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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Nepotism Exposures

Too bad about all the ad-
verse publicity on the Hill
regarding payroll padding.
OF course, this has gone on
for many years. But that
does not make it right now.
I understand that there will
be q bill introduced to close
House payroll records to the
public. just as Senate rec
ords are closed. / hope that
this will not be done, because
this recent exposure in
dicates it is not a bad idea
for the records to remain
open so the public can be
told from time to time
what is happening to tax
money. The Senate should
be ashamed of its closed
door policy on this issue
and should take steps to
bring its records out for in
spection. Do they not de-
mand that all other agencies
Of the Government keep their
records open to the public?
What are they hiding?
Harry Watson.
X \ 4 X
I was amused to see Carl
L. Shipley, chairman of the
Republican State Committee
for D. c., comment on Rep
resentative Steven v. Car
ter's hiring of his son. Mr..
Shipley made remarks to the
effect that the Democratic
controlled Congress does not
seem inclined to appropriate
the $32 million Federal con-
tribution which was previ-
ously authorized for the
District budget.
If Mr.. Shipley wants to
call a spade a spade, why
doesn't he mention the Re-
publicans who have men,
bers of their families on
Government payroll? Why
should one set of rules apply
to Mr.. Carter, and the rest
be ignored?
What's fair for one party
is fair for the other. II it's
illegal let's make a law say
ing so. II not, let's forget
it and stop criticizing Repre-
sentative Carter.
Francis A. COnnOrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Tribute to Marshall

Sometimes a skilled crafts
man comes up with some
superb prose about a superb
man. Such was the sketch
by William S. White on
Marshall - Patriot, Gentle
man" My thanks to Mr..
White for penning such a
tribute to a man who, to
untold millions Of us, was the
real hero of World War II.
Mary Ball johnson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TRACEWELL

Temp Jones so m e t m e S
eats his lunch in a place
where he can look down on
card players around a table.
There is always a man
there seated behind the play
ers.
He is, as Jones knows, a
kibitzer.
This is one of the many
interesting words finding its
way into English or Ameri-
can from the Yiddish.
Originally, the kibitzer was
just an onlooker, a sort Of
meddlesome spectator, who
gave needless. gratuitous ad-
vice.
Then the word became
pinned down as the name of
one who watches a card
game from behind the play
ers and butts in.
x
Two other interesting
words Of Yiddish origin are
mazuma and kibosh.
Mazuma. as most people
know, means money.
Kibosh originally meant
nonsense, or stuff, but in
time came to mean to most
people something entirely
different.
1t is mostly used now, at
least in this country, to
totally end something, to put
the kibosh on it.
Temp Jones, watching the
kibitzer. wondered why people
want to watch card games.
He also wonders why people
want to watch golf, 4. so per-
haps his wondering is a part
Of him.
A card game, to Jones, is
the most boresome of diver
sions.
He has tried cards many
times, from childhood. on.
only to be met with COM
plete boredom.
AS a small boy, he played
poker and faro, an old
gambling game, and found
them mildly amusing.
AS an adult, so-called. he
played bridge and hearts, to
be left wishing he was back
with his book.
-
The kibitzer, Jones thought,
must be q man who some
how is divided in his own
mind about card playing.
The kib, or whatever the
diminutive should be. wants
to play cards without play
ing cards.
That is as near to IL as
Jones. the spectator in outer
space. can come to it.
He knows the kibitzer. and
regards him highly as an in
telligent man, with a kind
heart and real sense Of humor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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Sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

@. Why do beavers build
dams?-V.E.
A. The beaver is by its body
and habits meant for q life in
and near the water. II the
water in which 1t chooses to
build its home or lodge is
naturally shallow. the beaver
constructs q dam to insure
itself of a sufficient depth Of
water in all weather and IN
all seasons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
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BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

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Process of Law

Mary Ball johnson
Evening star., 1959-12-01
81, 600 Foot Balloon Flight Proved
Planet Venus Has Water Vopor

