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Evening star., 1946-02-21
Indiun Naval Mutiny

The violent demonstrations OF
Royal Indian Navy seamen are per-
haps the most ominous manifesto
tions to date of that widespread un-
rest which may portend the gravest
developments. These demonstra-
tions, while termed strikes" by the
participants, constitute mutiny by
any standard of discipline and have
been so stigmatized by the British
naval authorities.
The center of the disturbances is
the naval base at Bombay, where
the warships in harbor are reported
to be virtually unnamed, with two
of them flying the Indian Congress
party's flag instead of their regular
ensigns. Most of the crews are
ashore rioting and attacking native
police trying to restore order. The
most dramatic incident was the
hauling down and burning of the
American flag flying over the en-
trance to the local Office of the
United States Information Service.
This was part of a systematic as
Saulting of all white persons, includ-
ing American soldiers. The rioters
admit this, for their spokesmen told
American reporters This is not an
anti-American demonstration. 1t is
anti-British. But the Americans
should quit India, too" And another
spokesman chimed in: II know you
are Americans, but you are white"
The mutineers voice racial dis
elimination" as their chief griev-
ance, though it is hard to see where
this applies in their case. The Royal
Indian Navy is the oldest armed
service in India, tracing its origin
to the formation of a squadron by
the East India Company in 1912. It's
enlisted personnel is exclusively In
dian, and since its reorganization in
1884 the officers are largely Indian
as well. The establishment consists
OF small vessels, primarily for coast
defense and patrol work. During the
war the fleet was greatly expanded
by the addition of numerous mine
sweepers and other light craft.
Nothing comparable has yet oc-
CURED in the ranks of the Indian
Army, but the psychological at
mosphere prevailing in India today
is so explosive that its contagion to
all branches of the armed services
is probable. The gloriflcation OF
members of the Indian National
Army" raised under japanese aus
piceS by Indian nationalist exiles
and actually taking part in the
japanese invasion of India from
Burma is highly disquieting symp-
tom of the state of Indian public
opinion. If the Indian armed forces
cannot be relied on, the situation
may offer a parallel to the famous
Indian munity of a century ago,
which threatened to shake British
rvle in India to its foundations.
Evening star., 1946-02-21

under Arctic conditions, and to make
scientific weather and other surveys of
the great Northland. 1t is joint en-
terprise of the Canadian Army and air
force
All this seems to us and to our Cana
dian friends very necessary and reason
able procedure. Canadian officials have
again and again insisted that musk
OK" has nothing to do with Canadian
suspicious of Russia. But it may worry
the Russians just as the atomic bomb
and their present lack of air develop
ment have worried them. The posi-
billties of trans-Arctic bombing from
continent to continent were spread out
in Golfers December 81 in an article
by Gen. Carl A. Spaatz now commanding
general OF the United States Army Air
Forces. To us, this was proper and
timely discussion of American (and
Canadian military security. To the
Russians it may have seemed to possess
sinister Implications
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The Russians also may want to know
something about the uranium mine at
Port Radium, near Great Slave Lake
This is said to have been the principal
source OF the uranium used in our
atomic bomb development. What is
the mineral content OF the ores pro-
duced there? How much is coming out?
Where it is going? How does it COM
pare with the product of the Joachim
stahl mine in Czechoslovakia (now said
to be intensively operated under Rus
sian direction)?
You have only to look at a globe
to understand why all this is or might
be of interest to the Russians, given
their obvious suspicion of our inten-
tions, Their long Arctic frontier faces
North America, across the polar ice, for
thousands Of miles. And at present, at
any rate, we have the means to reach
and attack them. while they lack the
means to do the like to us. This
will not, Of course, be q perma-
nent condition, but as long as the
suspicious and uncertainties continue
to exist, we are compelled to take meas
ures for our security, and they are COM
PEELED to try to catch up-or think they
are.
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Evening star., 1946-02-21

