Evening star., 1947-01-24
Getting 1t Off His Chest

10 the EQltor OF Inc Star.
In their persistent quest for power to
regiment our youth, our militarists act
like drug addicts desperately seeking
narcotics prescriptions. That's the
kindest comment one can make about
those who persuaded President Truman
to appoint board to formulate compul-
sorry military training legislation.
They expect the members of this COM
mittee to be hypocritical quacks who
will indorse their totalitarian-i INSPIRED
program, in the false name of health,
morals and good citizenship.
Should the nine appointees indulge In
such Misrepresentation, and should Con-
gress accept IL, they would be sabotaging
the United Nations plans for universal
reduction of ornaments.
The board, therefore, must condemn
as suicidal madness the very concept Of
preparing fol- another war. Its recon-
mendation should be that we spend
whatever is necessary for helping peo-
pie everywhere to live and equally i'm
portant1 for promoting .pacif1sm among
them, at the same time.
SAMUEL MICHAELSON.
Liquor Trade Condemned
To the Editor of The Star:
I heard over the radio this morning
that the District Commissioners are dis
cussing whether men should drink at the
bar standing up or sitting down. What
nonsense for supposedly intelligent men
to be wasting their time over!
When upwards of $4,000 people are
killed in this country annually by auto
mobiles, largely from drunken driving, 1t
goes to show what corruption there must
be In q set of lawmakers who do nothing
to stop the cause of these deaths. Until
they abolish the liquor traffic, these
tragedies will continue.
H. B. BRADFORD.
Blueprint Word Misused
To the Editor Of The Star:
The use of the word blueprint" by
newspaper publishers has become so
popular that it has reached the epidemic
stage If you must use the word, please
use it intelligently.
On the first page of The Star for
January 16 is headline entitled: Blue
prints Drawn Up for Sweeping Changes
in State Department"
Webster's dictionary gives the defini-
ton of blueprint as "a Photographic
print, white on a bright-blue ground,
used for copying maps, architectural
plans, etc." Manifestly, then, blue
print is not drawn, but is Photographic
reproduction of an original drawing.
WHY not use some such term as plan,
chart, or map as more suitable to draw
up? HARRY A. WILTON.
Common Sense Demanded
To the Editor OF The Star:
The pitiful story of the aged and
ailing couple who have to be evicted,
with no place to 60, because they live
in a house that has been converted
into three apartments, while zoned
residential, is an excellent example
of the unnecessary hardships man
brings down on himself.
Other examples are the Children's
Museum which is one of the institu-
tions needed to combat juvenile delin-
quency; and the home for priests,
in the Forrest Hills section, that were
protested against by shortsighted resi-
dents; also, the case of the physician
who could have his Office in his home
if he owned it, but not if he rented it!
None of these things would have
hurt the neighborhood, but rather
would have been valuable adjuncts.
Especially in view of the desperate
shortage of housing at present, law
should be made that If person can
prove that change in his property from
purely residential purposes to multiple
does not hurt the neighborhood, exemp-
ton may be made This is one Of those
situations that calls for common sense.
I. NJ
Satisfied With God Time
To the Eoiter cf The Star:
I, too, wish to thank Charles T. Allen
and M. for their letters opposing
daylight saving time.
I know very few persons who like
D. s. T. and when the issue was brought
up last year everybody thought the
question was settled once and for all.
Leave time as God intended it to be.
MRS. Z.