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Evening star., 1947-06-09

sweet day Around the corner he'll careen no
matter if my light is green. If l continue to
adorn this world, it's not because his horn.
abetted by his fiendish yell, tried not to blast
me into-well, it's simply that my heart is
sound, my feet still nimble on the ground, my
hearing keen; unfailing sight lets me watch
traffic and the light at once. while dodglng
through the jam of road-hogs who don't give
a grunt (or you find word that's less absurd.
So, drivers, please be just to me, and don't
consign me to the that burns with ever
lasting fire. because vent my raucous ire when
you give out derisve squeals and barely miss
me with your wheels. I do not wish my life to
spend all crippled up from end to end; nor do
care to quickly die because fool drivers try TO
fly. only hope that may stay in one piece
on my right-of-Way. and end hfe,s journeys
toiIsome tread in comfort on feather bed.
But am filled with holy hate for that dumb
COON that stops too late In front OF me, and
makes me wait in such unhallowed mental
state, while he sits there and idly sees that red
stop-light-and shoots the breeze A buildozer
Id like to run against that snooty car for fun.
and bust it into fragments fine pushed back
behind that wide white line. I'd like to go my
honest way, not sometime, not next week
today.
I do not aim to ieopardize my chance to live
in Paradise, but I'm full-up with righteous
wrath when, parked upon my cross path,
without a traffic cop for blocks, squad OF
jerks Just sits and mocks till every smug, de-
tested grin would drive sanity man to sln
'Tis then that each repusive leer sends up my
dander clear to here, and makes my angelic
prospects worse because say the swear and
curse S. W. KNOWLES.
Evening star., 1947-06-09
Yelled Nun Again
INEZ JUSTUS.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Let me add my name to those of other art
lovers requesting the return of the Yelled Nun
to public display in the Corcoran Art Gallery.
have lived in Washington for Is years and
often enter the gallery for the specific purpose
of spending few minutes of quiet contempia-
ton of that sweet and serene face, I have
brought many friends and visitors to see her.
They have particularly thanked me for this
favor and in turn have brought others or re-
turned alone many times as have done.
Inasmuch as it is a comparatively small statue
but one which will be keenly missed by all who
have seen it, may we not hope that the director
will reconsider and return the Yelled Nun to its
accustomed place?
ELIZABETH T. WILLIAMS.
Editors Note: The Yelled Nun may be viewed
in the Office of the curator of the Corcoran
Gallery.
Evening star., 1947-06-09

tn the block type of building we modern
architects must abandon the old styles prevail
ing 10 or 20 years ago. glance at the pictures
of modern buildings in Moscow will convince
any one that we must hurry to keep up Win
the Russian artists, and we are determined TO
outdistance them in the race to improve, or at
least change the existing styles OF architecture,
which is tsc) becoming so tiresome to advanced
thinkers"
So that's the story in nutshell! It's Moscow
these boys are initiating, and even trying 10
outdoi This should suggest new line OF IN
yestigation for the Department OF Justice FOR
these advanced thinkers, who are tired OF styles
of architecture that have been slowly evolved
through the ages. are undoubtedly just as
tired of accepted ideas of freedom. justice and
human dignity, whose growth has been equally
slow.
While have no desire to meet Disguised
or any of his fellow worshipers at the MuscoVlte
shrine, am curious as to the type OF clotnlng
he wears Naturally, it is functional IN de-
sign. physical comfort being the sole conslo-
Grafton. Perhaps the right sleeve OF MS coat
is shorter than the left sleeve, providing greater
freedom for his right arm when executing MS
drawings. Since buildings no longer neeo
cornices. his coat of course, would have neither
a'oo
be made of any kind of woven material, for
the art of weaving is thousands of years old
and therefore entirely unsuitable to this ad-
vanced age of airplanes and atomic bombs
hazard the guess that he wears clothes made
of some type of flexible plastic
And what does the poor fellow eat? Food
prepared HI any of the "old styles prevailing 10
or 20 years ago" naturally would be revolving
to his delicately attuned. modernistic stomach.
1t is my belief~that some chemist friend fur
nishes him with synthetic food containing ex-
actly the right proportions of vitamins. Being
rid of the unpleasant necessity OF eating in
conventional manner, he has more time to
think up ways to improve, or at'least change,
the existing styles of architecture, which Is
(sic) becoming so tresome to advanced think
ers" of Moscow and elsewhere.
But is this really case for the G-men?
Would not competent psychiatrst be able
to offer more valuable suggestions? P. H. c.
Evening star., 1947-06-09
RuIino q CITY of Political Serfs

