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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
OUR PRESIDENTS
BY HONORE M. CATUDAL

Agreement on "uncondi-
tional surrender" of the enemy
in World War II was reached by
President F. D. Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Churchill at a
conference which ended Is years
ago today. Was it Yalta, Cairo
or Casablanca?
2-The American general, who
first used the phrase "uncondi-
tlonal surrender" in battle, was
twice elected President. Who?
3-Who was President when
James w. Marshall discovered a
small nugget of gold at Suffers
mill in California. 1903 years ago
today. and started a new epoch
in American history?
ANSWERS on Next Page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
A WORD
TO THE WISE
BY MRS. FRANK COLBY

The best story book is-your |
dictionary. You don't believe it?
Let's take q prowl through 1t at
random, and see what we can
uncover. !
A big-mouthed, pretentious
speaker is said to fill the air with
BOMBAST. Literally. such a
thing is impossible. for the word
comes from the Old French bonn
bace. cotton" Later, bombast
designated any soft material
used for stuffing or padding. BY
extension, then. bombast today
means IAN inflated or swollen
manner of speaking"
The schoolboy BY JIMMINYi
has grown out of a sacred Roman
oath. The twin stars, Caster
and Pollux. are known by the
title Gemini, the Latin word for
twins" The Romans regarded
the stars as gods, and they used
to witness their most solemn
VOWS by Gemini!
No word has more horrid i'm
plication than CANNIBAL. Yet
we read into the word meaning
that. literally, 1t does not have.
The Spaniards borrowed the
term from the Carib Indian word
galibi. which meant nothing
more shocking than strong
men"
Did the name DANDELION re-
suit from a fancied resemblance
of the flower to the luxuriant
tawny name of a feline Beau
Brummell? No; dandelion is
simply a corruption Of the
French phrase. dent de lion, "a
lions TOOTH" probably from the
toothlike edge Of the leaves Of
the plant.
Why is a TUBEROSE so called,
since 1t is neither a tube nor a
rose, but dubious herb with q
lilylike flower The name tube
rose is an erroneous translation
Of the Latin tuberosa. which
means having tubers; tuberous.
Thus we see that the imperfect
Latin of some long forgotten.
obscure botanist attests the truth
Of "Shakespeares observation:
THAT which we call a rose by
any other name would smell as
sweet"
Many among us take pride in
CULTURE-that is, in refine
mont Of taste, in appreciation OF
things intellectual and esthetic.
Basically. though, culture is an
earthly, bucolic word that means
literally "the cultivation or filling
OF the soil" This is not sur
prising If we recall such familiar
words as agriculture, and horti-
culture.
distributed By McNaught Syndicate Inc !,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
Why We Say ...

NOT SCOTLAND: Although
bagpipes are additionally the
foremost musical instruments of
the Scot, they are not Of Scottish
origin. The bagpipe was intro
duced into Scotland by the Sean
dinavians who invented 1t as a
marching instrument for invad7
ing, ironically enough, Scotland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
The Dalmati2n

Today show the "irehouse favorte'-the Dalmatan.
Originating Damatia. Europe before $780, dog is
large and strong with lots Of endurance.
Often found in rehouse the Dalmaans good watch
dogs and faithful pets.
Dams father is fireman and his dog is avore with the
of Hook and Ladder Co. No TO- His official
less Fire-Ladde but Dan calls him Spotty
this picture cardboard and color
with Dan helmet with white shield
shirt and top Of his boots red but his pants dark blue
Spoty white with black The end Of
pink
Cut out the picture carefully Fold dog
dotted line and fold the panel forward small
sketch.
Moore Higgins Newsfea ture)
TOMORROW: The French Poodle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24

