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Evening star., 1947-12-13

are of their rights, who are not afraid
and who are equipped by education to
speak out as champions OF the democratic
system.
It is important in this process to guard
against the tendency in times Of stress to
trample on those who are merely non
conformers. But if our concept of organ
lied society is TO live it is essential for
us to. realize that the Communists are
bent upon its destruction and that their
efforts will be defeated only by an aroused,
Informed and militant democracy.
Evening star., 1947-12-13
Sturs in Winter

Where glacial moonlight moved the shad-
o,os lay
In frozen blueness edged NTH sparkling
snotD;
The stars were not the usual tar-nDdy
Or once-upon- time, or long-ago
Variety, but near enough to reach,
Immediate NTH light and honed NTH
frost;
And undertoot, the snop In hard, clear
speech,
Told hoU our footprints crossed and then
recrosSed.
Smoke from, the chimney tops climbed up
and curled
Into 1Dind Ue could not hear or feel
Because it ble1o about another Uorld,
Perhaps a little stormy and more real
Than this bright paradox of calm and
cledrness
And great stars frightening BY their sudden
feGrneSS.
COsETTE MIDDLETON.
Evening star., 1947-12-13
Solo FLIGHT

Man has long been haunted by night
mare prospect that the machines he has
created may revolt against his domination
and take over the world for themselves
The Star shares this apprehension. But
The Star is not worried, on this score,
about the airplane from Tyler, Texas,
which left its pilot behind last Monday
and flew sixty-five solo miles to safe
landing in a plowed field near the town of
Timpson. Like the case of the Washing
tonian who recently made of with a
streetcar, this clearly is one OF the fulfill
ment of a long suppressed and perfectly
Understandable ambition.
To accuse the plane of sinister intent
would be to ignore established facts about
it's background and the way it acted. This
was a training ship-an Aeronca. Longer
than it cared to remember, it had been
mishandled by greenhorn pilots, jeered at
by other planes for it's sloppy takeoffs and
bumpy landings. When on Monday, tyro
airman named W. B. Myers stalled its
motor while maneuvering into position for
a takeoff, that was the last straw. MIR.
Myers got out to crank the engine and the
disgusted plane promptly booted him to
one side and started down the runway.
There is some justice to the charge OF
unnecessary roughness on the planes part.
When Mr.. Myers, in frantic sprint, over
took the runaway and tried to hold it on
the ground, it shook him of with such
violence that his back was sprained. OF
course, that was not a nice thing to do.
Once the die was cast, however, the plane
could not allow itself to be stopped with
out losing face for good.
And the thrill of it! The clean sweeping
takeoff, motor roaring. Lone, level flight
through the crisp air, contemptuous Of
pursuit by another plane, man-hown from
the Tyler field, which had to stop to refuel
and seek instructions from ground OBJ
servers as to which way the fugitive had
gone. And then, all passion spent, the
easy descent to three-point landing, with
bent landing gear and nicked wing tip
as the honorable scars of the victory
What are broken landing gear and
wing tip to training plane? What air.
ship worth It's salt would not do what this
one did, If 1t could? And what man, how
ever leery of this mechanical age, would
begrudge it the opportunity?
Evening star., 1947-12-13
RIGHTS and responsibilities

The compulsory education law in the
District is strict one, but 1t seems to The
Star shat the authorities have been very
wise in not applying it in the case Of the
parents who are withholding their children
from the Browne, Blow and Webb Schools.
If their demonstration continues indefi-
nitely, of course, it may be necessary for
the community to step in and invoke the
law The law was enacted in the interests
of children. And it is the children whose
interests are affected now.
But the authorities are counting on the
ultimate common sense and good citizen
ship of the parents to call halt to a
pointless sort of resistance which preju-
dices their case in the eyes of the public
Any one who reads the matter of fact
statement of the situation prepared for
Chairman Dirksen of the House District
Committee by the Board of Education and
school authorities must be impressed by
the reckless exaggeration of conditions at
the Blow and Webb Schools on which
parents ostensibly have been persuaded to
take their stand. These parents have been
misled
They have been misled in the belief that
by this unwise strike" they will obtain
better school facilities for their children in
the Immediate future. That is wrong.
For there is no alternative to temporary
use of the Blow and Webb Schools If acute
overcrowding at the Browne Junior High
School Is to be relieved.
They have been misled in the belief that
by this demonstration they will help to
bring about elimination of segregation in
the public school system. If segregation
is ended, it will be ended by legislation.
That legislation, in turn, will be the result
of decision that to end it will be in the
public interest 1t will not be brought
about by defiance of the law on the part
of parents.
In the discussion of our rights we some
times forget how closely they are coupled
with individual, personal responsibility as
citizens. One of the questions that the
parents of the Browne Junior High School
children might ask of themselves is
whether they are making a very convincing
demonstration of responsible action
either as parents or as citizens
Evening star., 1947-12-13