In the House today the elected repre-
xentatiyes of all the people of the United
States-except the people whose residence
in its Capital City denies to them any
representation in their Government-are
debating what and how much taxes the
yoteless citizens of Washington are to pay.
This is the "sordid object lesson in
liberty that confronts visitors to the Cap
ital of free America" to which Senator
Cain of the State of Washington referred
yesterday in caustic interview, broadcast
over the country by the Associated Press,
'"The flag that guards free man in any
one of the forty eight, States should not, l
believe, make him a political serf in his
countrys Capital"
One of Senator Gains assignments, as
a freshman member of Congress, has been
to review the tax structure and the func-
toning Of the local government. Coming
from a great progressive State OF inde-
pendent Americans the experience was a
novel ana enlightening one. Sent here by
the votes of his own people to represent
them. he has found himself compelled to
spend a large amount of time learning
and passing judgment on the details of
government of this community of "polit-
ical serfs" His attitude has been a most
helpful one, as far as residents OF the
Capital are concerned He has been
patient and constructive in his suggestions.
Not once has he complained about what
some of his colleagues in Congress regard
as an onerous and thankess task.
What he does camplain about is the
completely illogical and wholly unjust
contradiction of American principles which
finds him in the position he occupies
an accidental co-dictator over the affairs
of nearly million fellow citizens denied
the basic rights of self government. 1t
could be wished that more members of
Congress would approach consideration Of
Washington problems from Senator Gains
point of view, >impelled by indignant desire
to correct a fundamental wrong rather
than a selfish wish to take the load off
Congress in legislating for the seat of
Government.
Congress can easily delegate some of
Its responsibilities to local government.
It can make, without too much difficulty,
concessions in the form of so-called "home
rule" But until Americans In Washington
are given the right of bona -fide repre-
sentation in the Government which taxes
them and sends them to war. the "serf-
dom to which Senator Cain refers will
continue
Evening star., 1947-06-09
Lees Faith in the Future

To the Editor of The Star:
Roger Robb's interesting letter to The Star
which contained Robert E. Lees idea concern
ing the military mind recalls that the great
Southern commander entertained no Utopian
notions that with the cessation of hostilities
universal peace would be maintained. Unlike
dreamy-eyed New Dealers, who predicted global
harmony with Russia AS one of the chief corner
stones and the banners of four freedoms float
ing forever over mankind, Gen. Lee was mott
waited by calm reason and realized that at best
the mills of the gods grind slowly.
He said THE march of providence Is so
slow and our desires so impatient. the work Of
progress is so immense and our means OF aid
ing it so feeble. the life of humanity is so long
and that of the individual so brief, that we
often see only the advancing wave and are
thus discouraged. 1t is history that teaches
us to hope
EDMIJND x C1OI,DSROROTJGH.
Evening star., 1947-06-09
We Snub Somozu

Our Governments diSpleaSure at the
coup recently engineered in Nicaragua by
General Anastasio Somoza has Just been
emphatically expressed. The occasion was
when Nicaraguas diplomatic representa-
tive here, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa,
called at the State Department. Dr. Sacasa
had represented the short-lived Ncara-
guam government headed by President
Arguello, but was present in the Nicara-
guam capital when the coup took place
and returned to Washington as the repre-
sentative of the new regime On his own
initiative, DR.. Sacasa presented himself at
the State Department, but was received as
a private individual and was roundly told
that pending further developments. the
Government of the United States would
not be disposed to enter into official rela-
tions with the regime now in power in
Nicaragua"
This unfavorable reaction of the State
Department follows similar snubs by
number of Latin American nations notably
Ncaragua's neighbors in Central America.
They all indicate widespread opposition to
what appears to be one of the most bare
faced attempts to perpetuate dictator
ship that Latin America has witnessed in
recent years
For the past decade, Anastasio Somoza
has been the master of Nicaragua, cyni-
cally exploiting that small and backward
country for his own benefit and that of
his followers. His power has rested on
the Marine trained national guard which
was set up as a means of preventing the
chronic revolutions that led to our inter
vention in Nicaragua two decades ago
However. what followed proved the truth
of the old Latin maxim; Who shall guard
the guardian?" So efficient was the ma
tional guard that armed opposition became
impossible. Thus. he who controlled the
national guard was indisputable boss of
Nicaragua. And General Somoza was the
controller.
Nevertheless, ten years of exploitatiye
rule had accumulated so many grievances
against the Somoza regime that the die
tator thought it advisable to quit the
limelight. at least temporarily, in favor
of a hand picked candidate who would do
his bidding. Accordingly. one Dr. Arguello.
8 dignifled old gentleman. was elected
President and duly installed on May l.
However. the new executive took himself
somewhat seriously and did certain things
displeasing to Somoza. So. in less than
month, the national guard executed a
coup detat, DR.. Arguello was deposed by
a plant Congress as incompetent and
a provisional President was installed who
is known to be one of Somoza's closest
henchmen.
Such, in brief is the story Of travesty
On democratic processes which has but
Evening star., 1947-06-09
Thin Green Wine

