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dam wall Hundreds of trucks and Land-Rovers
(the British equivalent of the American Jeep)
rumble in and out of the wartimelike gasoline
dumps.
Bulldozers, caterpillar tractors massive earth
carriers, and other vehicles brought from many
countries to move enormous quantities of earth
and rock snarl along tracks which are sprayed
constantly by watercarts to keep down the dust.
So many Italian workers have been imported by
one contracting company that many signs and
notices are printed in English Italian, and Afri-
can languages.
Overhead, panniers of equipment and material
glide along Blondin cables-so named after
the intrepid pioneer who traversed Niagara Falls
tightrope-stretched high above from the
Northern Rhodesian bank to the southern side.
Underground steel helmeted construction
crews are blasting and chiSeling out diversion
tunnels and enormous underground chambers
which will house power stations.
Such noise and strange activity have sent most
animals scurrying away. But there is still one
curious hippopotamus which paddles upstream
now and again to constitute sort of one-member
sidewalk superintendent club.
Batonka PatrOniZing
The Batonka people themselves have adopted
a somewhat patronizing attitude toward the
scheme. For the most part they appear to believe
that talk of Harvesting the mighty Zambez is but
more white mans nonsense and that they must
humor the misguided white men till the scheme
fails. Part of the work to date has included
construction of preSSive-looklng Golfer dam
to divert the river while part of the main dams
foundation works were laid.
Once this section complete, the Golfer dam
was no longer of use and was blown up according
to plan. At this, according to project officials the
Batonka became hilarious, believing that the
white men had spent many months on the Golfer
dam, then found they had planned it incorrectly
and blown it up to start all over again.
The Batonkas have adopted the same attitude
in some instances toward their removal from
areas which will become flooded once the dam
starts impounding water. They are confident the
white mems scheme will prove futile and many,
it is said, are merely waiting for the white men
to realize this and give up before returning to
their old lands.
About $4,000 Batonkas being evacuated
from the Gwembe Valley, which the lake will
food up to width of 20 miles.
Their removal has been a considerable talking
- point especially as the handful of men who have
explored this difficult country claim the land on
which they will be resettled is not of particularly
good quality Even those who feel strong ties with
the Batonka however, have little alternative sug-
gestions to make and for the most part appear
reconciled to the removal as inevitable if Kariba
is to become great hydroelectric scheme and
spark further prosperity for many thousands OF
Africans and whites alike throughout British
Central Africa.
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Stiffness Shattered

Banks of chattering pneumatic drills drown
out the stiffness which was here before Work
goes on round the clock, so foodlights battle the
site at night in light and welding torches sputter
high up on girder work surrounding the great
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On the night of August IL, 1911, in Coatesville
Penn ylvania, Negro named Zacharia Tor EzekieD
Walker was burned alive, tied to iron bedstead
while burning and thrust back by pitchforks when
he struggled to free himself. Although hundr eds of
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BOOK NEWS FROM
Lynn Game -,
Director of Publicity

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Evening star., 1957-08-20

it against the percentages but
it had another serious disad-
vantage. There was the chance
that it would tell Miss Brash
how to play the hand.
Without the double she would
have won the opening diamond
lead. taken two more rounds of
trumps, and then it is very
probable that she would have
gained entry to the board in
the spade suit and taken a SIM
pie f1nesse against the king OF
clubs. That would have put
her down one.
After the double, however. II
was almost certain that the
king of clubs was wrong
Therefore after extracting
trumpS Miss Brash led the kinl
Of spades. lost to the ace anc
won the spade return with thC
queen. She cashed the jack ol
spades and then ran the resi-
of her trumps. With 10 trick:
gone, dummy was down to the
nine Of spades. the king oi
hearts and a club.
On the lead of the five oi
spades at the 18th trick Mr.
Muzzy was fixed. He had tt
discard the ace of hearts Oh
blank the king of clubs. HI
chose the latter form Of sui.
eide, whereupon Miss Brasf
led a club to her ace to droI
the king and make her slam.
Distributed by McNaught syndicate)
Evening star., 1957-08-20
BY EASLEY BLACKWOOD