when he ned to Africa in 1912. There, he Or
ganized what became known as lie Division
Le Clerc" whose exploits worried Rommel and
gave heart to the underground resistance move
ment at home. To make overland contact
with the British 9th Army, he led Free French
force from the Lake Chad region of French
Equatorial Africa on 2,0OO-mile march to
Tripoli.
lie Clerc loved France with a tireless ardor
that needed no trumpets for inspiration. He
hated Nazis and knew how to defeat them
when knowing how was tremendously impor-
tant. He was convinced that life without lib
erty was life without honor.
France will miss him.
ALBERT c. KORNBLUM
Evening star., 1947-12-13
To Combat Communism

George H. Earle's publication of the
letter from President Roosevelt forbidding
him to express his private opinion of the
Russians is interesting primarily as an
indication of the extent to which our
thinking on this subject has changed in
the past two years..
The Presidents letter was very sharp
and Mr. Earle, who wanted to make public
information obtained in official capacities
In order to arouse the people to what he
regarded as the threat of communism,
says he was sent into exile" to the South
Pacific as means of keeping him quiet
That was in 1945. The war was still on
and the President based his order silencing
Mr.. Earle on the necessity of maintaining
good relations with a wartime ally. Most
of the American people shared this point
of view, and many were quite hopeful that
the wartime relationship with the Rus
slams could be carried over into the peace.
This hope has been killed, however, by the
tactics of the Russians themselves, who
could not have done the job better if they
! set out deliberately to vindicate Mr..
Earle and discredit those who thought the
Russians might cooperate with us in
creating a better world
The consequence of what Russia has
done, of course, has been revulsion of
feeling and new aWareness in the United
States. We are beginning to realize that
the day when we could afford to smile at
the Communists in our midst, or to ignore
them, is gone. Phe question now is no
longer whether we should resist COM
munism but how best to combat it, how
to cope with the Communist threat to
liberty without destroying our liberties.
One suggestion has come from Morris
L. Ernst, liberal New York lawyer He
would rely on exposure, and he advocates
legislation which would force the COM
muniSts and all other Subversive organiZa-
tions to come out into the open. There is
much to commend this as at least partial
approach
Another approach-one which seems
tion-has been proposed by John W. Stude-
baker, United States Commissioner of
Education, in a recent address to the
National Council for the Social Studies.
Mr. Studebakers thesis is that COM
\munism poses challenge to American
education, and he wants the educators,
especially in the high schools and colleges,
to do something about it.
This probably will alarm those who worry
about thought control and regimented
education. But Mr. Studebaker has nothing
of that sort in mind. What he wants is a
program which will educate our young
people in the virtues of democracy as
against the claims made in behalf of
communism. He would have them under
Standard there is real need for such
understanding-tha our system is not
something to be taken for granted, that
If it is to survive in an increasingly hostile
world 1t requires advocates who are as
Evening star., 1947-12-13
Thanks Star for Coyerade

20 the Editor Of The Star:
Thank you for the coverage in The Star Of
our press conference on Monday, December l.
We feel 1t is essential that the public be
Informed Of the absence in the universal mill
tary training bill Of any provisions against
racial segregation and discrimination. We
appreciate your cooperation in publlcizing
what to Negroes Is . most serious threat.
We have observed over period of time that
The Star has been extremely fair in giving
coverage to issues affecting minority groups.
GRANT REYNOLDS, Chairman:
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH, Treasurer;
Committee Against Jim Grow in Military
Service and Training.
Evening star., 1947-12-13

future. Zoo Director William M Mann be-
lieves many animals acquire sense of
motherhood only through practice. He
recalls noness named Susan that ignored
her first-born and later became a model
mother. Another whilom offender was
Hannah, the pigmy hippopotamus. She
destroyed her first two offspring, then
proceeded to raise series of fine ones
all named Gumdrop. The present model
is Gumdrop w.
DR.. Mann makes no predictions about
Marian, the heartless mother of this sad
case. He has already decided, however,
to give her another chance
Evening star., 1947-12-13
Ex.Mailman's Complaint

