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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
so Years Ago

A presidential aspirant was
in town a half o century ago
for the annual gridiron din
ner. The Star. noting the
event on January rs. 1908.
reported: william Jennings
Bryan. the twice-tried-and-
willing to-be-tried- again
pride Of the democracy,
dressed in his evening clothes.
leaped from n Southern train
at the Long Bridge at 10
o'clock last night. bounded
into q waiting automobile,
breezed to the New Willard,
shot up to the 10th floor and
popped in on the gridiron
dinner in time to get an
ovation, make a speech and
satisfy q keen appetite. Mr..
Bryan and Judson Harmon.
while private-carring north
ward, missed connections in
Atlanta and came near miss
ing last nights function in
consequence. :"
The search for a suitable
wife has never been easy. and
so years ago a DR.. Gear was
having his troubles. On jan
uary 81. 1905. The star re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
Prosperity Formula?

West Germany today is
generally conceded to be the
most progressively prosper
Gus country In Europe. If not
the entire world. West Ger
many has no expensive mill
tary bases scattered through
out the globe. West Germany
has no colonies requiring an
elaborate foreign setup. West
Germany has no navy. West
Germany has only a token
military establishment. West
Germany has no program for
foreign aid" West Germany
does not have a vast body
Of able bodied pensioners liv-
ing in comparative idleness.
West Germany is not striv-
ing for world leadership"
West Germany Is prosper
Gus. Ellis o. Jones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
Mr.. Seoton at the Bridge

Secretary Of Interior Seaton is adj
mirably equipped by temperament and
common sense to mediate the everlast-
Ing argument over the Constitution ave-
nue. bridge. We welcome his interven-
ton.
Mr.. Seaton's role is something more
than that Of a mediator. The President.
In signing the bill authorizing the
bridge, in effect gave the Interior De-
partment veto power in so far as use
of park property for the bridge APP
proaches is concerned. In other words,
the Secretary must approve that use.
The argument now concerns the
effect on the Lincoln Memorial. not Of
the bridge itself so much as its system
Of approaches. Mr.. Seaton's problem Is
to get down to the brass tacks Of
whether such approaches can be de-
signed without injury to the Memorial
setting. Reasonable men ought to be
able to agree on that, one way or the
other, II that issue can be set apart
from the entangling prejudices. opinions
and petty jealousies, and studied realis-
tically.
If the approach system In that To-
cation is a real menace, however. the
site should be moved far enough up
river to avoid 1t. An agreement Of any
sort between the Fine Arts Commits
sion, the park service. the Planning
Commission and the Commissioners
would so impress Congress that the
necessary legislative changes should not
be difacult.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
100 Years AGO

The vaccination scare was
very real 100 years ago. and
matters pertaining to vac
cine were reported with eau
ton. On January 26. 1858,
The Star said: Some talk
has been occasioned about
town from the fact that
within a week two children
who we're vaccinated by a
physician on the same day.
and 1t is supposed. with the
same vaccine matter, have
died with commissions. :"
Paper money was regarded
suspiciously a century ago.
The Star on January IS.
1858, said: Down With the
Shinplasters!-We hear that
an importation Of 81. 50 and
SO shinplasters has been
made into Washington. and
that parties are industriously
endeavoring to put them into
circulation. We trust the au-
thorities will be prompt TO
punish heavily violation Of
the law bearing upon this
matter"
A thief met his match In
a Massachusetts, farm woman
100 years ago. The Star on
January ~. 1858. told the
tale Of a man who found q
farmwife at home alone and
began stealing corn from the
barn. When she protested
he knocked her down, and
having placed the bag in
the wagon. proceeded TO the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26

