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Evening star., 1960-03-20
Stroiqht-Line Freewoy

The District government apparently
has lost its long fight to find an inter-
state freeway route between downtown
Washington and Bethesda which would
avoid the Wisconsin avenue traffic cor
ridor." Its only sensible course Of action
now, therefore, is to determine without
further delay whether location exists
In the Wisconsin avenue area that the
Commissioners can approve.
The freeway, which would connect
the Districts proposed "inner loop" with
Maryland's new Route 240 in Bethesda,
has become Washington'S most durable
highway controversy. It's Importance is
due in no small measure to the fact
that, as part Of the Federal system
Of interstate highways, 80 per cent Of
its tremendous costs may be paid by the
Federal Government and the need for
such freewayS to the north is mounting
steadily. Maryland officials, backed by
Federal planners have favored the free
ways construction along Wisconsin ave-
nue. both through Bethesda and the
District. City officials, with good rea-
son, we believe, have felt that every
effort should be made to find a route
elsewhere than the heavily developed
Northwest area.
Last week, the District proposed
such an alternate, located on the east
side of Rock Creek Park and leading
from the central city to Maryland's cir
cumferential freeway in Silver Spring.
This route by everyone'S admission
would serve a greater traff1c demand
than Wisconsin avenue freeway. Costs
would be similar in either case This
eastern route also would conform to
plans for rapid transit.
To the Federal Bureau Of Public
Roads, however, these arguments were
not sufficient to outweigh the single
consideration that straight line is the
shortest distance between two points.
The Districts proposal would add about
~ miles to the distance between the
inner loop and the Pooks Hill inter-
change. Therefore, according to the
Bureau, Federal aid funds would be
available for an interstate route in the
Wisconsin avenue corridor" whereas
they would not be available for the
longer, alternative route.
Where will the District begin to look
for a route in the Wisconsin avenue
area? While the answer is not definite
now, the obvious starting point is a
scheme developed by the National Capt.
tai Planning Commission, which would
extend the Six-lane freeway along Wis
consin from Pooks Hill in Bethesda to
point south Of Tenley Circle in Wash
ington. There, four lanes of passenger
car-only traffic would be routed to the
proposed Glover -Archbold parkway, and
four car-andtruck freeway lanes would
be built eastward to join the "inner
loop" somewhere on the east side Of
Rock Creek Park.
These studies, of course, are bound
to renew bitter controversy in both
Maryland and the District. Not until
they are completed, however, and not
until city highway officials make f1rm
recommendation, will anyone know for
certain whether the Wisconsin avenue
freeway actually win be built.
Evening star., 1960-03-20
We Lead on This

Permit me to take a slight
caveat TO the complacence Of
your editorial Of March II,
entitled I'VE Lead On This"
You beam with pleasure
that at last you have found
something in the theological
field in which we are ahead
Of the Russians, namely, for
eign students already drawn
here for technical. profess
sional and general education
In our colleges and UNIVERSE
ties. Because this invaluable
influx Of foreign students is
so impressive in size, you fail
to dip below the surface to
inquire what the results Of
this attendance is upon these
students who have grown to
such a great stream, almost
In a fit Of observation-disclosures
on the part Of America.
How many Of these stu
dents. left to their own de-
vices with no real apprecia-
ton on our part Of their i'm
portance and impact on
their return to their home
lands, have gone back to turn
the tools we have given them
and sharpened for them to
attack the free order Of So
ciety? I submit that In no
country Of the world did the
United States expend as
much idealistic endeavor.
religious, educational, med
ical. ETC.. as in the Republic
OF China. There was prob
ably no country, outside of
the English speaking world.
Where as many Americans
made the effort to learn the
language and do all those
things, minus Of course any
political purpose, which we
did in China before l949.
Nevertheless. it was the Rus
sian Soviet politically school
trained Chinese personnel
who stated the Communist
movement which today rules
Mainland China.
We can look at this vast
undifferentiated, undirected
army of $4,000 foreign stu
dents and take all the com.
placement pride which your
editorial takes about being
ahead Of the Russians on this
particular front. But for
nearly 40 years more the
russians have been training
foreign personnel by thou
sands for every continent In
political training schools, of
which the United States and
all Its free world allies have
not one comparable or
matching institution. Last
year Representatives Judd
and Herlong introduced in
the House and Senators
Douglas and Mundt introduce
ed in the Senate a bill for a
Freedom Academy to train
private citizens in all levels
OF activity to match the
thousands Of students that
have been pouring out of the
soviet training schools for
the last generation and a half
with such fantastic success in
political conquest, from China
to Cuba.
But checking last June's
newspapers when it hap
pened. it seems The Star did
not consider this project
worth front page space and
editorial notice.
Arthur G. Mcdowell,
Executive Secretary-Treas-
urer. Council Against Com
muniSt Aggression
Evening star., 1960-03-20
Forever Gripping