SOpening lead: Diamond seven.
This hand presents another
situation where it is folly to
double for penalties.
How many tricks did Mr..
Muzzy think he could set Miss
8raSh at her Six-diamond con-
tTact? She had used the Black
wood convention, discovered
there were two aces in the
hands of her opponents, and
had still gone to a small slam.
From this Mr.. MuzZy should
have known for certain that
one of his aces was no good
The best he could hope for was
aone-trick set.
If he set the contract one
trick. not doubled, he would get
50 points. If he set it one trick.
doubled, he would get 100
pOlnCS. 30 Lne oOuDle StOOo
TO gain him so points.
: Now let's look at the other
&de of the picture. If Miss
R-ash redoubled and made her
hid. the original double would
cost Mr.. Muzzy 410 points-50
for making the contract and
an additional $50 points below
the line.
sMr. Muzzy was Offering odds
Of better than eight to one
that he would beat six dia-
rnonds. Idiotic when you think
Of it like that, isn't it?
But actually the double was
even sillier than those odds
would indicate. Not only was
Evening star., 1957-08-20
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
BY WILLIAM NORRIS

Il wonder what you think
Of the new phrase mitigate
against as used in the incloSed
article" writes Roman Kenk
of Alexandria, Va, sending
along a clipping from a daily
newspaper. There. sure enough.
was the phrase in this sentence:
"Other factors which mitigate
against healthy Ethiopia are
the terrain. the language bar
rier and a land tenure sys-
tenn which creates a large semi
nomadic population"
Mitigate" is. Of course. thu
wrong word in this context.
What the writer meant was
initiate" since his meaning
was that these factors adversely
affected Ethiopia's chances of
developing a healthy economy.
Mitigate" means to render less
harsh or severe-almost pre-
cisely the opposite Of the au-
thor's meaning.
Since this particular dispatch
bore an Add Ababa" dateline,
complexities of transmission
undoubtedly initiated against
error-free reproduction, so we
will mitigate our criticism.
Speaking Of typos. several
readers have written to me
about what they believe was
an incorrect answer in a recent
word game. In the words OF
Miss Mary G. Devine Of st.
Louis: Il find you gave the
definition Of imminent as in
ternal.' This is news to me. "
Well. it's news to me too. Miss
Devine. The word you refer to
should have been spelled i'm
manent" and I think you'll find
that your dictionary defines II
as inherent. indwelling, inter-
nal"
It's a tricky word. one chosen
for the quiz because Of its close
resemblance to the much more
commonly seen Imminent.
But I'm sure you wouldn't want
a vocabulary quiz made up only
Of everyday words. There would
be no challenge or fun to that
sort Of game.
(Released BY The Bell Syndicate. Inc !
Evening star., 1957-08-20
OUR PRESIDENTS
By HONORE M. CATUDAL

To-day is the 124th ami
verSary Of the birth Of the only
President in our history whose
grandfather was also President
Who?
2-Who was President wher
Station WWJ in Detroit became
the first commercial radio sta
ton in the country to broad
cast regularly. 81 years age
today?
3-In many Of the picture:
OF the late President and Mrs
Coolidge. they are accompanied
by a dog. What breed OF dos
was it?
ANSWERS on Next Page)
Evening star., 1957-08-20

9 Washington, D c.
TUESDAY. AUGUST 20. 1887
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-25

Iof Sears, stoutly defended the
coinpany's personnel policies in
a prepared statement which he
read at the outset OF today's
hearing.
He said Sears wages are SUBJ
stantially above the average in
the retail fieid and he submit-
ted q long list Of BENEFITS the
company began offering It's
workers In 1902. He mentioned
illness allowances, employee dis
counts. paid vacations. profit
sharing. military service benc-
fits. group life and hbspitliza-
ton insurance. paid holidays,
severance pay. retirement bene-
fits and catastrophe medical
insurance.
Mr.. Tudor. who testified
there are only i03 union -organ-
lied units in the 1000 Sears
establishments, said that under
the company profit sharing
program employees own approx
imately one-third OF the Sears
stock.
He declared that Sears never
has negotiated a sweetheart"
contract with any labor leaders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-25

contrary 10 the interest Of cons
pAny employees.
Mr.. Tudor said shefferman
retired from direct employment
at Sears In 1913 and that hi
was finally dropped as q con-
slltant this year.
Addressing himself TO the
committees interest In q CAM
paign by the Retail Clerks
Union In Boston In 1853 when
Labor Relations Associates was
called into the case. Mr.. Tudor
said:
In my view this was a wrong
decision because II meant tina;
persons with no managerial
responsibility were handling
Sears labor operations in this
area.
THE handling Of the Boston
situation involved q series OF
mistakes highlighted by wide-
spread use Of pressure and
coercion, discrimination against
employees for union activities,
favortism. intrigue and unfair
labor practices.
Il want to state. with the
utmost candor and conviction,
that many Of the activities en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-25

whether organized or not, in
mo way iustifies what took
place.
AT the same time, I think
II fair TO remind this commit
tee that Boston and other
scattered Labor Relations AS
sociates excuses were isolated
episodes. contrary in principal
and practice TO the employee
relations program Of Sears, of
which we are Justly proud"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-25