From the earliest days of the United
States Government the effort has been
to keep the Supreme Court as far away
from politics as possible. When a man
went on the highest judicial tribunal
In the land, he was expected to divorce
himself from all other interests beyond
impartial justice and correct inter-
probation of the laws. 1t was regarded
as life job.
Irrespective of the outcome of Demo-
cratic National Chairman Hannegan's
drive to have Associate Justice William
Q. Douglas appointed Secretary of the
Interior to fill the vacancy created by
the resignation of Harold l.. Ickes-
that kind of thing is bad practice.
II persisted in, 1t can only have the
effect of making the Supreme Court a
political spring board for ambitious
men who want to be President or Vice
President
The late President Roosevelt took As
sociate Justice James F. Byrnes off the
supreme bench and made him war mo-
bilization director. 1t was a war job.
The President was entitled to find the
best man he could for the place
Whether Mr.. Byrnes had political am
bitions or not at the time he left the
bench, it is certain that when 1914
rolled around he had an ambition to
be nominated for Vice President. In
deed, 1t has been reported he was
promised the nomination, or thought he
was. 1t remained for President Tru-
man to make him Secretary of State.
Mr.. Truman had gone to Chicago for
the purpose of nominating Mr.. Byrnes
for Vice President and found himself
instead in line for that nomination
Sidney Hillman of the CIO PAC would
not clear" Mr.. Byrnes for the vice
presidency.
Il y
There is no pressing war emergency
In the appointment of new Secretary
of the lnterior-no such excuse as could
be found for taking Mr.. Byrnes from
the Supreme Court. A Douglas ,ap-
pointment, therefore, must be only a
matter of politics. There are other men
capable of being Secretary of the In
terror. Mr. Hannegan's interest in the
matter has been to put in place Of Mr..
Ickes man who would help to keep
in line the ardent New Dealers in the
Democratic party. Further, an ac-
ceptance Of cabinet job by Mr.. Doug
las could have only a political flavor
No man could leave the Supreme Court
for such an office unless he had political
ambitions.
1t has frequently been suggested that
Mr.. Douglas would like to be Vice
President or President, preferably the
latter. But Mr.. Douglas has yet to say
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Mr.. Hoycock's Doctrine

The tributes being heaped upon
Robert L. Haycock, retiring super
intendent of schools, reflect the
esteem of grateful community for
a native son whose half a century
OF selfless service as Schoolmaster
and school administrator has made
an indelible impression not only on
Washington's developing school sys-
tenn but on several generations of
students fortunate enough to have
come under his kindly influence.
Eschewing any inclination to seek
his own advancement, Mr.. Haycock
instead devoted himself quietly but
energetically to seeking the ad-
vancement Of the cause of educa-
ton in the Nations Capital. 1t has
been said of him that he never
sought promotion, yet it is not sur
prising that he should have risen
from a $400-a-year position as
teacher in one of the city's early
waterless and lightless elementary
schools to head of a $5O,OOO,OOO, 173-
building model educational eStab-
liShment.
When Superintendent Haycock
turns his Franklin School Office
over on March l to his successor,
DR.. Hobart M. Corning, he will have
had the satisfaction of knowing that
his untiring efforts over fifty years
in behalf of better school buildings,
better salaries for teachers, better
teaching standards-in short, for
an ever better public school system
In the District of Columbia-were
not without concrete results. Per-
haps no one man has made a great
er contribution to local schools over
so long a period than the modest
gentleman who is about to take
leave of the superintendency. At a
recent dinner in his honor, Mr..
Haycock remarked that the mission
in life of teacher-in the old days
as we'll as now-"is to show the
growing young life how his heart,
head and hand can give to every
task the best he has" It is no ex-
aggeration to say that by personal
example, as well as by precept, Mr..
Haycock has given force and sub
stance to the doctrine he so faith
fully taught
Evening star., 1946-02-21
New World Capitol

