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Evening star., 1947-04-02
Dr.. FuckenthuI's Warning

DR.. Frank D Fackenthal, acting
president of Columbia University,
in his annual report calls for the
development of a renewed respect
for the studies known as the hu-
manities. The problems OF atom
smashing, he argues, are simple
compared with those of promoting
the common veal inclusively.
Such q warning is timely and apt.
1t is true that "preoccupation OF
scholar and layman alike with the
swiftly progressing comprehension
of our physical environment may
blind them to far greater involve
ment." The political and social
sciences must have adequate sup
port and must have the same free
dom for investigation, study and
experimentation as have the natural
sciences" DR.. Fackenthal specifies:
The field of study is the natures
of men, their psychologists, their
eXplosiveness in this or that Situa-
movement even though it be for
their advancement, their attraction
to this or that idea though 1t may
ultimately enslave them and destroy
their freedom, their instinct Tor
immediate individual welfare as
against the long-term public good.
In different language, the same
issues might be summarized in the
question: What makes people tick?"
Men still know too little about each
other, too little about themselves.
The earth blasting bombs they have
learned how to create would be
tremendous affiictions, intolerable
dangers, If they were not governed
by intelligence predicated on the
essential importance of the human
family. What happened at Hiro-
shima and Nagasaki has yet to be
justified in terms of advantage to
the multitudes everywhere. The
nations of the world" DR.. Facken-
thai declares, must be led, and
quickly, out of the confusion and
fear caused by the havoc of war not
only on cities and peoples, but on
the moral fiber of mankind as well"
He insists at the close of his
statement:
Objective, disintereSted study of
mans relationships, the unmaSking
OF the manipulations OF his rela-
tionships and emotions for purposes
of political or economic power, is
matter of the most urgent necessity.
Granted that there may be moth
ing novel in this contention, there
is efficiency in its repetition by 20
eminent an authority at the present
vital moment. Events ut Moscow,
in London and Paris and Washing
ton are occurring against back
ground Of relative ignorance and
misunderstanding which could be
Evening star., 1947-04-02
Nom Was Wrong Again

Today'S middle-aged mother, VINO
produced and reared children by the
book back in the '2Os, fed baby
every four hours on the hour and
grimly refused to allow herself or
Grandma to pick up crying infant.
Cuddling was disapproved by the
experts and had to be done Surrepti-
tiouSly.
Now 1t appears that the experts
were all wrong. The new George
Washington University Hospital has
planned maternity wing in which
babies end mothers will be treated
as If they were quite human. New
born babies will be kept, not under
glass, but in a crib beside their
mothers. Further, the mothers will
be allowed to feed them whenever
they cry.
Mothers of current teen-agers
probably have a permanent crick in
the neck from hanging their heads.
Referred to unaffectionately as
''Mom" by critics of the institution,
mothers are blamed for Juvenile de-
linquency. the rising divorce rate,
and crippled psyches. A psyche is
what you damage in an infant by
not feeding him when he is hungry
and by letting him alone when he
cries. The young mothers of the '20s
were told by experts on infant care
that absolute punctuality in feed
ing was the thing-it trained the
stomach. The baby who yelled in
vain to be picked up and cuddled
was supposedly learning he could not
get anything by making loud noise.
New vitamins were being discovered
and these were important, too. Now,
psychiatrists say such practices
cause infant Illustrations and adult
neuroses. They damage the psyche.
The mothers of the '20s were so busy
watching the clock and learning
about vitamins they lacked the time
TO bother with psyches.
Mother, who used to be an i'm
portant and respected feature OF
American life, is probably too brow
beaten by the bad press she has had
recently to point out that she did
just what the experts told her to
in the '20s. Grandma, OF course,
knew 1t was baloney all the time.
Grandma was right, though she'd
never heard of a neurosis or
psyche. Experts on infant care have
gone right back. to Grandma's
methods of feeding a hungry baby
and cuddling a crying one.
There is one ray OF hope for the
Evening star., 1947-04-02
For World Air Safety

