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Evening star., 1961-09-03

these interesting particu-
lars" of the surrender of the
forts: ". The prisoners
manifested great surprise at
falling into Uncle Sans
hands, from whose grasp
they had believed themselves
perfectly secure. The rank
and file were equally aston
ished to find that they were
fed and sheltered instead Of
being slaughtered in cold
blood. =. All manifested
great anxiety to know what
was to be done with them,
and were assured that they
were going to be among bet
ter friends than they had at
home, and would receive
full rations regularly. The
last consideration seemed to
afford great satisfaction to
the privates. When the
capitulation took place, the
provisions of the garrison
were running very low, con-
sisting principally of salt
junk and molasses. About
half the prisoners had been
in the fort for three months
with little pay. They COM
planned Of hardships. The
arms were mostly altered
from flint to percussion locks.
They were Of very poor quail
ity. But two companies were
fully uniformed; the rest
were in citizens clothes.
A number Of the defenders
were from the country d.
consisting of substantial men,
planters, ship owners, tar
boilers, proprietors. Some Of
the soldiers said they had
enlisted to avoid being i'm
pressed; others didn't hest
tate to express the hope that
the war would speedily close,
adding that it was a bad
business :" For a while
it appeared that the Confed-
eracy had also lost its Presi-
dent. ThA Star reported on
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FROM THE STAR FILES...

September 4, 1861: "At a
late hour last night a branch
of the Government received
a dispatch from a reliable
party in Louisville, notifying
it that those in that city
understood to be in closest
communication with Rich
mond, we're satisfied of the
correctness of the rumors of
the death of Jefferson Davis.
Davis actually was quite Ill at
the time, and word of his
death persisted for weeks be-
fore it was learned for certain
that = vas still alive.
Evening star., 1961-09-03
SPIRES OF The SPIRIT
One Small Head
By DR.. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

Always there is the wonder
that in one small head there
can be packed so much. But
a greater wonder is that the
one with the amplest store
Of knowledge knows compar-
atively so little. Alas, that
so often out of a vast ac-
cumulation of facts comes
Strutting egotism. bossting
pride. and a know it : all
tendency to display know
ledge as a peacock spreads
his iridescent tail. The pa
tron saint Of such wise"
men is Jackie Horner, as
with an air of omniscience,
bending over thel intriguing
pie OF universal knowledge,
they put in their thumbs and
extracting one tiny plum of
information, cry out with
glee-what wise men are we!
To be sure the truly wise
never exhibit the rich vaults
Of their knowledge. Often it
is those who gaze with in
credulouS a admiration at
another's mastery of facts
who feel like repeating the
exclamation Of Oliver Gold
smith regarding the school,
master in "The Deserted Vii
lage" who
Amazed the gazing ruSticS
ranged around,
And still they gaze, and still
the tDonder greD
That one small head could
carry all he knet1.
That one small head can
be so heavily freighted with
available facts is a phenom-
enon which never fails to
amaze. That wonder still
grows to larger proportions
when waiting knowledge in
this day has expanded from
a mole hill to a mountain
as we face an almost hope
less labyrinth Of knowledge.
How can a person, even with
a thirst for knowledge, keep
UP with the intellectual
world which overwhelms him
with what it offers?
But the greater wonder
has to do with the things in
this mysterious universe
which one small head can
never contain. The wonder,
not Of what may be inside
any one little head, but Of
what is outside the little
bonebox of the human brain.
flashes out in the story of
THE Soul of a Bishop" by
H. G. Wells. The narrative is
a report of eavesdropping in
a conversation between a
bishop and an angel. The
angel is telling the ecclesias-
tical dignitary that all reli-
gions are trying to express a
truth which they don't
clearly know - a mystical
something that eludes the
mind as water escapes the
hand. But the truth" says
the bishop, evidently hoping
for an exclusive revelation,
a sort of celestial scoop, "you
can tell NE the truth" The
angel smiled and cupped his
hand over the bishops bald
spot, stroked 1t affection
ately, and then holding his
Uranium firmly in his strong
hand, said-"Truth, yes I
could tell you, but could you
hold it? Not in this little box
of brain, you haven't things
to hold it with inside this"
The angel was trying to sug-
gest to the prelate the in
adequacy of one small head
to comprehend all the un-
known.
A we'll known religious
scholar on reading Wells
story remarked, "The angels
must often smile at the glib
ness Of little men who seem
to think the human mind
is ultimate-that the limit
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LETTERS. TO THE STAR
Pen names may be used q

