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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-13

BETHESDA. WYNGATE-spaciOus
brk. rambler. close TO schools,
transp. Three bedrms. and den,
liv rm. with hrepl., din. area
scr. pch., fiagstone patio. fenced
rear I'd: $4,000: trades consid-
cred. GEO. W. ROBERTSON,
REALTOR, 1895 Wis. ave. OIL.
oO1Oq. avas EM O-00Ob
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SNAIL DOWN PAYMENT, choic

N Arl. loo. Close to Walter Reed
schools 3 bedrms. brick con-
struction with full bsmt; sep din
rm.. mod. kit: fenced rear yard
small down payment, Sl6,500
ARLINGTON REALTY CO., 1900
Wilson blvd IA ~uQO0
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HOUSES FOR sALE-MD.
ROCKVILLE

Are you looking for a home with
a very low down payment? We have
several available with settlement
charges only. some for immediate
occupancy. SIGLER AND CO
tMDD, LO. 4-1977.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-13

FAIRFAX. va. 3 and bed,
room houses. for sale and rent
CRETE REALTY, CIR. $4,000
FAIRFAX-3 bedroom. Ia bath
brick rambler on choice 2-acre
corner location. Many flowers
shrubs and fruit trees. Living
room with fireplace, equipped
kitchen with eating space. large
tiled recreation room area, full
basement. PENTAGON REALTY
CO.. Realtors. CIR. 3-0544. Open
ewes. til : pm. week days, closed
GnndaNS Eairfax Va
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HOUSES FOR sALE-MD.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY

alta VISTA-3-bedrm. brick ram
bier with gorgeous l4-acre wooded
lot. walking distance to schools
and transportation. Priced for
immediate sale AZ III ;591; EN- EN-;
REALTY, INC. ewes. OIL. 4-l343.
ALTA VISTA. real cute bedrms
plus paneled den, rec. rm:, huge
attic; terrific charm. beautiful set
tina; Si5.a5O. FRANK s. PHIL
LIPS, INC, OIL. 2-7O06; ewes.
OIL. 6-SO76.
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CHEVY CHASE; $1,000 CASH
bedrm. 2-bath brick with porch
patio: mr.. schools, transp. aAc
Shopping. Priced in 20S. OIL
2-6l34. ewes, AID. 2-2s32. TEL
LINGO REALTY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-13
HOUSES FOR sALE-N.E.

CATHOLIC UNIV. AREA-1l-rm.,
3-bath. det. home; Just painted
and modernized full bsmt..
kitchens. Terms to right purchas-
er: Sl6,5O0 ME. S-l5Sl. EN-
3-354S. JOHN r HOKE
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CHEVY CHASE-New spacious brk
rambler; Il rms, Pa baths, 2-cal
garage. . fireplaces, porch. fine
location. Priced very low thirties
Attrac financing. Trade consid-
cred. W. CLIFFORD SHERTZER
Realtor- Builder. OIL. 6-S342. OIL
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BErHEsDA. close in-3-bedrm., .

BETHESDA. close in-3-bedrm,. .
bath brick Colonial. with loyely
ist-f. den and lavatory; priced
in low EOS. FLA approved, en-
.,-S9OB DISTRICT MARYLAND
REALTY, INC; ewes, OIL. 2-4S34
BETHESDA-New center-hall brick
rambler; 4 bedrms., > baths, al
on | floor: large liv. rm.. sep. din
rm.. full daylight bsmt. with
huge rec, rm.: 50 800. BILLINGS
a,t.s M a0SSI
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CHEVY CHAsE-"Adult- type" ram.
bier. level lot: > beGrms.,.
baths. paneled library. sep. din
ing RIM. huge rec rm.. lear ga
rage; beautiful screened porch
close-in location: 9 am.-g pm
Call EN-. 1900. METZLER
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SILVER SPRING

Immaculate brick Colonial. Three
bedrms.. tile bath, 22-ft. liv. rm
with firepl, sep. family-sized din
rm., equipped kit. with table space;
Only Sl7,950.
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LcANTAIEnl - sNeOs ~ W

