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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-14
Mufti Mystery

The disappearance from France of
Hal Amin El-Husseini, Grand Multi
OF Jerusalem, is sensation rivaling
In it's dramatic aspects the recent
disclosure of the theft of the crown
jewels from Kronberg Castle, and, at
this writing, even more mysterious.
The one certain fact in the case
Is that the Moslem potentate has
LETT his villa near Versailles, where
he has resided comfortably under
French police surveillance ever since
the close of the late war. Indeed,
this very fact is in itself mysterious
because the Multi has a record so
black from the Allied point of view
that it is hard to see why he was the
object of such leniency. A stormy
petrol in Palestine politics ever since
he was arrested and imprisoned by
the British Mandate authorities in
1920 for fomenting Arab anti-Jewish
riots, he fled to Syria in 1887 and
became an Axis agent, his pro-Axis
activities during the war leading him
to Iraq, to Iran, and thence to Rome
and Berlin. Venomously anti-Jew-
lsh, he is charged with having
abetted Hitler's tactics of extermi-
mating European Jewry, and he has,
OF course, continued to be foment-
er of trouble among the Arabs of
Palestine. Why these multifarious
activities did not earn him a prose-
cution as a war criminal has not
been satisfactorily explained on le-
gal grounds.
The French and British govern
ments are now indulging in diplo-
matte exchanges on the matter of
the Mufti's disappearance, but they
are doing so in a halfhearted and
evasive manner which to some OBJ
servers indicates collision for mo-
tives that do not yet appear. This
has led to a riot of speculation
ranging from guesses that the Multi
is to be used as diplomatic pawn
by Britain and France to the nv
pothesis that he may have made a
deal with Moscow.
The logical assumption is that he
has flown by plane to the Near East,
and the first news reports indicated
that he was in Damascus, near
which the Arab League is now hold
ing conference. But neither the
league nor Arab spokesman any
where will admit having any knowl-
edge Of his whereabouts.
Meanwhile the news of his flight
from France is thrilling Arab cir
cles In Palestine and elsewhere. The
Mutt is regarded by the Palestinian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-14
PIuin-Speukinq Bevin

Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin's
bluntly Worded address before the
annual conference of the Labor
party at Bournemouth, England, was
a broad survey encompassing every
important aspect of British foreign
policy, in the nature of an account
ing of stewardship to the Labor
party.
In characteristic fashion Mr.
Bevin took the forensic offensive
from the start, making no apologies
and demanding a vote of confidence
fdr his handling of foreign policy
He was rewarded by tumultuouS and
Overwhelming approval, indicating
that the Foreign Secretary's actions
reflect the opinions held by the
dominant elements in British politi-
cal life. And since most of Mr.
Beyin's policies have had at least
qualified approval by the Conserva-
tive opposition. it is obvious that
they embody the will of the British
people.
Although Mr.. Bevin discussed
matters ranging from the forthcom-
ing conference of Foreign Ministers
in Paris to relations with Soviet
Russia, with France. with Spain, and
toward Germany, the aspect of his
address which awakens most inter-
est in this country is that regarding
Palestine. And 1t Is important for
Americans to understand the For
eign Secretary's viewpoint, since he
apparently speaks for British public
opinion.
Mr.. Bevin fatty rejects the recon-
mendation Of the Anglo American
Committee OF Inquiry that 100000
European Jewish refugees be imme-
diately admitted into Palestine. The
basis OF his rejection was that it is
impracticable for Britain single
handedly to implement a recon-
mendation which, however justified
by the circumstances within the field
of the commissions inquiry, involves
measures for it's execution that
British Foreign Secretary needs to
consider Wathin the larger frame-s
work of overall policies and respon-
sibilities.
Specifically, Mr. Bevin asserts: eff
we put 100000 Jews in Palestine to-
morrow I would have to put another
division of British troops there. I
am not prepared to do it." And
again: The financial issues involved
IN this business are tremendous, and
the British Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer cannot carry them. Taxa
ton in this country is at such a
point that we cannot take on ex-
penditure of another 100000 900
sterling (s800,0OO,000) on Palestine.
Tor that is really what is involved"
What Mr.. Bevin implies, and what
he has previously stated is that the
United States should share the bur-
den and the responsibility of the
Palestine problem. This is precisely
what sections of American public
opinion most critical of Britain in
the matter are chary of or frankly
opposed to doing. Mr.. Bevin, at least,
has laid his cards face up on the
table.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-14
Expensive and II|ooicuI