A balloon flight $1,000 feet
over South Dakota and Kansas
this past week end has given
conclusive proof for the first
time that the atmosphere of
Venus contains water vapor.
This was reported yesterday
by DR.. John Strong, who heads
an Office of Naval Research
project which sent two men
into the stratosphere to take
special pictures of the planet
last Saturday.
The vapor is considered es-
sential for any form of life
to exist. Until now, scientists
had never been able to prove
conclusively its presence be-
cause the water vapor in the
earth's own atmosphere inter-
fered with their observations.
BY getting above the atmos-
phere, however, the ballooniSts
we're able to get reliable data,
according to DR., Strong. He
said it still would take con-
siderable analysis of the data
to determine exactly how much
water vapor Is present.
Evening star., 1959-12-01

The new finding is not ex-
pected to settle the question of
whether there is some form of
life on Venus, the earth's near
est neighbor. Scientists point
out that much is still unknown
about the planet, including the
composition of its surface and
its temperature, which might
be too high for any life.
DR.. Strong himself refused to
speculate on the possible sig
niflcance of the new finding.
The presence of the vapor, he
said, was something scientists
had been curious about-for
no practical reason, I guess. "
When asked if it increased the
probability of life existing on
the planet, he replied: I'm no
biologist"
He made his comments short
ly after arriving at the Ana
costa Naval Air Station with
one Of the two balloonists,
Comdr. Malcolm D. Ross of 4441
North Nineteenth street, Ar
lington. The commanders COM
Evening star., 1959-12-01

panion on the fight, DR.. Charles
B. Moore, few directly from
Kansas to his home in Cam
bridge, Mass.
The actual fight was "very
pleasant, although it got little
chilly" said Comdr. Ross, who
has made six previous ascents
into the stratosphere.
Some trouble developed after
landing Sunday near Manhat-
tan, Kan, when a 15-mile-per-
hour wind suddenly opened the
emergency parachute. "Our
gondola was rolled, twisted and
dragged for about 750 feet" he
said. Although neither he nor
DR.. Moore was injured, he OBJ
served, those two minutes
seemed like two hours"
The gondola was loaded with
intricate equipment, he said,
including a camera, spectro-
graph, star tracker and 16-
inch telescope. "They made it
possible for us to make this type
of measurement for the first
time" he added.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
Unions Push
Political Aid
In 1860 Race

The director of labor's Com
mittee on Political Education
said today his organization was
already "at work" on the 1850
campaign.
I'VE will give support to
every liberal candidate" James
L. McDevitt said in a speech
before the Maryland-District OF
Columbia AFL-CIO convention
at the Sheraton-Park Hotel.
Labor has no choice but to
become active in the field OF
political education" he con-
tinued.
otherwise we will go back
to 1925, when the laborine
man had no voice in this field,
he said.
Another national labor leader
told the delegates that the
steel strike sis the strike Of
every organized laborer in this
country" and said unions woulo
have to come to the aid oi
the steel workers if the strike
is resumed. He. was Joseph
Lewis, secretary of the Unior
Label and Service Trades De.
lpartment.
Maryland's Gov. Tawes dis.
closed to the delegates yester.
day that he intends to appoint
a committee to determine what
improvements should be made
in the States labor laws.
He said he would ask Off.
GERS of the labor organiza.
tion to suggest names of in.
dividuals who could serve
on the committee as represent.
ativeS of organized labor.
The Governors plan was ap.
plauded by the delegates anc
commended by w. F. Strong
president of the Maryland
State and D. c. AFL-CIO, az
"a forward STEP"
A few minutes before Gov
Tawes arrived at the conven-
ton, he had been criticized BY
Oliver Singleton, an AFL-CIC
regional director, as one who
had turned out not to be q
friend of labor"
Gov. Tawes said in his speech
that the new labor reform bill
passed by Congress had given
the States new powers to move
into labor controversies in
intrastate commerce.
Evening star., 1959-12-01

president and commissioner oi
the New York State Depart.
ment of Social Welfare de-
clared.
In some areas. he said. en-
ployable persons unable to get
work and not eligible for un-
employment insurance do not
qualify for local general assist
ance. The District is included
in this group.
The association also urged:
That the provision in the
Social Security Act limiting
disability insurance benefits to
persons so or over be changed
so disability benefits can be
drawn at any age.
That Federal participation in
public assistance be increased
to assure comprehensive high
quality medical care to all
recipients.
That Federal progra ms
should more effectively help
migratory workers and their
families. (.
The board also passed a
resolution asking that the 1860
White House Conference on
Children and YOUTH. to meet
here next Spring. give adequate
opportunity for discussion and
consideration of the country's
aid to dependent children pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
Officials Seek Firebuq
For 6 BIozes in AdeIphi