MASS. AVE. EXTENDED. Wood
acres: on a secluded tree-shaded
lot-3 bedrms., = baths, separate
S Sinlhe top o osn ahp ton oT esn
Struction; mid-20s. Call SHAN
NON a. LUCHS CO., KE. 7-lSOO
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ARGYLE-LAYHILL = 5 twin-sizt
bedrm. 3-bath brick; huge family
kit. with flrepl.; rec. rm., garage
. acres. OIL. .-6l34; ewes: 10
5-4952. TED LINGO REALTY.
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WOUDLEf HILLS CheVerIy area
1901 51th ave.-By OWNER.
onDeneE isss ,n. pnt GO n He ,r mo1 d
payment and settlement, balance
in one trust: 30-yr loan: 3 or
bedrms. or 3 bedrms. and din.
rm, kit 12xl5, liv. rm. approx
l4x1S. 3 baths, = firepls. rec.
rm., scr. porch. built-in garage:
incl. dish washer, Leu. 1T. ice
box. l2-cu.-ft. deepfreeze. gas
stove. Take I'D to 4 mos. to de-
eide II you want to keep prop
erty, If not satisfied, owner will
S SnS PACK Of rei moStbi En na pagmen'
Price S1SR0n AP 7-lhhh
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$4,000 FIRST TRUST can be as
sumed on this charming brk.. home
to Tuckahoe SchooiW3 bedrms'. :
baths. scr. porch. formal din. nm.
rec. nm. tree-shaded lot. Asking
Sl9.950. with easy terms. For
further details call THE DARBY
CO.. Realtors. ia. 5-9393. ONCE
0Oen q 'tfI q
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SOUTHLAWN-S75O down. 3-bed-
rm. rambler; COW. Sc. location
equipped kitchen, radiant gas
heat. on bus line, mr.. school. AS
sumo Gil loan. l. c. MURRAY, Jr.,
IO H-3ho2 10 r-343A
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COUNTRY CLUB HILLS-Custom-
built rambler. Charming living
room, separate dining room, we'll
planned kitchen. paneled family
room with jalousie windows. mas
ter bedroom with private bath. .
other bedrooms and bath; full
basement with finished recreation
room, bath and built-in garage;
large lot. Only S34,S50. GEORGE
MASON GREEN CO., Exclusive
Rrnker la A-IA0n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-22
BY FRANCES LIDE

Former Senator Herbert H.
Lehman said last night he
would Judge it an act of gross
perfidy if the United States
Government should now try to
dodge or avoid in any respect
it's assurances to Israel"
He said he still refused to
believe that this country would
follow such a course.
But if it did. he said. I'VE
would inevitably forefeit the
respect of the whole world"
The New Yorker, who spoke
at a banquet winding up the
biennial convention OF the Ma
tional Council Of Jewish Wom-
en-. said that Israel withdrew
her forces from the strategic
positions they had occupied on
the basis of assurances from
the United States Government.
I'VE are now responsible for
the security of Israel" he
maintained.
The former Senator bluntly
criticized the policies of Presi-
dent Eisenhower and Secretary
of State Dulles in a review OF
events leading to the present
crisis in the Middle East.
The difficult prescription
of simple honesty is now called
for" he asserted.
Must Talk Straight
THE United States Govern
ment must start talking
straight talk to the Arab lead
ers and the Arab masses. We
must stop telling the Arab lead
ers one thing and the Israeli
leaders another"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-06
Pittsburgh in Loudoun?

1t is high time for the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad to let the community
in on its plans for industrializing the
Potomac River waterfront in Loudoun
County. There is natural reluctance
on the part Of any concern engaged in
the speculative purchase of real estate to
tip its hand too soon. But since acquir-
ing some 1,400 acres near Sterling, the
CeEO has been uncommonly coy as to its
Intentions Now the National Capital
Regional Planning Council-which OPP
poses industrial development Of this area
: has invited the railroads president,
Walter Tuohy, to sit down and discuss the
situation before going any further. BY
all means, Mr. Tuohy should accept that
invitation.
Despite the official silence, rumor al
ready has traced harsh outline of the
prospect The railroad, 1t is said, hopes
to attract number Of industrial plants
To its projected little Pittsburgh on the
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Potomac, Fronting among other things by
supplying them with coal. If this is the
intent, it is of course legitimate COM
mercial aim. But the community's inter-
est in the effect of such development on,
for instance, the esthetic atmosphere of
the Potomac Valley area also is legitimate
not to mention the interest in possible
injury to the Districts water supply,
which has its intake bit downstream
from the spot in question.
The C&O has agreed to talk soon
with the Loudoun County Planning Com
mission. This is nice, and something may
come of such meeting. But concern
over this business goes far beyond the
borders of Loudoun County. And dis
cusSion of the problem ought not to be
delayed until 1t is too late for the senti-
ment of the community to make itself
effectively felt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-06
Now It's BIuckmoiI

