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Evening star., 1947-09-12
History Repeats on Russia

To the Editor of The Star:
Below is quoted an article from the Essex
Gazette, vol. T. No. 1872, dated from Tuesday,
November &c. to Tuesday, December 6, 1774,
printed by Samuel g. Ebenezer Hall, at their
printing Office near the Town House of Salem,
Mass:
philadelphia, Nov. %.
"A gentleman now in this city, who formerly
resided in Russia, declared, that if an hundred
thousand Russians could be brought to Amer
lea, and permitted to enjoy for only one month
the liberty of speaking their sentiments freely
upon all subjects, they would be so transported
with this single privilege. that they would all
cheerfully die in defending it. How much more
are Americans contending for?"
The above is sent to you since it would seem
strange that after 173 years almost the same
words are appearing in ous newspapers
L. J. CASEY.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
When 1t Pays to Comply

The bigwig politicians in the labor unions
are engaging in lot of tall talk about
repudiating the National Labor Relations
Board and, incidentally, the duly approved
laws of the United States.
That is to be expected for the time
being, and they are not the first ones who
tried it. There is ample precedent in what
some of the bigwigs among the employers
were saying, on advice of counsel, about
what they were going to do when the
Wagner Act was approved twelve years ago.
But two very concrete developments of
the past few days are going to bring the
labor bigwigs down to earth. They are
going to face the realities of things as
they are and one of these things is the
rank and-f1l membership of their unions.
The two developments are Cd the decision
in a Texas Federal court this week, first
test of the law upholding validity OF the
non Communist afidavits, and 90 the in
decision and general uneasiness that
marked the meeting of the United Auto
mobile Workers International Executive
Board over the question OF complying or
not complying with the law.
Employees of Texas oil company voted
last month whether or not they wanted
the CIO to represent them in collective
bargaining. Before the ballots could be
counted by NLRB the Taft-Hartley law
took effect After 1t took effect the labor
board would not count the ballots until
the CIO complied with the requirements
for filing the non Communist afddav1ts.
A test suit brought the ruling from Fed
eral Judge that the affidavit requirement
was legal. Where does this leave the
CLOS local? It leaves it without any
status before the labor board. The out
come of the election becomes moot issue.
And the employer is under no compulsion
to recognize the union or dicker with its
representatives over wages and working
conditions. 1t is said that there are 5000
comparable cases pending before the labor
board.
Over in the Glenn L. Martin plant, in
Baltimore, the CLOS United Automobile
Workers and the international Association
of Machinists have been fghting battle
to organize the workers. In recent election
the CIO seems to have obtained plurality
but lacked about a hundred votes OF
majority. There was the prospect that
among challenged votes there would be
enough to swing the election to the CIO.
But that also becomes moot. The ma
chinists union is one of the first big unions
to meet NLRB requirements and win its
recognition. The CIO leaders are still
defying the law. Unless the CIO complies,
the machinists are the victors. They get
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Mognetometer Detects
Lava Areas in AIeutiuns
Device Starts Where Radar Stops;
Airborne at 100 Miles an Hour
By Thomas x. Henry

