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Evening star., 1946-10-07

large" But what concern was this
OF the courts? At least such result
would give every voter an equal right
in . Congressional election. And
thus the Federal Constitution would
be made to mean what it SO plainly
says.
AS against the minority Of four
that decided with such sureness that
one voter in the fifth district of
Illinois was equal to nine In the
seventh, three, lesser minority of
the court by only one, found to the
contrary. And rightly so in my
judgment.
Mr.. Justice Black. who wrote the
minority opinion, pointed out that
it had not been denied that the ag-
grieyed complainants had been de-
MED the full right to vote and the
equal protection of the laws" The
minority of three Gas against the
minority of four further held that
What is involved here is the right
to vote guaranteed by the Federal
Evening star., 1946-10-07

sively than did the three judges who
decided in favor of Mr.. Talmadge
and his political larceny.
This case will come before the
Supreme Court in the next few
weeks. I am glad because would
like that Court to have chance
to reverse its outrageous decision
in the Colegrove V. Green case.
Perhaps with the full Court sitting
the country will at least be treated
to a decision representing the
views of the ma ajority of the Justices.
OF course by that time Mr.. Tai
madge will undoubtedly have been
reelected on the basis of his
sleight-of hand nomination, but
this issue ought to come up over
and over again until the Court
decides that the political rights of
Ia citizen may not be either denied
or abridged.
Voting Power Involved.
In the Colegrove case, there was
involved the question whether one
voter in the fifth congressional
district of the State of Illinois, with
a population of 1915, was to have
approximately nine times the vot-
ing power of a citizen in the
seventh district containing 914,053
citizens.
Mr.. Justice Frankfurter, speak
ing for a minority of four, found
that the question involved was
political" one to step over which
the sacrosanct Supreme Court
would have to raise, delicately and
perhaps indecorously, the hem of
its judicial robe.
There Is supposed to be a remedy
for every wrong. This is another
OF those legal fictions that 1914 per
cent pure judges are able to sterilize
For a remedy in this outrageous
case, the learned justice deftly
passed the buck to the Legislature
of Illinois or to the Congress. He
did not care which of the two
relieved him of this hot potato
However. the State Legislature will
not act because it, too, is built
upon rotten-borough system.
It is true that the House of Rep
.resentatives might do something
to right the wrong, but there are
too many rotten-borough Repre-
sentatives in that body. not only
from Illinois, but from other States.
These include all of those where
political slavery still exists as the
result of the poll tax that still
mocks our alleged democracy. 1t
is not to be hoped that the House
Evening star., 1946-10-07
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MONDAY

Constitution Federal courts
have not hesitated to exercise their
equity power in cases involving de-
priyations Of property and liberty"
Mr.. Justice Frankfurter for his
minority insisted, in effect, tnat the
case was unclean because it related
to politics" Notwithstanding the
fact that upon freedom to exercise
political rights our whole system de-
pends, including the august Supreme
Court itself.
Copyright 1946)
Evening star., 1946-10-07

ity vote. 1t had
relied upon the
decision of the
Supreme Court
Of the United
States in the
c a S e of Cole
grove, ct al, v.
Green, ct al,
decided on June
10 last. TIL ! S
decision a lso
strained at a
gnat and swal-
lowed a camel,
although with
better grace and
~ 1orc,,o
Evening star., 1946-10-07

because OF my
readers. I did
not come here to
see the Smith
sonian Institu-
ton, or the Cor
coran Galleries,
or even what
they tell me is
the most mag
nihcent h n 6
in Washington
President Tru-
mans aide, Har-
ry Vaughan. I
came here to
study policy.
r haua haa,,
Evening star., 1946-10-07

the big problem
of the new Chief
Justice, Mr.. VIM
son, was to end
the feuding on
the court, restore
harmony among
the brethren, re-
cover its tradi-
tion a l dignity
and d cor u m
without which it
does not merit
and cannot get
the respect of
either the bar or
the people.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
McLen1ore
Comes to CopitoI
To Study Policy
By Henry McLem ore

have my ear to the ground. My
left ear, which was not impaired by
shot. grape, shrapnel, or lieutenants
during the last war.
Frankly, I came to Washington
Evening star., 1946-10-07

practices, the question OF whether
he had done more harm than good
in making public the internal
troubles of the supreme bench was
debatable.
Upon one thing. however, there
was general agreement-to wit, that
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Harold L. Ickes
Man to Man
Supreme Court Hit for Split Decision
On Unequal Voting Power in Illinois

three Learned" Federal judges sitting banque
bunk bwaed the fact that they help
anything about the abridgment OF the right of citizens
Georgia the result Of the thble county unit
they proved nothing else that Georgia
for something else than its peaches The
Evening star., 1946-10-07
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

