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Evening star., 1947-05-05
Rodur For AirIiners

one OF the reasons given for the
continued delay in equipping COM
mercial airliners with radar is the
tact that wartime radar installations
on military planes were so heavy and
bulky as to make them impracticable
for civil aviation. To meet this OBJ
lection, Howard Hughes, principal
stockholder of Trans-World Airlines,
has developed simplified radar in
strument that promises to be the an
sWer to a fog-bound aviator's
prayers.
In demonstration at Los Angeles
for newsmen. Mr.. Hughes showed
how his sixteen-pound electronic
"eye" would flash an amber-light
warning to a pilot when his plane
comes within two thousand feet of
mountain peak, building or other
obstruction. When the plane ap-
proaches within five hundred feet of
such an object, red light will fash
and horn will sound. Mr.. Hughes
demonstrated the device aboard a
TWA Constellation, which he
threaded among ranges of the Topa-
topa Mountains. popularity known to
airline pilots as plane graveyard" !"
Military radar equipment for
planes weighed approximately
cove,, 1,,1ndrad Mounds uaS eyfrny11n-
ly large and required specially
trained crew members to operate IL.
The new instrument is not only light
but relatively cheap and requires no
special operator. Demands for such
fog and night-penetrating device
have been increasing as result OF
the series OF air disasters last win
ter-some Of which possibly could
have been averted had the pilots
besn forewarned by radar OF thei1
Evening star., 1947-05-05
A New German Mark?

Announcement of plan for Ger
man financial reform comes as an
interesting contrast to the deadlock
Of the Council of Foreign Ministers
on the larger issue of an overall
German settlement. This plan is
the outcome of prolonged discus
sion by the financial section of the
Allied Control Council-the four
power body which is the liaison be-
tween the occupational authorities
in their respective zones of the con-
quered Reich.
If adopted, the plan would mark
an important first step in reordering
German finance. The nub of the
proposal would be a devaluation of
the present reichsmark by go per
cent and the substitution of new
currency, to be known as the
Deutsche mark. This idea originated
with the American delegates. With
some notifications, it has now been
accepted by the entire financial sec
tion and passed on for approval by
the Council.
Germany is today in financial
chaos deeper even than the col
lapse after World War I which pre-
cipitated total imitation and ended
only with the complete repudiation
of the imperial currency and the
establishment of the reichsmark.
The aim today is to salvage at least
one-tenth of prewar values by an
exchange of ten reichsmarks for
one OF the proposed new currency.
Special provisions are proposed for
the penalizing of black-market prof
iteers and active Nazis, together with
leniency in hardship cases.
The vastness as well as the diff
culties of this conversion problem
are revealed by citing the main steps
in the reichsmark's degradation to
virtual worthlessness. To begin with.
the Hitler regime financed the later
stages of the war by reckless resort
to the printing press. The upshot
was that, in May, 1945, right after
Germany's surrender, note circula-
ton in Germany totalled sixty
i've billion reichsmarks. Although
much OF that uncovered total was
cancelled by Allied freezing of bank
accounts and. stoppage OF credit
paymentS the situation was further
Evening star., 1947-05-05
virqiniu in SPRING

DR.. Katharine Lee Bates, in her
poem in praise of America the
Beautiful had reference. Of course.
to the whole Nation. but it is patent.
from even q casual reading Of the
first stanza that she was well ac-
quainted with Virginia The words
purple mountain majesties above
the fruited plain" apply to the Old
Dominion perfectly. In spring as
well as autumn the country between
the Potomac and the Roanoke is
glorious to grateful human eyes.
The Apple Blossom Festival at VIM
chester annually calls attention to
the burgeoning orchards OF Fred
erick County, but 1t also serves to
educate" throngs of visitors con-
corning the natural charm OF the
whole State.
This year particularly the yernal
season in Virginia has been. mar
velous to behold. Perhaps profess
sional meteorologists, skilled as they
are in the mysteries of weather, can
tell why the hills and the valleys
from the Iron Gate to the sea are
so rich just now. Winter let 60 its
icy hold rather later than usual in
1947. 1t may be on that account
that every bush seems crowded with
leaves and blooms luxuriant beyond
adequate description. The dogwood
in the Shenandoah runs in tidal
waves; the Judas trees follow every
stream with garlands of mixed pink
and purple; the violets of all three
shades, daisies, bluets, dandelions,
false rue anemone and scores of
other ground flowers make a carpet
excelling the most costly Orientals.
Up the face of the Rainbow Rocks
near Clifton Forge climbs a tapestry
OF shrubs and vines incredibly col
orful and fragrant.
Over the all-inclusive picture last
night long lines Of people from
Washington and the North, return
ing from pilgrimage into the Vir-
ginia paradise, sped through ancient
hills alternately drenched by rain
and by the light of the moon at its
extreme diameter. The experience
was one to remember. So it must
have been as far back as 1885, when
Ralph Lane wrote to Richard Hak-
luyt, concerning the colony named
for Elizabeth: "No realm in Chris
tendon were comparable to it,"
Evening star., 1947-05-05
Oil for the Lumps
rom the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