A firebug is spught by Prince
Georges County fire officials
following a wave of basement
fires in the Oakton apartment
development at Adelphi. Md,
yesterday.
Altogether there were six fires
within a half hour which re-
suited in damage totaling more
than $4,000.
The fires also kept 10 fire
departments from Prin e
Georges and Montgomery
Counties on the run during
the afternoon rush hour. The
Oakton development is near the
Prince Georges Montgomery
County line. just of New
Hampshire avenue.
Prince Georges Fire Marshal
Lawrence r. Woltz and other
fire officials said they believed
the fires were deliberately set.
The first alarm came in at
4:34 pm. for a fire at 1907 Fox
street, where a basement trash
fire caused minor damage.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!
POLICE TO AUCTION OFF BIKES

District police will auction of l42 unclaimed bicycles
and icycles December 15 Deputy Chief Earl P Hart
man announced today.
All the vehicles abandoned the streets during
the past year. according to the deputy chief who the
departments property clerk They will be sold for cash
and "as is. without warranty or guarantee"
The auction will start at am. at the property
clerks warehouse, in the of 469477 street NV.
-Four piles of bicycle and tricycle. parts also will be sod
II anyone wants them.
No items will be sold to children unless they are ae-
companied by adults, Deputy Chief Hartman Said The
auction tradionaly held Just in time for ChristmaE
Evening star., 1959-12-01
Advisory Group
Sought for Area
Traffic Program

Plans for a citizens advisory
group to help traffic expert:
develop a program for sever
Washington area communities
are expected to be completed
within a month. 1t. Col. Jes.
Unger, Assistant District En-
.gineer Commissioner. said TO-
day.
The move to set up the
citizens advisory group was
undertaken yesterday at 6
meeting in the Raleigh Hotel
when traffic experts Of the
Washington Metropolitan Ares
Traffic Council sought the aic
Of % businessmen.
The businessmen would aci
as citizen advisers to the coun-
Gil experts on an area wide
basis in the same manner that
the District Citizens Traffic
Board aids the Commissioners
on traffic problems in the Dis
trict.
The seven areas to be repre-
sented as soon as Mr.. Unger
can draw up q charter will
include Fairfax, Falls Church,
Arlington, Alexandria. Mont
gomery and Prince Georges
counties and the District.
District Engineer Commits
sioner Alvin C. yelling said
that, as soon as Col. Unger has
defined the specific purposes
Of the area-wide organization,
more discussions win be @sched-
uled with the businessmen.
This. Col. Unger said. should
take about one month.
Evening star., 1959-12-01

alleged conflict of interest be-
tween his private consulting
business and the hospital COM
mission which has charge Of
constructing the project.
Statement Issued
The statement issued last
night by commission members
with the chairman absent from
the meeting, said in part:
although the board OF
supervisors praised Mr.. wilkins
for his work on the hospital
and stated that the allegations
against him were improved,
they stiIl requested his resigna-
ton.
''The commission members
further wish to add that in
their opinion, based on years
Of work with Mr.. wilkins on
the hospital project. his resig-
nation voluntarily or by board
.of supervisors action would
make much more difficult the
completion of the construction
and equipping of the hospital
and may result in an appre-
Evening star., 1959-12-01

States the option. of either
administering all of their public
assistance program ''in one
comprehensive program, or
through the several present
categories."
The categories, for which
Federal money is given to States
on a matching basis" are old
age assistance, aid to de-
pendent children, aid to the
blind and aid to the perma-
nently and totally disabled.
The association, meeting at
the Statler-Hilton Hotel in its
national biennial round table
conference, also reaff1rmed a
stand that Federal money
should be given for general
assistance programs for the
needy not now covered by ex-
listing Federal categories.
The board of directors adopt
ed the 80 recommendations
which become the associations
policy at a meeting yesterday.
ST h sands of children
throughout this country are
living on marginal diets, living
at a subsistence level, because
their families do not meet
some requirement Of eligibility
for one of the present assist
.ance categories and there is
no adequate general assistance
program where they live" Ray
mond w. Houston, APWA
Evening star., 1959-12-01
VPI Dean Elected