I thoroughly agree with
your editorial Next Comes
Spring" March IA. However,
your statement that our next
grippe weatherwise will have
to do with the awful heat
and humidity Of summertime
is not chronologically correct.
Sprintime gripes come next
on my list-Such as:
Oh sweet spring with four
inch driZzles
You always give me colds and
tizzleS.
Then summer:
Summery days do always
sizzle
That is why I fret and frizzle.
Angus Sinclair.
Evening star., 1960-03-20
50 Years Ago

What was perhaps the
most powerful and complete
control ever exercised by one
man over Congress came to
an end so years ago. On
March 20, 1910, The Star
reported that Speaker Uncle
Joe Cannon had been re-
moved as chairman of the
House Rules Committee in
"the smashing of the Re-
publican House organization
and the overthrow of the
system under which the ma
jority in the House of Rep
resentatives has done busi-
ness for so years"
A campaign by The Star SO
years ago met with consider
able success. On March %,
1910, The Star reported:
"Strict enforcement of the
excise law in every direction
has followed The Stars cru
Evening star., 1960-03-20
100 Years AGO

Public improvements were
underway in much of Wash
ington 100 years ago. On
March %, 1860, The Star
reported that "the work of
grading and graveling New
York avenue and relaying
the pavements between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets
has been commenced. The
water mains for city distri-
button are being laid in that
vicinity. The Taper en-
ployed by the city TO per-
form the work of tapping
the mains to supply the Po-
tomac water where it is
asked for, has many Or
ders. :"
Washington's efforts to
build a market house took
q step forward a hundred
years ago. On March "a,
1860, The Star reported that
"in the Senate yesterday
Mr.. Brown asked the body
to take up the bill au-
thorizing the Corporation Of
Washington to make a loan
and issue 100000 in bonds
for building a market house.
The bill was reported to the
Senate and passed. :"
Evening star., 1960-03-20

which has been lifted in
heroic yesterdays from Inde-
pendence Hall to Two Jima,
when it was more appropri-
ate for Americans with q Te
Deum in their hearts to sing,
Three cheers for the Red,
White and Blue"
Where, oh where, but in
America is plenty so shared,
need so alleviated, sympathy
SO abounding, CULTS so
bridged? 1t is the land of the
friendly face turned to all
the world. Quite significantly
a great British newspaper,
true to the Union Jack, the
Manchester Guardian, de-
clared editorially some time
ago: "The United States has
done more than any other
country to guarantee peace
in the world. America re.
mains the foremost country
in the world whose ideal il
the words Of its own Coli
stitution is to promote the
general welfare and secure
the blessings Of liberty The
United States has done more
than any other country in
the world to help others. and
to secure their help, pros
perity and welfare" And so,
from 5000 miles away, under
English skies we hear the
refrain, Three cheers for
the Red, White and Blue"
Discouraged and disguised
Americans, deceived by a dis
torted sense Of proportion,
need to read the story Of
Elijah. After great hours Of
triumph in whipping the
priests Of Baal, the prophet
behaved like a pouting child.
In a At Of depression he be-
heved that the whole nation
had turned to denial and
corruption. He thought that
he alone had preserved ma
tional honor. Sitting under a
juniper tree he wished he
had never been born. But he .
was mistaken. God told him
there were many quiet homes
where people, such as are the
leaven Of any land, had not
defiled their garments. The
prophet was given to know
that his arithmetic was all
wrong and, instead of being
alone, he was of by 6,999.
Gods word came to the
prophet, II have left me 1000
in Israel whose knees have
not bowed unto Baal." And
so Elijah ran up the flag
again with pride, as we must
do in our own land. 80.
To be sure, corruption gets
the headlines; but to one
traitor to the flag there are
1000 whose patriotism is as
pure as that of the founding
fathers.
In this epochal day, with
many false lights on the
shore" and with those on
board who do not have
America in their hearts, still
with swelling pride we can
join in the cheers which ring
in Longfellow's lines
Sail on, o Union! strong
and great!
Humanity iDith all its fears,
With all its hopes of future
years,
Is hanging bredthleSS on thy
fate!
So cheer for the Red, White
and Blue whose mandates
make tyranny tremble.
Evening star., 1960-03-20
LETTERS TO THE STAR.