I wish to protest the gross
inaccuracies. in your recent
editorial. For Closer Liai-
son." in which you say:
"Virgtnia's appeal to a
Senate House committee for
more consideration Of local
problems In the choice Of
sites for Federal activities
outside the District was
timely and justified. While
no mention was made Of the
Central Intelligence Agency's
new building project near
Langley, of1cials undoubtedly
had this in mind as q re-
cent example of unco-ordi-
mated planning. In the
case Of the CHA. there were
consultations with Fairfax
County authorities in ad-
vance Of the decision to build
at Langley. but the move
was made against the advice
Of the National Capital
Planning Commission. The
Regional Planning Council
agreed to the plan by a split
vote"
How can you call GAS
choice Of Langley "unco-
ordinated," when that agency
leaned over backwards to get
the approval Of every Fed
eral. State, county and local
body involved before making
the decision? The move was
approved by the National
Capital Planning Commits
sion Tin spite Of your state
ment otherwise). the Ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26

way out a quarter Of q CEN
tury ago. One death blow
was dealt in the House on
January 20. 1898. On that
date, The Star said: PRO-
hibition enforcement took a
blow on the chin when the
House today passed the
State. Justice, Commerce ane
Labor appropriation bill with
the item for enforcement cut
by $680,000 or approximately
8i2 per cent. The sup
porters of the enforcement
Of prohibition could not even
get a sufficient number of
members to demand a record
vote on the amendment pro-
hibiting the practice Of wire
tapping. :"
A man the world was due
to hear a lot about moved
into power rs years ago. The
Star. reporting the event
January 80, 1888. said:
"Adolph Hitler. the Nazi
leader. became chancellor Of
Germany today. with q COM
promise cabinet, while at
Paris. Edouard Daladier, new
Premier. started to build q
government. At London.
anxious eyes were turned
toward the continent as
Hitler swung into power.
Whether France would coun-
ter the German Nationalist
victory with the setting up of
o similar nationalist regime
became the question Of great
interest among Britons. ,."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26

There have been occasions-the
Emmett TIL case Is a notorious example
when Southern Justice has broken
down in criminal trials involving whites
and Negroes. This Is deplorable, and
these miscarriages Of justice have re-
ceived columns upon columns Of pub
licity in the press-especially in the big
papers Of the North and the East.
There have been other occasions,
however, and the number seems to be
increasing, when Southern justice has
Is the case of four Klansmen who beat
up Negro in South Carolina because
he had befriended a penniless white
family.
Two of the men were charged with
conspiracy and with assault and battery.
The two others were charged with con-
spiracy. An all-white jury, deep-South
fury, found them guilty And now they
have, been sentenced by a Southern
judge. The ringleader was sentenced
to serve six years at hard labor. His
principal accomplice drew three-year
sentence The lesser offenders were
sentenced to one year. These are stiff
sentences-as stiff as would have been
imposed anywhere for a comparable
offense.
1t seems to US that this Is news
worthy item-some evidence that white
Southern hoodlums do not enjoy any
blanket immunity from punishment II
their victim happens to be Negro. But
1t made little impression on the press Of
the North and East. One paper, which
devotes columns Of space to miscarriages
Of justice, and which wrings its editorial
hands because the better element"
among the Southern whites will not
assert themselves, didn't print the story
at all. other papers buried it on the
inside pages. Perhaps this is one reason
why the better element" in the South
is disenchanted with their Northern
critics. Why not take appropriate notice
when Southern justice functions wellp
II this were done, 1t might lend some
encouragement to those Southerners
who are supposed TO be inundated by
the lunatic fringe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
Price of Security

The Price Of Security" is
the heading Of a lengthy
article in last Sundays Star.
The article gives details Of
the Presidents budget pro-
posals. primarily for military
purposes. The joker In II all
is that. after we have poured
out our blood, sweat and
tears. after we have spent
and spent and spent. We will
not be one whit safer than
we are at this moment.
The search for security In
the realm Of weapons is an
insane delusion. Neither side
is permanently going to get
the drop" on the other. The
only security Is in collective
arrangem ents. The old
phrase. You can't trust the
Russians" is beside the point.
As has been said. most Of
the worlds business Is done
between people who don't
trust each other. Agreements
work when each side has
something to gain by keeping
them.
Instead of asking for
"signs Of good faith" on the
part Of the Russians. why
don't we bowl them over by
showing q few ourselves?
Where to begin2 The USSR
has made several very in
teresting proposals which de-
serve respectful exploration.
instead Of the brush-on they
have received to date. Here
they are:
(D The Russians have UNI
conditionally offered to stop
testing H-bombs II Britain
and the United States will al
so desist. Or. Linus Paulina
has secured the signatures
OF more than 5000 scientists.
men competent in biology and
nuclear physics. who urge
immediate cessation Of nu-
clear testing because OF its
disastrous effects on future
generations.
az The Russians proposed
In May OF 1855. and have
since reiterated persistently.
an offer TO exchange ground
control posts at major air.
fields. ports and transporta-
ton centers. Military au-
thorities here acknowledge
that this would provide a
valuable system to warn Of
mass surprise attacks. This
offer is linked to no other
conditions.
go The USSR has offered
to negotiate an arms embargo
to the Middle East. II has
offered TO discuss the neu-
tralization Of Germany and
the satellite areas. /.
6et's stop reaching for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
Is Years Ago