Shefferman and the Arm. OF
the $4,000 total. he reported
that Shefierman personally re-
ceived $4,000 in fees. The rest
went to Labor Relations Asso-
ciates and Of this amount some
$4,000 was not itemized in
any way.
The committee was expected
to md out. II possible. who got
this latter money.
| wallace Tudor, vice president
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-25

He formerly was a employee Of
the giant mail order and retail
organization.
A Sears ofiicial admitted TO
the committee that the COM
pany has made some mistakes
IN labor practices but empha-
sized that 1t no longer retains
Shefferman or uses his firm.
Carl M. Schultz. an employe
OF the General Accounting Of
nee. who is on loan to the in
vestigatine committee, gave the
figures for Sears payments to
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gagged IN BY Labor Relations
Associates and certain company
personnel acting with them
were inexcusable, unnecessary
and disgracef.ils A repetition
of these mistakes will not be
tolerated BY this company.
1.-THE fact that our employees
were at that time and are now
receiving wages and Dement'S
far In excess Of employees in
competing Boston firms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-25
Probe Told Sears Paid
ISheffermon $4,000
Rx I0HN Y. HORNER

Senate investigator reported today that Roehuck
Co paid almost $4,000 from 1858 through 1856 Nathan
W. Sheerman and his firm, Labor Relations Associates
The Select Senate Committee Improper Manage
ent Activities which began looking into Sears labor practices
in the Boston has labeled sheeman union BUSTER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-14
Huge Painting
Given toShrine
.ByBuItimoreun

BALTIMORE, Jan. IA Dr.
One of The worlds largest paint
ings, the Pantheon de la Guerre,
will leave Baltimore for Kansas
City.
The painting has been stored
here for more than 20 years. The
402-foot long white elephant was
painted in France in World War
/ as tribute 10 the allies.
William Haussner, Baltimore
restauratcur and art collector,
announced he is giving the paint
ing to muraliSt and portrait art
ist Daniel McMorris for the Lib
erty Memorial in Kansas City.
The Liberty Memorial intends
to cut the painting and hang the
section depicting American per-
sonalities.
Mr.. HauSsner was unable to
find a large enough place to hang
the painting here and unrolled it
only once. He bought it in 1852
at an auction by paying $3,4O0
in back storage fees. Experts say
the painting could not be repro
duced today for less than 81 mil
lion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-14
Fairfax Group Hits
Business Tax Plan

The Springfield Franconia
Committee for Economic Devel-
opment has gone on record as
opposing Fairfax County's pro-
posed new business license tax
based on gross receipts.
A hearing on the proposed tax
will be held by the Board Of
County Supervisors on January
%. The committee charged in
its resolution that passage of the
tax would do irreparable harm
to the competitive position Fair
fax County now enjoys as an
attractive home for commercial
and business enterprises" The
resolution also said a potential
tax loss to the county far out
stripe the relatively small none
tary return it promises"
At present, Fairfax County is
the only jurisdiction in nearby
Virginia without local business
privilege tax. The one proposed
in Fairfax is similar to those in
Arlington, Alexandria and Falls
Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-14
Parkway May Entail
Moving Trolley Tracks

permitted. This would make
necessary the construction Of
bays or other arrangements fol
loading and unloading of buses
in such a way that the traffic
lanes on the parkway would not
be blocked.
Meanwhile. representatives Of
eight groups in the area affected
by the plans to build a section
of Highway 240 from Washing
ton TO Cabin John. sought to
carry their protests to Congress
They sent kilograms to Sen
ator Beall and Representative
Hyde, both Republicans of Mary
land. asking for appointments tC
see them today. Other kilograms
of protest were sent to State and
Federal officials.
The groups seeking appoint
ments on Capitol Hill included
representatives of Cabin John
Park, Fairway Hills, Tulip Hill,
Mohican Hills, Glen Echo
Heights. Brookmont and Ban
nockburn.
The leg of Route 240 parallel
ing the Potomac is designed to
link the projected inner loop ex-
presSway in Washington with the
Washington National pike in
Montgomery County. The George
Washington Memorial parkway
is a separate project and some
have urged that the parkway be
used for the. highway 240 link
building an additional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-14
Ticket Scramble
On for Inaugural