Secretary Dulles has come forward
with an added, different and quite unim-
preSSive reason for the State Depart
ment's refusal to permit American news
men to visit Red China
group of correspondents wanted to
go to Communist China last summer.
They were told in substance, however,
that they must not do so; that trip by
them to China would prejudice efforts to
obtain the release of 10 Americans being
held in Communist jails. Now Mr.. Dulles
seeks to justify the ban on travel to China
by stating that the Chinese have notified
the State Department that the prisoners
will not be released until the newsmen
arrive in China. This, he says, is form
OF blackmail to which the United States
should not submit If this country were
to agree, Mr.. Dulles thinks, unfriendly
governments everywhere would be
tempted to seize Americans and hold
them as hostages to gain concessions
from the United States.
This strikes us as ridiculous. Ameri-
can correspondents are in many UNI
friendly countries now, and the govern
mentS there are not grabbing American
visitors and holding them as hostages.
Nor do we think there is any likelihood
that they will do so. There may have
been some merit to the argument adj
vanced by the State Department last
summer. But we can see no merit what
ever In Mr.. Dulles current contention.
However, let's take it at face value Sup
pose Mr.. Dulles had been languiShing for
years in some filthy Communist Jail, and
could be released only If American corre-
spondentS were permitted to visit China.
How would he feel, in those circum-
stances, about this blackmail business?
He would feel, we imagine, pretty much
as the people now in Jail and their fami-
lies must feel-that the correspondents
should be permitted to come in so that
they could get out, and quick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-06
Spurs Blood Donors

There is a real need in our
country for blood for surgery
patients and accident victims,
not to mention the necessity of
stock-piling plasma for emer-
gency and disaster use. I'm
fortunately. the motivation to
donate blood is just not pres
ent.
How then can we give people
the incentive to donate blood?
/ believe it may we'll be by
allowing them to deduct a
fixed amount $50 to $25) for
each pint Of blood given 10 the
Red Cross, such amount to be
deducted from their income
tax as a contribution" (for
such it truly Isl.
While we may be discrim-
mating against those who are
physically disqualified from
donating. If the need is as
acute as we are led to believe,
some financial consideration
should be given to those who
literally give their life's blood
to their country and fellow
men.
Mrs. Arthur Baron.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-06
The Not-so-IittIe Prince

Some people are dubious about the
Middle East doctrine. Some people are
dubious about King Saud of Saudi Arabia.
But everyone, it appears, is dotingly
agreed that Prince Mashhur is Just about
the most dissolving child that ever came
into the foreign policy picture.
Because the Arabs do not share our
mania for precise information there was
some initial confusion about his age. He
was said to be six, then three-and-a-half.
There was never any question about his
appeal. With his huge eyes and his
pointed chin, he looks like gazelle. Ten
der though his years, he seems to have
grasped something of the responsibilities
of royalty. He smiles very seldom, which
has endeared him all the more When
confronted with cameras, he gives his
left-handed salute, over and over again.
The disapproval expressed in some
quarters over his father at the moment
seems to be evaporating in a chorus of
cluckings and cooings over the Prince.
His progress at Walter Reed has been
followed as closely as the conferences on
a higher level at the White House. AS
far as a lot Of people are concerned, the
first augmentation of the Middle East
ern doctrine was the fitting of special
shoes and brace for Prince Mashhur's
afflicted right leg. 1t is something they
can understand and approve of COM
pletely.
The King may not have known that
the inclusion Of one three-and- half
year-old in his copious and colorful re-
tinue would prove so diSarming. But If
a better understanding of the Middle
East is created through this visit, the
little Prince must be credited with play
ing very big part.
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Same Old Story