To the Editor Of The Star:
would like to know why city dwellers are
given more or better service by the United
States Post Office than country folk. We pay
taxes, too We should be entitled to rural
free delivery in the full sense OF the word.
We even give our mailmen presents OF home
canned fruit and live chickens for Christmas.
We do not blame the carriers. suppose they
are acting only according to rules laid down
for them. But here is the situation:
A city carrier walks blocks and blocks with
his heavy pack on his back plus half dozen
parcel post and c. o. D. packages, in all kinds
of weather. Apartment renters In cities, who
do not pay taxes, get perfect service-all pack
ages delivered to their hand. I know, because
I am an ex-mailman. And the city carrier
gets no more pay, though he has harder job.
Now live in the country. I am told that
the carrier need not come to our doors with
packages All he Is required to do Is sit IN his
fine, big car and blow his horn once or twice.
If don't run out to his car get no package.
Well II ran out in the street every time
horn blows on busy corner would get no
work done at home. Furthermore, hve days
week work and cannot be home at 10 am.
to meet the mailman every day On Saturday
the post ofdce closes at l o'clock and II
work in the morning on Saturday I cannot 60
to pick up my own package. don't know
which day it is coming.
My neighbor lives almost a mile up q side
lane from her mailbox. Is she expected to
hear the horn blow, regardless of the weather?
We order things sent in the mail to save the
terrible inconvenience of shopping in crowded
stores. A note in our mailbox does us no good
We want our packages! RA. M
Maryland Park Md.
Evening star., 1947-12-13
Secularized Christmas Cards

TO the Editor Of The Star:
I confess myself disturbed over the utter
secularization of Christmas cards. in their mo-
tive and appeal. have gone through the stores
pretty thoroughly, including handlers of reli-
gious literature, and have been able to find
not one Christmas card with an outright, un-
adulterated spiritual concept, and not many
With an attempt at anything spiritually peril
nGnt. The same observation applies to Christ
mas labels !.
Evening star., 1947-12-13
lie Clerc-'France Will Miss Him

LIE Clerc-'France Will Miss Him
To the Editor of The Star:
1t was distressing to learn of the plane crash
death near the Sahara Of Gen. Jacques LIE Clerc,
inspector general of the French Army, recently
inferred in hero's grave in DeS Invalldes.
In my minds eye I can see him now, SLIM,
medium sized man in his 40s, OF even Tea
tlres trim black mustache, and disarming
blue eyes that fairly danced when he spoke l
saw him first in August, 1914, when his ire
pressble I'd French Armored Division was
assigned to 1t. Gen. Wade H. Haislip's XIV
Corps of the Sd Army and subsequently OF the
7th Army. OF the courageous Patton school OF
tactics, LIE Clerc and Haislip abounded In
mutual respect and between them won great
victories throughout France.
The dramatic story Of lie Clercs unortho-
dox division has never been told fully and can
be touched upon here only with brevity. Roll
ing from town to town in gaudily daubed armor,
its recruiting system was revelation in SIM
plcity A receptive youth was handed beret,
a rifle, an item of American clothing: his name
was recorded, an experienced sergeant took him
in tow and he was in! The division squandered
our precious supplies and equipment, 1t prac-
ticed very little camoufage discipline, 1t vio-
lated many standard United States Army
tAchnioues. But how superbly it could fight!
And it knew how to deal with the Germans.
Armored division commanders were some
times inclined to be prima donnas in their pro-
pensity for employing only suitable terrain,
but not SO LIE Clerc, who LED his tanks in bril-
liant sweeps at every opportunity His piercing
of the saverne Gap and breath-taking seizure
of Strasbourg brought him to the Rhine before
anv other Allied commander. It was an as
founding feat
Better known was his spectacular entry,
along with American forces, into rapturously
welcoming Paris, where he accepted the sur
render of the German general Dietrich Won
Choltitz. 1t was probably the proudest day in
LIE Clercs life, but even then he was grateful
to his friend Haislip who had won and held
the ground from Versailles to strategic Nantes
Gassfcourt on the Seine, thereby opening the
door to Paris.
Neither martinez nor sophist, he wore his
honors with modesty that won him the genuine
affection of his troops
After reconnaissance elements had pushed
into colorful Alencon LIE Clerc followed on foot,
armed only with his favorite cane. He told me
later he wanted to 'feel" the city. =
Born Count. Philippe de Hautcloque and
trained as French officer In the best tradition
of Marshal Foch, he adopted the name Of lie
Clerc to shield his wife and six children who
remained Ia region occupied hg ths snsuay
Evening star., 1947-12-13
Law to Control Slush