In the letter printed in an adjoin-
Ing column today Mrs. Gladys H,
Cook. president of Child Care Gen.
tiers, Inc, assumes Star approval of
the amounts of certain per capita
allowances in aid for dependent
children, foster home and institu-
tional care of District child wards.
No such assumption is justified. The
Star did not quote such figures with
approval and no such inference is
Warranted. The Stars purpose in
quoting the figures. in comparison
with estimated per capita cost of the
child care center proposal, was to
emphasize the complete improperly
of saddling the District with the cost
OF a relatively nonessential under
taking in nursery care of some chill
dren at time when the community
Is falling down miserably, largely
because of inadequate funds, in dis
charging its fixed and necessary
child welfare functions. Here we
AA~'S e~ ploPOolplOIl w Oh
nursery care almost four times the
amount, per capita, that is allowed
for aid to dependent children; about
twice as much per capita as the
permissible foster home cost for a
fourteen-year-old boy; almost as
much per capita as the municipal
authorities are able to spend-and
the results indicate that 1t is made
quate-for correctional and institu-
tional care OF child wards. If the
District is falling down, and 1t is, on
this necessary child welfare work.
what earthly excuse is there for
embarking on new experiment of
dubious necessity which will divert
still more funds from such work?
Why not strive, first, for decent
standards in what we are already
committed to doing? The Star has
every reason to believe the figures
1t used are accurate. Those relating
to estimated per capita costs in the
child care centers were supplied by
the public school budget officer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-14

1t would have given Russia an addi-
tlonal security and proof that no one
harbors hostile intentions toward her
The freedoms which this country
wishes to see established In every peace
treaty also are unpalatable to the
kremlin. The elections held so far in
the satellite countries have shown re-
markable results. In Albania, Bulgaria
and Yugoslavia not single seat has
been won by the Opposition" In
Albania, the 50 seats in Parliament are
all occupied by Communists. The same
applies to Bulgaria and Yugoslavia,
where the Communists are holding all
seats without single exception.
In Hungary, where the Communists
have obtained only 10 mandates out of
total OF 400, the Small Landholders
Party, which is nom Communist and won
the election, is rapidly being pushed
into the background and although it
has a parliamentary majority it is
being reduced to impotence.
Senator Pepper has shown himself to
be the most vociferous advocate in the
Senate Of friendship with Russia at any
price. He is convinced that our national
interests demand that we overlook many
OF Russias obvious encroachments on
other countries and, like himself, the
American people should shut their eyes
at the antics of Moscow In the various
parts of the world. His recent trip to
Moscow, where he was warmly received
by the Kremlin leaders, and through
the satellite countries has impressed him
with Russia's might. He returned to the
United States more determined than
ever to prevent any action which could
be misinterpreted or displeasing to the
Soviet government.
The Senators who had planned last
week to introduce the resolution to give
Mr.. Byrnes additional ammunition in
Paris, decided the day before the Secre-
tary's departure to drop the matter In
order to be effective, 1t had to be ap-
proved unanimously. 1t became obvi-
Gus. however, that they would have to
cope with the opposition and the fiery
oratory Of the Florida Senator. Under
those conditions the resolution might
have turned out to be handicap rather
than a help.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-14
This Changing World
By Constantine Brown