" DOeS QeW 1all!-W. o. u.
A. Dew does not fall. 1t is pro.
duced by the condensation of Watery
vapor from the atmosphere. The
deposit of dew is caused by the cool
ness of the bodies bedeWed, and this
takes place in consequence of the
radiation of heat into open space
without any equivalent return.
@. How can the italian name
Lodovico be Americanized?-P. D. F.
A. The name Lodovico is the
equivalent of the English name
Lewis.
@. Did former President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt ever vote the Re-
publican ticket?-N. H. S.
A. The late President Roosevelt
said: My father and grandfather
were Democrats and 1 was brought
up as a Democrat, but in 1904, when
cast my first vote for a President
I voted for the Republican candi-
date, Theodore Roosevelt, because I
thought he was a better Democrat
than the Democratic candidate"
@. Can a postal savings account
be disposed of by will?-N. S. r.
A. A person having a postal saw
ings account may dispose of this by
will.
@. If two sons are supporting their
parents, may each claim them as
dependents ON their income tax re-
turn?-H. F. N.
A. A parent cannot be claimed as
a dependent by two children. If
there are two parents each child
may claim one parent provided he
furnishes the principal support of
that parent and if the parents in
come is less than $500 for the calen-
dar year.
O. Which is stronger welded or
a riveted ship?-R. G. R.
A. The welded ship, usually with
some riveted parts, is lighter than
the riveted ship and has superior
ability to Withstand bombs. The
welded ship can carry more cargo
per deadweight ton than riveted
ship.
@. Whatever happened to Jumbo,
the famous P. T. Barnum elephant?
ID. T. H.
A. Jumbo was killed on Septem-
ber Is, 1885, on the Grand Trunk
Airline track, half a mile east of
st. Thomas, Ontiaro. His keeper
was leading him along the track
when a freight train came up be-
hind unnoticed and ran him down,
Jumbo was injured so badly that he
died in 80 minutes.
@. Is an hereditary peerage ever
abolished in Great Britain?-M
N. D.
A. An hereditary peerage, once
created, can only be suspended but
not abolished by an Act of Attainder,
"a most cumbersome procedure.
Q. Is there general trend
throughout the United States of
people moving into the cities?-
10. OBJ.
A. More than 80 per cent of the
Nations 3,072 counties are losing
rural population, according to recent
surveys.
@. Was Nellie Gray in the song,
Darling Nellie Gray" a real
person?-H. w. V.
A. In 1855 the composer Benjamin
Russell Handy heard the story of
Joe Selby, an escaped slave who
died during desperate flight across
Ohio and on his deathbed spoke of
his sweetheart, Nellie Gray.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer 10 any
question of fact by writing The Evening
- Star Information Bureau. 316 street
NE, Washington 2, D. c. Please in
close cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Frank r. Kent
The Great GameofPoli
Boosting of Justices for Political Office
Seen Hurting Supreme Courts Prestige

spring. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson
his colleague Justice Hugo Black the result
exposure condition that shocked good many
people in all parts of the country. -
Conceding great provocaon and that
to his charges OF unethca
Evening star., 1946-10-07
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than it was il. in uphQlding the
right of Mr.. Talmadge, The Negro
batter, to be nominated by a minor
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@. Can postal savings account
be disposed of by will?-N. S. r.
A. A person having a postal saw
ings account may dispose of this by
will.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-01
One Word Led fO Another
The DetrOi, Times
ahead "
BY ARTHUR BUGS BAER-
Turn En- Loose Tonioht