In deciding to locate the perma-
nent home of the United Nations in
ethe New York Connecticut area rec
commended by the UNO's Site Com
mittee, the General Assembly ap-
parently has left open the question
of size. AS originally proposed, the
headquarters would embrace about
AZ square miles, but there is strong
possibility that this will be consid-
erably cut down before the final,
official map is drawn.
At any rate, as indicated in the
sometimes heated debate preceding
the decision approving the area,
some of the United Nations-par-
ticularly the smaller oneSappear
to have been impressed by the argu-
ment that the site, in view of the
high price of the real estate in
volved, ought not to be too large to
prevent the less wealthy members
of the UNO from paying their fair
share of the purchase COST Forty
two square miles would cover a great
deal more ground than the home of
the old League at Geneva, and since
the original plan would allocate
about two thirds to park land, with
only the remaining third being
needed for buildings and lawns, it
may be found wiser on further con-
sideration to limit the boundaries
to something comparable to a good
college campus.
Once the point of size is settled,
legal and other arrangements will
have to be made, with the United
States taking the necessary steps to
acquire the land and vest title in the
United Nations. This will involve
working out an international agree
ment or treaty requiring congress
sional sanction. AS for the present
residents of the area-especially if
the site is to be substantially con-
tracted-there seems little likeli-
hood that they will experience any
sudden or extraordinary inconven-
fences. There will be full compensa-
tion for property taken, and ade-
quate provisions presumably will be
made to offset losses in the taxing
resources of the townships affected.
Further, since the erection of the
new world capital will take another
three or five years, during which
the UNO will carry on at interim
headquarters in New York City, po-
tential evictees (whose numbers
probably will be relatively snalD,
should have ample time to adjust
themselves to the situation.
Meanwhile, even though other at
tractive sites were available, it may
be said that the New York-C Con-
necticut area is admirably equipped
to meet the needs of the UNO. 1t
may be said, too, that the General
Assembly has honored the United
States as whole, putting within
our borders the central machinery
OF an undertaking vital to the peace
and happiness OF the world. As
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Investigation Needed

The charges of ineficiency. in
difference and discourteSy made
against the crew of the Govern
ment-owned Liberty ship William
Libbey by eleven of twenty-four
passengers after protracted voyage
to this country from the British
Isles are serious enough to warrant
thorough investigation by the
Maritime Commission. Allowing that
weather and mechanical difficulties
encountered on the twenty seven
day trip of the converted cargo YES
sci were not conducive to even
tempers on the part of either crew
Or passengers, there can be no rea-
sonable excuse for such conduct as
was alleged by the American citi-
zens and taxpayers" who signed the
complaint. 1t was charged, among
other things, that there was knife
play among the crew during drink
ing spree at sea, that "gin from the
captains stock" was offered to pas
sengers for IS per bottle, and that
drinking, surliness, profanity and
horseplay on the part of the crew
were "too prevalent"
1t should not be difficult to estab-
lish the truth or falsity of these
grave accusations. The reputation
not only of one ship but of the
American merchant marine as a
whole is attacked when such charges
are published to the world. The
public is not apt to dismiss the
charges lightly in view of somewhat
similar complaints made against
sundry Government-operated mer-
chant ships just prior to World War
II. Those criticisms hurt our efforts
to build up American maritime pres
tige before the war. 1t is up to the
Maritime Commission to make GER
tain that no ground exists for q
Evening star., 1946-02-21
> This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,cn

The British governments determine
tion to live up to the terms of the
British Turkish treaty of alliance, to-
gether with its fear that dramatic de-
velopments might occur in the Near East
this spring, is the chief reason British
forces are being maintained in Syria.
The strength of the British in Syria
which is adjacent to the borders of
Turkeys not formidable, but they
possess at least one armored division and
an excellent though small air force.
Nothing conclusive came out of the
debates at the London meetings of the
Security Council after the Syrian gov
ernment, backed by Moscow, protested
the presence of British armed forces in
Syria and demanded their quick evacu-
alton. The Russian governments sup
port of Syria was not caused by the
desire to annoy the British :as in the
case of Greece and Indonesia, but had
more practical background.
Unless Moscow radically changes her
political aims in the Near East and
Middle East, there is a strong prob
ability that pressure, backed by a strong
military demonstration" will be
brought within the next few months
on the borders of European Turkey and
in Eastern Anatolia. The Soviet gov
ernment has placed itself on record as
demanding bases in the Dardanelles and
an early solution of the problem of the
Straits. 1t also has supported one of
the Soviet Unions republics, Armenia,
in its demands to occupy large slice of
Asiatic Turkey, including the port of
Trebizond and the Kars and Ardahan
areas.
No definite steps have yet been taken
to enforce these demands with military
strength because winter weather condi-
tions are unfavorable for operations in
the mountainous areas in the Balkans
and Eastern Anatolia.
The treaty between Turkey and
Britain and Britains pledge to help
the Ankara government if it becomes the
victim OF an aggression are well known
In Moscow and other world capitals.
The presence of British troops on the
Turkish borders is considered by the
Russians as an indication that Britain
may wish to live up to her treaty obh-
cations even if such action might bring
about an open clash with Russia.
Well-informed diplomatic quarters
believe that the Soviet representatives
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Favors Mr.. Ickes' Contention