Pen names may be used %
letters carry iDriterS correct
names and addresses. An,
letters are subject to eonden-
sdtton.
Evening star., 1960-03-20
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Cheering the Flag
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRI
Chaplain Of the United States senate

WnaL mas happened 10 Lne
exultant surge Of pride in
the hearts of Americans
when anywhere the Stars and
Stripes are unfurled?
In this year OF our Lord, as
we enter q fateful decade in
the life Of our Nation, and Of
all nations, there is little
necessity to exhort people
inside our Nation, and OUT
side, to shout our faults and
failings from the housetops.
There are already too many
experts in that field.
OF course, vilifying Amer
lea has been the stock in
trade Of atheistic communism
both in Russia and on main
land China these many years.
For them, nothing good can
come out Of this free land.
Their bitter billingsgate is q
sort Of pathological reaction
to the Marxist goal of ulti-
mate world domination. The
jeers of the Sino-Russian tyr
amy are expressed in half
truths and outright misrep-
reservations as with gleeful
delight they hold q magnify
ing glass over our admitted
imperfections. ALI that is q
part Of their big lie propa-
ganda. We do not expect
them to cheer for the red,
white and blue.
But our deep concern in
this message Is the contem-
porary tendency for misled
citizens Of this valiant land
the envy of all the earth
to follow the example Of COW
etous outsiders who push
then hate campaigns against
anything they dub American.
One thing to remember is
that dictatorship washes its
soiled linen in private. Moth
ing is made public which does
not pass oficial' censorship.
The whitewashed reports
given to the enslaved. and to
the outside world, are doc
tored" to conform to the
purposes Of tyrants whose
will is the nations policy.
In q genuine democracy all
is different. 1t is what is
wrong which is likely to be
exhibited. In democracy the
people are not regimented or
coerced to accept everything
handed down from an all
wise hierarchy. The people
with conscience and wills un-
fettered work out their own
salvation in the gymnasium
of their own decisions and
actions.
In competition with the
iron regime Of conformity.
government of the people,
and by the people, has a
temporary disadvantage. It's
dirty linen Is hung out on
the public common for all to
behold. There are investiga-
tions and revelations which
enrage and shock the pre-
ponderantly decent members
Of the commonwealth. Those
who are aghaSt at the iniq-
uity exposed are likely to lose
a sense Of proportion and,
looking with scandalized eyes,
to ask in despair, "Is this
American"
The subversive forces work.
ing feverishly day and night
to discount our democracy
often succeed to an alarming
degree in getting shocked
Americans to conclude that
this great experiment in
freedom has broken down.
There are many who, failing
to put crimes against the
state in their true proportion
to righteousness in this good
land. come to think Of the
flag as having lost the stars
Of its idealiSm, and the white
stripes of its virtues, leaving
nothing but q waving red
blush of shame as a national
emblem.
But. thank God, this is not
so! With all that tends to
drag the American dream
from its pinnacle, there never
was a time since Betsy Ross
designed the starry hammer
Evening star., 1960-03-20
Slightly Cynical

New York G.
Evening star., 1960-11-05
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Evening star., 1960-11-05

against which the door rests
when closed.
All door frames or castings
are equipped with holdings
which stop the door at just
the right place. This long
strip is nailed up along both
sides and across the top Of
the door opening, and when
the door does not set Sc
curely against this strip it
will rattle when windows are
opened at night and all the
noise In the house can be
heard through the gap.
The proper procedure Is to
lift OF this strip. close the
door and lock it. and then
renal the strip again tight
against the door. This in
sures a tight-f1tting door
which will not rattle and
which will close ont most Of
the noise outside Of the
room.
Speaking Of noise coming
through q door. it might be
well to note that when abso-
lutte quiet Is desired q door
can be weatherstripped with
rubber molding and made
practically noiseproof.
(Released BY Bell syndieate)
Evening star., 1960-11-05

this means construction costs
have increased 2 per cent dur
ing the past IL months, he
noted.
The increase is based on
an averaging Of building ma
terials prices and hourly
wage data sampled in la
metropolitan areas of the
country. Other elements taken
in account include design,
taxes. insurance, money and
competitive conditions.
Mr.. Matthews also forecast
an annual increase Of 8 to
4 per cent in construction
costs in 1861.
Evening star., 1960-11-05
RottIins Door Is Easily Fixed