y
More than 5000 square miles OF the Aleutian
Islands stretching between Alaska and Asia
one Of the worlds volcanic "hot spots"-is
being surveyed with the airborne magnetic
meter, one of the most marvellous of the
detection instruments developed by the Navy
during the war.
This instrument, which functions by detect
Ing extremely minute variations in the mag
netic field of the earth and which is said to
start where radar stops" Is being used to
detect so-called "batholiths," great areas of
hot or molten rock, rising through the earth's
crust towards the surface. They may result
in volcanic eruptions or, subjected to enor-
nous pressures. remain permanently thou
SANDS of feet below the surface. It is be-
Heved that the magnetometer, attached to
an airplane flying over the Aleutians at
hundred miles an hour. will be able to de-
tect them. 1t also will be able to detect
differences in the structure of the earth,s
crust which could not be found In any other
way.
Used In Antarctic.
During the Navy expedition in the Antarctic
last winter the instrument was used to detect
hidden islands under the Ross ice shelf and
could survey thousand or more square miles
In an afternoon. 1t has proved invaluable in
locating petroleum deposits.
The Aleutian area long has been known as
trouble maker. The islands are an arc of the
girdle Of high mountains which surround the
Pacific and which seem to be an especially
restless part Of the world Around them
occur volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and
tidal waves. The deep Pacific trough south
OF the Aleutians is especially notable for the
destructive tidal waves which originate there
After the Aleutian survey the party will
proceed to Honolulu and make magnetometer
reconnaissance Of the Hawaiian and Marshall
Islands another exceptionally restless part Of
the earths crust Here new islands some
times appear overnight, greatly menacing
navigation.
Reports Are Promising.
The ability of the magnetometer, developed
by scientists of the Naval Ordnance Labor
atory at White Oak, Md. to detect In their
early stages disruptions thousands of feet
under the surface has not been thoroughly
established, but reports already received from
the Aleutians indicate that it Is quite promising
II the project Is successful, surveys Of all
the world trouble areas under American juris-
diction may be undertaken.
Operation Volcano" Is under the command
Of Capt Edward M. Ward and the magnetic
meter is being operated by DR.. Fred Keller
Of the United States Geological Survey. Naval
Ordnance Laboratory scientists are accom-
panying the expedition to learn how the in
strument, designed to detect deeply submerged
submarines, may be further adapted to civilian
uses. Among the jobs which have been pro-
posed for it are mapping the contour Of land
under the Antarctic and Greenland icecaps.
BY determining the structure of the land 1t
makes it possible to deduce the presence Of
oil or minerals, but 1t does not directly
locate these
Evening star., 1947-09-12

half. the hapless buyer of today will have to
stick to his bad bargain, or lose his home. Is
the rent administrator protecting tenants when
he forces them into this?
The rent administrator admitted in a re-
Gently published statement that the Washing
ton housing picture is worse than ever"-after
six years of his administration.
Perhaps the District Commissioners are too
engrossed in the social aspects of their
glamorous positions to notice what the rent
administrator is doing. Or perhaps they just
don't give darn what happens to tenant
A FORMER D. c. TENANT.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Charity Here and Abroad

To the Editor Of The Star:
I have read a letter in The Star over the
signature of Gilbert o. Nations, entitled when
Shall Giving End?" 1t begins by asking Where
Is America Going?" I would like to ask when
and where will America stop?
The writer was reared and taught to believe,
and still believes, that charity begins at home.
But alack and alas, it now looks as If charity
begins in Europe and ends in the United States
if and when there is anything left.
JUST WONDERING.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
This and That
BIZ Charles E. Trdce1Uell
CHEVY CHASE, Md.

