholly unexpected.
Yet there is evidence that
Senator Bridges and the
G. o. P. right wing of which
he is the senior statesman
went to some trouble to pro-
mote pro-Nixon sentiment.
This is the group that would
have rallied behind Senator
Knowland of California had
the President refused to run
again.
With Eisenhower up again,
KnoWland's bid has collapsed.
The seven candidates in New
Hampshire who had filed for
him were all defeated. 1t could
be that those who share the
views of the Republican right
figure their best chance of ex-
pressing themselves now lies
with the Vice President.
Such reasoning would not be
difficult to understand. 1t is
the Eastern internationalist
wing of the G. o. P. which has
expressed doubts about Nixon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
Stevenson Given Fair Wornino

He cannot be expected to like
them too much, which opens
up the sympathy avenue for
the right wing.
1t was Senator Bridges who
took soundings in his State
months ago and warned Know
land it would be utterly USE
less to buck the Eisenhower
tide.
The Presidents 1852 CAM
paign manager in New Hamp-
shire was Gov. Sherman
Adams, now his principal
White House assistant. Adams
steered clear of the present
primary, reasoning that he
would only muddy the waters.
He and Bridges are political
foes.
On the Democratic side the
New Hampshire primary was
of vital Importance only to
Kefauver. Had he slipped there
the refrain that "a vote for
Kefauver is wasted because he
can't be nominated" would
have risen to a shout, This
was the principal ammunition
OF the Stevenson slate. Also
the Kefauver campaign con-
tributions, not heavy now,
would have dried up.
Stevenson chose Minnesota
as his big test. He is now on
notice that Kefauver does have
vote appeal and that he had
better take the Senator in their
head-on collision in that State
primary next Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Timing of Statement on Cyprus
ChoIked Up as q Colossal 1Boner

marked the demands Of the
Cypriots since last year and
the bitterness of the feelings
in the Greek kingdom have
been inf1amed by Communist
agitators with the connivance
and support of the USSR. The
outbreaks have increased in
proportion ever since the
USSR has injected herself in
the Middle East by espousing
the cause of the Arabs and
selling Egypt and Syria arms
at bargain prices with the
sole intent of starting another
war "by proxy" in that area.
A conflagration in the Mid.
die East would necessarily in
volve the United States and
Great Britain while Russia
could sit on the sidelines and
profit from our distress.
Until the British publish
their expected white Book"
an official and documented
statement about what hap
pened in Cyprus before de-
portation of Archbishop Ma
karioS - the United States
should have held up all judg-
ment. The British authorities
in Cyprus contend that the
prelate was the source OF the
violence in the island and that
he melted the population to
use, not passive resistance, but
guns and bombs against the
constituted authority. And
that, say the British, smacks
of Communist methods.
1t is admitted in Washing
ton that Cyprus is at the pres
ent time the most important
strategic location in the Med
iterranean. 1t is only a hop
and a skip for the British Air
Force and its paratroopers in
the event of an intervention in
that area.
Because of these strategic
considerations and also be-
cause the administration was
anxious to preserve a SEM
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Nixon's Future Is Clarified

argued on the radio and In
many articles in the press that
the two major parties should
each name a first-rate Vice
President-as if that wouldn't
happen in both cases this
time. But actually the Re-
publicans will have a first
rate vice presidential nominee
in Mr.. Nixon, and the real
problem will be how to find a
first-rate presidential nominee
as well as vice presidential
nominee for the Democrats.
Personalities are important
but issues are far more pow
erfuI None of the Democratic
spokesman has crystallized the
issues of an effective OPPOSE
ton.
President Eisenhower's per-
sonal popularity is a Repub-
lican asset but it didn't elect
him in 1852. What elected him
then was the Nations disap-
proval of the Truman policies.
AS for 1856, it will not be the
Presidents or the Vice Presi-
dents popularity, respectively.
which will bring victory. but
the approval by the country of
the administrators policies
and a desire to see them con-
tinued.
The Republicans will have
to fight hard to win. There are
many obstacles to overcome.
Mr.. Eisenhower this week has
overcome one of the biggest
party dissension. BY his UNI
equivocal Endorsement of Mr..
Nixon, he has done more to
restore party harmony than
anything a practical politician
cOulQ nave acnleVeQ.
What Mr.. Eisenhower needs
most of all now is to have his
public policies expounded eff
fectively. Even the Republic
cans who will vote for him do
not necessarily indorse all his
acts. There is no such thing as
a 100 per cent record for any
President. Differences will al
ways develop on highly con-
troversial issues. But the voter
this time will have to decide
whether, all things considered,
the dynamic conservatism"
which has produced economic
prosperity and the common
sense leadership in interna-
tional affairs which has main
tanned peace are to be upset
now for an era of expert
mentalism and fundamental
change in public policy.
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