Inaugural Committee head
quarters reported today that a
late scramble is on for tickets
to reserved seats along the In
augural Parade route next Mon
day.
A week ago. sales were tagging
But the committee has put the
tickets on sale at booths at four
downtown department stores, an
Office at 1922 Fifteenth street
NV. and all area Offices of the
American Automobile AsSocia-
ton.
AS a precautionary measure,
District authorities have ordered
the removal of one section of
stands which failed,to meet rigid
safety standards and the Inaug-
ural Committee lost 5000 re-
served seats.
Ticket sales spurted over the
week end.
A spokesman said today the
only entertainment feature OF
the Inaugural program for which
tickets are still available is the
concert in Constitution Hall at
8:45 pm, Sunday, which fea-
lures the National Symphony Or
chestra, Ethel Norman, Lily
Pons and other stars.
The Symphony will present the
world premiere of Declaration, "
a narrative composition by Nor
ton Gould, which was commits
stoned by National BroadcaSting
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Construction of the George
Washington Memorial Parkway
may involve the Government in
a streetcar line building opera
ton so service by the Cabin
John trolleys will not be inter-
The target date for starting
work on the parkway is May /,
The National Park Service said
of about 1000 feet
of trolley track is one alterna-
tive considered to meet the
necessity of preventing Interrupt
ton of the streetcar service.
The track involved is east of
the Glen Echo Amusement Park.
Alternately. the parkway may
be built to cross the streetcar
right-of-way at two points, and
building the parkway between
the right-of way and Macarthur
boulevard.
The franchise of the D. C.
Transit System, Inc, calls for
conversion TO all-bus operations
within seven years. But aban-
donment of the Cabin John car
line is complicated by the limit
to six tons for vehicles on Mac
boulevard. This limita-
ton is enforced because the
Washington Aqueduct. carrying
water for the District, lies under
the boulevard upstream from the
Dalecarlia filter plant,
According to Park Service
once the parkway is
built its use by buses may be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-14
Nominations Due
For Star Trophy

The Fairfax County Citizens
Federation is inviting nomina-
tons for the Evening Stal
Trophy given for outstanding
citizenship.
Nominations must reach john
Suffer, 4 Boiling road. Alexan-
dria Va, before January 26.
Members of the Star Trophy
Awards Committee are Will
liam Hunt, president OF the
Fairfax Chamber of Commerce
William Loving, president of the
Fairfax Community Chest: Dr.
Norris Pritchard, president OF
the Fairfax PTA Federation:
MIS-. Albert Farwell, president of
the Fairfax League of Women
Voters; Barney Mullady, former
civic federation president, and
John Suffer.
The seventh annual awards
dinner will be at 1880 pm. on
February Z at the Court House
Country Club. Howard Pyle.
special assistant to President
Eisenhower, will be the main
speaker.
The civic federation will hold
its January meeting at $3.50 D m.
Thursday in the Annandale
Elementary School.
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led; the Edmund Jennings Lee
house, 428 North Washington
ST Get, ard the Hooe Lloyd
house, 220 North Washington
street.
The Custis-Lee Mansion at
Arlington. where Lee lived after
his marriage, will be the scene
Of a concert of favorite songs of
the Lee family from 3 to 4 pm.
The mansion Will be on a special
bus tour which will include
Woodlawn Plantation and Gun
ston Hall south of Alexandra.
All of the Lee birthday tour
homes open to the public on
Saturday. with the exception of
the Mary Lee Fendall house,
also will be open from 10 am.
to 5 pm. on Sunday. The Con-
federate Museum will be open
from to S p.L.. on Sunday.
The bus tours on Saturday
Will start in the District at 500
Ninth street NV, the first
leaving at 9:l5 am. The bus will
pick up passengers at Gadsby's
Tavern, headquarters for the
event at the corner of Cameron
and Royal streets, at GAS am.
Other events marking the
birthday will be a dinner given
by the United Daughters of the
Confederacy at 7:30 pm. Satur-I
day at the George Mason Hotel
and a special Lee observance at
Christ Church at IL am.
Sunday.
Sigurd Anderson, a member
of the Federal Trade Commits
sion and a former governor of
South Dakota, will speak at the
dinner.
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Meeting Will Debate
Dam on Appomottox