From the New Orleans Times-Picayune
The production from large oil proper
ties belonging to Mr.. and Mrs H. II.
Cullen Of Houston, Tex, has been as
signed to foundation for the aid Of
educational, medical and charitable IN
stitutions. Mr.. Cullen has estimated the
probable total yield at anywhere from
10000, 900 to 100000 barrels; and
though its evaluation in cash, through
future market fluctuations, Is an idle
enterprise, 1t can readily be seen that
enormous sums will be available for
philanthropic purposes.
This is by no means the first hand
some Cullen benefaction; but it marks
the enrolment of the Cullen name high
on the list OF the nations greatest givers,
and adoption of a time-proved plan Of
controlled, judicious and constructive
philanthropy. It Is particularly appro-
pirate the endowment should be In
terms of oil. For 1t means that this
irreplaceable treasure of the subsoil,
consumed from day to day sometimes In
most wasteful fashion, will at least flow
back into the care, repair and improve
ment of those human resources which
constitute the hope and the power OF
any nation.
Mr.. Cullen's philosophy is simple. He
and Mrs. Cullen did not need these
riches. Their four children and 10
grandchildren. already provided for, do
not need them. Why not, as he put It,
enjoy during their remaining lifetime
the evolution OF the good and fruitful
things such wealth can create or initi-
ate? MIR. Cullen was pleased to call this
an act of selfishness, and we will not
quarrel with that viewpoint. Someone
else has termed 1t high expression Of
Intelligent capitalism"
But lest this be considered purely an
example of what the rich can do with
riches, let 1t be noted that Mr.. Cullen's
record for giving, In proportion to or
even In excess of his ability, goes back
far past his millionaire days, to Q period
when subsisting was q constant struggle. /.
A. remark he made several years ago to
Bishop~A. Frank Smith Is worth repeat.
ing because Of its universal application:
"A man who doesn't give when he has
little never gives when he has lot.s
Evening star., 1947-05-05
Time Is q Beust

Time fees 20 fast: the Urgent moments
press
With hard e1psctoncy agdtnsf ne
mind.
Geared to the clock. our hsdrts ri
breathIessness
crn grasp but spltntersd seconds and
can ind
No peuce IN these; the earth sptns on
instead
Nor ctlrbs its stride that mGnktnd naay
surrey z
The path behind him, Or the ons ahead.
So paced, the hours aggregate to day
So godded. days pile mp into the years
And these tissolre and crunsbls at the
touch
While memory eyes the record as II peers
Into the past and charges OF 20 much
For az his rsGsteYy, man must b.
ash1Med
Time u q be6st that he has never tanned.
LUCILLE q. JACKSON.
Evening star., 1947-05-05

The new pattern applies only to policies
issued on or after January /. 1948," and
further states that as result Of amend
nents to State laws, 1t would go into
effect in about 40 States on January /,
meaning January 1, 1948.
Out of 494 companies, our company
ranked SD as of January /, 1916, and
operates in % States, including New
York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut,
and we belong to the Life Presidents
Association, which makes this article
very misleading as it leads people to
believe that all life insurance companies
are going over on the new basis as Of
January /, 1948, when there is one COM
pany in tune with the times and has
given its people the break they so Justly
deserve
JOSEPH e. RICE. General Agent.
Evening star., 1947-05-05
Making Teamwork Count