Sx1Gf L S11hOC, N4Q.
Dear Sir:
Il was up home in New York State and the
cursed insects there serenaded their loves so
loudly that the human natives couldn't sleep.
Eve have been here this month, but the
insects here must be what you might call the
Southern variety They have decidedly low
pitched, softer drawls. At any rate, there
seems all the difference in the world.
Can you explain?
VERY sincerely yours, x. s."
One-year locusts or cicadas are the noise
makers of our local summer and early fall
Their delightful music has fascinated thou
sands of music lovers.
It is much like that of the 17-year variety,
due again in 1851.
The noise is true fiddling. 1t works up
from soft to loud exemplifying the crescendo
in music.
These odd creatures show us how the prin-
ciples of music are instilled throughout all
creation. They are not just discovery of man.
The forte, or loud and the piano. or soft, are
elements in nature.
Similarly, one might run through the other
basic ingredients of music making and show
how some natural creature exempliles them.
Even the roll of thunder reminds one OF the
drummerman and his sheets of metal!
The "hot bugs" of the summer might begin
in the afternoon, just as the 17-year locusts or
cicadas did
They seem to answer to any external stimuli
of the right sort.
Symphonic music, played on the phonograph,
will excite them to do their best.
Their preference we believe, Is for the music
of Anton Bruckner.
It is a pretty name, that-Anton Bruckner.
It's owner was a strange, peaSantllke Austrian
who never seemed to grow in the polite social
arts. He wore peasant clothes and possessed
the most unconventional manners.
But when it came to writing music, he was
altogether a genius, one too little recognized
and known, even today, when four OF his
gigantic symphonies may be secured for any
home with modern phonograph
On records may be had the fourth, fifth,
seventh and ninth symphonies
Each one runs a full hour or more.
The slow movement of the mighty seventh
symphony is one of the greatest things in
music, but for years it has been the custom
for the musically wise to dispense with this
mans music
Perhaps it is because it lacks some of the
polish of the more formal and older SYM
phonists
Well at any rate, the natural creatures Of
the world like it.
Those "hot bugs" tune up the moment they
hear the strains and by the time the trombones
get to work the bugs are roaring along with It,.
It was curious, the other day, the way the
music and the cicadas worked up their cres-
cendos at precisely the same time.
We could not help but believe that 1t was
the man-made music that inspired the insects.
There can be little question that birds and
bugs (maybe bees) hear and like music from
the house.
Birds seem to have natural preference for
Latin American melodies, especially rumbas.
House cats like tangos and congas.
Dogs, being insensitive creatures, merely
bark at music. They have no natural instinct
for it.
Song sparrows sing at fever pitch when they
hear a good rumba. ALA Baba," as played
BY Cugat, always "wows" them.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Legality of Church Raffles

Editor
I noted the following in one of the local
newspapers: Virginia and D. c. authorities
yesterday ruled that raff1es on automobiles
or other merchandise are illegal and subject
participants to fines and/or imprisonment. In
both jurisdictions, it was pointed out, the
fact that the raffies are conducted by
charitable organizations does not make them
legal"
According to the above the rafdes and tickets
of chances sold by churches for various bene-
fits are no more legal than any other form
of gambling. WALTER FIELDER.
Evening star., 1947-09-12

the dues, the members and the bargaining
rights. The CIO gets nothing
In country governed by the will and
consent of the governed, defiance of the
law is stupid. A lot of people have learned
that. 1t is not going to be so long before
the rank-and- file members of the unions
recognize that their leaders are heading in
the wrong direction-winning all the argu-
ments, perhaps, but losing all the
customers.
Evening star., 1947-09-12

tirely cut off for time. 1t is impossible to
carry on an uninterrupted conversation on
the phone.
This horrible nuisance is getting worse all
of the time. Our nerves have been shattered
during the war, having had members of our
families wounded and killed and having en-
dured other hardships. Now, when the war
has ended and we long for peace and quiet,
we are tortured by this monstrous impertl-
nence from the air lines. 1t is unbelievable
that such conditions could exist almost within
hearing of the Capital. These planes could
he compelled to circle the airport for altitude
before leaving for their routes.
Arlington Va. MRS. G. I. MUNFORO.
Evening star., 1947-09-12

that about 4,s00, 900 are penalized to some
extent by the tax inequality and less than
a fourth of that number suffer serious dis
elimination. The explanation is that the
discrimination does not begin to hurt until
an income exceeds $4,000.
Evening star., 1947-09-12

A postage stamp has been requested in
behalf of the campaign to cut down the
number of preventable accidents. 1t would
be difficult to think of more worthy
crusade to be so recognized.
Evening star., 1947-09-12

WAAi6 eA4S11 way
over our homes
day and night.
People are
startled out of
sound sleep at
all hours, even
the house dogs
start barking
as they go over.
R a dio pro-
Evening star., 1947-09-12
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