LOUISVILLE. KY, Nov. 30
(AP). - The Association Of
Southern Graduate School
Deans yesterday elected L. A.
Pardue of Virginia Polytechnic
Institute as president, succeed
ing Ronald, Bamford of the
University Of Maryland. G. D.
Rock of Catholic University of
America was elected vice pres
ident,
Evening star., 1959-12-01

ciable delay in the completion
Of the project currently sched-
uled for November, 1860"
The commission members
said a replacement for Mr..
Wilkins would encounter diff
culties familiarizing himself
with the five years of work al
ready accomplished by the FIVE
member commission.
Five Years Of Work
THE. commission feels" the
statement said, that the
board of supervisors would
have great difficulty in secur-
ing someone as capable and
willing to contribute without
pay the many necessary hours
required to complete the Fair
fax Hospital.
These problems in the opin-
ion of the commission will
more seriously hinder the hos
pital than possible continued
criticism Of Mr.. wilkins by a
few well-organized citizens
whom the board of supervisors
seem to be anxious to appeaSe. +"
Evening star., 1959-12-01
Foirfox Hospital Group
Asks Wilkins to Remain
Four Commission Members Oppose
Supervisors Request He Resign

The four members Of the Fairfax County Hospital Com
mission last night requested their chairman Donald L. wilkins
not to resign.
His resignation had been requested with regret" by
of the members of the Fairfax County Board of Super
viSors.
Mr. wilkins has come under fire from the supervisors for an
Evening star., 1959-12-01

Within minutes there were fires
at 1900, 1902 and 1906 Erie
street. where most of the dam
age was inflicted. These fires
were in locker storage rooms in
the basement. Then came fires
at 9404 and 9406 Adelphi road,
where damage was negligible.
Two alarms were sounded be-
fore it was over.
All of the fires were within
a few blocks of each other.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
Democrats to Form
18th District Group

The organizational meeting Of
the Thirteenth District Demo-
cratic Club of Montgomery
County, Md, will be held at
8 o'clock tonight at the Villa
Rosa Restaurant, Silver Spring.
William F. Fadler, jr., pre-
cinct chairman, will act az
temporary chairman Of the
meeting.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
U. S. Asked to Remove
Curbs on Stote Relief
rH

The American Public Welfare Association today called for
change Federal law to free States from having eonne
Federay supported relief programs types needy
persons.
resolution of 80 which will APWA objectives
asks for change in the Social Security that
Evening star., 1959-12-01


THE BRITISH AGENTS
kept our State Department
informed. The evidence built
up. One item was a letter
Won Papen wrote his wife
and entrusted to an under
cover courier trying to get
to Germany. He was inter-
cepted by the English. The
letter referred to the "idi-
otic Yankees" Very undip-
lomatic.
Finally ON December 5,
1915, the State Department
asked the Imperial German
government to recall Won
Papen and Boyd as per-
soma non grata.
Won Papen returned on a
neutral ship which was
boarded by the British as it
approached the blockade of
the North Sea. He had dip
lomatic immunity, but not
against wartime search and
seizure of his papers. The
British found 26 used check
books among his effects and
the stubs gave them the
names of his agents in
America. Some Spyl
His career since has been
fascinating. He escaped Hit
ler's blood bath when his
own secretary was killed.
Again and again his associ-
Ates have died and he has
lived.
After World War II, when
ne was in his 70s, he was
still called "the best ball
room dancer in Europe" He
was in the news the other
day. He was reappointed
papal chamberlain in the
Vatican, a post he had held
between wars.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
Dc. Meeting.
0nChidren
Gains Support
yelling Backs
Korrick S Coll
For Conference

A conference of community
leaders on aiding the Districts
dependent children apparently
was assured today with support
for this move by Engineer Com
missioner A. C. yelling.
Commissioner David B. Kar-
rick yesterday said he would
recommend that the city spon-
sor this communicative con-
ference.
A report by the D. c. Health
and Welfare Councils Junior
Village Committee on the de-
pendent children problem
recommended that the Com
miSsioners set up a citizens
committe representing all COM
munity interests to help study
this matter.
Well1ng BACKS move
Today, Gen. yelling added
his support for a conference to
that of Mr.. Karrick and said
he thought it should be held
as promptly as possible.
Mr.. Karrick will ask the third
Commissioner, President Robert
E. Mclaughlin, who will return
Thursday from a meeting in
Denver. to call the conference
of professional. business and
religious and other leaders.
DR.. Daniel G. Hill, dean Of
the school of religion at How
ard University, today deplored
the lack of recommendations
on birth control in the Junior
Village Committee report.
Sees Discrimination
DR.. Hill, who said he was
speaking as an individual, sup
ported criticism Of the omission
yesterday by the Planned Par
enthood Association. II
DR.. Hill called denial of aid
in limiting their families q
form of discrimination against
the poor"
He urged that "all the major
religious faiths which recognize
the value of child spacing
should officially call on the
committee which prepared and
approved the report to request
that approriate suggestions
about birth control be added" 7"
DR.. Hill is q member Of the
Washington Conference Of the
Methodist Church.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
The
Rambler
Checks on
Old Spy Story
By GEORGE KENNEDY