Favors Mr.. Ickes' Contention
To the Editor of The Star:
In your leading editorial of February
10, regarding the Ickes-Truman dispute,
the language was confused so that it
did not make sense. At the start of
the editorial the statement was made
that Mr.. Ickes claimed that Mr.. Truman
had made an untrue statement to the
effect that he (Mr. Ickes) had not CON
suited" him in advance concerning his
testimony before the congressional COM
mittee, while toward the end the con-
clusion was reached that Mr.. Truman
was correct in stating that Mr.. Ickes
had not discussed" his testimony with
him. There, OF course, is an important
distinction between the words com
suited" and discussed" Mr.. Truman at
his press conference used the word "con-
suited" And Mr.. Ickes obviously at
least did Consult" with Mr.. Truman
prior to appearing before the committee.
Both parties to the controversy agree
that Mr.. Ickes showed Mr.. Truman a
telegram from the committee summon
ing him to testify and that Mr.. Truman
then told Mr.. Ickes that he, of course,
would have to tell the truth but followed
this with the request to be kind" or
"as gentle as possible" toward Mr.
Pauley in his testimony. So Mr.. Tru-
man evidently considered at that time
that Mr.. Ickes had not only consulted
him but had asked for his advice with
respect to the coming testimony. Mr..
Ickes was right. There is no way to
reconcile the two statements of Mr.
Truman. One is not true.
1t also should be noted that Mr.. Tru-
mans suggestion to Mr.. Ickes amounted
to a request to bias his testimony In
favor Of Mr.. Pauley-that is, to tell the
truth but possibly not the whole truth
unless It were absolutely necessary. This
undoubtedly closely approached 8 re-
quest for Mr.. Ickes to commit perjury.
So Mr.. Ickes was only slightly exag-
gerating when he said that he did not
care to stay with an administration that
expected him to commit perjury.
OBSERVER.
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Letters to The Star
Wants Two Jima Monument
Kept in Nations Capital

To the Editor of The Star:
would like to go on record as being
strongly opposed to the projected dis
mantling and removal of the Two Jima
f1ag-raising group located opposite the
main Navy Building on Constitution
avenue. The proposed action was de-
scribed in the February Sd edition of
The Star.
To my mind. permanent shelving of
Felix De Weldon's replica of the most
widely known photograph to come out
of the war would be no more appropri-
ate than elimination of such national
war shrines as the Bunker Hill Monu-
ment or the Tomb of the Unknown Sol
dier.
Without doubt, the role of the United
States in the recent world struggle in
time will be commemorated in stone and
in bronze throughout the land. Yet,
how could any future monument,
created at home and during peace, pos
sibly approach this tense, real-life group
of fighting men which Cameraman Joe
Rosenthal lifted bodily into history on
Mount Suribachi?
Not only does it create in one a stir
OF pride at seeing Old Glory boldly
scaling new heights, but it also pictures
CRIME. sweat and aching fatigue, grim
shadows of war that we must not allow
to be obscured by the bright lights of
victory.
So I propose the organization of a
committee which would work to pre-
serve the statue as a national monu-
ment. Iwo's heroes should be left
undisturbed at their station in the
Capital of the Nation for which they
fought. A more appropriate memorial
to the fighting men of World War II
could not be found.
ALEXANDER C. HOAGLAND,
Size, u. 8. N. r.
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Arithmetic Artist
From the st. Louis post-Dispatch.