However. 1t requires quite
a bit Of skill to properly re-
set a striking plate, and the
woodwork is liable to suffer
under the hands of q COM
pletely unskilled person. The
best way to cure door trou-
BILE Of the kind we are talk
ing about Is to move the
stop bead or doorstops
Evening star., 1960-11-05
Building Costs Reported Up

Construction costs in the
United States rose per cent
between April and october
this year. according to Myron
L. Matthews. manager-edi-
tor Of the Dow Building Cost
Calculator.
Coupled with q ! per cent
increase reported for the six
month period before April,
Evening star., 1960-11-05
Architect PorIey

The American Institute Of
Architects has invited the
Pan American Federation Of
Architects to hold its 11th
Congress In Washington in
1865.
Philip Will, jr., president Of
the ALA. personally delivered
the invitation to the 10th
Pan American Congress Of
Architects during its meeting
last month in Buenos Aires.
Among those from this
area who attended the Buenos
Aires meeting were Ronald
Senseman Of Silver Spring,
and Wolf Won Eckardt Of the
ALA Department Of Public
Information.
Evening star., 1960-11-05

There are few things more
annoying than a rattling
door, or a door that does not
close tightly and through
which one can hear all the
noise generated in the house.
Actually, a door Of this
kind can be made tight in
q few minutes and without
very much manual effort.
Evening star., 1960-11-05
By DOUGLAS TUokAEY
Contributing Writer

Most doors rattle because
they have shrunk q bit or
because they have warped out
of shape q fraction Of an
inch. The condition can be
remedied by m OWNS the
striking plate so that when
the tongue Of the lock drops
into the small square hole
which Is there to receive it,
it is o tight At.
Evening star., 1960-11-05
CLEVELAND PARK
4226 9th Street NV.

This brick, 4-bedroom. 2-both
home with recreation room. z
cor detached garage. On o cor
ner lot. Will sell this weekend.
Priced in mid-20s with owner
tokins book $4,000 mortgage.
Ewes. EN-. 2-0627.
TO REACH: Out Reno Rd. to
Upton ST., left to S7th st. and
right to open sign.
Evening star., 1960-11-05
$500 18th Street
{ BEDROOMS. w BATHS

UIVNOONtJf @TI UNTVES
Spacious ,detoehed brick CENTER
hall CoIoniol overlooking Rock
Creek Park. Living room with
fireplace. dining room, kitchen
with breokfust room. porch, rec.
room. garage. SIS, 500. Neor St.
Johns Academy. finest schools
end tronsp. Ewes. IA. 9-57ll.
TO REACH: Out Conn. Ave. to
Nebr., right on Nebr. to Military
Rd., right on Military Rd. to
2Sth St. and right open sign.
Evening star., 1960-11-05
$500 33rd St. NV.

First showing Of this detached
stucco home neor lofoyette
school with den and powder
room first floor, 4 bedrooms and
both up. Priced $24,950. Ewes.
IA. 9-l699.
TO REACH: From Conn. and
intersection to S3rd st. and open
sign.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-03-19

ern nations were prepared to sac
rifice whites currently resident in
Africa for the sake of appeasing
Africa's black millions.
He linked this appeasement to
British appeasement of Hitler be-
fore the outbreak Of World War
II. But, said DR.. Verwoerd, the
whites of Africa must not be "de-
voured." He made it clear that
South Africa would stand by it's
present policies that "there should
be no mixing anywhere"
That the Verwoerd government
seems determined to carry out this
policy to extreme lengths seems
to be borne out by a ruling in the
past few days that white officials
of the African Affairs Department
are henceforth barred from shaking
hands with Africans. Instead the
government has ruled that to avoid
embarrassing situations these
white officials should use "tradi-
tionaP African greetings.
In some tribes this could mean
a hand raised in salute or the clap
ping of hands while squatting.
The consensus seems to be how
ever, that hand shaking has been
in general use among Africans in
this country for more than one
hundred years.
1t is with such measures as
these that the present South Afri-
can Government seems to empha-
size to many bewildered observers
its preoccupation with it's concept
of the African as a tribalized
primitive upon whom urbanization
and the civilizing impact of the
West over the past 800 years have
made no impact.
This apparent ignorance of At
rican advances at home appears
to color the governments appre-
citation of the advances Africans
have made in the respected indie
pendent black African states be-
yond its borders.
This African advance is such
that P. J. Dummy, principal of the
white University of Cape Town,
stated when announcing a new
drive for funds that the universe
ties of the new African states
were making such strides that
they would soon "leave us COM
pletely in the shade"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-03-19