You can't vote in the Dis
trict II you don't register. Now
Is the time to qualify. Regis
tration headquarters on ground
floor OF the District Building.
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INT Pass 3V Pass
~ All pass
In today's deal Mr.. Dale had
no possible chance of winning
any high card tricks against the
four-heart contract. Therefore,
he properly chose to lead his sim
gleton diamond in the hope OF
getting in one or two rufus.
Mr.. Champion took the first
trick with the ace Of diamonds
and returned the 10. Mr.. Dale
ruffed and unhesitatingly led
back a spade. MIR. Champion
won with the ace and gave his
partner a second diamond ruff to
defeat the contract.
This was a Misunderstanding re-
suit on a hand which was ice cold
for five no-trump. With her ace
less and completely square hand,
Mrs. Keen would have done bet
ter to bid three no-trump on the
second round, in spite Of her
holding four Of her partners
hearts.
Lucky" remarked Mr.. New,
the avid kibitzer. referring to the
defenders success against the
four-heart contract.
What do you mean, lucky?"
barked Mr.. Champion, with
whom every good result is cred7
tied to skill and only bad results
are charged to luck"
Lucky that Dale returned a
spade instead of a club at the
third trick" explained Mr.. New
eff he had returned a club, Abel
could have won and picked up
the trumps. Then Dale wouldn't
have had his second diamond
ruff"
Mr.. Champion snorted. You
should know it was no accident
when Dale returned spade" he
said. Il knew he had a single
ton diamond. When he ruffed
the second lead of the suit. he
had to know whether to lead
back a club or a spade to me.
If had wanted club. the lower
of the other two plain suits, I
would have played my lowest
diamond. the deuce. But since
wanted the higher of the other
two plain suits, I played back
my highest diamond, the 10. You
see that, don't you?"
No" said Mr.. New.
Don't break in" Mr.. Cham
pion snapped. "You want to do
all the talking. Surely you can
see that when I returned my
highest diamond I asked Dale to
lead back the highest suit. That's
simple enough. l commanded
him to return a spade"
II see it now. king" said Mr..
New in mock humility.
This may sound trivial" broke
In Mr.. Dale. but anyone
care for a rubber of bridge?"
(copyriRht 1856. General Features Corp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24

Ny recent mail indicates a
lively interest in suit preference
signals. plus considerable mis-
understanding as to the proper
uses of this valuable convention.
North dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
NORTH
(Mrs. Keen)
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WEST EAST
(Mr. Dale) (Mr. Champion)
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(Mr. AbeD
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The bidding:
North East South West
INT Pass 80 Pass
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24

A-24 THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D c.
TUESDAY, JANUARY "a, 1855
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AT $4,000 for One Step,
Noel Coward Stays Put

PLYMOUTH, England, May II
(R.-Noel Coward, ardent advo-
cate of nearly everything Eng
fish, reluctantly refused today to
set foot on his native land
because of British income tax
laws.
"Ah, this beautiful England, +"
sighed the actor-playwright as
he looked at his country through
the portfolio Of his transatlantic
liner. lone step on dear old Eng
land for me now and it's $4,000
pounds ($70.000) gone bang"
Mr.. Coward, Sc, is presently
beating a strategic retreat from
her majesty's collector of inland
revenue. He is retaining his
British passport, but is estab-
fishing residence in less taxable
parts Of the British empire.
A taxpayer who stays away
from Britain for a complete tax
year-April to April-can claim
that he's lost his residential
status and therefore is exempt
from paying the high income
tax Of the United Kingdom.
MY residence is now Jamai-
ca" Mr.. Coward told newsmen
who came aboard the ship dur
ing a brief stopover here. and
in an aside added: "Still Brit
lsh, old boy. I'm shortly moving
to Bermuda--also still British. +"
Mr.. Coward said he spent
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eight weeks in England last year
and the tax collector relieved
him of $4,000 pounds.
so, he said with a touch of
sadness. "I've got to wait until
after next April--when my tax
year is up-before I can return
to Britain. Even then it'll be
as a visitor and a strictly nom
taxable one"
Il would like everyone to know
that I'm still tremendously and
violently British and that every
thing ] write will still be i'm
pregnated with that spirit" At
the moment his latest play,
South Sea Bubble" starring
Vivien Leigh. is running in Lon
don. It is about a British gov
ernor Of a small island.
Mr.. Coward. whose prolific
writings have earned him thou
sands Of pounds and dollars, said
people once spoke and wrote Of
him as a millionaire.
Completely untrue" he said.
Eighteen months ago I found
l was overdrawn at the bank.
Now I'm preparing for my old
age. My aim in the next few
years is to accumulate enough
to live happily. But it's going
to be hard work"
Mr.. Coward said he was on his
way to France.
For a couple Of weeks Of fun. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-17
Convict Killed,
Riot |sQue||ed

