Evening star., 1943-08-20
Praises Report of Elaboration"
OF Vice Presidents Speech.

OF Vice Presidents Speech.
To the Editor Of The Star:
j. A. OLeary's fine reporting Of Vice
President Wallace's elaboration Of a re-
cent speech is eloquent testimony to The
Stars high honesty of purpose and Mr..
OLeary's factual, unbiased reportorial
ability as we'll
Our friends to the South have
reiterated that Mr. Wallace's speeches
are more effective in Spanish than in
English. They do not find his vision
oblique in the least, but rather as a
conservative friend, or moderator, with
a deep Christian philosophy, who has
given them answers to new and perplex-
ing problems.
Manuel Vega, writing in The Star,
mentioned Mr.. Wallace as con-
noisseur" of things South American.
Indeed, South Americans seem to
understand him unanimously. The
teachings of st. Francis of Assist, though
not always carried out, are well under
stood in Latin America. Perhaps this
may be the key to the mutual UNDER
standing between them and Mr. Wallace.
J. A. G.
Stranger in Washington Discusses
City'S Transportation Troubles.
TO the Editor of The Star:
Some of the things that strike me as
an unbiased newcomer to the present.
day Center Of the Universe, called
Washington, is the existing traffic jam
beyond all reasonable or excusable limits.
Downtown, I see elaborate but ques-
tionable traffic gadgets that cannot be
found in any other of the many cities
and towns I visited. Every person men,
tally years old in this big land knows
that red light means stop" and a
green light means 60"
Apparently, however, the people COM
ing to the City of Wonders are not ex-
pected to be mentally years old, and
besides the standard light, they receive
a neon sign telling them in actually so
many words: Walk" or Don't Walk"
Now if these verbal signs were intended
for the colorblind, then they should be
all over the city, because at present these
unfortunate people would still be out of
luck after they leave the downtown Sec
tion. These verbal neon signs sometimes
read the same for both directions of the
street, in which case even the colorblind
stare into space in silent reverie over
the incredible.
The high pressure supersalesman who
sold this ridiculous gadget to the traffic
department should be capable of selling
first mortgages on the Lincoln Memorial
with comfort and ease.
Another of the most confounding Sit
uations in your Mecca of the Innocents
are your bus lines.
For example, it wouldn't occur to the
Gentleman in Charge" to put the names
or numbers of the buses also in the upper
or forebearance to that extent really
would be expecting little too much! In
stead of this, hundreds, If not thousands,
of tired people chase whole block or
whole row of buses and try to get in
front of them to see the names or num-
bers. After running back and forth two
or three times, or maybe luckily only
once, they may succeed in finally getting
what they were after.
On the big starting points of the bus
lines, the situation develops into
toss of coin just at what part Of
block-long curb the bus is going to stop
in order to pick up the helpless victims
standing In little crowds; some here,
some there. You may have been there