Pen names may be used u
letters carry tprtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condensd.
tton. Those not used tUtn be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self : addressed,
stamped envelopes.
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yeals } witness a thrill
ing Labor Day show. The
Star of September S, 1911,
reported: Aviation was the
great feature of the celebra-
ton given by the Central
Labor Union. Capt. Paul
W. Beck, Its. (H. H. Arnold,
Kirkland and Kennedy of the
United States Army Avia-
ton Corps performed. Capt.
Beck, carrying a newspaper
man as passenger, flew in
from College Park, crcled
the field twice at 1900 feet,
volaplaned 200 feet, then
glided to earth in the in
field. The three-plane
flight was pronounced by
the aviators the greatest
feat they have accomplished
in the history Of their ma
neuvers. :"
Two of the greatest wrest-
lers of all time met in a
Labor~Day match at Chicago
so years ago. They were
Frank Gotch, the American
world champion, and George
Hackenschmidt, giant Russian
eN-champion. The Star Of
September 5, 1911, said
Gotch won easily, pinning
Hack" in. IA minutes with
a reverse body lock, apd
again the second time in 5
minutes. A crowd of $4,000
that had paid $4,000 to see
the match went home swear
ing, disappointed that the
Russian had put up such a
poor exhibition. Each wrest-
Ter was promised $4,000, win
lose or draw, with another
$1,000 f& training expen4s.
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who rely greatly on our food
and our medicine.
Suzanne r. Stalling.
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,1rs Ago

sand Washing
lmed the old
. Ice Track SO
witness a thrill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-12
18th Street Urged
As Inner Loops
Easy Leg Route

A different approach for the
east leg Of the inner loop high
way instead Of the presently
proposed Eleventh street NE.
route was supported last night
by the Kingman Park Civic AS
ISOLATION.
The association went on rec
ord to support a route along
Nineteenth street NE. in place
Of the one that has been put
forth by a group of citizens liv-
ing along the Eleventh street
route.
In this next to last meeting
members were asked to start
their own cleanup, paint-up
fixup programs.
Plans for a tribute to the
elderly" dinner honoring area
inhabitants 10 and older were
announced. 1t will be at 7 pm
May 81 at the Spingarn High
School, Twenty-fourth street
and Benning road NE.
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Dependents Tax
Welfare Agency

Public welfare is big bust
ness" Gerard M. Shea, the
District director of public well
fare. told the Hillcrest Citizens
Association last night.
With the alarming increase
in dependent children in the
District the departments IA
.cilities are bling taxed to the
limit, Mr.. Shea said.
During the last four years
the number Of dependent chill
dren on welfare rolls has more
than doubled and as a result
the whole program has been
affected, he said.
Mr.. Shea said a permanent
solution can not be found by
the Welfare Department itself,
for we get the products Of
failure. The responsibility for
dependent and delinquent chill
dren rests ultimately with the
parents, and we are attempt
ing to educate and train them
for this responsibility, he said.
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Funds Called Key
InAdums-Morqun

Lack Of money is the major
stumbling block facing resi-
dents Of the Adams Morgan
area who are seeking to re-
develop their neighborhood, the
residents were told last night.
A delegate to the Adams
Morgan Community Council,
which comprises Is citizens
groups, said, Financing Is our
biggest housing profile m .
Money from loan or insurance
companies for property i'm
provement is just not forth
coming to residents Of this
area"
The council, meeting at 1911
Columbia place NV. voted to
conduct q detailed survey Of
it's block groups to determine
the extent Of financial aid
needed and possible means to
obtain 1t.
In other action, the group
dropped a resolution asking
District Commissioners to
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declare a moratorium on build
ing code requirements for the
area, in the hope that prospec-
tive urban renewal would delay
a housing inspection crack
down.
The council will sponsor a
mass meeting next week on
THE Meaning of Renewal to
Adams Morgan" Speakers at
the public meeting will include
A. M. Woodruff, chairman Of
the National Capital Planning
Commission; John Searles, jr.
director Of the Redevelopment
Land Agency. and Donald
GartenhauS, chairman Of the
Adams-M Morgan Planning Com.
mittee. The meeting is set fol
g pm. April 20 in the ballroom
Of the Hotel 2400.
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A potential threat to re-
locate residents Of the Adams
Morgan area came up at q
meeting of the Midway Civic
Association last night.
After Luther Burnett Of the
National Capital Planning
Commission outlined q future
urban renewal plan for the
area, bounded by Sixteenth
and U streets, Columbia road
and Connecticut avenue, Ed
ward j. MacClane, president Of
the association, spoke on the
need to improve the neighbor-
hood.
I'VE must protect our
houses" he said. He said there
is now a trend to move from
the suburbs back to the Dis
trict, because Of the high cost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-12