Law 10
To the Editor Of The Star:
venture to say this is the only city in the
United States where the people have to wade
through snow and water from melting snow
u Why doesn't Congress pass a law, giving the
D. c. Commissioners power to enforce it, COM
pelling every property owner to clean the snow
from his premises?
hope something will be done about this, but
I doubt 1t.
Evening star., 1947-12-13
Questions and Answers

re- e. s to aasSs Of
Please inclose 8 cents for return postage.
@. Where in the United States are there
noted art colonies?-W. S. E.
A. The best-known art colony locations in
clude Provincetown, Gloucester and Rockport,
Mass; Boothbay, Me-; Dublin N H.; Wood
stock, N. Y; Bucks County, Pa; Charleston.
S. c.; Cass, Ark; Brown County, Ind; Taos
and Santa Fe. N. Mex. and Santa Barbara,
Calf.
Q. What presidential candidates have been
nominated in Philadelphia in the past2-B M.
A. Four candidates have been nominated In
Philadelphia by the Republican Party John
c. Fremont in 1856, Ulysses s. Grant in 1872,
William Mckinley in 1900 and Wendell L.
Willkie in 1940 The Democratic Party has
nominated its candidate there only once, in
1885, when Franklin D. Roosevelt received his
nomination for second term.
@. When and why was Rome designated
as THE Eternal City"?zH E. G.
A. The epithet Eternal City occurs in Ovid,
Tibullus, ETC.. and in many official documents
Of the Empire Virgil (Aeneid, l. 79) makes
Jupiter tell Venus he would give to the Romans
'impe rum sine fine" ian eternal empire).
Hall Caine took the phrase as the title of one
of his novels dealing with the establishment of
an ideal state in Rome, based on the principles
of human brotherhood.
Evening star., 1947-12-13

Letters TOR publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
tDriter, although it is permissible for a
,Driter knolDn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be briet.
Evening star., 1947-02-09
ndge's Son Wed
To Doris Dyer
In Nativitv Cbnrcb

The Church Of the Nativity was
the scene of the wedding yesterday
of Miss Doris Marie Dyer, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Dyer,
and Mr.. John Joseph Barse, son of
the Chief Judge of the Municipal
Court of the District of Columbia
and Mrs. George P. Barse.
1t. Col. william Walsh, U.S.A.,
Chaplain Corps, of1ciated at the
ceremony at 10 O'Clock and a we'd
ding breakfast followed at the
Shoreham.
The bride was escorted by her
father to the Sanctuary, where she
was met by the bridegroom and his
brother, Mr.. George Richard Barse,
who served as best man. She wore
white satin gown with q long train
and pearl floral coronet held her
full-length veil. She carried bou-
quet Of stephanotis and freesia with
pale orchid in the center.
Mrs. George Richard Barse, who
was matron Of honor, wore an orchid
net gown with matching Mary Queen
of Scots headdress and carried .
bouquet Of pale pink tulips ane
snapdragons. .s.gss-as
+ The bridesmaids, the Misses Patri.
cia Murnane, Carolyn Casey, An.
nette Lynch and Virginia Lee Gu.
sick, wore pale pink brocaded taffets
gowns with matching Mary Queer
of Scots hesddresses and carried
pale orchid tulips and snapdragors
Deborah Ann Dyer, younger SIS
ter of the bride, who was flower
girl, was in a pink rllffled net dress
and Mary queen Of Scots headdress
and she carried an old-fashioneo
bouquet of pink and orchid roses
and freesia.
The bride is a graduate of Iml1a-
culata Junior College and the BRIDE
groom is attending Georgetown Law
School following graduation from
GEORGETOWN University.
Evening star., 1947-02-09