There is Stlll mucQ 10 De QUUe,
for the bill itself has not been writ
ten. Yet the experience thus far
in working out a revenue-rais1ng
measure for the District of Columbia
should convince anybody Of the
merits of joint hearings. Repre-
sentative Bates of Massachusetts,
and Senator Cain of Washington, as
co-chairmen of what has become the
Joint Committee on District Reve-
nues, have demonstrated the supe-
rior advantages of one instead OF
two sets of hearings; they are build
ing up a record that will contain a
vast amount of valuable informa-
ton on District-Feder fiscal rela-
tions; they are saving lot of work
by both houses Of Congress later on
by eliminating, through joint pro-
cedure, the possibility of major
differences. The people of the Dis
trict are apt to get better tax pro-
gram than If the House and Senate
were proceeding independently.
Why not extend the same prin-
ciple this year in connection with
hearings on the District appropria-
tion bill? Chairman Koran of the
House Subcommittee on District
Appropriations has suggested it.
Chairman Dworshak of tie compar-
able Senate committee has the mat
ter unden consideration. Approval
of the House and Senate leadership
would be necessary in any event.
But this year would be highly
appropriate time to make the
experiment.
Within three months Congress Is
expected to adjourn for the year.
In that time Congress must perfect
not only revenue-raising program
for the District, but an appropria-
tion bill based on that program.
And 1t must do this while meeting
the demands Of national legislative
program that will crowd every hour
available. The time to be saved
through joint hearings on the ap-
preparation bill is in itself a major
consideration; the teamwork be-
tween House and Senate in shaping
the appropriation bill to the pattern
set by the revenue-raising legisla-
ton should be another incentive.
And for the District of Columbia,
presenting its own unique problems
in municipal government, there are
distinct advantages in a joint con-
sideration which tends to divorce
local measures from the policies
applying to national affairs.
Joint hearings on the appropria-
tion bill this. year would be another
step toward eventual establishment
In Congress of a Joint Committee on
District Affairs, device that would
make for better congressional con-
troll of the Federal City and which
would work to the mutual advantage
Of Congress and the District,
Evening star., 1947-05-05
This and That
BIZ Charles E. Truceueu.

1t was a rainy morning when the blue
jays started their nest
They selected site out on the end
OF long cut bough, where new sprouts
were forming.
nest right out in the open, as If it were
on the PROV Of a ship.
The tree was a locust.
The bough once had curved over the
driveway, but thunderstorm broke of
the end.
This left half, the end coming just
above the middle Of the drive, about S
feet from the front of the house, and
some 80 feet from the sidewalk.
When the mother jay started the nest,
the rain was just beginning to fall.
And what do you suppose she brought
as the very first bit of building material?
A long strip of tissue!
When she came flying In, with this
long streamer flying behind her, she
made an odd appearance.
The wetness did not worry her at all.
She crammed the paper down with
her bill, and worked 1t around with her
feet and tail until she had wadded 1t
into ball.
This was the base Of her structure.
- 4
:. Old Man Jay performed no useful
work, as far as could be seen.
He contented himself with perching
few feet above the busy mother bird.
There he would bend his knees, from
time to time, and let out characteristic
squawk.
What bold, eager birds these are!
Looking alike. one scarcely to be told
from the other, either in size or colora-
ton, the jays are good parents.
No species guards the young any bet
ter, unless it be the mocker.
Even one of those bold fellows can
scarce outdo blue jay when 1t comes
TO guarding both mother and babies.
The mother bird next flew away to
secure some fine twigs.
These she brought in one at a time,
and carefully placed in the chosen
place, above the paper, the sticks poking
out.
just why the paper, It was hard to
see, unless simply as a base for the
superstructure.
Perhaps she simply noticed it, and
the whiteness appealed to her. Mother
birds have their own peculiar likes and
dislikes.
The nest took her the better part of
three days to build.
X 4 X
The rain hadn't been very hard, after
all, and the sun came out when she
began to lay.
She laid one egg day, for four days.
Usually the number varies from three
to six. They are pale dull olive, spot
ted or blotched with darker olive.
1t is now or never, for this years jay
children, for the jays often have but
one brood year (but sometimes two).
The mother is now brooding. She will
take about l6 days.
Her position will not be so prominent
in a little while, when the sprouts
around the nest leaf out.
But robins and others have spotted
her on her 1utting prov of site
Every now and then her mate must
chase one of them away.
Squirrels, too, win offer to molest her.
This is all part of nature, and
causes the mother jay no particular
perturbation, as far as can be seen; so
human watchers should not be too con-
cerned about it.
The probabilities are that at least one
OF the Jay babies viii fall out Of the
nest. Young jays are always doing
that.
II will be comparatively easy matter
TO put him back, for the nest can be
reached with stepladder.
Evening star., 1947-05-05
New Life able