William L. Mackey, first vice
president; Clarence w. Lee,
second vice president; Col. Will
liam Eagan, third vice presi-
dent; John M. Curran, secre-
tary; Mrs. Betty Kemenyas,
corresponding secretary, and
John v. Schmitt, sergeant-at-
arms. Alex Berlin, a retired
hardware proprietor, was elect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-12
Renewal Plan Seen
Threat to Residents

of living and that such a move
could displace residents Of the
Adams-Morgan area.
Mr.. M acClane expressed
concern about where area resi-
dents would move. IF 1t Is
expensive for white people to
live in the suburbs" he said,
would it be any cheaper for
us to live there?"
He urged members Of the
association to resist offers to
sell their property to renova-
tors, and to spread the word
to their neighbors.
He added they should fix up
their own residences as best
they can to safeguard their
right to remain in the area.
The meeting was held at the
Morgan School.
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ed treasurer for the saith con-
secutive year.
In other business the associa-
ton voted to send a letter to
the Commissioners recon-
mending that a two-year resi-
dence period be required in the
District voting law. The bust
nessmen also suggested that
the minimum voting age be set
at 81.
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Sc. Trade Unit
Elects Gallagher

The Southeast Businessmen's
Association last night elected
James F. Gallagher to serve as
its president for the coming
year.
Also elected to serve were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-12
Songs at Beth ShoIom

Shlomo Carlebach, Chassidic
folk singer, will appear at $3.50
pm, tomorrow, in Beth Sholom
Synagogue, Thirteenth street and
Eastern avenue NV.
Evening star., 1961-02-14
Academy Honors
Il Area Doctors

Twelve area physicians were
honored last night for more
than Is years Of membership
and service in the Washington
Academy Of Surgeons.
Honorary memberships were
presented to the dozen men by
DR.. Luther w. Gray, president
Of the academy.
Those honored included DR..
A. E. Cafritz. DR.. Benjamin
Dean, Dr.. Alec Horwitz, DR..
Fred Fishback, DR.. George
Nutting. DR.. w. Ross Morris,
DR., Robert Moran, DR.. Paul
Putski, DR.. John Lyons, DR.,
Arch Riddick. DR.. Fred San
derson and DR.. J. Ogle War
field.
The awards were made dur
ing q banquet last night ct
the Kennedy-Warren Hotel.
The academy has more than
100 member physicians from
the Metropolitan Area.
Evening star., 1961-02-14
Police Priiyote Charges
Effort to Hush Case

"A District policeman whose
dismissal was recommended by
. trial board charged today he
was the victim Of efforts to
hush UP q superior officer's
refusal to let him make q felony
arrest.
In q letter to the District
Commissioners. Pvt. Harold D.
Jewell Of the fourth precinct
asked for q new and open trial
on the custer recommendation.
Pvt. Jewell charged that Dep
uty Chief william j. Liverrnan,
presiding at the trial, was
biased and prejudiced" in de-
nying him an opportunity to
introduce certain evidence ina
terial to the case"
The policeman said certain
police officers" desire to
keep quiet certain material in
formation concerning o major
crime and felony in the Dis
trict."
Pvt. Jewell said he investi-
gated the case, but the superior
refused to permit him to make
an arrest and the present &C
Evening star., 1961-02-14

ton Of the trial was an effort
to hinder such information"
Deputy Chief Howard v.
Covell said today he presumed
Pvt. JEWELS complaint was
about the same officer already
under investigation by admins
trative officers.
Pvt. Jewell was one of two
policemen suspended, then re-
stored to the force, after they
attempted to arrest five per-
sons at the Town House Res
taurant. 1865 Wisconsin avenue
NV. January 10.
Pvt. Jewell was accused Of
conduct unbecoming an officer,
L of trying to arrest the diners
without justifiable cause. and
of being under the influence Of
alcohol. A 500 fine was rec
commended for the other police
man, Pvt. Charles r. McClung.
for wearing parts Of his uni
form while off duty.
Pvt. Jewell still Is on active
duty. working in the fourth
precinct station house. pending
action Of the commissioner.
Evening star., 1961-02-14
Airport
Tower Hours
For Sufety

