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Evening star., 1961-05-07

The lieutenant of each pla-
toon, in passing. would call
out Three cheers for
Abraham Lincolnl /! 2! 8!
4! S! 6! z! Zouave! Tiger!
and the successive Hip! Hip!
Hulrahs!' =. were shot off
like q discharge of muSketry
from each platoon The
first inquiry made by the
firemen, on landing from the
cars, was. with grave-faced
earnestness, Can you tell us
where Jeff Davis is? We're
looking for him. Yes said
another, we're bound to hang
his scalp in the White House
before we go back ; On
coming down the Avenue,
the Franklin fire company
reel passed them at a sharp
run on its way to a fire, and
the familiar apparatus was
saluted with such a yell of
recognition as must have
fairly astonished the staid
old reel Somebody re-
marked to one of the Zou-
aves that his hair was cut
rather short. oh, yes was
the reply, we all had our
heads filed before we left
New York Some Of the
zouaves, in emerging from
their quarters Columbian
market building) this morn
ing, disdaining the tedious,
commonplace mode Of exit
by the stairways, let them
selves down to the street
from the third story by a
rope, like SO many monkeys
:" The next day the
Zouaves visited the Capitol,
astonishing our reporter into
writing: I'VE saw one of the
Zouaves, a mere boy, swing
from the cornice of the in
terror of the new dome, on
a rope, and let himself down
to the floor Of the rotunda-a
distance Of nearly 100 feet
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Information Wanted

In The Star recently I
noticed an article "Commun-
ity Gets Expert Advice on
How Not to Become a Slum,"
by William Basham. One
of the essential features of
this whole matter would seem
to be a more general under
standing and action by
householders and hometown
ers under the new D. C.
Housing Regulations and
D. c. Building Regulations,
and this is scarcely limited
at.
How many copies of these
two basic works have been
made available to citizens
groups and to individuals?
Where and how can copies
be procured? When a hous-
ing inspector or other in
spector approaches a house
holder or homeowner and
cites a Regulation 3,00l, or
other, needing understanding
and action subject to appear
ance before the Enforcement
Branch ofO the Municipal
Court or police action or
court action, where is the
text of the regulation, and
any necessary explanation of
it?
Do these inspectors and
the representatives Of the
District Government making
such appearances before Cit
izens' groups exhibit and
make plain their regulations,
so that the individuals un-
derstand in detail the actual
minimum requirements and
the reasonableness of such
as we'll as any possible pen
alties for noncompliance?
Otherwise the whole pro-
ceeding as reported is a kind
Of Pollyannish affair un-
worthy of democratic inSti-
tutionS and reminiscent of
the famous NDRA case be-
before the Supreme Court
when the inspector reported
the regulation to be enforced
existed only in a typewriter
copy in his hip pocket.
James B. ChildS
Evening star., 1961-05-07

trying to decide the destiny
Of Cuba but no American
wants the Reds to do it
either. Americans want the
CubanS to have the oppor-
tunity to do it freely and
without the dictation and op-
preston of Communist tyr
amy. To accomplish that
end, I believe, we are willing
to go a long. long way.
For my own part, I have
made a contribution (Slight
but everything I could af-
ford) to the Cuban Liberia
tion Front, delivering it at
the Roosevelt Hotel. And I
hope 100 million other Amer
leans will do the same, be-
lieving that freedom should
be indivisible and worthy the
financial, moral, spiritual and
physical backing Of every
free man and woman in the
world.
FAIL T. Chnt1
Evening star., 1961-05-07

Throughout all history,
there have been only two
kinds of national govern
ments. One is where the
people are totally controlled
by a king. monarch or die
tator. The other is where the
people are given a vote to
express their wishes on issues
and political candidates.
There were some freedoms
for peoples, for a limited
time, in countries like Greece,
Rome. Italy. France. Eng
land, Belgium, Portugal,
Spain and others-but no ma
tion ever attained govern
ment Of the people, by the
people and for the people,"
like America.
This was done by our in
comp ra Bile Constitution,
which severely limited a CEN
tralized government in Wash
ington, and created originally
l3 separate respective State
republics. Our forefathers
knew that the people in their
respective States knew their
needs. and could handle them
better and at half the cost,
than one centralized govern
ment that. throughout his
tory. had always ended up in
tyranny.
This system. together with
a capitalistic, free-enterprise
system, made our America
the greatest, richest nation
Of free men on earth. We en-
joyed a century and a half
Of government of the people,
by the people people in their
respective States) and for the
people,"
But we had to throw 1t
away. Millions of our people
now do not know what States
rig hts are. Twenty-eight
years ago an administration
and captive Congress started
the hiStory-old procedure of
uSurping to a centralized
government all Of the rights
Of the people in their sepa-
rate State republics. Now
they are all gone.
We have imposed on our
selves, by our own apathy
government of the people,
by the politicians and for the
politicians" Every segment
Of our society and millions Of
us are looking toward and
flocking g to a centralized,
Washington government
with our hats in hand, beg
ging or pressuring a central
lied administration and Con-
gresS for favors, handouts
and doles.
Edward r. Sneed
st. Louis. Mo.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