Furn TN Loose loni9ht
TWO events stand out in this vanishing sharply
porcupines pompadour.
The first and most important tDas Schicke-
Rruber's assassination of Schickelgruber. As said
many years ago of less offensive character, he shot
the right guy
That one sided duel ended the fierceSt of
time tsith Uncte San, grabbing the duke. tt
paUed the deours for the second event. the scratch
ing of Hirohtos Unite mule from the Fuurty Stakes
If you think of any more established events than
pair historic charades then will sell old straw
hat for So. don't make dime on the deal.
TN NEW we-oed celebratory hours the year Of 1945
will slide backward into its petied perspective 1t marks
end job that required the dovetaed efforts OF all the
citizens of the greatest nation in the world And as index
nv reminiscent files rumnave brackets squnt even
further eceon Of the and recoect another
Victorious New Year of 1918
Inside of IL years w lost everything had
gained by that Uictory clearly If had poured
had. is tough to realize that the only things Oe
learn by old mistakes
But let's pour that kind of crackpot Soliloqua
cous n,urbles into the drip pan and concentrate
the flUo Uictories that certify ndLenabe right
make darn fools of ourselves at the tWitching
hour of IL. Here's hoping that priorities do not
bump you off the Witch's broom
oRGET everything tonight except that practice in 1917
helped win the worlds greatest doubeheader in 1945
Forget everything except that America is tops
in everything including the atomic blister, aviation,
army, naUy and production Drop everything. In
cluding this article Dhen 1t starts to turn into
lecture.
Tonight is the correct nurkage for nocturnal
shenanigans Uith horn, confetti and paper hat.
haze reserved elboW room in the Times Square mobs
and the Ufe WW Shinguards under her evening
goUn. You tell When a stranger WW try
a field goal from difficult angle.
Tonight is the night to forget. We will have plenty Of
time to remember
Copyright io4s By King reaureI
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-01
LET'S EXPLORE
YOUR MIND
BY ALBERT EDWARD WIGGAM, D. Sc
Answer to Question No.

Answer to Question No. l
This is a personal opinion,
but / hardly think they have
any influence at all. Whether
they are kept or not does not
depend on the vows but upon all
the previous life history and
habits of the two people. The
vows are simply public state
ments of purposes, but wether
the purposes are carried out de-
peuds upon each ones con-
science. and frequently upon
their practical knowledge of the
arts and skills necessary for
making and keeping love.
Answer to Question No. 2
because every new inven-
ton for transporting soldiers
and killing people has made
bigger and better governments.
The bow and arrow alone built
UP the ancient empires, because
people could be killed farther
away than by the prior method
of throwing stones. So it goes.
Unless the atomic bomb brings
world government, $4,000
years of human conduct will be
reversed, as shown by sociol-
ogist Hornell Hart and others.
Answer to Question No. 8
3-Yes. DR.. Harry Hepner's
surveys show that many more
married women than unmarried
women feel they take life too
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-01
On the Art
Of Reporting

and quietly tried 10 learn what
had happened Hours later he
could give them only the haZy
outlines of the tragedy and not
realizing that his wife was dead,
kept mumbling, She must be
hurt bad or there wouldn't be
so many of you asking ques!
tons"
NOV this is perhaps a poor
~ digest of the story. as / am
not very good at that sort of
thing, but one point that struck
me was the fact that it referred
TO the murderer throughout as
MIR. Keene," which more than
anything else gave the reader a
sense of the killing as one Of
those inexplicable tragedies that
befall persons who have SEEM
ingly tried to live quietly and
respectfully all their lives. 1t
made ii clear, / think, that here
was no premeditated and spec
tacular crime but a strange and
sad incident among every day
people.
II reflected the feeling and
good taste that l mention above
as ingredients essential to art
of reporting. Or perhaps in this
particular instance j should say
rewriting. which is often the
same thing. And ! undoubtedly
should say a good word for the
desk that let this little touch
OF the reportorial artistic go
through though ii may have
been the same desk that passed
a yarn referring TO a rich guy
indicted for trying 10 rob the
government on income taxes as
"Mr."
There was a sense of servility
-te-the man money In that
"Mr." There was only the
sense of eitytng Difference TO the
bewildered old murderer's past
gentility in the Mr." of the
crime story. The passing it
could have been editorial over
sight. of course, but l like TO
think not. / like TO think I am
not the only one who appre-
ciates these little points Of
reportorial feeling and good
taste And restraint
Copyright i945. By King Features
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-01
BROADWAY
RHYTHM