Like an old television movie, whose
plot holds no surprises for anyone, the
Potomac River bridge tunnel fight is back
with us once again on Capitol Hill.
We doubt that there is anything now
to be said about the relative merits of a
bridge versus tunnel at the end Of
Constitution avenue. Congress a year
ago, after extensive hearings, decided In
favor Of six-lane bridge. That project,
however, became enSnarled in a further
debate over whether the bridge should
have a draw span to give vessels easy
passage to Georgetown harbor.
Representative Broyhill now has
again introduced separate bills calling
for either bridge or tunnel. The Con-
gresham says he did so because he be-
lieves support for tunnel is strong
enough so that no crossing will become
a reality unless the bridget tunnel issue
is more firmly resolved. 1t is no secret
that Federal park officials, despite Con-
gress' rejection last year, have been hard
at work to keep the tunnel question alive.
If these efforts have been strong enough
to rekindle Capitol Hill interest, Con-
BLSoo ouOulu BcI vi Will Hearings do
quickly as possible.
The major argument of park officials
is that tunnel would be less objection
able esthetically than bridge in the his
toric Lincoln Memorial area. Certainly
such consideration has merit. AS In
previous hearings, however, this argu-
ment must be matched against whether
the Federal Government is willing to pay
for a tunnel and whether a tunnel, as
proposed, would adequately handle the
tremendous traffic needs of the Constitu-
ton avenue area. Finding the answers,
or new set Of answers, to these questions
should not require much time. Congress
should develop them in such way, how
ever, that the matter can be settled
once and for ALL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-06

Members of the National
Auditorium Commission are
10 be commended for the fine.
comprehensive report on the
cultural center for the Ma
tons Capital.
1t may be of interest that
Vincent B. Costello Post No.
Is Of the d. c. Department OF
the American Legion played
an important role in the en-
actment Of P. l.. 1913 creating
the commission. The resolu-
ton. which ! had the pleasure
to introduce and have the
post and the d. c. Department
TO adopt, was the basis for the
bill In Congress which SUBJ
seouently eliminated as P. l..
1913.
The reason for the interest
shown by Democratic and Re-
publican Congressmen alike
was due to the enthusiastic
endorsement given to II by
industrial and labor leaders
throughout the country to
have q much needed national
cultural center erected in
Washington.
Last year, by action of our
department. 1t was moved that
such a cultural center be dedi-
Gated to peace in memory of
all our American war dead.
This is one matter that the
Auditorium Commission could
very we'll indorse at this time.
/ have discussed various
phases Of the S.W. redevelop-
ment with our planners and
testified at different hearings.
One thing on which some
members Of the National
Capital Planning Commission
we're in accord with me was
the placement Of the railroad
underground. In an engineer
ing study 1t was found FEAST
BILE. practical and advisable
for the railroad to be de-
pressed along d street S.W.
from Fourteenth to Seventh
street S.W. and from there
brought up a gradual incline
to the elevated section of the
railroad on Virginia avenue.
BY such a plan, the cultural
center could then be serviced
by a developed interurban
rail system between the down
town section and the outlying
areas Of Washington. Further
more. II the Auditorium Com
mission honestly feels that the
Federal warehouse at Seventh
and d streets s.W presents an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-06
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES &. TRACEWELL

about by DR.. Margaret Meade
in her Coming of Age in
Samoa, and Growing Up in
Borneo."
These interesting volumes
can now be secured as paper
books at a cheap price. and
are well worth the effort to
obtain by an inquisitive mind.
We feel sure that squirrels,
If they could read. would be
pleased with them.
**
The squirrel without a tail,
or at least without the fur on
the tail. manages just as well
as the full-fledged one.
The hair, then, must be re-
garded by nature much as she
holds the hair of the human
male head in disregard. Ma
ture does not seem to value
1t in the least.
The squirrel without the fur
on the tail looks very rat-like.
This is nothing against it.
really, since being a rodent is
its very life-of life.
Despite the cutlery against
the rat, the rodent family is
the largest Of the mammals.
and contains the largest num-
Der of beings.
The huge multiplication Of
the human race in recent
years ought to give any human
being a feeling of being closer.
somehow, to the very large
animal groups.
Strange small creatures Of
which there are not too many
may at times leave the be-
holder cold. He does not know
them in any intimate way.
The gray squirrels, however.
enter into the lives of city and
suburban people. 1--WE do not
hear so many people on farms
talk about them.) They help
Government folk eat their
lunches in the parks, and APP
pear at bird feeding stations
in the suburbs with great reg
ularity. Their children are
raised. in a peculiar sense,
along with human children.
They have many enthusiasts
and apologiStS. and all of these
will take advantage of every
opportunity they have to help
educate thoughtless people in
their worth and the small
amount Of damage they do in
comparison with the good.
Small children in the 3 to 5
year group, in particular,
should be intrigued to watch.
not harm them, nor to chase
them. as they see dogs and cats
do.
The instructive threats OF
these small mammals could be
held up to the littlest children
as good examples Of animal
versus human actions. II ever
humans are to get over the
chase-and-kill complex. this
might be a good point 10 begin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-06
Lesson From History?