National Airport Is now ex-
perimenting to determine If air
safety is increased and errors
decreased when the men who
control air traffic work six in
stead Of eight hours q day
in the tower.
Beginning last week, the
men In the tower have been
taking two hours from their
eight-hour day for briefings,
in-service training and lunch,
David Thomas. director Of the
Bureau of Air Traffic
Management Of the Federal
Aviation Administration, an
nounced the experiment yes.
terday at q meeting Of the
Aviation Space Writers Asso-
ciation at the National Press
Club.
Later, controllers in the
tower said they liked the pro.
gram so far. But they could
not estimate whether it actu-
ally permitted them to do q
significantly better control job
The shortened duty ION line
required eight new controllers
for Nationals air traffic.
Mr.. Thomas said the test
win be conducted for three
months. II efficiency Is signif.
icantly increased. tower mer
throughout the United States
could be given the easier
schedule.
Evening star., 1961-02-14
RUNWAY EGGHEAD
Stripper Turns Lecturer

doxes" in our entertainment
tastes, said Miss Jones.
For example: "A nude
Michelangalo sculpture dis
played in q public park would
trigger a barrage Of protests
Any candid approach to nudity
or sexual themes in literature
art. drama. movies or TV is
taboo, so a mature approach
gives way to IAN adoleScent
preoccupation with visual SEX
Enter the grille magazines and
the strippers.
The worst Of it all, said Miss
Jones, is that Our strict Ia
boos prevent an investigation
or study Of problems to de-
termine cause and attempt cor
rective measures.
Miss Jones said she doesn't
feel striptease represents oul
finest cultural effort" - but
weighed against murder-a-
minute Westerns, eye-gouging
wrestling matches and the
mayhem of pro football, ]
can't view striptease in toe
black a light"
| She goes along with the
Gypsy Rose Lee "you've gotta
have a gimmick" theory OF
strip and candidly admits hel
gimmick: The publicity she
gets from cross-country lecture
Bookings, which means $700 to
$1,000 per week.
r. Unmarried and slightly past
her n1id-20s, Miss Jones says
she got into stripping because
''I was looking for something
Show business had q more i'm
portant message than school
Ting"
Evening star., 1961-02-14

ally make movies s--cameramen,
technicians - have enormous
understanding and interest In
art"
Mr.. Price admits there are
9 number Of phonies who COO
ecstatically about paintings
they don't understand, and that
there are a lot of phoney artists
who jump. ON the abstract
bandwagon. !.
This caused a comment on
Partisan painter Yves Klein
who Mr.. Vincent thinks Is "hys-
terical" with his living brush
paintings. Mr.. Klein dauhs
nude models in paint and then
has them hurl themselves on
the canvas as he shouts direc-
tons.
Mr.. Price decided he'd just
settle for one Of Mr.. Klein's
brushes.
Evening star., 1961-02-14
Negroes Ask Fund Bon
ForSegregotedS Schools

Five Virginia Negroes today
asked District Court here 10
block the use Of Federal funds
In racially segregated schools
across the Nation.
The complaint named Presi-
dent Kennedy, Abraham Ribi-
coff. Secretary Of Health Edu-
cation and Welfare. Treasury
Secretary Dillon and Mrs.
Elizabeth r. Smith. treasurer
OF the United States, as de-
PENDANTS.
The suit was filed In an ef-
fort to block Federal aid to
schools provided under Public
Law S74 to "federally iYnpacted
school districts" those heavily
populated by Federal workers
and servicemen.
The suit also seeks to bar
Federal aid from the National
Defense Education Act. which
aids guidance, Federal LAM
guage and science programs.
and aid from the National Sci
ence Foundation, among other
Federal programs.
Jailed Girl in Suit
The suit was filed by three
Norfolk attorneys, Joseph A.
Jordan, jr.. 35; Edward A.
Dawley.' jr., IS, and Leonard
Winston Holt, jr., 80.
The other two plaintiffs are
Miss Barbara A. Thomas, 81,
q Virginia Theological Semi
nary student, now serving q
! 30-day jail term In Lynchburg,
Evening star., 1961-02-14
Extra UGF
Drive Asked
lnEmergency

The United 0ivers Fund to-
day was asked to conduct an
emergency fund-raistng drive
for $50, 900 to help area families
affected by the severe winter
weather.
The request came from UQFs
budgeting arm. the Health and
Welfare Council, which re-
ported unemployment caused
by the weather had exceeded
the financial resources OF seven
member agencies helping needy
families.
Ralph Henry Smith, execu-
tive director Of UGF. said the
agency's Executive COMMITTEES
would act on the request at q
special meeting tomorrow.
The agencies requesting aid
are:
Catholic Charities. Arch
diocese Of Washington; Cath.
ole Charities Of Northern
Virginia, Jewish Social Service
Agency, Travellers Aid Society
Also the Salvation Army,
Family and Child Services oi
Washington and the Family
Service Of Prince Georges
County.
Isadore Seeman, executive
director Of HWC, said most oi
the families affected by the
weather are those Of outdool
workers. such as workers ir
construction and allied fields
MANY are technically EN-.
ployed but have not been abb
to work for weeks" he said.
Evening star., 1961-02-14
District Asks Funds
For Pay Increases
Hollywood Squares,
Says Art Lover Price