Secretary Of State Byrnes and associ-
ates left yesterday for the Paris con-
ference in a somewhat gloomy mood
The American delegation is facing
task involving greater dangers and
prospective disappointments than when
it went over the first time last April
Several members representing both
parties in the Senates Foreign Relations
Committee had planned to lend a help
Ing hand to the Secretary of State
before his departure. They wanted to
submit resolution to the effect that
the United States Senate concurred
with Mr.. Byrnes' views for a 25-year
alliance Of the Big -Four and for the
early signing of peace treaties based
on freedom Of religion and speech at
the polls and all other principles for
which America and her allies fought
the war
This group believed that such official
support of the American delegation
at Paris would considerably strengthen
Mr.. Byrnes position in his negotiations
with the other foreign representatives.
1t would have been equally helpful,
whenever he found himself fighting
with his back to the wall, to have a
document in hand which would per-
NIT him to say that he had a definite
mandate from the only body In the
United States which has the right to
approve treaties.
But, after due consideration, the reso-
luton was never presented to the
Foreign Relations Committee.
4 4
1t is reliably reported that the matter
was dropped because of the possibility
that some strong believer in the wisdom
OF Russia's foreign policies, such as
Senator Pepper, would have so strongly
disagreed with the text that the dis
cussion would have resulted in hamper
ing rather than assisting Mr.. Byrnes.
1t was all-important that the resolu-
ton should be passed unanimously and
this was considered unlikely in view of
the fact that the contents of the reso-
luton dealt with matters which Moscow
has shown itself as being opposed to.
The idea of 25-year Big Four alli-
ance-a historical departure from this
countrys policy Of no foreign entangle-
ments-has been violently disapproved
by the Russian government, although
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permit the Stars and Stripes to be
dishonored. And the heirs Of their
example are grateful for those
heroes and will remember them as
long as memory itself survives.
No poet is needed to teach the
American race the meaning of the
banner by which it is recognized
everywhere. All that Francis Scott
Key and Joseph Rodman Drake,
Oliver Wendell Holmes and John
Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman
and the rest of the patriot bards
have done is to put into singing
words the instinct of the national
community. And the impulse which
prompts the whole inclusive public
to reverence the Flag is growing as
the decades wax and wane. It
should be SO, and providentially it
always will be So Old Glory is
what millions of citizens make it.
hope for it, pray for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-14
The F1uo

There are many different ways of
regarding the flag. 1t may be looked
upon, as. the dictionaries look upon
1t, simply as: "A piece of cloth or
stuff casually bunting), varying in
size, color or device. but most fire.
quently oblong or square, attached
by one edge to staff or to halyard,
used as standard, ensign or signal.
and also for decoration or display"
Such was the conception entertained
by Shakespeare when, in King John,
he wrote under date of 1895: These
f1agges of France haue hither
narch'd to your enhancement"
Any national standard, thus referred
TO- is, in effect, notice and a claim.
an assertion of power and deter
n1ination, to all those persons of
whatever state or party who see it
carried forward.
But there is another point of view,
represented by H. G. Wells in his
Outline of History" The national
insignia of his own country and of
its contemporaries are, according to
the opinion he holds, mere fetishes
subject to comparison with the stone
idols of savages. Thomas Carlyle,
IN "Sartor Resartus," has a passage
OF similar character, reading:
Have not myself known five hundred
hNng soldiers sabred into crows meat
f4 piece of glazed cotton which they
called their flag which, had you sold
III In any market-croSs, would not have
Drought above three groschen?
Between the two extremes, there
obviously is room for much discus
sion. What matters to the generality
OF Americans on the day of the
" pr set apart for homage to the
rig is that it symbolizes values for
which dying is neither uncommon
ID unreasonable, neither wasteful
d & futile No other people under
the sun love life more dearly. Yet,
without fanaticism, they hold it a
sacred tenet that their symbol, like
the progressive civilization for which
1t stands, merits the sacrifice of
individual existence. Many men
and boys belonging to living gener-
atoms have persisted rather than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-14
Blasting the Supreme Court
By Raym 0nd MoIey