O. Why is the Presidents address to Con-
gress sometimes called state Of the Union"
message?-z. p. T.
A. The Constitution requires that the Presi-
dent give to the Congress information on the
state of the Union. His first speech after
Congress convenes In January Is therefore
sometimes referred to as his State Of the
Union" message.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
Of fact by writing The Evening Star Informat alton
bureau, 3l6 street NE. WashinEton 2. D. c.
Please inclose cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,oriter, although it is permissible for a
aDriter kno1rn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be briet.
Evening star., 1947-09-12

tuIH ILLS QlS-
loyalty in t o
loyalty. 1t is as
vast as the or
ganization it
self.
Most any one
must know that
if the Govern
ment were run
on businesslike
principles. on
Evening star., 1947-09-12

Add to Roget's Thesaurus under the
heading "Negation": No, nay, not, nowise,
not at all, not in the least, quite the con-
trary, by no means, Gromyko.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Loyalty Requires Efficiency, Too

To the Editor of The STAR
The word loyalty is one to conjure with.
How it could possibly be applied to the rank
and file of United States Government en-
ployes is beyond the comprehension of the
writer. There is no cheap panacea. there is
no mechanical scheme, or no law which can
Evening star., 1947-09-12

@. Which was the first food to be rationed
in World War II?-R. N. P.
A. Sugar, which went on the rationed list
for individual consumers on May 5, 1942 was
the first food to be rationed in the United
States in World War II. Sugar rationing for
industrial and institutional users began on
May l, 1912.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
No Peace in Arlington

TO the EDITOR OF The star:
No peace in Arlington. The people of North
ern Arlington are very indignant over the
hideous noise created by the huge four-motor
planes just clearing the tall trees as they
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Comment on Exodus Editorial

Comment on Exodus Editorial
To the Editor OF The Star
AS a subscriber and regular reader OF your
interesting paper, write to express my shock
at your editorial on Hamburg and Europe S
Jews"
When an administrator or executor violates
the provisions of trust and the instructions
and interpretations of the trustees, it is he who
is illegal" and not those who are trying to
exercise their just rights under the trust.
The League of Nations set up the Palestine
Mandate The Permanent Mandates Commis-
sion of the League were the trustees. The
British were the executors.
It is passing strange how those who bitterly
criticized Britains Socialist government and
roared in ridicule at Bevins stupid request for
Our Fort Knox gold, hasten to the defense of
British inhumanity and brutality in Hamburg,
perpetrated just few days after an Interna-
tional Commission of the United Nations recon-
mended the admission of 100000 of these un-
fortunates to Palestine.
If your parents, brothers, sisters and cousins
had been killed and you sought to reach a
haven in which to rebuild your life, would your
efforts to that end be properly classed as a
propaganda stunt?
No, 1t is the British government which de-
serves the condemnation Of mankind and it is
the hopeless victims Of the scourge we spent
defeat who deserve the sympathy and assist
ance of an aroused civilization.
THEODORE H. LEVIN.
Evening star., 1947-09-12

A'A"5 - ASH~'
O. Who were the offenders at Barataria
Island"?-D. 8. D.
A.. The pirates Of Jean Lafitte, who controlled
Barataria Bay at the entrance to New Orleans,
are known as the offenders at Barataria Island
President Madison granted them amnesty In
exchange for their participation in the Battle
Of New Orleans on the side Of the United
States
O. Where is the largest peach orchard7-
M. K c.
A. The Gardeners Travel Book says that 1t
is located at Nashville, Ark.
O. From what source do cities derive reve-
nue?-D. NJ M.
A. In 1945 municipalities obtained 64S per
cent Of all their revenues from property taxes,
Ill per cent from other governments and 1871
per cent from nonproperty taxes and charges
and miscellaneous sources
O. In battle between a lion and a tiger,
which animal would win?-L B. T.
A. The lion Is taller than the tiger, and ap-
pears larger because Of the buShy name Of the
male lion, but the tiger is longer and heavier
and has a much more savage disposition. In
a few instances when lions and tigers have
fought the tigers have almost invariably won,
but there Is one case on record when the lion
was victorious: In circus a lion and tiger In
adjoining cages broke the partitions and fought.
@. Is there Federal standard for the weight
of ice cream?-C. N D.
A. There is no Federal standard for the
weight of ice cream. Nineteen States have
established State standards. The standard
established is approximately 4.25 pounds per
gallon. However, the International Associa-
ton Of Ice Cream Manufacturers says that
most commercial ice cream averages 45 pounds
per gallon.
O. When was money first coined2-O. r.
A. The earliest known coins were probably
those of the Lydians in Asia Minor dating
from the 7th century BIC, but 1t Is possible
that China and India had earlier coins.
O. What is the title Of the Greek play In
which women banded together to prevent wara
F. v. N.
A. Lysistrata," by Aristophanes.
Evening star., 1947-09-12