The Nation was getting
ready to inausurate a new
President rs years ago. and
preparations were being made
for his move into the White
House. On January 81. 1888.
The Star reported: The
White House is going to be
redone and a swimming tank
is to be provided for Presi-
dent-elect Roosevelt after he
takes Office in March. The
usual $4,000 appropriation
made every four years for re-
pairing and refurnishing the
historic mansion was allotted
in the independent Offices
appropriation bill reported
today to the House by its
Appropriations Committee.
Out Of this will come the
charge for installing the
swimming tank. :"
Prohibition was on 1.-the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
FROM THE STARS FILES

ported in q story from New
York: Rev. DR.. j. Howell
Gear. who until two years
ago was rector Of an Episco-
pal church in Maryland and
is now working with the
Salvation Army, is looking for
a wife. He sent an advertise
ment to the New York Times
describing himself and stat
ing the requirements Of
applicants. His offer
contains the provision that
the applicant must have
means,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26

barn for another. She soon
recovered and went into the
house, and. taking q loaded
gun. shot him while in the
act Of placing the second bag
Of corn in his wagon. He
cried murder. and decamped.
bleeding nrofiisnlv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
Congratulations

Congratulations on your
editorial. II Was Mugged."
and on Mrs. Ethridge's ex-
cellent report in This Week
magazine. She really spoke
from the bottom Of my heart
in her comment about safety
Of women In the streets Of the
Nations Capital. /. myself.
had TO undergo q similar or
deal in the early evening
hours recently when my purse
containing important iden-
tifications besides money and
personal things was success
fully snatched while I was on
my way home from work and
carrying q bag with groceries.
] was lucky. too. In not hav-
ing met with violence or bru-
tally. Mine was not the only
case on this evening. but VIC
tim No. 5 within less than
two hours in the not-too-far
neighborhood Of q good resi-
dental section" near Six
tenth street.
! am frightened about these
assaults the more. being a
foreigner and member Of the
German Embassy staff. liv-
ing In this country for more
than four years. and ! watch
these things becoming worse
every month. ! admit that
We. too. In Germany or in
any other European country
have holdups and crimes. but
] dare say that at least one
can feel safer In the streets
there than here. where--and
! think this Is the worst Of il
in so many cases. with and
without violence, teen-agers
and even children are in
volved.
II Is my sincerest wish that
this beautiful city with its
glorious parks. beautiful
monuments and spacious
streets may not become q
place Of horror and fright as
soon as the sun has set.
Purse Snatcher's Victim.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26

stars--and Sputniks - and
paranoid decisions Of "the
ultimate weapon" which will
permanently put the Soviets
at our mercy. The only way
to convince the peoples Of the
world that we want peace is
70 enter serious negotiations
on such offers as those above.
and make reasonable con-
ceSsions 10 achieve solutions
which. because they offer ad-
vantases TO both parties. will
prove enduring.
Janice Holland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
Streetcor VS.. Bus

!. too. like streetcars better
than buses. for the comfort.
smooth run and freedom
from fumes. But one day re-
Gently a minor disturbance
immohilized a streetcar for
Is or 20 minutes on Wiscon-
sin avenue at the corner Of
p street.
Before 1t was over. q dozen
other streetcars came to q
standstill behind the first one.
stranding perhaps more than
q hundred passengers.
An immobilized bus does
not disrupt the trafic Of the
whole line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry priters' correct
names aud addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
satton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26