By GEORGE KENNEDY
Just out of curiosity, the
Rambler stopped in at the
old German Embassy Sun
day.
The old red brick building
with the brownStone porte
cochere, which stands on the
terraced elevation on the
north side Of the 1400 block
of Massachusetts, avenue
NV, is being torn down.
The front door was open
and women who cannot
resist buying fireplace man
tells when old houses are torn
down were inspecting the
interior.
All expressed diSappoint-
ment if not diSapproVal of
the f1replaces. One was black
slate instead of marble.
They're not Victorian"
one woman summed it up,
they're German"
Another woman was sort
ing old-fashioned wooden
blinds which were leaning
against the wall.
These are worth their
weight in gold when you
are doing over an old house."
she said. GAS there is no one
here to take my money, I
think I will take these two
and pay for them tomorrow"
If anyone is interested in
an oversized oak ice box that
will hold 200 pounds of ice,
one can be had dirt cheap
from the Cornell Co., which
is wrecking. the building.
WE WENT UPSTAIRS and
entered the ballroom. This
was a handsome room with
a high, arched ceiling and a
large recess in the back wall
for the orchestra.
Here it was that young
Won Papen was admired as
one of the most beautiful
walters ever to come to
these shores. That was in
1915 just as the new Ameri-
can dances, the fox trot and
the turkey trot, were becom-
ing the rage.
How thoroughly World
War II has blacked out
World War / is well illus
trated by the failure of the
newspaper stories on the raz-
ing of the old embassy to
mention the Won Papen-Boy-
Ed spy story. That was the
biggest sensation Of its kind
prior to our entry In the war.
Franz Won Panen was the
military and Karl Boy-Ed
the naval attache of the
embassy. The war on the
Western front had started in
August of the preceding year
and had become deadlocked
in the trenches.
Great Britain and France
had one great advantage
over Germany. Their fleets
controlled the Atlantic. And
on the opposite shore was
industrial America.
1t was the year of the
"war babies" when Ameri-
can Brass and Bethlehem
Steel (the latter had long
been in the armament busi-
ness) scared in the New York
Stock Exchange.
Won Papen and Boy-Ed
had their orders, which were
perfectly logical from the
German point of view. They
were to employ saboteurs,
directly or indirectly, to
cripple the munitions plants.
But they went about their
work so clumsily that the
British intelligence agents
had little difficulty in keep
ing track of their activities.
There were a number of
explosions in the plants but
no serious delays in produc-
ton.
THE BRITISH AGENTS
kept our State Department
informed. The evidence built
up. One item was a letter
Won Papen wrote his wife
and entrusted, to an under
cover courier trying to get
to Germany. He was inter-
cepted by the English. The
letter referred to the "idi-
otic Yankees" Very undip-
lomatic.
Finally ON December 5,
1915, the State Department
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tackle have just cause The supply Of giant catfish, red
horse, carp. buffalo fish, alligator gar. sturgeon and
paddlefsh produces an occasional l5OpOunder.
Under the circumstances it isn't surprising that visi
tors to Center Hill rarely lapse into the traditional
exaggeratons Of angling. The literal truth is hard to
improve upon.
Despite those awesome credentials, any number Of
America 20 million fishermen have their own favorite
spots Dozens Of prize winning lunkers have come out
Of neighboring Dale Hollow Lake, the Eagle River
country in Wisconsin, Names picturesque Rangeley
Lakes, the White River washing through the Missouri
Ozarks just to mention few.
But with authorities who know dorsal fms best, it's
Center Hill by two to one. There isn't any doubt
about it, says tackle manufacturer Billy Burns. dubbed
Americas best fisherman - Continued on page "a