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, May II
(R.-One convict was killed and
several wounded today in a
short-lived riot at State Prison
at Raiford. Gov. Leroy Collins
to an emergency meet
ing of the cabinet.
Gov. Collins said Warden De-
witt Sinclair had advised him
the riot was under control and
outside help would not be needed.
However. the Governor said he
had ordered Adjt. Mark LANCE
Of the National Guard to investi-
gate to determine if troops were
required to maintain order.
The Governor said he had sent
his administrative assistant, Joe
Grotegut. to Raiford as an OBJ
server and had instructed the
Florida highway patrol to give
the prison all needed help. Raj
ford is about SO miles west of
Jacksonville.
Gov. Collins said Warden Sin
clair had telephoned him to re-
port that a group of convicts
awaiting work assignments in a
prison compound had suddenly
become rebellious and broken
into a recreation storage room
where baseball bats and other
sports equipment is kept.
The Governor said the warden
broke of the phone call, saying
he had just heard gunf1re in the
compound.
A few minutes later, Gov. Col
Inns said Warden Sinclair called
back and reported that one con-
vict was dead and several others
hospitalized.
Gov. Collins said the riot ap-
parently was the result Of a
demonstration Of protest by the
convicts against some phase of
prison administration. He said
Warden Sinclair had given no
indication that the rioters at
tempted to break from the
prison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-17
Army Reopens
Risk Firing
Carpenters Case
Will Be Reviewed
BY L. EDGAR PRINA

The Army has agreed to take
another look at the security risk
firing of William B. Foster, a
carpenter employed on mon
sensitive" work, in the light of
the recently disclosed Brucker
directive ending automatic guilt
by-aSsociation in military per-
sonnet cases.
This was revealed today by
officials who said that Army
Secretary WILDER Brucker had
granted request by the Seattle
Urban League that it be given
the chance to discuss with the
Army a rehabilitation of the
Foster case.
Mr.. Brucker, in a telegram to
Mary Farquharson. Urban League
secretary, advised that Frank G..
Willard, Army general counsel,
would be his representative for
the discussions. No exact date
has been set for the talks, but it
is likely they will be held May
% or 30.
How much of a real review
of all the factors in the case will
be undertaken by the Army de-
ponds on the outcome of Miss
Farquharson's interview with
Mr.. Millard, it is understood.
Star Revealed Directive
The Brucker directive, which
was dated October II, 1855, but
which was made public only
about two weeks ago, called a
halt to automatic guilt-by-
association, guilt-by-kinship and
guilt-by- character reference. 1t
stated that an individual must
be found sympathetic to sub
versive aims before he may be
labeled a security risk.
After the directive was pub
lished in The Star for the first
time, Hugh M. Milton II, Assist
ant Secretary Of the Army, said
that the Army would give serious
consideration to extending the
directive to cover the civilian
Iemploye security program. Mr.
Brucker's decision to talk about
the Foster case again appears to
involve such an extension.
In its request to Mr.. Brucker
the Urban League noted the
splendid criteria" of his military
directive and urged that the
See SECURITY, Page IA
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stated, commenting also that it
was situated only a few blocks
from the Federal Triangle and a
retail shopping center.
The Government appraisers
said that in arriving at a fair
value they estimated the cost
Iof reproducing the house at
about $500 but deducted about
40 per cent for depreciation.
OF this, the opinion said: q. (.
so the premise upon which the
award stands was that a small,
sound, brick house, with modern
improvements, located within
easy walking distance of the
Federal Government buildings
and the retail shopping district
was in 1854 worth on the market
only about half what it would
have cost to build"
Called Doubtful Figure"
The court continued: g. a
fiat reduction of 40 per cent of
building cost rejecting merely a
straight line depreciation adj
Ijustment, yields a doubtful fig
ure in a market valuation"
The opinion declared:
This is not an ordinary liti-
cation between a person and the
Government. The citizen is not
seeking something. The Gov
eminent is here taking a per-
sons private property. 1t is
taking the highest form of prop
erty known to the law, the prop
Ierty most zealously protected by
the law-the persons own home.
"a mans right to own a home
lis as much civil right as are
his rights to speak his mind, to
read his newspaper, or to assem-
BILE with his neighbors ."
Sees Sale to "Entrepreneurs"
The opinion pointed out that
"the land agency is well pro-
vided for by public appropria-
ton, and it is engaged in a
business venture on a grand
See NEW TRIAL. Page Ak
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-17
New Polio Cases
Decline for Week