To the Editor of The Star
Your editorial of March Is, "Global
Air Safety" should do much to focus
public attention on the International
Civil Aviation Organization uCAO)
established by the Chicago Convention
on International Civil Aviation.
I should like to expand upon your
statement somewhat. The ratification
of the convention was actually approved
by the United States Senate not 're-
Gently" but on July IS, 1916, and our
ratification deposited on August 8, 1916.
This Government has acted as deposit
tory for the instruments of ratification
of the convention. and the State De-
partment's announcement of March IL,
l947, to which you refer was made after
we had received the 26th instrument
needed to bring the convention into
force and to establish ICAO. The con-
vention becomes effective on April 4,
1s47, and the first assembly Of ICAO
opens on May 6. 1s47, in Montreal. the
organizations permanent site.
Because the Chicago Aviation Con-
ference Of December. 1914, foresaw that
lit would take considerable time TO get
the permanent convention ratified. and
Evening star., 1947-04-02
Belasco Theater Proposal

To the Editor of The Star:
The best bet for a city center for the
theater, such as New York City runs,
Is being overlooked while frantic noises
are being made about a $25 900, 900
sportspalast
The old Belasco Theater on Lafay-
ette Square, with minimum OF money
and effort, could be restored to its orr
ginal beauty with seating capacity of
1000.
No city in its right mind land espe-
cially no capital city which is also a
great world capitaD would allow such
magnificent facilities to 60 to waste.
With considerable fanfare a year or
more ago definite movement to organ
ize all the art, music and working musi-
clans and artists to plan a city center
got underway. What has become of 1t?
All during the war the Belasco served
as the Washington Stage Door Canteen
of the American Theater Wing, endear-
ing itself to hundreds of thousands OF
American service men and women from
all parts of our great country.
WlldG Is pCllS QtIC Will ~ 1lOWs 4AC
Treasury is using 1t for filing space!
What an ignominious end for glorious
history.
There are plans, understand, to place
a great modern Treasury building on
this site The projected buildings loca-
ton easily can be changed.
But the possibilities of truly national
theater should not be overlooked.
Gen. George Marshall and our
other representatives to the Moscow
Conference are reported attending the
Ballet Theater there.
America must have live theater to
mirror living democracy as well as
museums to preserve the past.
All the world knows the English
Shakespeare and loves and reveres him.
But how many can remember the states
men who played with the armies and
navies of that day? j. G. FRAN,
Vice Chairman, Washington Council,
East and West Association.
Evening star., 1947-04-02

washington is not to be buried under
a mountain of records after all.
.'The seemingly endless pyramiding
of Government records has come to
a STOP This is the heartening state
ment of Solon j. Buck, archivist OF the
United States, in his annual report to
Congress.
There is reason to believe" he In
formed Congress, that the listing and
scheduling Of Government records for
disposal has progressed to such point
that more records are now being dis
posed of each year than are being
created"
The problem of these multiplying
records is indicated by DR. Bucks state
ment that probably more than 10000 900
cubic feet of records were accumulated
during the war. To house such mass
would require buildings costing at least
$4,000, GOO and the creation OF whole
new Federal Triangle, he says.
Against this staggering total in cubic
feet of war records, the National Ar
chives Building on Pennsylvania avenue
contains about 900 cubic feet. Addi-
tional space soon will be needed.
What Records to Preserve.
What records should be saved and
which ones should be disposed Of?
DR.. Buck points out the records OF any
agency may roughly be divided into
three groups.
First are the records bearing on high
level" decisions regarding general man
agement and policies. These, in general.
will be kept.
Next are the routine records OF adj
ministration-hscal, personnel, procure
ment and the like. These are to be
disposed of, with the exception OF fiscal
and personnel files which may be needed
for legal and administrative purposes.
Third are the operating records
individual registrants' folders OF Selec-
tive Service case files of the War Labor
Board, individual reports, question
naires and orders of the War Produc-
tion Board and the records OF the local
boards of OPA.
These, DR.. Buck says, "are the source
of detailed information on the actual
operation of the war program and an
incalculably rich mine of data relating
to many aspects Of American life"
On the other hand, they constitute
the great bulk of the 100000 cubic
feet Of records.
What to do with them? This Is DR..
Bucks answer: "By and large. statis-
tical raw data will not be retained
indefinitely. This was decision hard
come by, but for it there are compelling
reasons. Statutes prohibit the use OF
such records in any case to obtain data
about particular persons or companies;
elaborate statistical analyses were made
in the course of operations and those
will be preserved, further bodies OF
statistical data were turned over to
other agencies for even further ex-
ploitation, and, finally, their volume is
so great that no future investigator
could hope to make effective use OF
them unless he came armed with a
formidable grant and batteries OF clerks
and punch-card machines"
Evening star., 1947-04-02