When William the Con-
cueror encamped his army in
England. several Saxon spies
were brought to him. Instead
of ordering them executed. he
ordered them released after
they had been taken on an
inspection tour Of his entire
camp.
wonder II our President
and State Department and
Pentagon experts do not feel
that there is something in
Williams strategy that is
worth following.
James NJ. Thomson,
Gaylord, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-06
Tops for Coissons

/ am wondering who thought
up the idea of abolishing the
horse-drawn caissonS at mill
tary funerals at Arlington. Is
he veteran or some budget
analyst bucking for a step up
in grade?
Why not abolish all mill
tary cemeteries and do a good
job of economizing; otherwise
let us keep a few traditions
particularly those pertaining
to the men to whom the Ma
ton and its economy" owe
their very existence.
If the budget is in such dire
straits let us start retrench-
ment by eliminating the posi-
ton and salary now being
wasted on this individual.
Alice s. Hoyt.
1nere are some rituals or
traditions that transcend
money. Does this mean that
the guard at the Tomb of the
Unknown will be dispensed
with just because it, too. could
conceivably be replaced by an
electronic eye?
Gladys E. willard.
Now that the Defense De-
partment is saving money by
doing away with one OF the
few remaining traditional Gus
tomS-the horse-drawn cais-
sons for military funerals
let's save more by renting the
Pentagon as a mushroom
farm.
Ivor Jones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-06
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS R. HENRY
Strong Evidence Against Life on Mars

The dark canals and seas
on the surface Of Mars, which
change color with the seasons
and have been accepted by
many as evidence of life on the
neighboring planet, probably
are only vast areas Of wind
blown dust.
This is the hypothesis of DR..
Dean B. Mclaughlin, profess
scr of astronomy at the Uni
versity of Michigan.
The pattern of the dark,
color-changing areas, he says
in a report published by the
American Association for the
Advancement Of Science here,
is just about what would be
produced by monsoonlike winds
sweeping over the Marian
deserts.
Evidence against life on
Mars with its extremely thin
atmosphere and extreme night
and winter cold is very strong.
1t cannot be considered alb
solutely conclusive. DR.. Nc
Laughlin says, and the evil
dence of the seas" which take
on a greenish tinge in spring
has convinced many. But, he
holds, the hypothesis advanced
In his report is just as reason
able.
Vegetation Theory Unsupported
THE dark areas or seas
DR.. Mclaughlin says, "long
have been pointed to as areas
that may harbor a vegetable
cover. The greenish tinge seen
by a number of observers sug-
gests this. Seasonal changes
of tint appear to reinforce it.
Earlier ideas involved the
assumption that the dark
areas actually were marshy
tracts and that the plants
were comparable to some of
our higher forms.
Spectral reflection from
the dark areas, it has been
found, differs only slightly
from that of the bright des-
erts. Chlorophyll (the green
coloring matter in leaves has
a strong reflection in the
yellow-green. Results show
that this maximum definitely
is not present in the light
from the dark areas. 1t is
well known that leaves of
trees and grass have a very
high refiectivity in the mira
red. Positive prints OF infra-
red negatives show trees APP
pearing nearly white. Since the
Marian seas appear very
dark in these wave lengths.
there is no support for the
vegetation hypothesis"
Recent work of DR.. G. P.
Kuiper of the University of
Chicago, DR.. Mclaughlin says,
has shown that the reflection
from some forms of lichens
and MOSES is much weaker
in the infra-red region and
that all forms of vegetation
cannot positively be ruled out.
This sometimes has been taken
for proof that a low form of
vegetable life actually exists
on Mars. All it really shows,
he says, is that this is not
completely impossible.
Apparently" he says. both
light and dark areas are COW
cred with a fine dust that
could be either volcanic ash
or the products of weathering,
or both. A seasonal change
OF the polarization Of light
from the seas has been found,
but this does not at all re-
semble the effects produced