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Evening star., 1947-05-23
Whip-poor-wiII Rood

The road leads out among the 1esper hills
where. at the DaHeys end, the tDestern sky
stu shoulders NTH dark fre.
The pines gro,D shddotDv.
Silence Is a clear pool, its surface
Liohtlp RULED by small sounds
4 cyickets resolute triH In the grass
or the hum of car on a distant highuoy.
But ,phen the dusk has deepened
And the first star trembles,
Hnrki The Dftp poor -tDiHs-
strange cry uttered suddenly close at
hand
And ansUered softly from the thfckets.
No,D the eerie poices fu the Twilight,
Yintino separate ,oorld, a secret joy.
The listener is an alien;
Standing at door that he may not enter,
He dreans OF the peace icithtn.
UnheedfuI OF him, the song Uoes0H d'sd on,
Frightening NTH the stdrltght
INEZ BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1947-05-23

hesitate to 60 back and pick up where mao
left of in anger that morning. Fenard also
urged me to remove the guard from around
his house in order, he said, not to nurt Oar
lans prestige with the very French whose
support we were asking.
found Admiral Darlan somewhat apologize
about our last meeting He said he had Thought
much about what / had told him and hoped
7 would realize that at all times he was con-
cerned with the honor Of France and OF
Frenchmen.
"It should be obvious to you" replied, that
the honor of every Frenchman can only dictate
that he fight the Germans in every land.
Wherever the German uniform appears, it
should be shot at. The Nazis have violated
the solemn armistice they signed with the
French in 40 In spite OF their pledged word,
they have invaded Southern France. Even
Petain now has been compelled to protest
Hitler's actions"
Darlan, nervously putting at pipe, seized
pencil and sketehed a cable to be sent to Ad-
miral Borde in France. In 1t ne urged the
commander In chief of the French Navy to
direct the naval forces in France away from
the oncoming Nazis to French Africa. This
was the first definite move we had extracted
from Admiral Darlan toward getting us the
French feet.
The next item on my agenda was to insist on
Admiral Darlans help in getting Admiral
Esteva, governor general Of Tunisia, to resist
the German landings.
picked up the telephone and handed 1t to
the admiral. Il now desire said, that you
call Esteva and order him to fight the Ger
mans" With the alacrity of cashiered mar
shall who has suddenly been restored his army.
he seized the instrument and put through the
order. left the house again, but this time In
a better mood.
Evening star., 1947-05-23

American system, may have been poorly
answered by the jury,s verdict but still
the case itself-the States part In It, the
Judges part In it--has been thing OF po-
tentially great educational value. Actually,
within recent years, lynchings have been
declining In number. Now, with South
Carolina having set good example to be
followed elsewhere, we may hope that
they will keep on declining until they
vanish entirely. In that sense, whatever
one may think OF the acquittal. justice
may be said to have made at least some
progress at Greenville.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Some SeIf-HeIp for Congress

Rules Committee approval OF House
resolutions to investigate Municipal Gov
ernment reorganization and home rule
In the District seems to have been won
on the theory that something may come
out of it that viii show Congress how to
relieve itself; of the tedium of local
government.
The "home rule" question, Representa-
tive Dirksen assured the committee, is
secondary" consideration. Mr.. Dirksen
evidently has in mind thorough going
analysis of the degree of power that may
be delegated to the local government by
Congress. Some progress has been made
in that direction in recent years. Congress
undoubtedly can 60 much further than 1t
has gone In handing over to local gov
ernment responsibilities which are still
reserved by custom and some court deci-
sions to Congress alone.
Out of such an investigation there may
come clarihcation, for example, OF the
proposal to delegate provisional legis-
lative authority to local government
with the power of review still lodged in
Congress. Some participation by the people
might naturally follow. The difficulty
faced by any proposition for "home rule"
is to find a practical and mutually &C
ceptable method of reconciling the some
times clashing interests of the local COM
munity with those OF the National Gov
ernment in its exclusive control OF the
seat of government, and to do 1t in
manner that will assure the continued
development OF this city as an appropriate
Capital. That development cannot rest
in the hands of the local community alone.
In a letter to The Star, printed on this
page today Kenneth P. Armstrong speaks
of the mistake" made by Congress IN 1871
OF abolishing the municipal governments
of Washington and Georgetown. The mis-
take was not in their abolition. Those
municipal governments were failures, In
30 far as development Of the Capital was
concerned, and the development of the
Washington we know today began with
their abolition. 1t would be a mistake to
contemplate the return to even the ap-
proximate conditions that existed here
then. Congress should always retain con-
troll of the seat of Government, should
always share, with the local community,
financial responsibility for its maintenance
and development.
There is no conflict between that prin-
ciple and the principle that Washing
tonians should enjoy the right OF repre-
sentation in the controlling Congress and
the right to participate as Americans in
the choice OF a President and Vice President.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Justice at GreenviIIe