To the Editor OF The Star:
In Sunday edition Of The Star tApril
27) there was an item headed Life
Policy Table Reset-Insurance Basis
VIII Undergo Change" by George
Tucker.
I wish to advise that this article Is
not wholly true, as the Equitable Life
Insurance Co. Of Iowa went over on this
basis, using the Commissioners Stand
ard Ordinary Table Of Mortality, begin
ming March I, 1946
In the body Of the article II states
Evening star., 1947-05-05

needed, this, too, contributes to making
blighted neighborhood
All the many plans now in the works
the Districts highway plans. the Board
of Education's school plans, the Ma
tional Park Services park plans. the
Public Buildings Administrators Fed
eral building plans, and so on-will be
drawn on heavily to make the new
master plan.
Much Of this plan has already been
completed by the planning commission;
but 1t exists piecemeal like the sections
of jigsaw puzzle. This time, 1t is
to be fitted together and published so
every one can take good look.
The act insists that the commission
make this plan before the cure of rede-
velopment is applied. That makes the
master plan fundamental. When the
master plan Is finished. detailed plans
to rebuild the parts of the city already
affected by blight viii be made.
Public Hearings Scheduled.
Whole neighborhoods will be planned
dt tl1C GlLAlC. GdClA pldiA WAL UC CCllt
to the District Commissioners for ap-
proyal, after public hearing. Then
the new land agency will be given the
plan to put into effect.
The agency will acquire the blighted
land with money appropriated for the
$4,000, 900 revolving fund. Then 1t will
lease or sell the land to private rede-
velopment companies, or, In case these
aren't interested, to the National Capital
Housing Authority.
Redevelopers must reconstruct the
neighborhoods according to the ap-
proved plan.
The result will be new neighborhoods
that are likely to be revelation to many
persons familiar with present day Wash
ington.
There are likely to be fewer streets.
Those that remain will not be the
kind that attract through traffic. Many
are likely to be mere cul-de-sacs, to
serve the needs Of local property owners
only.
Enough land will be reserved In each
for new schools, much larger play
grounds. neighborhood parks and other
public facilities. Each Is likely to be
served by a carefully zoned shopping
center.
The houses and apartments won't be
fancy, But they will be much less
crowded together. There will be decent
plumbing. enough air and sunlight to
make people satisfied with living in them.
These neighborhoods can be taxed
properly; can contribute to the support
Of the community, as healthy tissue con-
tributes to the strength of the body.
If they can be cured In this way; If the
master plan can prevent other neighbor-
hoods from following in their footsteps,
not only the sos 900 waiting for green
light, but also the s20,o00.000 to come,
win continue to pay dividends to the
community for years to come.
Evening star., 1947-05-05

A few weeks ago The Star printed
three articles In this space to show
why modern cities are made up more
and more of deteriorated neighborhoods;
how people are trying to get away from
congestion, crowding, noise and traffic
hazards. Such conditions cause blight
and blight makes cities less and less able
to support themselves.
A program to counteract this trend
is about to start in Washington. It Is
the Capitals new long-range land re-
development program, made possible by
an act OF Congress last summer.
This program awaits congressional ac-
ton on two requests for Federal funds.
One Of these is for $4,000 to give
the National Capital Park and Planning
Commission necessary manpower to
draft an up-to-date master plan OF
washington, something the city has
needed for more than decade. Hear
ings on this request have been held
by the Independent Offices Subcommit:,
tee Of the House Appropriations Com
mittee The committees decision is
not yet known.
The other Is for some Of the 10000
600 revolving fund authorized by the
act to finance the work OF the citys
new Redevelopment Land Agency.
Once armed with funds, the agency
can start rebuilding the city's blighted
areas according to blueprints worked
out by the planning commissions
process likely to take many years but
that promises much benefit
This master planning-rebuilding pro-
gram is good deal more than "slum
clearance"
How Plan Will Work.
Here's how 1t is expected to work:
The preventive of future blight" is
the master plan. 1t will attempt to
show what is needed to prevent the
spread Of blight to the part Of Wash
ington not now affected. The master
plan will include the location OF Gov
ernment buildings, for this determines
where people are going to work, where
they are going to liye and how they
are going to get from home to work
and back.
Where the people work and live de-
ternines the location Of highways, park
ing facilities, utilities, schools, stores,
industry, railroads, parks, Fairgrounds.
So these considerations will also be
included in the master plan, along with
review of the zoning plan as well as
changes in the component parts OF the
city. like highways.
If highway is allowed to cut
through the heart of a residential
neighborhood, the neighborhood be-
comes noisy and unsafe and its resi-
dents want to move away. II bust
ness is located too close to homes, the
same thing is apt to happen. II there
Is no place to park where parking is
Evening star., 1947-05-05