Army and Navy service records, of
course, will be kept as will most civilian
personnel records. On the other hand,
probably will not be retained indefinite
may decide this point.
The records OF OPA local boards, DR..
Buck says, win be destroyed, but OPA's
industrial and price analyses will be
saved
Inadequate records Of the last war
made administrators aware OF the
utility of well-kept records. DIR. Buck
says there can be no doubt that World
War II was imcomparably better re-
corded than any previous war.
But, according to the archivist, the
stats of war agencies UNDERSTANDABLE
were more concerned with winning the
war than recording it.
An expected consequence" he adds.
'is that the future will often have to
rely on poorly organized and inade-
quately maintained files; that many
crucial decisions made orally can only
be guessed at in times to come, and
that many records of great Importance
will have been lost or taken away in
personal files
When National Archives speaks of the
disposal of records it means their de-
struction-usually by shredding-and
sale as waste paper.
But what of the records that are
kept? They are retained not merely to
be stored away. but for future use. That
means making check lists, inventories
and other finding aids so they can be
found when needed,
And they, are called for and used.
Money Saved by Records.
DR.. Buck cites the case Of records
whose destruction National Archives
would not authorize. The agency serves
as the watchdog for records which
should be kept. In one case series OF
unaccepted bids helped the Justice De-
partment to recapture for the Govern
ment $8,5oo,000.
The General Accounting Office asked
for evidence that the Government had
never been reimbursed for more than
$500,O00 in coin and bullion seized at
branch mint during the Civil War. The
records were found.
Sioux Indians are being paid for the
seizure of horses back in 1870 when Sit
ting Bulls warriors went on the warpath
The necessary records were found IN the
National Archives and legitimate claim
ants are being paid.
Steamship passenger lists are searched
for records of immigrants arriving in
this country. There was the case OF q
New Jersey resident who sought rec
ord of his birth to immigrating parents
aboard ship. He appealed to Repre-
sentative Kean, Republican, of New Jer-
sey. who referred him to National Ar
chives. Searchers failed to find record
of the birth on the passenger list. But
they turned to the log book of the ships
captain. They found the birth recorded
there. These steamship records are de-
posted in National Archives by the Bu-
reau Of Customs
Evening star., 1947-04-02
Forest Magic

An orchestra 1Cith hnrps OF gold
Makes music in this forest old.
/ hear from deny hiII-hung frs
Dim melodies OF dulctmers.
The trunapets OF the hidden stredn
Are mystic horns heard In dream.
The regal CARDINALS tall
Carols a scarlet Htadrig1l.
The ptreo mid the blooming sprays
Fingers the lutte Titania plays.
Such melodies, surprising art,
Bring deepest silence to my heart.
Then comes q quiet to the toood
As If 1t uttered solitude.
Demurely dotDn the silent glade
Shimmers the reticence OF shade.
A tpfld torsaken beauty shines
About the hus1,ed naonlentous pines.
did not ksou that there could bs
Such stiffness Of felicity.
The forest glimnlers mystic, mute,
A peiled enchdntTess. There's no utt
No harp, no cyn,bal and no singing;
But In my heart mild bells are ringing
! ARCHIBALD RuTLEDGE.
Evening star., 1947-04-02
New Greek Monarch