Justice may seem to many to have been
ill-served-as it probably has been-by
the jurys complete acquittal OF all twenty
eight white defendants in the mass lynch
ing trial at Greenville, S. C. Yet this case
the first of its kind in the history OF the
South-refects credit on the State that
prosecuted it and on the Judge who pre-
sided over it so sternly and so fairly. IRE
spective of the verdict, 1t has set prece-
dent whose effect, however difhcult to
measure at this time, promises to be whole
some and far-reaching.
The crime involved was clear enough.
A young Negro named Willie Earle, held on
suspicion of having slain a white taxi
driver, had been removed from his cell
and bludgeoned slashed and shot to death.
A mob had taken the law into its own
hands. That the accused have been cleared,
that Willie Earles murder remains unpun-
ished, may be attributable in part to the
fact that 1t is always difficult to establish
guilt on a mass basis or to try men chiefly
on the strength of their own statements,
particularly when doubts may be cast on
the voluntary nature of those statements
But whether or not the jury failed to do
its duty in this instance there can be no
question that the State of South Carolina
and Circuit Judge J.. Robert Martin, jr,
aided by the Department of Justice and
the FBI, did theirs. The record OF the
trial is proof enough Of that.
Lynching is one of the vilest forms OF
murder. It does violence to the basic prin-
ciples of our American system. 1t is jungle
killing that outrages justice and debases
the perpetrators. 1t brings shame TO the
community in which 1t takes place. 1t is
so animal-like, so uncivilized, that all
worthy people, all who believe that mans
life and liberty are precious and must
never be taken away without just cause or
fair and open trial, are sickened by it. In
prosecuting the case at Greenville, South
Carolina, stood fully on the side OF this
view, this fundamental decency, and Judge
Martin eloquently and firmly upheld 1t In
Interpreting the law.
Never before had there been such trial
In the South The crime against Willie
Earle, crime against humanity and the
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Proof Of the Need

The Royal Commission which disclosed
existence of a Moscow-controlled Com
munist fifth column" in Canada found
that there are two types OF Communists
Those who openly admit their membership
in the Communist Party and those who,
while secretly working for the party, pub
licly deny their affiliation. OF the two
classes, the commission declared that the
secret members are the most to be feared,
for they are engaged in "conspiratorial
technique" having for its purpose the In
filtration OF labor educational, scientific
and governmental organizations.
The District Court jury which yesterday
convicted Carl A. Marzani OF fraudulentiy
denying to Government loyalty investiga-
tors that he had Communist Affiliations
and activities has, in effect CLASSIFIED the
former OSS and State Department employe
as being in the second category. The ver-
dict Is most timely one, in view OF the
pending move to amplify and strengthen
the Federal loyalty program. And 1t is
highly significant one, for this was avow-
edly test case on the outcome OF which
hinged decision regarding possible prose-
cution of similar cases in the future.
The Government has good cause to be
pleased with the conviction obtained IN
the Marzani case. It has been maintained
by many persons, including some Federal
authorities, that it is almost impossible
to obtain evidence strong enough to insure
the conviction of Communists of the secret
variety AS the Canadian commission
pointed out, Communists or fellow travellers
in the civil service necessarily must deny
membership in order to retain their jobs.
It Is not an easy task for investigators to
dig up proof Of membership that will stand
up in court. The Marzani case has shown
not only that the task can be done, with
the aid OF experienced investigators and
adequate funds, but that it must be done
more effectively and more completely than
the Government has seen fit to do 1t in
the past
Evening star., 1947-05-23
About Pedestrian Control