Back 1ehere the climbing pathway dips
and turns 49,.
Into the hills that root the dim green
caDernS
Although ne thought that zoe toere hunting
ferns,
We pent to drink IN those enchanted
tdUerns
An elirir OF lost and lonesome noter::
And drinking at the mountains rocky
roots,
We RECOGNIZED ourselpes true son md
daughter
OF something that made song On
1ptllotc- flutes,
That ran like niad though nothing fol-
lo,oed after,
Casting net of pild grape and mood
bine,
That stirred the secret ferns NTH tphis-
pered laughter,
For ,De ,Dere tasting summers thin
green urine.
Perhaps tt ,1ns the hidden mater there
Maybe bit OF fernseed in our hair.
yETzA GILLESPIE.
Evening star., 1947-06-09
In Cose Russia Refuses

In his blunt statement to the United
Nations Atomic Energy Commission, Fred
erick H. Osborn deputy American spokes-
man, has emphasized fact whose signif1-
canoe cannot be exaggerated This fact
is that upwards of ten countries are now
engaged in what threatens to become an
allout nuclear armamentS race. The race
will be inescapabe unless the world sub
jects the atom to the strictest possible
control. And until there is such control
the United States-as both Mr.. Osborn
and David E. Lilienthal have made clear
will do everything it can to maintain it's
lead in A-weapons.
Considering the deadly threat implicit
in competition of this kind, the obviously
reasonable course for all nations to follow
the only sane course-is to seek collective
security in genuine policing system. Yet,
as In so many other matters, Russia up
to now has stubbornly held back To-
gether with its Polish Satellite, it con-
tinues to stand alone among the members
OF the U. N. commission in resisting the
key proposals of the American plan. The
overwhelming majority want a world
activities everywhere-an authority cut
ting across national sovereignties and un-
hampered by the veto in guarding against
violations and evaSions. But the Soviet
government. for reasons of its own has
blocked all progress to that end by insisting
on hopelessly inadequate inspection setup
without any real power-an entirely tooth
less program rightly described by Messrs.
Osborn and Lilienthal as program which,
If adopted, would be "a fraud on the people
of the world"
So, unless Russia drastically changes its
present position and agrees to cooperate,
the nuclear armamentS race now begin
ming will sgather momentum until the
whole of civilization is menaced Given
that, the big question will be whether the
rest of the world-anxious for something
very much like the American plan-can
organize itself in a way calculated to leave
the off horse Russians and their satellites
at a distinct disadvantage. VIII the
United States, Canada, Britain. France,
Sweden and other nations capable OF ex-
plotting the atom be prepared to write
special treaty of their own and set up
great cooperative program OF research
and development? With the Soviet Union
thus excluded because of its own decision
to stay out will it be possible to establish
a limited but fairly effective security
system? In short, will the great majority
of countries be able to unite among them
selves to achieve enough edge in the atomic
/ balance of power to dissuade the holdouts
/ from ever daring to try aggression with
/ A-weapons?
| Since the atomic problem has not yet
reached the stage of final decisions, since
! there is still a chance that Moscow may
vote to cooperate when the yes-or no
showdown comes, questions about alterna-
/ tives to the American plan may be bit
premature. Nevertheless, the fact is that
nuclear arms race is in the making. We
| have been waiting long time for the
| Russians to Join us In ayerting 1t. We
Evening star., 1947-06-09
T he Lobster