EARTIER'S is readying a gold
~ crown for the Duchess Of
Windsor 10 be used in mid-1946
for the expected reconciliation
with the British Royal Family.
The John Jacob Astors are
rehearsing an exclusive.
Barbara Hutton is pulling
wires for an American permit
to bring Baron Gottfried Won
Cramm here. He is the eX-
German tennis star now in
Sweden as His Majesty's guest.
Playwright George S. Kauf-
mans daughter, Anne. will join
the Renotables.
Ditto war correspondent Lee
Carson of Chicago.
Mrs. Y. Menuhin, wife of the
concert fiddler. is expected from
Australia after New Years.
Intimates hear there may be
Renotoriety.
Countess Dorothy di Frasso
will fly to Albania Cafe Society
hears she talked" the Allies
into letting her keep the prop
erty her bridegroom acquired
during the invasion of Italy.
DOSTMASTER-GENERAL r.
l. Hannegan is sizzling at the
absenteeism among Demmys.
He will withdraw support for
reelection of those whose rec
ords reveal mot showing up"
on important measures bene-
fetal to the Administration.
Jesse Jones power" is still
potent in the Capitol behind the
scenes Lord Halifax's re-
signation is now expected in
May.
Maj. Chas. Boxer, bridegroom
of novelist Emily Hahn. goes 10
Japan as part of the Far East
ern Advisory Comm.
Customs men confiscated
Goering's Luger pistol from
Billy Rose when he returned
"a OtAA NINA AAlhiigs
MACOCO'S next lawsuit in his
A'I war against ex-wife Kay
Williams will be over the house
he gifted her which she decided
TO her mater.
Car Petrillo's medics have
ordered him TO slow down or
risk the penalty Of his serious
internal disorder.
Norman Corwin, the radio
author is i'll.
The persistent "Y n k e e"
weather in Miami Beach packed
the choo-choos northbound.
Miamis boss Curry has
warned visitors (Swank and
otherwisel that they risk being
collared in the raids on gaming
spots. That's going TO scare
them into laughing spasms,
dear boy.
A resolution is being drawn
by the Newspaper Guild bar
ring" Fiorello from colyuming
unless he apologized for past
insults 10 newsmen. That'll be
the day!
Big scandal in music row con-
cerning a married IN am e.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-01
BY WALTER WINCHELL

bandsman, who allegedly blew
with the coin for his mems
wages, and a gal.
The new Super-Chief Diesel
now being made will do 80
miles per hour.
MOVIE fan-mag editors who
WI received holiday cards plus
five new S100 bills from II.
Hughes press agent, Russell
Birdwell. returned them.
The Capt. Speed Chambers
suspect the erratum about them
was the result of Mrs. Chandler
being introduced as his daughter.
They are happily sealed.
The only two departments in
the big stores which have un-
limited merchandise are cos
metics and costume gems.
Churchill has been invited to
defend England's Palestinian
policy at Madison Square Gar
den March 5. The tribunal will
include leading writers, states
men. ct al.
It's a boy at the William Tab
berts. He's the leading man in
Billion S Baby"
J. r. Hoover, whose hat was
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-01
BY DAMON RUNYON

Sadie. by a 62-year-old retired
dealer in religious articles, Ar
thur Keene, though names are
not Important TO my discourse:
This is a tale that was related
in all its cory details the other
day by all the papers. but in no
paper for more than a column,
as the Keenes are obscure folks.
The old man beat his wife TO
death with two claw hammers
as she sat hectoring him from
an easy chair in the living room
of their apartment, a dreadful
crime. surely. for which there
can be no extenuating circum-
stances and no withholding OF
swift penalty. Yet there was
one story that | read in a
morning newspaper which with
out attempting to mitigate the
Nervousness of the deed left you
with a remarkable picture of
"a small gray-haired man, meek
OF manner, clothes neat and
somber" who yielded TO savage
impulse in an effort 10 silence
his wife, the first time in 30
years Of marriage he ever tried
to stop her tongue.
"Most times never even
talked back" he said, accord
ing TO the story.
A S SOON as his blows had
"A stopped her nagging. the
story related, remorse overcame
him and he tried TO stanch the
flow of blood with towels. Then
he unhurriedly dressed for out
doors, even putting on his rub
bers, and was about 10 start for
the police station 10 give him.
self up. His married sister came
in from New Jersey with some
homemade custard for him be-
cause he has been Ill of a neEp--
Gus condition for a year. He
told her he-had ASSAULTED
Sadie"
He left the place before the
screams OF his sister brought
others. He boarded a trolley.
"Irritated by its crawling pace"
he got off and "trudged through
the slush." The police caught
up with him as he plodded to-
ward the station house. He was
dazed and incoherent as they
escorted him TO the squad room
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-01
Marriage Vows
Mean What?
Big Town
Intelligence