We now see what happens when Sec
ond-rate men are appointed to first
rate court Public confidence, the sure
measure of an institution, falls to the
level of those men. New Dealers used
to argue that judges make the law.
Now we know that judges make the
court
The bitter harvest we face in the ju-
dietary was planted by President Roose-
welt. This planting was dictated by his
purely political concept of the courts
function. He saw the court not in the
distinguished Anglo-American tradition
of the centuries, from Coke to Stone,
but as an adjunct to temporary po-
litical regime.
The New Deal has irreparably in
jured precious tradition. In 1896,
the only statement in a major speech
made by Candidate Roosevelt which was
not in the text and which was not
considered beforehand by his advisers
was a charge in Baltimore that the
Supreme Court was controlled by the
Republicans. 1t may be said that his
advisers later told him that the crack
was bad.
during the cOurt-paCKlng n9nt, winch
was political drive, the President COM
planned that he had been permitted to
appoint fewer judges than his predeces-
sors. That sounded like complaint
by new district leader to a mayor
that he had received less patronage
than his predecessors. The appointment
Of Senator Hugo Black to the Supreme
Court was an act of political pique in
spired by Roosevelt's desire to have
an all-out follower on the court and
to hit back at those who had opposed
court packing.
But the appointments which fol-
lowed put the final and unmistakable
seal Of politics on the court. Let us
look at the record
Seven OF the present members of the
court were appointed by Mr.. Roose-
welt. According to their biographies in
Who's Who, these seven men had
total OF 81 years experience in exclu-
siveiy private practice, 1917 in judicial
experience and SO years in teaching law.
That Is an average of less than nine
years exclusively In private practice, less
than two years as Judge and slightly
over eight as teacher. In considering
judicial experience, it must be noted
that Justice Blacks was in q police
court and Justice Murphy's was In a
city criminal court. The only experi-
ence among these seven men in Federal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-14
This and That
By Charles E. Trace7eeU.

When Templeton Jones talks about
porch eaters, it sounds as II he spelled
1t Porcheaters, one word, and capital
lied
These Porcheaters are a curious tribe
according to Jones'
They come out on the coolest morn
lngs, huddled up in sweaters, and pre-
tend that they are enjoying eating on
the porch" he said.
Now, Templeton, said Mrs. J. MAYBE
they do"
Jones doubted it.
How could any one, he wanted to
know, like to eat with cold shivers run
ming up and down their spines?
Maybe they have warm spines." sup
gested Mrs. Jones
They couldn't be warm enough for
such morning replied Mr.. Jones.
"Porcheaters are descendants of the old
fashioned picnickers.
DO you remember going to picnics?
I used to go, strange as 1t may seem,
Yes, and I went to the circus, too!
1T was the picnics that got me to
wondering and realizing that some per-
sons really like to eat with ants run
ming all over the food
II can recall as kid, that I did not
like picnics. I had much rather eat at
home, in privacy and peace, than in the
open with ants and beetles, and the
wind blowing great greasy squares of pa
per that had come off the wrapping of
fried chicken.
Even in those days, never could I'M
derstand why people wanted to take
fried chicken to such places. There are
plenty of good things to eat besides
fried chicken.
Il remember once, on the way down to
Ocean City, Md, in the old days, when
1t was an all-day trip.
You went to Baltimore by train. and
then you went across town, adniring
the sewage running down the cutters,
and the blocks of chicken warehouses,
until you came to the wharfs
You spent two hours, as I recall,
waiting for the boat to start on its way
to Claiborne.
The boat was always crowded with
Baltimoreans going down the bay for
the ride.
They always took their lunch. Bal
timoreans, then as now, were good
eaters.
They had huge shoe boxes full. Peo-
pie today don't know what shoe box
is: Well, it was a box in which shoes
came, and they put the shoes back in
the box, when you bought them, and
gave you the whole thing. That was a
shoe box.
We'll, these people had boxes full of
food, and most of it was fried chicken
They must have slaughtered thousands
OF chickens for every boat run.
Il was admiring the water and watch
ing bell buoy, when suddenly great
square of greasy chicken paper, caught
by the breeze, smacked me souarely in
the face.
Since then, have not had much use
for fried chicken
Il do not Like picnics and outdoor eat
ing In general. I see no point to it. =
why not eat indoors and be free
from ants and similar craWlers?
They seem to have q fascination for
me. bet an ant would come for a mile
to crawl over my sandwich"
ITS all the point of view" broke in
Mrs. Jones.
THE point of view, the point of view"
unused Jones. yes, you are right. It is
the point of view. Everything in the
world is point of view. Everything
that has happened and everything that
will happen is point Of view from
somebody's standpoint. But still don't
understand the point Of view of these
Porcheaters"
Mrs. Templeton Jones grinned.
That's easy" she smiled. ITS the
porch. Of course"
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Indian Pipes
III ,Das a unnter-haunted place
Win hnIf.dAAd feaAe i>-.,>.