I am writing a biography
Of the worlds greatest enter
tainer, AL Jolson (1888-1950),
who spent his childhood here
in Washington. I would ap-
preciate hearing from any
one who has letters, photos,
press clippings, anecdotes,
"reminiscences, or other in
formation about AL Jolson.
Dave Wigransky.
1409 Manchester
Lane NV.
Washington II, D. c.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

no one can prognosticate
where God will break
through, or what instrument
His hand will grasp.
In these days of chaos and
global dislocation, if We could
but see the end from the be-
ginning our amazed eyes
would detect the dazzling
meaning in the old verse
Ye fearful saints, fresh
courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big 1Oith mercy, and shall
break
In blessings on your head.
If we but knew the distant
scene which is not glimpsed
in today'S headlines we might
be staggered by the strange
ness of Gods unlikely and
perhaps perverse instruments.
We see this truth being
worked out even in the brief
span of human lives. But a
few days ago the Attorney
General Of the United States
made a rather startling state
ment to an audience Of more
than a thousand gathered
in the Capital of the Nation
in the interest of handicapped
persons. On the platform
were members Of Congress,
Governors of States, members
of the cabinet and other
prominent leaders of the Ma
tion's life. The speaker de-
clared: II do not believe that
my brother, John F. Kennedy,
would ever have been Presi-
dent of the United States had
1t not been for the ordeal
through which the wounds he
received in World War II led
him. Neither do I believe
that Franklin D. Roosevelt
would ever have reached the
presidency had it not been
for the fires Of affliction
through which he passed"
Thinking of the sweep Of
history, might not the total
returns of the present world
wide conflict between free
dom and slavery record that
the denials and betrayalS of
a partially practiced democ-
racy was the droSs consumed
in the fierce tests of these
times that try mems souls?
Might it not be that a hun
dred years from now some
American prophet will thank
God for the fact that a Judas
dictator in Cuba alerted us
in time to preserve our own
liberties and those Of all men
who will to be free? Might
it not be said in some golden
tomorrow that in the middle
years of the goth century
a militant communism with
its empty promises and false
hopes dynamited the ease
and complacency of a tame,
tepid and timid Christianity,
and sounded the signal for a
crusade in the name Of the
Christ, terrible as an army
with banners?
May not the prophets Of a
future generation list Lenin.
Stain and the present Krem-
lin dictator, as battle-axes to
clear the highway for the
redeeming God? A storm Is
sweeping across our globe in
these disturbing days. But
still there is a God who rides
upon the storm"
Evening star., 1961-05-07
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry Wrtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensd-
tion. Those not used ,Diu be
returned only tDhen accom-
painted by self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Riding the Storm
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

Never can I forget an hour
of intimate face-to-face talk
in far-away Formosa with
that devout Christian states
man, Chang Kai shek.
Would that we had in Amer
lea ten thousand dedicated
followers of the Man of NaZ-
areth like the GeneraliSSimo.
He was expressing his firm
faith that many of the things
in the present world scene.
which seem so devastating
from our contemporary point
of view, will prove in the
long run blessings in disguise.
With quiet assurance he
quoted the line of a great
hymn which tells us that
providence moves in myste-
riouS ways. He repeated a
tremendous assertion which
is a part Of that hymn-"God
rides upon the storm" What
a conception-the Almighty
putting a saddle on the back
of tempest and riding upon
it in the final direction of
His eternal purpose for all
mankind!
But the wonders of Gods
working are discernible only
when we rise far above the
hours and become spectators
of the emerging design of
the centuries. The unlikely
instruments, the unexpected
channels of the divine pur-
pose, are among the stupen-
dous facts and factors of his
tory.
At the center of Christian
ity is the very symbol of the
world storm Of injustice, ha-
tired and false witneSs-a fell
on's cross which was the an
cient gallows. But God was
not defeated on Calvary's
hill. He was riding that storm
for His own redemptive pur-
pose. Today, two thousand
years after that agonizing
scene. millions around the
world sing:
In the Cross OF Christ I
glory.
Towering Ger the wrecks OF
time.
This suggests that in ways
quite beyond the contracted
calculation Of one generation
to conceive apparent defeat
often is a step to final vic
tory, and seeming loss is q
contribution to great gain.
The most effective antidote
to black pessimism is the
testimony Of the long years
that God is working His pur-
pose out even when good per-
sons are nailed to crosses
and good causes are tenn
porarily thwarted by evil men.
A study of human behavior
at its worst. in its long-range
implications, leads inevitably
to the conclusion that often
the wrath of man joins the
chorus of Gods praise. If it
were impossible for God to
make evil the unconscious in
strument of good He would be
ultimately defeated.
To the Hebrew, Babylon
was a symbol of aggression.
exile and thralldom. The
prophet jeremiah knew full
well that to the Jew Babylon
was as Russia is to the Hun
garians. Nevertheless, we hear
the prophet declare that
Babylon was a golden goblet
in the hands of God" The
same ancient record speaks
of Cyrus, a tyrant who flung
his royal weight around
against the benevolent de-
signs of omnipotence. But the
final divine appraisal of
this King was-"Thou art
my battle-axe."
To be sure. men of many
a century who were bent on
following their own selfish
devices were oblivious to the
fact that they we're being
linked up with the schemes
of the Most High. One vivid
lesson of the ages is that
Evening star., 1961-05-07