tional Capital Regional Plan
ming Council. the Appropri-
atoms Committees Of both
the House and the Senate,
the Fairfax County Board of
Supervisors. the FAIRFAX
County Planning Commits
sion. the Falls Church City
Council and the Virginia
Highway Commission. plus a
4-to-l favorable vote OF the
residents in a poll conducted
by Representative Broyhill.
Even the Arlington County
Board voted approval. In
Heavens name. what more
could you ask?
Richard NJ. Smith.
Editors note: The Ma
tional Capital Planning
Commission disapproved the
Langley site for CHA in De-
cember. 1855. suggesting that
other locations be considered.
The CHA conducted such q
study but returned TO the
commission with a statement
that overriding considera-
tons of national security"
required choice of the Lang
ley site. The commission &C.
cepted this statement as
persuasive. and reversed its
previous stand against Lang
ley by q divided voteD
Date Fixed
On January II. Betty
Beale's column. Exclusively
Yours" mentions an annual
party that's always a howl
ing" SUGGESTIVE multiple
sclerosis dinner dance. Miss
Beale goes on at length to
explain all the various chair
men and the fabulous prize
Of a round trip to Europe
and all the gay entertain
ment. What she fails to men,
ton at any point is the date
Of the affair.
Esta n. Benson.
Editors note: Miss Beale's
January 20 column called at
tention to the fact that she
had inadvertently omitted
the date Of the dinner-dance,
which will be held March 7
at the Terrace Room Of the
ShorehamD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26

Prohibition was on 1.-the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
For Closer Lioison'

Fare.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-20
To Cost $50 Million
To Cost $50 Million
bureau of Standards
Plan MoUing For,uard

A spokesman for the U. S.
Bureau of Standards last
week said that the agency's
new home, planned for Cal
thersburg, will cost $50 mil
lion and be five times as big
as the Atomic Energy Com
mission at Germantown.
Robert S. Walleigh, assistant
director for administration at the
Washington headquarters of
Standards, made the disclosure
November u in an address to the
members of the Rockville Cham.
ber of Commerce at the Motel
Washingtonian.
Preliminary plans costing So
million are under way, Walleigh
said. He said plans should be
completed in a little more than
a year from now and that occu.
pancy can be expected by 1863.
He added that there now
are 22OO employees at the
Bureau and that this figure
could jump to 5000 by 1865.
The average salary earned
by Standards workers is
$1,000 a year, WaIleigh said.
Land available for scientific
facilities and buildings totals
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-20

crop of babies will pass through
those grades.
doubling between now and 1864,
for example, elementary school
load will jump a relatively small
30 percent from 44,118 to
57,145.
During the same period,
junior high attendance is ex-
pected to rise from the cur
rent 1896 to 2O,74O.
While high school enrolment is
With completion of schools
now in the planning or construc-
ton stage, the county will have
a capacity of 77,505 pupils by
1860.
Thus, during the 10-year span
since 1850, the system will have
erected classrooms for some
$1,000 new pupils.
If new construction were to
stop at that time, the schools
would have an overload of $3.50
pupils by 1861, and by 1864 the
surplus would reach 18,625, ac-
cording to the planners.
Their figures reveal just how
astonishing the SYSTEMS postwar
growth has been.
AS late as 1943, for example,
county enrolment was 16,018
children, who were taught by 537
teachers in 63 schools.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-20
every year since 1850.

every year since 1850.
The predictions are cited in
School Superintendent c. Taylor
Whittier's 1959-60 budget pro
poSals.
His figures point up these in
teresting facts:
. With competition of current
building projects, the county will
have constructed enough class
rooms since 1850 to house one
half of the total enrolment of
District schools.
. Current county high school
enrolment (9952) is expected
nearly to double by 1864. Antici-
pated load at that time is 1925.
. Enrolment at Montgomery
Junior College, now 1901, is ex-
pected to more than double by
1864, reaching 2420 by that time.
Largest increases in the next
few years will come at the high
school level, when the wartime
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-20

100000 assignable square feet,
Walleigh said. The general land
scaping will be along the same
lines as college campus.
The government owns $50
acres between Rt. 124 and Muddy
Branch rd., west of Gaithersburg.
Some of the new facilities plan
ned for the site will occupy sew
eral acres. Walleigh told cham
ber members.
Walleigh said that Standards
chose the area for its rural
nature and he hoped that the
land remains rural. In the event
of any development of the sur
rounding area, officials at Stand
ards hope that it is residential,
Walleigh stated.
Large, heavy industrial
operations or strong ground
vibrations created by traffic
would be undesirable and
could create major problems
for scientists engaged i'm
delicate work, he added.
The Bureau has been located at
Tilden and 34th sts., NV, Wash.
ington, since 1901. Increase in
technology since that time has
caused overcrowding of the agen.
cy's SO acres, Walleigh said.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-20