There is no reason to suppose that
the death OF King George II will
materially affect either the political
situation within Greece or this
country's ultimate decision with re-
spect to President Truman's Greco
Turkish program.
II there are any significant reper-
cussions, they should be on the side
of easing the tensions which at
tended the projected extension OF
aid to the government OF King
George. Although his function was
largely that of figurehead, the real
governing power being exercised by
the Ministers, the left-wing and Re-
publican opposition had centered It's
fire on the King. To these attacks,
George was something less than in
vulnerable as result of his identifi-
cation with the Metaxas dictator
ship. Added to this, of course, was
the discomfort arising from the
wretched economic conditions in
Greece.
Georges brother, Prince Paul, who
has succeeded to the throne, has
done nothing to associate himself
with these disabilities. Before the
war he cut something of figure at
Monte Carlo and other continental
play spots. After hostilities began
he was commissioned major gen.
eral in the Greek army, serving
principally in South Africa and
Cairo. So, If he has done nothing to
distinguish himself, the foes of the
monarchy will find it hard to turn
in his direction the charges which
they had employed against the dead
King. This being the case, there is
at least possibility that the change
will produce better atmosphere in
Greece and perhaps even some i'm
proyement in that country's govern
mental machinery.
1t Is we'll to emphasize, however,
that the decision which confronts
the United States has little or moth
ing to do with the identity of the
man who wears the crown in Athens.
The President has moved to aid
Greece land Turkey because he sees
In the Communist-directed effort to
seize power in the former country a
threat to our interests and our Sc
curity. The Greek Communists, and
those in bordering countries, may or
may not find something In the death
of George and the succession of Paul
which they can exploit to their ad
vantage But whatever the fact as
to this. it is a foregone conclusion
that they will not abandon their
effort, but will strive relentlessly to
bring Greece within the Soviet orbit.
And If the accomplishment of that
design while King George was on
the throne would have menaced us,
there will be no less of a threat un-
der the regime of King Paul.
Thus, the central question for us
remains the same: Have we vital
and legitimate interest in trying to
prevent the rise of a Communist
regime in Greece? If the answer to
that is in the affirmative, the case
for the Presidents program remains
aS strong as ever.
Evening star., 1947-04-02
Stund-by Draft Corps

The proposal OF former Selectlve
Service Director william r. Leahy
for preservation of the District draft
organization on an unofficial, volun-
tary basis should prove to be 2 popu-
lar one. Aside from the sentimental
considerations prompting formation
of an association of draft board
veterans" there are, as Mr.. Leahy
points out, possibilities for future
service that should appeal TO such
a patriotic group.
In recommending abolishment OF
selective service, the War Depart
ment frankly admitted that it was
taking calculated risk. This risk
is that the voluntary recruiting sys-
tenn, now going well. might fail to
produce the enlistees needed to pro-
vide for minimum security man
power requirements. Congress has
Joined with the War Department in
accepting responsibility for this risk.
A move in the Senate to maintain
the selective service machinery on a
standby basis was defeated.
Mr.. Leahy proposes that the local
draft organization maintain itself
in standby status by voluntary ac-
ton of the more than thousand
self-sacriflcing citizens who served
so faithfully and well in the. local
administration of the draft law. 1t
would be a sort of "minutemen's"
corps, ready to serve again on a
moments notice If authorized by law
in some unforeseen future emer-
gency, or to lend its advice at any
time in matters relating to selective
service. The idea is a good one that
draft organizations throughout the
country might well adopt.
Evening star., 1947-04-02

improved. People as individuals
need to learn more about those
elements in their lives which they
share through the simple fact Of
being human. DR. Fackenthal stresses
the part the universities must play
in their education. The churches,
the press, the radio, the movies and
many other media have q similar
duty, similar opportunity.
Evening star., 1947-04-02
Letters to The Star
Conventional Houses Preferred
by Realty Investor