such process, though 1t might be hard
to dramatic, would be immeasurably
more helpful to mankind than spec
tacularS" in space.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
FROM THE STAR FILES. ..

with apparent ease and in an
incredible short space Of time
It did not seem q novel
feat to the others. :"
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Authors Appeal

st. Louis, MC
Evening star., 1961-05-07
States Riqhts

Earl l. ShutZ.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
TV MAILBAG

This Is your chance to sound of
and TV Critic Bernie Harrison
wN do his best to Gnstoer Ques-
tions. Please keep letters brief.
Pen names iDiH be used If desired.
In your column you reviewed Pro-
ject Twenty's "The Coming Of
Christ" and remarked that it would
have been nice to know the names
of the artists who painted the pic
lures. This was putting 1t mildly.
Further along in your column. you
were more severely critical Of Perry
Como for failing to give the proper
credit line to the author Of Eyes.
Virginia, There Is Santa Claus"
editorial.
Both omissions are part Of q
standard attitude in screen and pub
lie press. q failure to give any rec
ognition to achievement in litera-
ture or other fine arts >. judged
Project 20 to be far from q distin-
guished performance and the failure
to mention any of the painters by
name was the more obvious because
at the end. credit was given to a
terrific string of museumS-which
merely own the pictures.
Ew.
1t tDould haze been interesting to
know iDllo painted them. II my criti-
ctsna iDas mild" 1t tUGS because
I could think of no conceivable tDay
OF in,pGrting this information NTH
out impGirin0 the fotO of the trans
cendent theme. 1t tDould haze taken
q separate 15-minute program to list
and identity the paintings land
tOish they'd thought of it,
About how many entries are re-
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Failure TO Nome
Artists Scored

LETTER OF THE WEEK
The Hoppiest Lennon
Please tell us, through TV Mall
bag. what happened to the fourth
Lennon sister, Diane? We haven't
seen her on the Welk show. VIII
she return, do you think?
Mrs. H. B.
When Diane aDds here aDith her
sisters about year ago, she dis
cuSsed her forthcoming marriage ito
q young Servicemdn) and said that
,DIlen it happened, she sUould "rettre"
to be Dith her husband. Mean
iDhile Pop Lennon has batch OF
young Lemons In the iDirgs).
tens of thousands. There are no Of
fetal fgures-possibly because the
number ,Oould discourage entries.
I think the unidentified actor" in
the photo from "A Midsummer
Nights Dream" Is Ross Alexander
and that una Merkel" is Jean
Muir.
A. z. A.
We guessed iDron0.
Instead Of using stars pictures
and stories in the TV Magazine, why
not people in the News Department
and using their pictures: Morgan
Beatty, Leon Pearson, Martin Agron-
sky. etc?
Mrs. II. c.
We've used most neiosn,en's pic
Evening star., 1961-06-18