Hollywood is the "cube coll
onyp Of the world when it
comes to art, says actor r-turned-
art-loyer Vincent Price.
His statement has nothing to
do with cubisrn he was Just
'-suuaring the squares" To an-
other power.
Mr.. Price also ranks conledi-
ans "the squarest thing In the
world including Jack Paar.
They absolutely think OF noth-
ing except what IS funny. They
get livid about contemporary
art. The only thing they do un-
derstand is they can make .
Joke of it. They're on. safe
ground because most Of their
audiences are square"
Asked If not liking contem-
porary works qualities one for
squareness Mr.. Price said,
well, is not to understand old
fashioned? Most people prefer
to look at the world through
ancient eyes,"
He said things seem safe to
them, they feel they're looking
at things as they did as q
child.
THE trouble is. it is not
what they saw as q child" He
said much Of contemporary art
teaching is Striving to get back
to child's original vision"
Mr.. Price seems to be having
q love affair with art. He lines
the walls Of his rambling Cali
fornia home with valuable orig
inals: in the Tv quiz show
hey-day he made lots Of money
telling what he knows about
art and now travels around the
conutry lecturing about it Ito
night and tomorrow he gives
q Library of Congress reading
Of Vincent Van Gogh's letters
to his brother).
He is on the board Of several
art galleries and university art
| Ideuartmnnka srandR hnI1rs
visiting galleries and art shows
("I saw Guggenheim 10 times
Its the only American build
ing on Fifth avenue"), and
wrote q book about art, II Like
What I Know"
Back in Hollywood he prefers
movie technicians' converse
tions about art than actors
talk. Most Of those who actu-
4 l.
Evening star., 1961-02-14

vantage Of the closing to serv-
ice the shafts single elevator.
Another crew Of park work.
men, took on the task Of clean
ing the Monuments SeS steps,
I'VE even had to use scid 10
clean the pencil and lipstick
marks off the l89 memorial
stones that line the walls along
the stairway" a supervisor said
When complete, the job will
give the monument "the new
look" as far as interior Is con.
cerned. but the outside viii
look the same as it has fol
the last ~ years, the super
visor said.
He said the outside-paintinl
the benches and cleaning thu
base-will be done In thI
spring.
Evening star., 1961-02-14
BY MYRA MACPHERSON
star staff Writer


BALTIMORE, Feb. 1.-THE
gold strap slipped off her we'll
rounded shoulder as easily as
If Libby Jones were going into
her act instead Of talking about
it.
But that was the only bit Of
showmanship the young Tren-
ton Democratic Club members
and their wives saw as the
blond 5-foot-S-inch stripper
inched the strap back to a re-
spectacle spot and murmured,
"our mental-pygmy moralists
pound on the unsavory out
breaks Of sex In our society,
but insure their continued ap-
pearance by forbidding all at
tempts to determine their
cause"
The Minsky Margaret Mead,
who got 36-26-36 in geometry
and a bachelor degree in Eng
lish lit. at the University Of
Washington, blames the public
for the popularity Of the strip
per.
In her sociological and psy-
Geological aspects Of striptease"
speech, Miss Jones said the tre-
mendous popularity of strippers
is due partly to TV. At home
we can watch the set, drink
our beer or pop our popcorn or
whatever 1t is we're doing" she
said, and there is no induce
ment to 60 outside except for
strippers - "the only enter
tainers who can't be seen on
TV."
Miss Jones says commercial
patronage dictates the trend
Evening star., 1961-02-14
Monument Tourists Find Its Wash Day

who brayed the cold. damp,
overcast day to make q pill
grimage to the Monument were
turned away at the entrance
by Joseph Eaglin, superintend-
Ient of guards.
Sorry. folks, but we're
closed today" Mr.. Eagiin told
the small group that gathered
at the base Of the Monument.
waiting for the usual Q am.
opening.
The guard explained that
twice each year the park serv-
ice breaks out its nops. broolns
and paint brushes and gives
the Monument q thorough
going lover.
I'VE had Is million people
trot through here last year."