Applicants must be between
the ages of IL and 35 and derive
at least two-thirds of their income
from farming.
The winner will enter the state
contest, and should he win that,
he will go on to national finals
April 6, 7 and 8, 1859 in Cedar
Rapids, la. A trophy goes to
the winner.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-20

ment wants to look at the Subur-
ban books, as instructed last
summer by the County Council.
He said Suburban has made
available only a partial state.
ment" of its finances.
The county already has
signed 1958-59 contracts with
Montgomery County General
Hospital at per diem cost of
24.5O and with Washington
Sanitarium at $25.
Suburban carries the largest
load of welfare patients in the
county.
c. Carroll Morgan, chairman
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-20
Community Concert Features Trio

The Nieuw Amsterdam Trio,
now on transcontinental tour,
will be heard in Rockville next
Tuesday at Richard Montgomery
High School.
The trio will play program of
French, romantic and modern
selections.
Their appearance represents
the second of four concerts in the
current series of the Montgom-
cry County Community Concert
Association.
Members of the distinguished
chamber ensemble are Edith
Mocsanyi, pianist, a graduate of
the Viennese Academy of Music;
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-20

"SAStA - kIAtANllNOs
The dispute, now five months
old, arose because the county
thinks the hospitals per diem
costs are too high.
The hospital figures it costs
them $28.11 per day to care for
welfare patients, while the coun-
ty does not want to reimburse for
anything over $27.
Their previous. contract (under
which Suburban was paid $25)
expired last July 1, and the new
contract would be retroactive to
that date.
DR.. William ]. Peoples, county
health officer, said his depart
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-20
Jdycees Seek
Outstanding
Young Farmer

The Silver Spring Junior Cham
Der of Commerce has launched a
hunt for the community's out
standing young farmer.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-20

Joseph Rabushka, violinst, who
has been a soloist with various
symphony orchestras in Carnegie
Hall and elsewhere; and Daniel
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-20

Vandersall, cellist, assistant con-
ductor of several noted sym
phony orchestras.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-20

These are special buys we've made in brand
new kne-size sofas-9o inches long; quality
GRATED in your choice Of styles! These
are not just partially foam filled but have
Dayton PoIy-kooIfoam arms and backs :.
foam rubber REVERSIBLE cushions with
zippered covers. Select your covers from
a wide variety Of fabrics and smart coIors.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-20
County and Hospital
De0dIOcked On Rates

Suburban Hospital and Montgomery County are still
arguing the terms of their treatment of
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-20

of the Suburban board, contends
that the Suburban costs are in
line with national and regional
averages.
He points out, too, that the
hospital lowered it's costs from
$3.50 in 1867 to $28.11 in
1888.
The previous county contract
for $25 was based on Suburban's
reported costs for 1885.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-20
No Letup is Due
In School GrO1Uth

County school enrolment,
up some 10000 pupils in the
past eight years, will continue
to boom for many years, ac-
cording to school planners.
They foresee a leap from
present enrolment of $4,000 to a
total of $3.50 by 1864.
This represents an increase
of about 5000 a year or
approximately the same rate
as has been experienced
Evening star., 1958-05-11
Moy Is

5-WoterfFont. Dromo.
7-Poy TV. Special.
Two Senote members will discuss
the pros and cons Of poy TV.
Joe MeCoffrey, m. c.
9-The Lineup. Police.
A tope recording tips off police to
hit-ond-run murder and O tire
treod supplies the clue thot leeds
TO q sorry man who commits muir
der becouse ne needs money.
1880
5-lf You He'd q Million.
7-Seo Hunt. Adventure.
Lloyd Bridges ssors.
9-PeFson TO Person. MurroW.
I0:4S
4-Post Fight Beot.
1l:00
4-News and Local News.
HoFkness. Word.
5-News. Weather. Sports.
Warren. Horris. Sieool.
7-Code Three. Mystery.
Terror strikes fomiIy when their
smoII child stroys into dangerous