''The first step we took was to analyze the
foreign market with the help of the local
Department of Commerce.
''It was up to us to make each one of our prospec
tive dealers feel that he the only who could
sell Scoopmobiles for us and that his success was
the most important job that we had.
I'VE followed with the very best possible service
we could render To illustrate: A cable from
Stockholm advised us they had machine down at
Kiruna, at the Arctic Circle, and could we air
freight the repair part. Well, dashed downstairs
to make had the part, tagged it for export,
sent out an SOS for the boxercarpenter and dashed
back upstairs to make up the shipping papers.
Within 40 minutes that part was on its way to the
airport :. The Swedes now think that Scoopmobiles
are the next best thing to nude bathing
We may never face the same problem as Mrs.
Sullivan, but whether we're doing business across
the Atlantic or on Broadway or Broad Street, let's
take the ''How can help you?" approach.
Businessmen must study intensively the custom
ers needs and wants. using both government data
and personal investigation. Then they should do
some critical self-questoning: 'Is our product, in
the form we make and package it, just what the
customer can best use? Could we perhaps adapt it
just little better to his requirements"
Having made sure what the customer wants,
they face the all-important step Of presenting the
product to him. That boils down finally to an
Evening star., 1961-06-18
Help in selling overseas

If he wants to sell overseas land hope more
manufacturers will It today less than five per cent
do) we can help him with information and the
State Department collect from 200 overseas points.
(duch of this material is published in Foreign
Commerce Weekly" available for Sc year from
the US. Government Printing Office. A bit of
selling by Luther Hodges, with no apologies made)
Businessmen and women who have tapped the
resources of our Washington or field Offices often
tell US that this act the starting point of their
selling-success STORIES Mrs Helen Sullivan Export
Manager of Mixermobile Manufacturers, Portland,
Ore, offers this colorful example:
Evening star., 1961-06-18
Secretary Hodges three-Point code for salesmen

-. The customer has right to information
and the salesman an obligation to provide it.
As salesman who takes pride in his job, l will
make it point to learn all there is to know
about my merchandise.
Evening star., 1961-06-18
The one-word secret of selling

Some may ask, "Is career in sales worth that
much effort?" l can testify that it is, both in
financial reward and the satisfaction that comes
from being of service.
The problem of salesmanshp is not problem for
businessmen alone. What am talking about is an
attitude toward people, which concerns every one
of u.s. 1t could be boiled down to the one word
Courtesy" defined as regard for the other fellow.
If we breathe this spirit into our transactions,
we'll get results. know have always found this
So During my first campaign for public Office.
introduced myself to stranger and told him I'd like
him to vote for me as Lieutenant Governor of
North Carolina. II will, he said.
l was so taken aback by his prompt response
that asked, ''Why?'
He said, Because you're the first person who's
ever been interested enough to ask me ~. End
Evening star., 1961-06-18

national product into the channels of world trade,
far smaller percentage than other nations We
business, labor and government together have
heavy stake in increasing exports. For business it
means greater profits For labor, every $4,000 Of
export sales provides one job. For the government,
and that means for all of u.s. it helps keep the dollar
sound, as the President has pledged to do.
Any businessman who really wants to sell his
products or services at home abroad get help
from the US. Department of Commerce.
Suppose he wants to know where the best domes-
tic sales opportunities are. He can draw on $l35
million worth of our census statistics, some of
them broken down as fine as city block.
Evening star., 1961-06-18

Il The customer is an individual. He has
his own special needs and feelings. will seek
to understand his feelings, just as l hope he
will try to understand mine.
Evening star., 1961-06-18

i. The customer is human being. AS such,
he deserves and will get my respect and cour-
tesy whether he buys anything or not
Evening star., 1961-06-18

effective person-toperson contact. The best adver-
tising in the world will be useless if rude or
uninterested salesperson handles the job.
We must face up to our growing need for sales
people who radiate courtesy and an attitude of
service to the customer, and have the knowledge
about the product to be really helpful Anyone who
wants to make career in selling must recognize
that it takes training, and from time to time
retraining, to keep up with change.
Evening star., 1961-06-18

DsMmnmsR sRoM hmpw7
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F::W. BERENS, Realtors

EOCk CREEK HIGHLANDS,
S34, $50. Ideal brk. split
level for large family. 4
bedrms., 2 baths above 1st
floor, den, family room, ad-
Joining equipped kit, din.
rm., porch: nr. Holy Re-
deemer.
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BRADLEY BLVD. ESTs.-
Bfk.-and-stone California
rambler on wooded u acre;
sep. din. rm., equipped kit,
dinette, paneled library, 4
bedrms., 3 baths, daylight
rec. rm., gear carport, pch,
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HOUSES FOR sALE-MD.
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY
icONIINuEpl