PETERSBURG. Va, Jan. IA
P).-Representatives of Peters
burg. Norfolk, Newport News and
Portsmouth will gather at Old
Point Comfort February l9 to
discuss the feasibility of a dam
on the Appomattox River above
Petersburg.
The proposed project would
include pipeline to provide
fresh water to the tidewater
area.
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Illinois. Arkansas, South Caro-
lima. Arizona and New Mexico.
About 1850 dancers also are
expected at the Mayflower
where Mrs. G. Gordon Moore
will be presiding chairman and
Mrs. James c. Wilkes will be
co-chaiIman. The reception
chairman will be Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd d. Akers.
Official hosts from the Cabinet
will be Secretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. George NJ. Hum
phrey. Secretary Of Commerce
and Mrs. Sinclair Weeks and
Assistant to the President and
Mrs. Sherman Adams.
Mayhower guests will come
from these States: Maine, Yer
mont, New Hampshire, Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island, Connec-
ticut. Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto
Rico. the Virgin Islands, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana
and Kansas.
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Alexandra to Celebrate
Robert E. Lee Birthday

Alexandria, where Robert F.
Lee lived as a youth, will mark
the 10th anniversary Of the
Confederate generals birth Sat-
urday as the opening event of
the city's observance of Virginia
Heritage Month.
Plans for tours of homes in
Alexandria where Lee lived and
visited have been announced by
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. Wright,
II, chairman and cochairman of
the heritage celebration. The
tours will be from 10 a m. to
S pm.
Among the places open to the
public will be the home of Lees
aunt, Mary Lee Fendall, at GA
Oronoco street. The home was
often visited by Lee and his
family.
Christ Church, where Lee was
confirmed, and the Stabler-
Leadbeater Apothecary Shop,
which Lee patronized, also will
be open.
Visitors may see Lees camp
chair at the Confederate Mu-
scum. S06 Prince street, and
drink tea at 4 pm. at historic
Gadsby's Tavern.
The eXteriors of other places
known to Lee may be studied
during the tours.
Among them are the Gen.
Henry Lee house, Gil Cameron
street, Lees first Alexandria
residence; the Fitzhugh-Lee
house, GOT Oronoco street, where
he lived with his widow mother
from 1918 until he left for West
Point; the Hollowell School. 600
Oronoco street, vherI he stud
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-14

best-known actor in Hungary
faces uncertainty. Actors Equity
OF New York plans to look after
him, but it is all indefii. tie and
Mr.. Szabo knows this But it
apparently botners him little.
He plans to try to learn Eng
lish as does his wife, who man.
ages with 4ome trouble to say she
concentrated IN light opera
in budapest, their home. She
adds that there were parts back
in Budapest, in movies and on
the stage, in which she was the
"baad woman as she puts it,
her eyes twinkling
Boys i'm Rhode Island
Theil two boys. one 10 and
the other IS, have been placed
in a Catholic school in Rhode
Island and are fairly we'll settled
ITS an exclusive school," said
Michael DcLeo, who identified
himself as state chairman, Gov
errors Committee for the Refu-
gee Relief Program. Il got them
into the school. 1t costs 5000 a
year but for them it's all free. .
Several agents are reported
interested in the couple and, be-
cause of their obvious talent,
they will probably find employ
ment in New York where they
hope to live temporarily.
And as Eugene Sermely, one
of the first refugees to arrive
in Washington and one who has
made some mark locally as a
Jazz pianist. said in describing
Mr.. Szabo who left Hungary
shortly after completing 300 per-
formances of "Cyrano":
Hes no square
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Dr.. RedIe Will Speak
On Mental Therupy

The Montgomery County
Mental Health Society will hold
a public meeting at 8:l5 pm.
Wednesday in the auditorium Of
the Clinical Center, National
Institutes of Health.
DR.. Fritz Redle, chief of the
child research branch of the
National Institute Of Mental
Health. will speak on How Do
We Know They Improve?"
He will discuss the benefits
of therapy to the mental health
of disturbed children. DR.. Redle
and his staff have been con-
Quoting research with mentally
disturbed children at the
Clinical Center for the past three
years.