block tn Southeast washington had been
erstencon the interior OF the
square-oj largest insanay most dangerous
community hon aboue) The National Capital
Authority removed the street and alley suns
erected modern loent housing property to accommodate az
pisibe OF the former su is the
Seventh street shon tn the loper
1t Is this OF urban htch H be possible
Districts discussed In the accompanying article
eeyng such redepeopnent By
thdn public housing
Photos By National Capital Housing Authority.
Evening star., 1947-05-05

It seems less remarkable that in
ternational affairs still are in turmoil
when we remember how hard it still
is to buy a good white shirt at a
reasonable price.
Evening star., 1947-05-05
Praise for Mr.. Horan

TO The Edito. OF The Star:
What this Nation needs Is few more
men like Congressman Walt Horan of
Wenatchee, Wash.-men who are sin
cerely interested in protecting and
safeguarding the welfare Of its citizens
as well as protecting public tax funds
"a public service frequently omitted.
AS former resident OF the State OF
Washington, want to express grati-
tude to that State for sending to our Ma
tion's Capital a public official capable OF
more than mere lip service and demon
strating public responsibility to both his
home State and the Nation.
II. E. FRIEDMAN.
Evening star., 1947-05-05
JOSEPH e. RICE, General Ager
Tough Situation, Indeed

To the Editor Of The Star:
Re: j. Kanost letter. For GIs Only
Just where does he get the idea that GIs
or ex-GIs are getting all the gravy?
It happens that am one Of the many
GIs who returned from overseas to find
all the jobs In my trade taken BY nom
veterans. So went back into the serv-
ice and for over year I've tried to
find q place here to move my family
into without any success.
But believe me, my nopyeteran friend,
II were footloose like you, I'd get out
Of Washington like rocket taking of1.
I've been separated from my wife
and family for i've years. It's getting
dificult TO remember what they locked
like. ! ar AND/oR Ex-oI.
Evening star., 1947-05-05

imminent approach to mountains or
other obstacles. II the Hughes
equipment proves to be practicable
for regular airline use. the number
of accidents caused by blind flying
should be materially reduced.
Evening star., 1947-05-05

Most OF us, too old to be supported
by parents and too young to be
supported by Government old-age
pension, are up against what might
be called the "'tween age" problem.
Evening star., 1947-05-05

viz: that without each and all accepting
their personal responsibility for that
which can bring peace and doing some
thing about 1t, there will be no lasting
peace.
Now, find fault with this action, 1t
you can! M. LINDSAY
Evening star., 1947-05-05
Action Defended in Action

To the Editor of The Star:
In The Star recently there appeared
a report that people were shy of the
word faction" in the name OF the
Women's Action Committe for Lasting
Peace because CIO political committee
has the same term in its designation. It
,the term) was referred to as extremely
radical, not to say subversive."
OF all foolish and ignorant notions,
this seems to take the cake! In the
name of the dictionary and common
sense, the word faction" means doing"
or "effecting." Aware Of the general
tendency of members to get lazy or COM
placent about cause, the Womens
Action Committee for Lasting Peace has
the wise idea of putting mplishment
by doing" in front Of its members.
Why want peace If we are not going to
be active lthe verb for "action'o in help
ing bring 1t about?
Instead Of finding fault with strong,
vital word and mixing 1t up with those
who have an equal right to any
word in the English language, why
not study It's meaning as applied to the
cause? One might just as well say the
word united" used for many question
able organizations, Is confounding the
United States or the United Nations.
In this land of liberal education, 1t is
high time that people refrained from
making wrong out OF a right Tor vice
versa) or double meaning where a
single one Is put forth. Such action
looks much like Nazi propaganda for
upsetting everything and everybody
The Women's Action Committee for
Lasting Peace has the right idea, as
voiced at their recent banquet at the
Mayfower when Gen. Eisenhower and
Mrs. Roosevelt ware tie main speakers,