A lobster is a strange creature Among
all the complicated forms of marine life
there is none more interesting. With his
compound eyes on ends of stalks, two
slender orange-red antennae, four pairs of
legs. pair of huge pincers, colorful body
and beautifully symmetrical fanlike tail
he looks like miniature model of some
erotesoue beast that roamed along the
shoreline in the days when the earth was
young.
Homarus Amercanus is both carnivorous
and vegetarian. In common with most
forms of crustaceans and fish he is also
a cannibal. His cosmopolitan appetite
welcomes fish, eel grass, shellfish and the
algae that cling around the rocks. The
big cruncher claw with rounded, white
bony teeth holds the food; the tearer claw
with its ite-tipped, scarlet-red teeth
rips the food into pieces for the forklike
fingers to press into the mouth The
huge cruncher claw may be either on the
right or left; hence the term left-handed
lobster is correct although city folks think
they are being jollied along when a
leathery old lobsterman uses the ex-
preston.
The lobster's disposition is not the type
that wins friends and influences contem-
poraries, but in spite of his touchy temper
there is something appealingly individual
istic about these macrural crustaceans.
They can swim if necessary, even in re-
verse. But they prefer to crawl along the
ocean shelf that slopes from the lands
edge. There is a gorgeous symphony of
rich colors in their shell armor Some are
dark blue, black green, purple-and all
shades in between. Others are fundamen-
tally tan and brown and yellow with mot
tied darker blotches There is red horn
with an ivory tip on the end of the nose
and similar colored bony points are studded
on the elbows and on the underside of the
claws Homarus is different. That is part
of his appeal Those who are partial to
lobster salad Newburg, boiled, fried or
rich, saffron -colored stew say he is one of
the best harvests that the ocean yields to
help feed mankind.
Evening star., 1947-06-09
For Gentiles Only

To the Editor Of The Star;
have Just been to Beverly Beach-not in
size the grounds, for any self-respect1ns
American to carry home even one grain OF
sand from this Hitiers haven is treason.
was herrifed. shocked and incredulous to
see two signs on either side of the road with
letters a foot high For Gentiles Only tThis
was supplemented by another sign, No Dogs
Allowed
1t is less than two years since the concen-
tration camps of Germany and the mass mur-
de-s of thousands of innocent people, yet right
here in the United States today the same
germs Of fascism are at work The great hue
and cry against communism Is futile unless
Evening star., 1947-06-09
Thanks to MIR. Braden
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
How can this country be so naive, A few
perfunctory. half-hearted efforts presumably
to remove Nazis. little lip-service to demo-
cratic principles, a conference or two between
officials of Argentina and the President of the
United States, and that country is given a
clean bill of health" politically. 1t would be
amusing If it were not so dangerous. We owe
a debt of gratitude to Mr.. Braden for enlight-
ening at least some of us, even though official
circles still seem to be asleep. M G. K.
Evening star., 1947-06-09

tressed a dictatorship under the thinnest
kind of camoufiage. In the old days that
sort OF thing was taken for granted in
many parts OF Latin America. But new
spirit is abroad, and today new govern
ments are scrutinized by the pan-Amer-
lean fraternity of nations, with diplomatic
ostracism the penalty If they do not meas
ure up to democratic standards. 1t will be
interesting to watch how this Nicaraguan
case is handled
Evening star., 1947-06-09

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
writer, although it is permissible for a
,oriter knoton to The Star to use a
nom de plume Please be brief.
Evening star., 1947-06-09

out of the bag.
This wri t e r
whom I take
to be e i t h e r
the actual de-
signer of the
proposed mon
S osi ty or
S o m e o n e
closely associ-
ated with him)
co,,c. SAnH ac
Evening star., 1947-06-09

cannot wait forever. If their present posi-
ton is the only position they intend to
take, then it is not too early for the rest
of the world to start thinking about how
In he safe without them
Evening star., 1947-06-09

makes me Sd y
the swear and
curse. He does
not knoW-or
so pretends-
the ira f + i C
light also de-
fends the sad
sack jay who
hoofs his way
and hopes to
get there some
Evening star., 1947-06-09