Only IS new cases of polio
were reported last week, COM
pared with 205 in the correspond
ing week last year.
A Public Health Service
spokesman, disclosing this today,
said "the present reports look
very favorable but it is still toe
early to say what impends for
the remainder of the year."
The IS cases during the week
ended May IL compared with
101 in the similar week of 1852
which became the record year
for polio.
The health service said there
was no way of telling now
whether the use of Salk vaccine
was being reflected in this years
low figures.
Since the polio disease year
started about April /, there had
been 480 cases up through May
II. compared with 1888 a year
ago. For the calendar yeai
starting January / there hao
been 1,548, compared with 1901
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-17

had told him it was none of his
business how they obtained the
great numbers of documents,
some apparently coming from
the Army's Fort Monmouth radar
laboratories.
Robert Morris, subcommittee
counsel. said earlier that Black
is the chemist who testified at a
closed hearing last week that he
had supplied technical industrial
information to the Russians for
a number of years.
Gold, a former Philadelphia
chemist, who is serving a 30
year prison sentence as an
atomic spy, told the subcommit-
tee on April 26 that while he was
working for the Pennsylvania
Sugar Co. in Philadelphia in 1894
Black had asked him to obtain
information for the Russians on
company processes.
He quoted Black as telling him
that if he would obtain details
of these processes. I'll see they
are turned over to the Soviet
Union" Gold said he agreed to
the request and later went on
to serve as an atomic spy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-17
President, General
Recall Old Times
BY the Associated Press

President Eisenhower and Re-
tired 1t. Gen. Floyd L. Parks
reminisced today about their ex-
'periences as young officers in the
Army.
Gen. Parks called at the White
House to give the President a
life membership in the National
Rifle Association. Gen. Parks,
who retired last February 20 as
commander Of the I'd Army, now
lis executive director Of the asso-
citation.
He told newsmen he and Mr..
Eisenhower used to shoot to-
gether when they were at Camp
Colt at Gettysburg, Pa. in 1918.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-17
FATHERS GIFTS
MAKE FAMILY RIFT

DIVORCED FATHER-The Fother
OF teen-ose children finds his second
wife objects to his gifts to them. Reed
whot the FomiIy Council odvises on
The Stor's Feature Pose, c..
TEMPEsT-No teapot but the Fol0er
Shakespeare Library wos the scene Of
q lecture on the first English opera.
Reod the story by The stor's music
critic on poee Abb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-17

assignment TO participate IN the
1910 assassination of Leon
Trotzky in Mexico.
Black said he still fears he
may meet a fate similar to that
of Carlo Tresca, a radical he
said was slain in an Office build
ing in New York in January,
1943. He said Tresca was tried
in Moscow" found to be an
enemy of the working class"
and was executed" by Soviet
agents.
Portly. Sandy-haired Black
was the only witness at a public
hearing before. the Senate In
ternal Security subcommittee.
The subcommittee, however,
placed in evidence the transcript
of testimony by another witness
who told of having helped to
handle in Moscow thousands
of secret United States docu-
ments delivered to him by Soviet
secret police during World
War II.
This witness, a Russian whose
identity was discussed under the
false name of ''E. Andriyve." tes-
titled behind closed doors yes
terday. He said the secret police
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Hall and Butler PIedqe
FoirFight, Then BIowLids