Birmingham, Ala. B. Blay-
ton, Atlanta, Ca, radio station
owner, university professor, bust
ness man and fraternity leader is
scheduled to be the main speaker
at the public program of the an
nual Amega Psi Phi Fraternity's
Seventh District meeting set for
April 14-16 in the L. r. Hall Me-
mortal Auditorium of the Smith
and CASTOR Building.
He will speak at the program
set for z pm. Friday, April Is,
Mr.. Blayton, grand keeper of fl
nance for Omega Psi Phi Fratern-
ity, will be the official representa-
tive of the Omega Supreme Coun-
Gil.
The district meeting will open
with registration at 1 pm. Thurs
day, April ID. Delegates will be
housed in the A. G. CASTOR Motel
and all meetings will be held in the
recently dedicated A. G. CASTOR
Building.
Delegates are expected from the
fraternity's 45 chapters located
on college campuses and in cites OF
four states, namely, Alabama, Flor
ida, Georgia and Mississippi.
The district talent hunt is set
for Z pm Thursday.
Important reports will come
from DR.. Paul /. Clifford, profess
sor at Atlanta University, who is
chairman of the district scholar
ship committee and Emory o. Jack
son, chairman of the district So
cial action committee.
District officers include DR.. J.
T. Brooks, of Montgomery, dis
trict representative; Robert L. Jen-
nings of Tallahassee, Fla, first
vice district representative; DON
aid Hopkins of Miami, Fla. (stu-
dent at Morehouse College, Allan
tai, second vice district represent
tative. (Mr. Hopkins is the recipi-
ent of $4,000 grant by Charles
Merrill and will travel and study
in Europe next year. He will at.
tend the University of Vienna and
tour the British Isles, the Neither
lands, Germany, France, Spain,
Greece and Switzerland, and other
places.
DR.. J. E. Carter, Jr., of Angus
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-03-19
]. B. BIayton Omega Fraternity
Seventh District Meeting Speaker

ia, Ga, district keeper Of finance,
and past president Of the Nation
al Dental Association; and r. Z.
Thomas, district marshall.
A brilliant calendar Of social
events is listed. Among them are
get-acquainted party Thursday
night, Onega's formal dance Fri
day night, and varied courtesies
from the cooperating fraternities
and sororities.
Members of the host entertain
ment committee in addition to Mr..
Thomas are, James Stone, assist
ant marshall; Atty. Orzell Bill
Kingsley, Jr., chairman Of the So
cial committee; E. S. Blissett, chair
man of the talent hunt committee;
F. H. Etherdige, chairman of the
housing committee; Mr.. Jackson,
chairman of the program commit
tee; S. C. O'Neal, chairman of the
transportation committee and L.
B. Gaillard, Jr., chairman Of the
finance committee.
Chapter officers include A. =.
Green, basileus; Mrs. O'Neal, vice
basileus; Clarence Williams, keep
er of records and seal; Calvin
Smith, assistant keeper of records
and seal; w. Arnett Bryant, keep
er of finance; James Stoen, chap
lain; Woodie Lyon, keeper of
peace; Mr.. Thomas, chapter editor
and Mrs. Blissett, chapter histor-
ian.
Theme of the meeting is Toward
Freedom Fulfillment Through Bus
mess and Job Opportunities"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-03-19
French Africa,..
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disclosed today by .Togoland's Pre-
mier, Sylyanus E Olympic.
It's key feature would be . de-
Tense pact, under which a mill
tary attack on any member Of the
bloc would be considered an attack
on all. -
The members Of the proposed
bloc are also planning close coop
GRAFTON in other fields, Premier
Olympic added in an interview.
The prime movers of the plan
are the leaders of the Mali Fedora
ton, which includes Senegal and
Sudan and which seeks independ-
ence by April.
The federation's Premier, Mo-
dibo Keita, recently toured French
African states and discussed the
idea of a bloc with various lead
ers.
The bloc is not envisaged as
anti British Premier Olympic. said.
The British West African colony
of Nigeria, due to become indie
pendent next October, is being rea-
sonable with its neighbors, he said.
Members of the Nigerian Fed
eral Government are now in Niger,
a member of the French Commun-
ity negotiating for the free move
ment of goods and men across the
Niger-Nigerian frontier, the Pre-
mier noted. He said the Nigerian
leaders had never suggested inte-
grating Niger into Nigeria.