To the Editor of The Star
Thank you for your editorial of September
9 on Hamburg and Europes Jews"
1t is all too easy to criticize from the side
lines the handling by the British of tragic
and extremely difficult problem. Those of us
who like fair play-and there are many such
appreciate The Stars calm and intelligent and
penetrating appraisal of this and other situa-
tions. MRS. ENID II. GUNDY.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Your editorial, Hamburg and Europe's Jews, ;"
covers the British-Jewish controversy with
Photographic accuracy.
OF all the duties of newspaper, the love
of truth and the courage to speak it rank first
and highest. newspaper of courage hears
without any intention to betray and writes
without any intention to deceive. The pages
of The Star offer living examples of these
journalistic virtues And that is why The Star
is my favorite newspaper as well as that of
thousands of others.
GRATEFUL SUBSCRIBER.
Evening star., 1947-09-12

Q. Where is the largest peach orchard7-
M. K. G.
A. The Gardeners Travel Book says that 1t
Is located at Nashville, Ark.
Evening star., 1947-03-01
George F. kIotz, II, Dies;
Retired TeIeqrapher

George F. Klotz, II, retired wes-
tern Union telegrapher who for
many years sent quotations from
the Washington Stock Exchange to
local brokerage firms, died Thurs
day in Prince Georges County Hos
pital after an illness Of three
months.
A native of Washington and resi-
dent of Prince Georges County for
IS years, MIR. Klotz retired in 1945
after IS years service with Western
Union. He lived at 5979 Rollins
avenue, Seat Pleasant.
Mr.. Klotz and his wife, Mrs. Lena
Kotz, would have celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary May 10.
In addition to his widow, he is
survived by five daughters, Mrs.
Martha R. Richardson, Mrs. Marie
L. Sansbury, Mrs. Ruth r. Parks,
Mrs. Corinne M. Dove and Mrs.
Alice Lehman, all of Seat Pleasant,
and two sons, Raymond F. Klotz,
Seat Pleasant, and George T. Klotz,
Glenn Dale, Md.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm, Monday at the Klotz home.
Burial will be in Washington
National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-03-01
Waterfalls in Love With Horse
After Seeing Armed Run Once
By Hal Boyle
A,seelassd Pres. s,off Writer.

of sugar he usually gets for win
ming.
There in the grandstand I wanted
to do something more for him
throw bucket after bucket of cham
payne over him. That seemed the
only fitting way to cool of this
equine greatness. You wouldn t
want to use tap water on q $459, IT'S
horse.
The Republican., 1947-08-07
Caravan Due August
Ninth At Grantsville

Rev D. ]. Combs, pastor, Grants
vile Methodist charge, announces
that the Methodist Youth Caravan
will arrive in Grantsviile Saturday,
August 9th. Caravan Week will be-
gin Sunday, August 10, with evening
study, worship and fellowship be-
ginning at ZOO p. m, and continuing
Monday through Friday evenings the
activities will begin at GAS p. m.
Each weekday afternoon from 2:00-
.4:l5 p. m. classes will be conducted
for Intermediates and their leaders,
also program planning and worship
activities for the Senior-Young
Peoples group.
Caravan Week will close on Fri
day night with Holy Communion and
Dedication Services.
All youth from 2 through % years
of age together with their leaders,
counselors, and parents, from all
churches Of Grantsvillc and surround
ing communities. are invited to par
ticipate in the activities of Caravan
Week.
The Republican., 1947-08-07
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