1t ,1as a Dinter-haunted place
with halt-dedd trees, leopes bro,pn
as mold
NOR Jern nor grass to lend 1t grace,
Ana morning but a te1D hours old.
When suddenly, ray OF sun
surprised q fotcer gro,Uing there.
Ihdt / had never looked upon
Whose blossoming was pale and fair.
Out OF the sod-so drab and dull
Rose fairy pipes that seemed of sno,o.
Or frozen moonlight; beautiful
As earnings on q cameo.
Only my eyes, that morning hour.
Caressed each bloom. My hands UNIT.
AND cdllous. dared not touch fo,per
So sptrttltke and exquisite.
JOHN RICHARD MORHAD,
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Remembering Star Mary

Remembering Star Mary
To the Editor of The Star:
Recurrence Of Flag Day seems an
appropriate moment in which to con-
slider the saga of Star Mary, to pay .
tribute of respect to one of Washing
tons most colorful characters.
She was known by no other name
than Star Mary, mainly for the reason
that her only means of support came
from the sale of The Star on the streets.
She was Washington's first female
"newsboy"
Whence Mary came, and where and
when she vanished from the scene, no.
body seems to know. She never talked
about herself; never asked for sympathy
or charity. All she wanted was the
chance to make an honest living for
herself and the opportunity to follow .
parade whenever the occasion arose.
Among Star readers there must be
many whose memories reach back to
the Washington Of yesterday, when the
era OF street parades was in its heyday
and when no parade was considered
complete until Mary and her little
wagon of Stars closed in, waving her
little cotton flag, with the kindly cheers
OF the sidewalk spectators following her.
On Decoration Days indefatigable
Star Mary followed the procession to
Arlington, valiantly trundling her wagon
through the heat and dust, and she
a tn ba
Marine Band had played its last march
and taps" had echoed over the green
hills.
She was tiny, resolute figure who
contributed much to our best American
traditions of simple, down-to-earth pa
triotism.
What especial instinct of early train
ing first turned Mary to her own espe-
cial brand Of patriotism, nobody seemed
to know. There were few people who
shrugged their shoulders when she
passed, with the remark: ooh. that's
only old Star Mary. She's little crazy
over the flag, but perfectly harmless"
Maybe she was crazy, but so also then
were Betsy Ross and Molly Stark and
Barbara Freitchie and Clara Barton and
Mabel Boardman, for their lives and
achievements were cast from the same
pattern and nodded in the same form.
On Flag Day it seems fitting that the
old Washington Of yesterday should
pause to consider old Star Mary in her
black WOODEN shawl, the hag-wavingest,
most patriotic citizen Wsshinrton has
produced. LOUISE Z. SPERRY,
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Arabs not merely as their religious
head, but also as the champion OF
their desires to stop Jewish pene-
tration Of Palestine and to incor-
porate that country into an indie
pendent Arab confederation. It can
be taken for granted that so astute
a schemer as the Multi will do his
best to play the firebrand role he
has consistently maintained for
nearly thirty years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-14

Everybody Is willing to make con-
cessions, providing only that not too
much discomfort is involved. Arte-
mus Ward announced in 1852: T
have alreddy given two cousins to
the war, & stand reddy to sacrifiss
my wife's brother ruther'n not see
the rebelyin krusht."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-14

General Macarthur has no pa
tienae with those who propose to
Dust Hlrohito. 1t is hard these days
Tor an executive to find a quiet, re-
spectful office boy who will do what
he is told and knows who is boss.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-11-15

Friday. November Is. 1916
Mrs. Courtney Hilyard Of 1902 ST.
Anthony Ave, left for Chicago, Ill.,,
Friday, Nov. 3. where she will
spend ten days visiting her sister.
Mrs Anna Bowen.