swiped at Harvey's in Washing
ton, bet 50 on a horse named
"Lost-a-Hat" and won $3.50.
THE D. Brookses (he's the
Il thrush in "Bloorner Girl
will have it melted in Florida.
Van Heflin's sister. Fran, is
back from Las Vegas with her
freedom. She will wed a COM
poser.
Nancy Walkers new feller is
F. Milton, also of "On the
Town"
Lester Cowan will get a
medal from the army for pro-
ducing "GI joe"
The B. Cerfs will give a big
New Years poddy on their
farm. Guests must come in
calico or bring an old joke.
John Farrar, formerly OF
Farrar-Rinehart, will start a
new publishing firm with Roger
Strauss. Is
Pettiest feud back stage is
the one where principals are
fussing because Bill and Cora
Bairds puppet act got the
choice notices.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-01
BRIGHTER
SIDE

VQU can teach almost any in
Il telligent kid the general form
Of reporting, how to round up
all the facts of a story, how 10
assemble them into words for
publication within the limits of
The space allotted and in a man.
ner that satisfies the desk and
fully informs the readers.
But that is the mechanical
phase OF reporting only. II has
no relation TO the art OF the pro-
fession. The artistic phase of
reporting is the ability to put
not only fact into the story but
color and human interest, also
feeling and good taste. The
last elements are, l think. most
important.
AS you have no doubt already
sensed from the above / am
reaching the oracular or windy
stage about my profession. The
chances are if l had the time
and the energy and thought l
could make any money out of il,
] would be going around sound
ing my baZoo among the schools
of journalism of the land and
being a great pain in the ear TO
the students. But the third con-
sideration will spare them. /
mean the money angle.
II will save me the possible
embarrassment of some young
squirt looking up my past 10
see by what authority OF per-
seHal performance / presume to
talk SO biggity and revealing
me as guy who was actually
not such-a-much at all. I used
10 pull that on old athletes that
time and befogged perspective
expanded to proportions that
their records seldom sustained.
] mean research might disclose
me as a journalistic Vasserkopf
who has plenty of gall presum-
Ing TO lecture on the subject
as herewith.
pUT where was /? Oh, yes.
- reporting. I might illus
trate my point about feeling
and good taste in reporting with
e news story of recent date as
II appeared in the newspapers
of the big city, the story of the
aurder Of his 65-year-oid wife.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-01
With Apologies
10 a. McLeiSh

Arthur Bergman (Duteh), he's
ree'iar;
Jimmy Morrison of Louisiana,
And Barnee at the old piano,
Coio Plaza, Leslie Btfe
(Hs's a ehiHui little iHui),
Big Joe Brooks, Senator BreW-
ster,
Toots the shov, the PGthe
rooster,
Billy Rsardon at the Stork,
Morton DoWnsy, flip the eorh;
The dancing Hortmans, Midse
Potssi,
Austins Cassini-her hats are
crazy;
Harry Winner, Wheeler. Bert,
Helen Hayes who's mighty pert,
Arthur Godfrey, Jack the Lait,
Glenn the ksUiiie, General Tate,
CsorRis Goddard, Hinson Stiles,
Homer Bone and Lee the Lyles.
Senator ChdUez, Senator Hatch,
and friend Of mine who's
knovn as Batch"
Olsen d Johnson, Marion Reid
(Without her 'tuould be tough
indeed).
And other fiends both young
and prime.
But Who haze names that wW
not rhyme.
And all the mob at KFS
wish to bless and bless and
bless.
Distributed by kim Features SIND, Inc.
Reproduction In whole or In part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-01
Something New
I'm Writing Books

Dream Girl" Helen is grad
uate of Yale dramatic school.
Young females with stage aspi-
rations should give this fact a
thought. What could be a more
pleasant place for a girl 10
study for a career than on the
Yale campus surrounded by all
those gay young men. many OF
whom are rich and socially
prominent? II you have a
daughter who wants TO be an
actress call this TO her atten-
tion.
Asking
QUERIES from clients: O.
W Who would be your choice
10 play the part of Lord Bruce
Carlton in the film version Of
Forever Amber?
A-COuld not say. Haven't
read Forever Amber James
Mason, the British actor, was
offered this part and turned it
down. He wasn't impressed
with its possibilities.
Q-How is the Horses and
Women Club of Pittsburgh
doing? Also. the Husbands
Protective Association of New
Haven?
A-Haven't heard from the
New Haven husbands lately but
am informed the Pittsburghers
have just concluded successful
campaign With the slogan Two
Razors for Every Home"