Evening star., 1946-12-02
Urges Christmas Safety Drive


To the Editor of Tie Star;
This Christmas probably more chill
dren will receive tricycles and bicycles
than they have for many years and
thus there viii be additional thousands
of boys and girls on the streets and
sidewalks of Washington and nearby
Virginia and Maryland from Christmas
Day on.
Now we all know that a lot OF these
children are going to get out in the
streets where they shouldn't be and from
past experience we all know that some
of these youngsters are liable to be in
jured.
I believe that it would be a good idea
to start right now campaign in all the
newspapers in Washington and also
over the radio to teach drivers to watch
out for those kiddies
We should have posters put up all over
the city and really make every motorist
safety conscious, especially during the
Christmas holidays. Also, it might help
to persuade the parents to take little
more responsibility for their young ones.
III even OilC llbtlC u1C ID oofSa Ny eAAAc
campaign, know it will be worth the
effort. PHILIP G. WARMER.
Shivering Side of Picture
To the Editor Of The Star:
I read with interest in The Star for
November 28 that one Of your enter
prising reporters had been running
around various Government Offices put
ting his finger on the radiators and
looking at Thermometers. The article
was even illustrated with picture of a
young woman, who apparently had moth
ing else to do, also looking at ther-
mometer and mopping her brow.
But I wonder how the reporter hap
.pened to miss our office in the Depart
ment of Commerce, where the radiators
were stone cold all the morning, ana
little heat was turned on once in the
afternoon, but soon cooled off again. One
day last week we had no heat all day.
1t is not SO bad working in an un-
heated office, if you are moving around;
but sitting at desk with cold radia-
tor at your back and windows opened
for fresh air results in discomfort, in
efficiency and perhaps time out on ac-
count of illness.
We are by no means all suffering from
| the heat, so why not show both sides
of the picture? We often work in our
| coats. B. F. D.
Commends Scott Editorials
To the Editor of The Star:
I should like to commend you upon
tie excellent editorials regarding the
! Scott case. To say that something is
apparently being covered up is an un-
reinstatement. The whole affair reeks
Of suppression Of the facts.
When the case first was reported, it
| was stated that the man suddenly died
of heart attack. While possible, this
| would be--to put it mildly-not too
| likely in a man Of his age and with no
| previous symptoms This diagnosis, of
| course, was made without an autopsy
Later it is stated that he died as the
result of receiving tetanus antitoxin.
Whatever the facts, the way the case
| has been handled and reported is ex-
actly the same as was done to political
| prisoners Of the Gestapo. They also
| died OF sudden and unusual illnesses
which never were confirmed.
1T does not matter-in regard to his
treatment whether Scott was innocent
| or guilty. He certainly may have been
entirely guilty of the crime charged to
him. But, he was entitled to just and
legal treatment while awaiting trial.
This is not too much to ask for any
manifest of all in the Nations Capital.
/ DORIS DE FORD sPEcK.
Anro Wind