European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The when last sell it under to been How Long Lins 150yearold Federal Eliy will continue to be the seat of the or even continue to remains to be but tie Odds Are that it wont go any where soon even though some Congress men feel it faces the worst threat since when the British burned local opinion seems to be that if this former swamp could survive All those hot and humid Summers since it can survive the a or one Washington unimpressed by All the talk about commented they Call atomic bombs and blast Well what do they think a summer is lot of serious people Are doing lot of serious thinking about the capital what should be done with it if and when there is an atomic among the thinkers Are defense Secre tary Louis Johnson and civil defense director Paul Johnson has said planning is under Way for moving the capital in event of any he didst say and who took Over his Post Only has said his first con Cern will be relocation and redesign of the present governmental office setup in the the Best Way to preserve the sea of Larsen would be to disperse its perhaps out of the Washington and offices in underground installations Here or much advice has come from John Rankin told the House an alternate capital should be set up near Rankin likes Paducah because it is near Mammoth the greatest storm cellar the world Ever and one big enough to hold the entire Congress and every department and every Bureau of Titis government Paul Iowa replied that he fax orstes his Home Wiley has been advocating capital safety measures since shortly after the first bombs fell on he has a plan whereby Congress and the executive Branch could do business by television from sundry scattered Columbus and periodically offer themselves As Sites if Tihe Federal government Ever decides to among the More solemn advocates of decentralization of the government is Ralph wartime atomic scientist he said recently Washington must take the Lead if the country Ever is to practice atomic defense by Lapp wants the Senate to meet in and the House Iri Bethe both near he says the Pentagon should be abandoned to dead Chet Holifield Calit and Wright Patman have introduced Bills on the subject Holifield said the government must be geared to leave town ahead of the paraan kicked off brisk debate when he asked the House rules committee to study his plan for the capital or establishing a standby somewhere West of the committee chairman Adolph Sabath Del agreed with Patman that this is a serious but he wondered if the texans proposal might not create fear in this country and have a bad effect on the Side of the the committee didst do any ii Fate sect Iii contents artlies Bombi viewpoint d the counts its Par Flung by Isid Schapiro in the visits Bremerhaven military Post by Omer Anderson re movie Siar dependent by Shirley Katzander Viva and might live to be 150 years old by Howard Katzander Xhu drawings by Rollie sports features middleweight merry ground by Phil Taylor v drawing by Rollie picture features Navajo indians they get along i regular features report from America strictly Femina Spring silhouettes the v v ice Point the like time Ami shrinks under gaze of its Eye v2 rocket had could see this was shown at White Sands proving ground recently when camera was attached to an experimental v2 before the Takeoff top As the rocket flew a greater and greater Range came into at 40 Miles High die curvature of the Earth is not yet but at 50 Miles and in the air less than two minutes the Rio Grande area is at 65 Miles the curvature of the Earth can be the area in View extends to Bridge column by Josephine Culbertson Book notes by Arthur Noyes Cooks tour v by Sera new dec films ii Vii Viii fans program of the week showcase crossword wishing Well in x x Xixi v Xii this weeks cover Lisbeth stars and stripes staff Pho made the cover picture of actress con stance Bennett in her Wiesbaden miss Ben a Veteran of the re fused to pose for what she called phony especially Pic Ture of herself in the in just not inter ested in the Abe photo credit picture position top Middle left right by Lis Beni Back i dip graph by others Acme army v montage by Navajo photos by Acme Bennett photos by Lysbeth except col and army photo by Cpl John Boyd Louis Imp studio stills by Colum Bia lbs the stars and stripes