CREvERLY-BRICK Colo
MAIL Just reduced $1,000
below FLA appraisal; center
entr., LIST flr. powder rm.,
banquet sized din. rm., 8
bedrms.: scr. side porch: full
bsmt. and built-in garage:
Just S1,700 down or may
sell di.
WOODLAWN - 8 bedroom
brick rambler: tiled bath;
full bsmt.: Anchor fenced
yard; assume large OF loan
with as low as $1,000 dn.
BALTIC. WASH. pkwy. area
-3 bedrooms; bFick-and-
frame q m b ler, on huge,
fenced, corner lot; mod,
table-space kit, sep. din.
rm. and full bsrnt. with fin
tshed rec. room: FLA ap-
proved with only $3.50 dn.,
or CT with no On. payment.
Up. 7-7200 TIL 9 Pm
!. C. HILLEY a. CO. REALToRi
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ROWLAND CO, INC.

tcontPued on Next psgs)
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LO. b-433C

ROCKVILLE = Lovely Abr. Cape
Cod. Liy. rm. Wfirepl.. lge. kit.
w/breakfast bar and disp., nice
terms. ter SAMUEL Z. BooLEY. INC.
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Bethesda -Lynbrook
8 BEDROOMS, DEN

Picturesque. white Cape Cod; hy.
TmR w/open hearth, first II. bed
rm., bath and den; 2 additional
lge, bedrms. and BATH. full bsmt.; {;
beaut. lot vital shade trees front
and back. Fenced yard. Don't miss
this one, Only S20,500.
Evening star., 1961-06-14

ROCKvMLE-No SIS down dT: 8.
bedrm. home; expands 70 4; fire.
pl, Sl3,750. r. L. SMITH, Real.
tors, GA. A-7711, GA. 4-S7e6.
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OPEN DAILY TO G

DIR: Bradley blvd. to Woodhaven,
left to whittier. left to Thoreau,
right to model home ct S117.
Built and For Sale BY
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LANHAM

o0-FT. BRICK RAMBLER
On huge 10ox2e9 LOT; value
packed ct only S23, $50; AL
eSnad;; con- has has lge: iOx22 ,&alcg- &
rms, rms D0S 3 full 'T,atSi1so BATHS, bSse- Sse-
board heat, eiec. kit: 10.
Gated on dead-end street for
quiet living. FHA or conv.
financing avail.
The Perry Boswell Co
REALTORS WA. 7-450(
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UNIV. PARK-3-bedrm. brk. Colo
nial In desirable location; an.
rm.i rec, rm., side porch, hot
water heat. flagstone patio,
garage; S21, 500.
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BETH., Green Acres, vacant, 1903
Vsntnor rd.-Colonial, 3 bedrms:,
reef rm.; open ewes. 7-9. JODY
BAKER. OIL. 2-7615.
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ACCOKEEK-over / acre. 60-ft.
brick rambler. Full bsnt. S17,950.
GI, nothing down. AP. 1880.
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BETHESDA-Very lovely Californis
stYIe brick-and-redwood rambler
4 -bedrms., 2 baths. center-hsl
plan, 20-ft. family kit, h.-w.h.
pvt. patio and garden: S21,500.
ANDBIS REALTY. OIL. 2-9070 It'll 9
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COLLEGE PARK ESTATES, near
Nd. Univ. - Brick rambler with
carport; only l year old, like new;
2 full baths, 8 bedrms., beautiful
bay window in hv. rm. and din.
Im;, large kit, de luxe equipped; I;
full bsmt. with rec. rm., laundry
and Iumpus area: level lot; owner
transferred; priced for immediate
sale: assume present loan; new
financing available,
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ANDREWS AREA-S35O down to
vets incl. settlement. 3400 7oth
ave-, N. Forestville. 3-bedrm. stone
rambler. Full bsmt., side porch,
corner lot. S16,950. AP. 7-3160,
SIP. 3-2013.
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DAlfASCUS-Brk. and frame. s.
Psrs,' FiSepl.. bsmt., d.n eiec. l kit.. easy Ii.
nancins. Only sic, 500. Can Mrs
GLAND, WA. 4-4O32. SLIGO RE
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r. W. BERENS, Realtors

s227 Fenton 81. 8. S. 10. 7-77OO
Sill, SPG., nF. 4 Corners4 b.r,,
~ baths, equip. kit; cor. lot,
FHA $4,000; ewes, oV. 3-4232.
SILVER SPRING-Loyely brk- ram
bier with 8 bedrms., IL baths.
13X13 ser. porch and featuring n
26X3O Dina-nanalad
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SILVER SPRING-Nr. Forest Glen
I'd. and Georgia ave: all-brk. ram
bier, 3 nice bedrms., 115 baths,
SEP, din: rm., table space in kit,
W. WSoopSssImpiE SIDE HEEiSiirYF re; Co !aTaGs. yT 3.
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