TO the Editor Of The Star:
In support OF reader &c. W." in the May 10
Star, may add that the Washington TRAFFIC
Division shows its inability to cope with the
problem OF controlling vehicular traffic by putt
ting strict controls on the pedestrian? Using
the same theory used by the Traffic Division
we should pass laws to protect the "gunman"
by penalizing any one who gets in front Of his
gun when 1t goes off,
The first time The Evening Star carries the
headline Automobile, Walked Over by Pedes-
trian, Died From Injuries" will then agree
that the Washington Traffic Division has tbs
correct solution to the problem.
D. R H
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Oper1tion Torch
French Chiefs Agree on Command Split
After Strong Threats BY Gen. Clark
(Fitth of d Series.
By Gen. MARI Wayns Clark
Order 70 French Troops Revoked.

Order % French Troops Revoked.
That rieht-Novernber Ill thought things
were beginning to be brought under control
An order had gone to the French fleet; French
resistance to the Allies seemed to be over; and
perhaps there was some daylight to be Seen
At am. was awakened with the news
that the French order to resist the Germans ~
Tunisia had been revoked.
BY had both Darlan and Gen. JUN In my
bedroom / was boiling mad. Why. IN the
name Of all that Is decent, honorable and
intelligent, have you revoked your order TO
oppose Axis movement into Tunisia?" de-
manded
Darlan remained silent. Juin small man
with close-cropped mustache, wrung his
hands while he said that the order had not
been rescinded "It has only been suspended
until Cen Nogues arrives" he explained.
Nogues, whom Petain had named to succeed
Darlan, was due to arrive In Algiers that
afternoon
"Not once" I continued, "have you shown
me that you were working in our interests. !"
JUN continued his pleading for time, looking
across the room at the silent Darlan who was
twisting and creasing little strips Of paper and
looking somewhat like punished schoolboy.
1--WE don't recognize Nogues," I told him.
"Those whom we recognize must guarantee
that they will fight on our side against the
Germans" Il am willing to fight the Ger
mans" said JUN.
"It isn't enough to say that you are willing,
you must prove by your actions that you are
actually fighting"
But" Gen. JUN replied, you must under
stand my difhculty. I am subject to the orders
OF Nogues and honor requires that obey him"
Outburst Turned Against Darian.
'And while you are protecting your honor"
asserted, "the German troops are moving IN!
want that order reissued now!" Darlan
had still not contributed q word to the con-
versation. I turned to him for my next out
burst.
Anybody who is going to be accepted by us
must concretely show his willingness to night
against the Germans. I asked you for two
simple things to prove that you want to save
France-one, order the French heet to North
Africa and, two, resistance to the Germans IN
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Lincoln Memorial and Tai Mahal

To the Editor Of The STAR
Permit me to try to express the gratitude that
know must be felt by thousands upon thou
sands, for the letter published in The Star on
May II from H. Lee Lurie of New York, IL,
which he calls for removal of the temporary"
bridges thrown across the lagoon Of the Lincoln
Memorial, constituting the most fantastic
dissertation Of public monument great work
OF art, and the memory OF the greatest man
America has ever produced. Equally are We
indebted to The Star for the photograph 50
admirably projecting the two obstructions in
question
1t should be matter of but few days for
your most powerful and public-spirited daily
to locate and name the official or oficials re-
sponsible for allowing these ghastly disfigure-
ments to remain and thus quickly to clean up
this mess.
The Lincoln Memorial with its rejecting pool
and other superbly handicapped features pre-
vides an example, the image of which our
millions of patriotic visitors can carry back
with them to their home communities, and with
notifications and adaptations apply TO their
own parks and Fairgrounds In q different
way the Lincoln Memorial is of greater grandeur
than that alleged most perfect edif1ce in exist
ence, the Tai Mahal at Agra, India, the i'm.
perishable tribute Of Shah Jahan to his de-
parted wife. Standing similarly on an eminence
at the end OF its rejecting pool built Of trans
lucent white alabaster, with inlays of precious
stones, the Tai Mahal in its scintillating beauty
once seen is never forgotten, and no method Of
reproduction or perturbation has been able to
capture or transport It's inspiration
EAMES MacvEAGH.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Petrified Forest