To the Editor Of The Star:
The article in the real estate section
Of The Star on March 20 by Loren b.
Pope. together with the plan and illu-
stration, was of particular interest to
me for two reasons:
First: / am personal friend of Mr..
and Mrs. Pope and have visited them
many times in their unusual and de-
Ightful home.
Then: I am connected with the Ar
lington and Fairfax Building & Loan
Association which is located in East
Falls Church, Va, about mile distant
from their home.
This letter Is not to criticize Mr.. Pope's
article, but rather to present my per-
sonal opinion as to why lending in
stitution should be ultraconservative.
AS indicated in the article. the Pope
home is unique in this area, which
means that the lending institution has
no background of experience in apprais-
ing just such home.
Then, the design is such as to make
the construction cost substantially
greater than that of the conventional
home. / believe that this can be appre-
ciated by examining the plan. There
is so per cent more wall (outside dimen-
sions) than required for a conventional
house having the same floor area. This
does not mean that the house would
cost so per cent more, but venture to
say that 1t would up the cost Is per
cent. A house 20 to as per cent larger,
having four walls of approximately
equal length, could be built at the same
cost.
Now, the judgment of lending insti-
tuition is not infallible. But. we must
use what we have as best we can, and
we must look to the future, taking ad-
vantage of past experience and dill
gently seek to serve the best interests OF
our shareholders.
We do not approve loan unless we
feel reasonably sure that the loan will
be covered in case default requires FORE
closure.
OF course, there are other considera-
tions, and I am glad to say that the
number of our foreclosures have been
almost nil
I think that we are all agreed that
many homes are selling at a premium
today, for the reason that the demand
exceeds the supply. The question is
not simply: What will house sell
for today, but what will itSsell for, say,
years or 5 years hence?"
Your guess is as good as mine; prob
ably better. But my guess is that this
particular home would not sell for 20
per cent to IS per cent more than a
custom built" conventional home, of
the same floor area.
FRANK H. EASTMAN.
Evening star., 1947-04-02

It Is question whether the fIesi-
dents loyalty test order Is constitu-
tional. This column believes that 1t is
not, and hopes the test will be made.
Part III of the order instructs that a
LOYALTY board shall be currently fur-
nished by the Justice Department with
the name of each foreign or domestic
organization, association, movement,
group or combination Of persons, which
the Attorney General designates as total
itarian. Fascist, Communist or subyer-
sive." Part v F says, membership 1n'
affiIiation with, or sympathetic assocla-
ton with" those so designated, becomes
a cause for removal from public ONCE.
This makes the Attorney General the
interpreter and judge of the Bill OF
RIGHTS of the American Constitution.
I believe the Constitution gives him no
such powers.
What is the cause and purpose of this
order?
Our authorities recognize dilemma
of constitutional democracies. 1t Is
that organizations whose purpose It Is
to DESTROY the libertarian state are
able to use democratic processes ana
civil liberties for that end The problem
is how to protect the people and the
state from such open or underground
conspiracies. 1t is real problem. LOT
which the laws against subverS1on IN
democracies have elsewhere proved M
ADEQUATE. But the President Is meeting
that problem by providing. in this order.
the very means by which the libertarlan
state can certainly be abolished.
X 4 x*
Conservatives today are, for the most
part. approving this order. / beg them
to think a second time and to recall
President Roosevelt's renark-which,
at the time, they justly criticized
about powers which in any otner
hands" would prove dangerous.
Suppose that in the future an eco
nomic crisis in the United states re-
suited in radical turn to the left, and
that Mr.. Wallace, or some one like MIN,
and surrounded, as he is, by crowd OF
fellow travellers and totalitarian- minded
do-gooders, came into Office.
This order will not have removed
them from American citizenry. One OF
them, as matter of fact, would become
Attorney General.
Now. there exists this order OF
President Truman's as precedent. The
Attorney General may determine what
because the need for early action in the
critical field of international civil ayi-
alton was apparent. the conference drew
up an interim agreement as well. In
view of its temporary character, 1t was
possible for many countries to become
parties to this agreement by executive
rather than legislative action. and 1t
became effective almost two years ago.
on June s, 1945.
The interim body set up by this agree
ment is known as PICAo tthe Pro-
.visional international Civil Aviation Or
ganization) and has been highly success
full in It's 10 months of operation In
Montreal. Its task has been similar to
that OF its successor, ICAo. and 1t has
done much valuable ground-breaking
work. Most notable among its achieve
ments to date is the establishment 6.
what might be called universal rules
Evening star., 1947-04-02

discredited middle Mons. With
any luck at all, and practically no
effort on their part, lot Of them
win be grandmothers By that time,
the methods of the '20s may be in
favor again.
Evening star., 1947-04-02

1t long. has been believed that
elephants are possessed of prodigious
memories, and here are the Re
publicans, making the same old
mistakes all over again.
Evening star., 1947-04-02

Circus girls this year will wear
pink wigs in one of their spectacle
numbers, but with that exception
they will be just as attractive as
ever.
Evening star., 1947-04-02

Gael Sullivan says he won't ask
the help of Henry Wallace and
Claude Pepper. That makes two
excellent reasons why he won't
get 1t.