cation Is a very MRS. McAsfAsh'
satisfactory substitute. An unex-
|celled view of the park is afforded
from a terrace at the back OF the
house. And the entire setting is one
Of peace and beauty.
The new Senator and his wife
'didnt locate such attSective quar-
ters by merely waving a wand, how
ever. The secret, Of course, is that
they aren't really newcomers to
Washington.
They purchased their home here
about. a year ago, while the present
Senator was serving as solicitor
general. He was in Washington as
a member of the little cabinet for
about a year before he resigned his
position in the Justice Department
to seek the Rhode Island seat va
Gated by Senator Peter g. Gerry,
who was not q candidate for re-
election. Incidentally, he was one
lof the few Democrats to be elected
lin the Republican sweep OF New
England.
Nor are the McGraths newcomers
to public life. The youthful Sena-
tor-he is only 43-has three times
been named Governor Of Rhode Is
land. And he has been active In
politics since 1924.
Mrs. McGrath also comes from q
political family. Her father, the late
Joseph Cadorette, held various posi-
tions, including that Of State Sem
ator and Mayor of Central Falls,
Mrs. McGrath's home town.
The former Estelle Cadorette
naturally has acquired q consider
able interest in political Affairs, but
her activities are definitely centered
In her own household.
She loves her home. A good share
Of her time goes into looking after
their 9-year-old son David, q good
looking youngster who has his own
quarters on the third noor. She
likes to cook. And she has thoroughly
Evening star., 1947-02-09

pointed Ambassador to the United
States.
The Undersecretary of State and
Mrs. Dean Acheson and Mrs. Pier
pont Moffatt also were guests at
the dinner. ..,.sz IA
DR.. Julio Ortega FTier, newly ap-
pointed Dominican Republic Ambas-
sador to the United States, will ar
rive within the next couple of weeks.
He was appointed by the President
of the Dominican Republic, Rafael
L. Trujillo. His wife and daughter
Maruja and son Rafael already are
here and are staying at the Embassy.
DR.. Ortega Frier formerly was
rector of the University of Santo
Domingo and number Of years ago
was Secretary of State.
Expected back in New York on the
18th is the Belgian Ambassador
Baron Silvercruys. He has been in
his homeland.
Already returned are the Charge
d'Affaires of the Venezuelan En-
bassy, DR.. Don M. A. Falcon Briceno.
and the Panamanian Ambassador
and Sonora de Vallarino. They have
been in their respective countries.
The new Counselor of the Indian
Embassy, Mr.. B. r. Sen, arrived in
Washington Thursday evening and
the newly appointed Lebanese
Minister to Mexico, MIR. Joseph
| Ato,,lb a ffar aoy,,o xr,ik1, 1,ic 1.,ifa a nd
young son on January 81 to New
York. They will leave sometime
this week for Mexico City to estab-
lish the first Lebanese Legation to
that country.
The Czech Ambassador and Nine.
Slavik have as guests at the Embassy
the newly appointed Czech Minister
to Canada, Mr.. Franttsek Nemec,
and his wife.
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Small Tea Givem
after Cbristening o

Col. and Mrs. Robert Hugh Will
liams were hosts at small tea yes
terday afternoon in their home in
Georgetown following the christen-
ing of their infant daughter, Sarah
Fenno Williams.
The baby is the granddaughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Tuckerman
and she was dressed for yesterdays
ceremony in the christening robe OF
her mother, the former Miss Alice
Noel Tuckerman.
Only members of the two families
and the baby's godparents were
present for the ceremony which took
place in st. Johns Church on La
fayette Square, and the. Rev. G,
Leslie Glenn offlciated at 4 o'clock
Col. H. B. Liversedge of the 18th
Marines is the baby's godfather and
the godmothers are Mrs. Thomas
E. Adams apd Miss Laura Wolcott
Tuckerman.
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Nile. de Laboulaye
Married in Paris
To VicOn1te

OF much interest in Washington
is the word of the wedding ir
Paris, January Is, of Mlle., Agnes
de Laboulaye, daughter of the for
mer French Ambassador to this
country and Nine. de Laboulaye, tc
Vicomte Phillips de Rouge.
The ceremony took place in the
Church of Saint Pierre du Gros
Caillou in the presence Of relatives
and large number of friends of the
families.
The bride wore a lovely gown OF
white corded silk with tplle veil
held in place by an orange bios
som crown.
A few close friends in Washing
ton of the de Laboulayes kept In
constant touch with them through
out the war years. And these
friends have passed the news along
to many other interested friends
The former Ambassador and his
family enjoyed great popularity in
the Capital. And to hear that they
were safe during the trying times
was comfort indeed.
And when Mime. de Laboulaye
writes to her friends here she al
ways includes news about Nine
Jusserand, wife of the late former
French Ambassador to the United
States. Latest word is that she is
in good health and. that the dc
Laboulayes never let a day go by
without dropping in to see to he1
comfort. -
Agnes is the last Of the children
Of the de Laboulayes to marry. But
even with her children now all hav-
ing homes Of their own, Nine. de
Laboulaye has quite a full life with
few spare moments. Her time Is
devoted to giving aid to the less
fortunate families of her country.