Undersecretary of the Interior Oscar l..
Chapman is justified in being concerned
for the preservation Of the Petrified Forest
In Arizona There was a time, approx
mately fifty years ago, when there was
danger that the whole area would be
cleared" by the operators Of stamp
mill interested in the production of abra-
sives for the commercial market. Congress,
in 1905, finally set aside most of the pres
ent tract of little more than eighty-ive
thousand acres as national monument"
Removal of fragments Of the ancient agate
timbers is forbidden by law, and visitors
normally are watched to make sure that
the stipulated prohibition is obeyed.
Yet pieces of petrified wood openly are
offered for sale along U. S. 66 within few
yards Of the main entrance of the park.
The explanation is that there are great
quantities Of silicized lumber available in
unprotected regions nearby. Geologists
believe that practically all OF Northern
Arizona once, long ages back, was a coastal
plain periodically inundated by the sea Or
by floods originating in the mountains to
the north. The petrified trees came to
their eventual resting place by water. 1t
is estimated that they grew at least a hun
dred miles away, died, fell into one or
other of several streams, were carried
down to vanished swamps and there were
subject to the action of chemicals, includ-
ing iron and manganese oxides, which
painted" them as they hardened into an
equivalent of marble, gloriously colored
Volcanoes, earthquakes, erosion and the
gradual rising of the entire Colorado River
plateau worked together to accomplish the
results the tourist sees in the monument
today.
But what the visitor actually beholds Is
only the surface of the forest. Explora-
tion has proved that the deposit of frozen"
trees is at least twenty yards deep on an
average within the principal area in the
neighborhood of the so-called Agate
Bridge. The official guidebook of the Ma
tional Parks Service declares: Through
out Northern Arizona - there are
doubtless thousands of petrified logs scat
tered in the ground, near the surface in
thousand feet deep in others" Whole
armies of souvenir hunters might carry
away chips without seriously denuding
the adjacent landscape. II whole trunks
were to be stolen as Mr.. Chapman reported
o correspondent had suggested, substantial
derricks would be required to lift them into
the robbers trucks. The weight of silicized
wood contributes to its general immunity
from thieves. IT does not follow that the
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Complaint on Annuities

To the Editor Of The Star:
] notice In The Sunday Star that retired
United States workers are being told that econ
omy Is the key to larger annuities.
Now, we give billions of dollars away to
foreign countries without the slightest hope
of being paid back, but when it comes to the
question Of increasing the annuities Of half
starved retired annuitants We bring up the
question Of economy. Does 1t take billion
dollars to increase the pensions OF the retired
Government workers, and If so shouldn't Uncle
Sam take care of his own children before he
commences to act the Good Samaritan to the
people Of other lands?
Does Congress ever pause to think of the
suffering endured by retired Government en-
ployes whose annuities represent only frac-
ton Of their former value? The Senators and
Representatives should be reminded that
charity begins at home" They evidently
thought SO when they voted to increase their
own salaries, and to vote large annuities for
any of their members who serve for only few
years. ]. r. KIRBY.
Evening star., 1947-05-23

Tunisia. Neither
of these things
has materialized."'
Darlan finally
said: II know that
the feet has re-
ceived my mes
sage and I have
received indica-
tions that it will
be willing to come
here II the Ger
mans enter Tou-
lon. I know that
the fleet is pre-
pared to go to
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Letters to The Star
Wants Congress to Provide for
Local Governing Body
4 ths Editor of 1ns mar:

B TO tns Euff0f 81 Inc 1ters
Your recent editorial in which YOU somewhat
reluctantly announce change from your for
mer position relative to an autonomous Board
Of Public welfare points up the basic defect In
the local government Of the District Of Co
lumbia. namely. the diffusion Of authority and
responsibility and often entire lack Of responsi.
hility, due to q multiplicity Of quasi-independ-
ent boards and commissions. This situation Is
not confined 10 the Board Of Public Welfare
alone, and the transfer Of authority over vel.
fare activities to the Board Of Commissioners
will only partially alleviate it, It viii avail little
so long as Congress reserves 10 itself the powers
which elsewhere are delegated to the governing
body Of municipality What is needed Is
complete change In the basic structure Of our
local government so that it can adequately
serve the needs Of the large city that Washing
ton has become.
Prior to 1871 the cities Of washington and
Georgetown had municipal governments with
powers adequate for the needs of the relatively
small cities which they then were. In 1871
Congress made the mistake Of abolishing these
municipal governments and setting up terri.
torial form OF government for the entire Dis
trict Of Columbia with administrative powers
vested in officials appointed by the President
OF the United States who were not responsible
to the territorial legislature. The financial ex-
cesses Of these appointed officials caused Con-
gress to abolish this government in 1874, since
which time Substantially all municipal powers
have remained in Congress and the citizens OF
the District have been deprived of all control Of
their municipal government
Power and responsibility should go together
A municipal government with adequate powers
and commensurate responsibilities Is the only
solution OF the ills which beset US Home
rule" Is long overdue. Congress has neither
the time nor the facilities to act as a city
council for Washington. 1t should delegate
adequate municipal powers to a local govern
ing body chosen by and responsible to the citi.
zens OF Washington, and all administrative de.
partments of the local government, except o
traditionally independent Board of Education,
should be made responsible to this governing
body. The excuse that quasi-independent ad-
ministrative boards provide citizen representa-
ton in an otherwise unrepresentative local gov.
ernment will disappear when we have a govern
ing body elected by the people. Passage by
Congress Of the McCarran bill (s. 354) incor-
porating . commission Of representative local
citizens to draw up "home rule" charter IL
the first step toward this desirable objective.
r. KENNETH P. ARMSTRONG.
Evening star., 1947-05-23

guards at the monument should not be
maintained. With more than twenty-one
million travellers passing through the ma
tional parks in single year, It is obvious
that all OF them must be stated ade-
ouately If only to keep trafiic flowing.
Evening star., 1947-05-23

OVerWnelmlng re-
sponse we had eX-
pected and hoped
for.
1t all seemed
pretty dizzy. But
Darlan had the
control, and we
had Darlan-and
intended to use
him in the most
effective way pos
sible. So, when
Admiral Fenard
called to ask me
to see Darlan
again, I did not
Evening star., 1947-05-23

denly had his en-
pire shot out from
under him.
He stared at the
floor as he said:
There is nothing
/ can do but re-
yoke the order I
signed this morn
ing"
"You will do
nothing Of the
kind" I replied.
There will be no
re voc tion of
these orders. And
to make certain, I
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Operation Torch

BY afternoon Of November 10, and before the
pm. time OF my Giraud-Darlan meeting, the
news came from vichy that Marshal Petain
had fred Darlan as head Of the armed forces.
He appointed Gen. Nogues. governor general OF
Morocco as Darlan's successor.
I went to see Admiral Darlan immediately.
Petain had also rejected the North African
armistice The admiral was very detected
indeed. He acted like king who had sud
Evening star., 1947-05-23

Florida would be even more attractive
to visitors from the North If the natives
only would keep their cattle off the high
ways at night. 1t also probably would be
no less attractive to the cattle.
Evening star., 1947-05-23

Technicians say that radio reception can
be improved by bouncing the waves from
the moon It might also be improved by
bouncing few selected performers from
studios,
Evening star., 1947-05-23

A hundred thousand years from now
some plodding archeologist may dig up
a transit company token and wonder what
kind of world it was when people Travelled
to work in buses and not in rockets.
Evening star., 1947-05-23

Henry Wallace says that capitalism and
communism can live "side by side" But
that isn't what Karl Marx says-and Karl
came a long while ahead of Henry.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-04-09
ia TELEFONSKI KLIC
JE Bill RES NUJEN!

WASHINGTON, 8. aprila. -
Neki vojak, XII je v porocilu
neimenovan, je poskusal dobiti
telefonsko zvezo z Ft. Dix, N. j.,
ko Sc je stavka telefonskih
usluzbencev nahajala ze v pol
mem razmahu.
Operatorica telefonske zveze
"a dolgo razdaljo mu je vljudno
pojasnila, da Sc sprejemajo sa-
mo zelo nujni kici.
"stvar je taksna," je pojas-
nil vojak, "jaz sem danes sar-
tent, toda &c ne dobim te zveze,
bonn jutri navaden prostak."
To je pomagalo in sarzent je
zvezo z svojim visjim dobil.