President Nixon and Senator
Mccarthy. Republican of Wis
consin, had made such charges
in the 1852 and 1854 campaigns
with the support and backing of
the Republican National Com
mittee.
Mr.. Hall shrugged his shoul-
ders and grinned at reporters
when Mr.. Butler referred to the
party of treason" statement
After both had signed the pledge
and shaken hands, several times
at the request of photographers
Mr.. Hall was asked to comment
on what Mr.. Butler had said.
"Strange Statement"
That's a pretty strange state
ment to make when you sign a
pledge Of this kind" Mr.. Hall
said.
He then recalled that he had
offered a $1,000 reward for any
one producing the statement by
Mr.. Nixon referring to the Dem
ocratic Party as the party of
treason. His reward still stands,
Mr.. Hall said.
Mr.. Butler retorted that the
Hall statement was a play on
words" He added that the
words Of Mr.. Nixon and Senator
Mccarthy in the two campaigns
were a clear violation Of the
pledge signed by chairmen Of
both national committees for
the first time in the 1854 cam
paign.
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against a home owner and or
dered a new trial.
The ruling may, if it stands,
cost the District Government
millions of dollars more for its
Southwest redevelopment pro-
gram.
A Government spokesman said
the Justice Department was
studying today's opinion with a
view to possible appeal to the
Supreme Court.
The majority opinion was
written by Judge E. Barrett
Prettyman and concurred in by
Judge Wilbur K. Miller. Judge
George T. Washington dissented
Bought House for $3.50
The case involves the home of
Mrs. Mayme j. Riley at 1923 Del
Ieware avenue S.W.
Mrs. Riley, who carried on the
litigation under a pauper's oath
with the assistance of the Legal
Aid Bureau. bought the house in
1851 for $3.50 on a 3O-year
mortgage. She spent 1887 on
improvements making the total
cost $4,000.
When the property was seized
in June 1854 by the RIA as part
|of the Southwest redevelopment
plan, she still owed $4,000 on the
house. 7
The appellate court pointed out
that the jury award for the
property in March 1855 was
$50, 800 less than it's purchase price
plus improvements.
1T left the owner without the
house and owing some $1,000 on
her purchase money notes." the
opinion pointed out.
Deducted for Depreciation
Government appraisers valued
the house, two-story. six-room-
and-bath brick building, at be-
tween $500 and $1,000. The
house was built about 1900 and
contained a new gas-fired hot
air heating plant. 1t had large
front and back yards, the court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-17
Picture on Poee "A

ttStute on To9e At
--~-~-------~-~-%-~
Md, the fireman on
one of the BROS shiny new
three-car self-propelled Diesels.
The Baltimore-bound train,
travelling at perhaps so miles an
hour or faster, whisked under
the South Dakota avenue NE.
overpass just as an out-of con-
troll car crashed into the side
railing overhead.
Two 8-foot sections of pipe 8
inches in diameter fell from the
bridge and crashed through the
windshield of the cab, striking
Mr.. Weber on the right shoulder
and face.
Railing Carried 800 Feet
Engineer Harry R. Baker, also
of Brunswick, halted the train
as soon as possible. The
pieces Of railing were carried
from 300 to 500 feet down the
track and one was buried S feet
in the ground.
A physician passenger, DR.
Grant Lucas of 1888 Fifteenth
street NV. found that Mr.
Weber was dead before aid
could be administered. The train
made its usual stop at the Hy-
Iattsville station and the body
was taken off there and removed
to the Gasch funeral home.
Mrs. Elizabeth Enz, So, of 1926
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-17
By CECIL HOLLAND

Chairmen Leonard w. Hall of
the Republican National Com
mittee and Paul M. Butler of
the Democratic National Com
mittee met today and signed
pledges of fair campaign prac-
tices-and then became en-
broiled in a bitter verbal battle.
Their argument dispelled a
sweetness and light" atmosphere
that had prevailed for less than
five minutes at a news confer
ence called by Charles P. Taft of
Cincinnati. chairman of the Fair
Campaign Practices Committee
Mr.. Butler set of the ex-
change in a statement declaring
the code Of fair campaign prac-
tees signed by him and Mr.. Hall
was mot something to be ex-
tolled now and forgotten next
September and October"
Fraudulent" Charges Hit
The Democratic chairman
then referred anew to what he
described as fraudulent and
baseless charges like party OF
treason and :traitorous con-
duct" as not only violating Tia
code but "endangering our whole
political system"
Mr.. Butler did not directly
refer in his statement to the Re-
publican Party. but in the subse-
quent set-to with Mr.. Hall he re-
Ipeated his statements that Vice