The movie producers who tried to please
the Russians during the war conceivably
may not have been any more fond of
communism than the rest of us we're when
we tried to please the Russians at the same
time.
Evening star., 1947-06-09

A modern painting, hung upside down by
mistake, was called IAN achievement in
credibly novel" on that account. Doubt
less, in order to be considered "a COM
pletely triumphant accomplishment" it
needed only to be hung not at all.
Evening star., 1947-06-09
Letters to The Star
Architectural Alterations and Traffic Jerks Draw
Fire of Long Suffering Readers

To the Editor Of The Star:
In The Star of May 49, under the heading
THAT GAO Building Design q correspondent
signing himself Disguised seems to let that
unruly modernistic architectural cat completely
Evening star., 1947-06-09

and In this language both forms, Arthur Bsc-
calaureus and Baccalaureus Arthur are equally
correct.
@. What is an oyster drill9 N. z.
A. The drill Is a snail about an inch and
quarter long. As its name implies 1t drills .
hole through the shell Of the oyster and sucks
out the oyster
@. What Is the derivation OF the term
qusrtermaster?-E. vanB.
A. Quartermaster was used as early as l44a
to refer to a petty ofhcer Of the Navy who at
tends to the steering Of the ship, and sorns
other duties In this sense. 1t comes from
quarter-to keep ones own place. 1t has been
used in military sense since 1900.
O. Do the men and women who normally live
at high attitudes have difficulty In becoming
adjusted to living at sea level?-R. M.
A. Often they do. For instance, In South
America men who come down from the high
Andes to seek employment In the coastal areas
have as hard time adjusting themselves to
the thick" air at sea level as lowlanders have
in becoming used to the thin air OF the
mountains.
@. Has Japan any good harbors7-H M. O.
A. Japan proper has an exceptionally long
coastline and more than 1,400 harbors, about
half of which were used for trading before
the war.
@ In Robert Brownings poem, How They
Brought the Good News from Ghent to AK.
what was the good news?-A. J. E.
A. In a letter to the Literary World, March
IL, 1881, the poet in answering an American
correspondent said that there was no historical
foundation for the poem and that 1t alluded
to no specific event However, 1t Is thought
that he may have had In mind the Pacif1eatlon
of Ghent, 1876.
@ What astronomer discovered that there
are other universes besides our own?-C. c.
A. In 1924 DR.. Edwin P Hubble at Mount
Wilson Observatory proved that the nebulae
beyond the Milky Way were untverses Ike our
own galactic system. The idea was no. new.
having been suggested as early as 1850.
Evening star., 1947-06-09

Gives the Works to Traffic Jerks
To the Editor of The Star:
There is jerk that irks my soul until I'm
afraid Sweet Jordan's roll will never on my
ear drums beat for when I go to cross a street
this jerk would start me for the hearse, and
Evening star., 1947-06-09

Definition of vacuum: Any ordinary
town the day after the circus has left.
Evening star., 1947-06-09
Questions and Answers

"A reader can obtain the answer to any question
Or fact by writing The Evening Star Information
B,nreau sls street NE. washington :. b G
Q. Why is the degree Of Bachelor OF Arts
sometimes abbreviated as ABB instead OF BA7-
N. P. B.
A. The degree was originally written In Latin
and In this language both forms. Artium Bac-
calaureus and Baccalaureus Artium, are equally
correct
Evening star., 1947-06-09

Q. What is an oyster drill' NJ.
A. The drill Is a snail about an inch and .
quarter long. As its name implies 1t drills
hole through the shell Of the oyster and sucks
out the oyster
Evening star., 1947-06-09

get there some
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-12

permits workers must belong to unions in order to keep their jobs They must pay dues and assessments in order to belong to unions There union members-more, suspect, than the union officers would like to admit who favor the Taft-Hartey Act and do not want to defeat Congressman who voted for it.
 When any part of their dues is used in attempt to achieve that purpose they being pelled to give to they oppose under penalty of losing their jobs if they refuse.
 Voluntary political contributions, all right Involun- tary forced contributions, all wrong We believe the intent of Congress- in writing the TafHartley Act was to make that distinction plain
 the language of this section of the law is not plain in its meaning, it should be amended and clarified