From the 81 Louis Post-Dispatch.
A mathematical wizard-namely, a
statistician Of the Bureau Of Labor stat
istics-has committed what seems to us
to be an eighth-grade error. He predicts
a rising standard of living this year be-
cause, he says, of "the greater available
ity of consumer goods In all price
ranges" That prediction, we think, is
. product of the multiplication Of zero
and the square root of great big "if."
Evening star., 1946-02-21

If a stranger in Washington really
wants to have fun, he might do
worse than try to trace Thirty-eighth
street, which, incredible as it may
seem. has no less than seven be-
ginnings and, still more difficult to
comprehend, on occasion actually
runs at right angles to itself.
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Soviet Confession

Ihe Soviet statement acknoWl-
edging that the Russian Military
Attache in Ottawa had received"
information of a secret character
from Canadian citizens seems to be
based on the premise that a good
offense is the best defense.
In its concluding paragraphs, the
Moscow statement is an attack on
the Canadian government. Pro-
Tossing to be amazed because Prime
Minister Mackenzie King had not
consulted Soviet authorities before
revealing that an investigation of
the espionage activity was under
way, the statement contends that
the Canadian Campaign" against
the Soviet Union was "in the nature
of an answer to the unpleasantness
, caused to the friends of MIR. Mac
kenzie King" by the Soviet delegate
at the recent United Nations meet
ing in London. The Canadian gov
ernment also is accused of a plan
"aimed at inf1icting political harm
to the Soviet Union"
This is transparent nonsense, and
will deceive no one except those who
seize upon any invention to justify
%anything that the Russians say or
do. The Canadian government had
every right to investigate this mat
ter in it's own way. It was under no
obligation to hold preliminary con-
sultation with the government sus-
pected of initiating the espionage
activities, and thereby possibly en-
able that government to notify its
agents that an investigation was
being made. Then. once it had
been ascertained that Canadian
citizens were involved, the Canadian
government had a right to take
them into custody, and to announce
that fact.
Actually, there was nothing in
the Prime Minister'S announce
ment which could even remotely
justify the Russian, charge of an
"unbridled anti-Soviet campaign" !"
On the contrary, Mr.. Mackenzie
King spoke with marked restraint,
his statement concluding with the
admonition that "the whole mat
ter should be treated with caution
and reserve pending the time when
1t will be possible to issue a fuller
statement" That fuller statement
is expected shortly, and when it
becomes available it will be pos
sible to evaluate more accurately
the Soviet governments implied
claim that the Canadians involved
voluntarily supplied their military
attache with the secret informa-
ton, that he acted without authori-
cation, and that the Soviet Am
bassador had no connection what
soever with the matter.
Finally, the possible significance
of the Soviet assertion of the Gin
admissability'' of the activities of
its representatives in Canada should
not be overlooked. This could
amount to reputation of espion-
age activity, an inference that is
strengthened by the announce
ment that the Soviet government
recalled the attache upon learning
of his activities If this can be taken
as sort of qualified apology, it
may point toward an adjustment
of what could otherwise become a
serious international incident.
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Tuilorinq-1788

Tailor suit for big man
Franklin and Madison
F1thering young America
Will take paragon.
Hamilton, Gerry and Randolph
With fifty men to seB
Make suit that is big enough
One Time cannot outgrop.
Morris and Wilson and Sherman
Qneued hair and buckled shoes
When building ne,o republic
The man that you must use
For the Father OF that country
Must be tail OF soul and limb
George Washington could ,uear the suif
So they tailored Il to him.
HELEN VIRDEN.
Evening star., 1946-02-21

Science says that there are no
fewer than 9,2OO,oOO,OOO cells in the
human brain. The trouble is that
too many people are content habitu-
ally to use those represented by the
last eight digits of that number.
Evening star., 1946-02-21

A tiger and wild buffalo invaded
stylish tea garden in Assam and
battle to the death ensued. In a
certain way it is a relief to read
about brawl in a place of refresh
ment in which the principals were
not a couple of well-known movie
stars