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Evening star., 1947-12-19
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Evening star., 1947-06-03

mass military forces. Instead it arrives
at the conclusion that the need for great
numbers of trained men would be In
creased rather than decreased. They
would be needed to take over in devas-
tated homeland to seize the bases neces-
sary to carry the war to the enemy and,
eventually. to invade his country and final
1y defeat him. The consideration which,
above all, should be kept in mind is that
these men must be trained and ready when
the attack comes. Never again will an
enemy give us the opportunity to get ready
in our own good time.
These, in brief, are the conclusions
which have been agreed upon unanimously
by representative group of distinguished
Americans after nearly six months of
study and after listening to the views of
some 200 witnesses. The American people
and the American Congress can disregard
their recommendations only at the price
of reckless and blind indifference to our
survival as Nation.
Evening star., 1947-06-03

American Revolution, published in The Star
Mr.. Ickes stresses three important points
That had the Indians been strong enough
to mold their continent for themselves +
neither the Daughters nor I would be here to-
day; that genius knows no nationality and
that true artistry has nothing to do with the
fermentation of the skim
Whatever prestige these Daughters assem-
blies may have had in the past rapidly is
notwithstanding obscured by our progress
sive democracy.
The Daughters appear to live in the retro
gresslve sentiments of a bygone era. 1t was
vision, an indispensable urge toward a more
worthy accomplishment in government that
fired the soldiers of the American Revolution
to challenge English rule and to carve out for
themselves and their posterity the framework
of the splendid land of culture we have today
and which determined progressive action auto
matically will improve.
From the strictest democratic viewpoint the
Daughters never could justify their organiza-
tons existence in body polite, if contracted
vision deters their carrying on the tasks left
unfinished by their ancestors
Petty un-American resolutions, reeking with
false pride and selhshness that can only pro-
mote class aggrandizement in our land will
find less place and favor with the country S
citizenry at each subsequent annual assembly.
AUGUSTUS LEE
Evening star., 1947-06-03

It would admit 100000 Of them during the next
four years.
The idea is to let in about 100000 DPS a year.
but the bill is written so that if, say, only
10000 were to come in the first year, 100000
could come the next year. Thus the measure
provides for not more than 100000 DIP immi-
grants by the end of the first year, not more
than 100000 by the end of the second year, and
so on until the end of the fourth year.
DPS who are relatives of American citizens or
of war veterans would get priority.
Finally, for the purposes of this legislation
DIP is defined as a person swept by the tides
of war into Germany, Austria or Italy, who
will not go home for fear of persecution.
Recognition of a Human Emergency.
This is what the bill provides. 1t is equally
important, of course, to understand what it
does not provide.
For example, it in no way amends or under
mines existing immigration laws. 1t recognizes
the temporary existence of a human emergency
the presence in Europe of nearly a million
persons who cannot stay where they are and
have no place to go. 1t temporarily unties our
hands to enable us to cope with this emergency
1t neither questions nor affects our current
policy Of severely restricted immigration
Note, too, that the bill does not in itself admit
anybody to the United States Whether an in
dividual DIP could come here would still be up
to the immigration authorities. The Stratton
bill only makes it possible for an immigration
officer to let in DIP who would be qualified for
admission under existing immigration laws
if quota restrictions did not keep him out
This means that each DIP immigrant would
have to be certified by our authorities as
healthy-in the theological as we'll as the ply
Slcal sense. 1t means that some person or or
ganization in this country would have to under
take, in the case of each individual DIP to see
10 1t he will not become public charge here
In the same way, American citizens or Ameri-
can organizations would have to pay for the
passage to this country of every DIP unable to
pay his own way. For the program laid down
enormous expense of maintaining these people
in their European camps. is calculated to cost
the Government nothing. ..,..
A vigorous campaign is under way to round
up this necessary financial sponsorship. 1t
may be doubted that enough affdavits of sup
port can be secured to permit 400 900 DPS to
enter the country. But it cannot be doubted
that If the Stratton bill passes enough DPS
would qualify for admission to break the back
OF the problem
America is not of course being asked to
solve this problem alone. But if she assumes
her proper responsibilities of leadership, the
world will see that these homeless people find
home.
tlomorroW; Pros and Cons of the Proposal
to Admit DPs)
Evening star., 1947-06-03
The ADD ell Krim Affair

The escape" of ADD ell Krim, hero of
the Riff1an War of the early 192Os, is an
episode combining the dramatic and pic
turesque with important diplomatic and
political implications.
Just how the veteran Moorish leader
managed to Jump ship" and take asylum
in Egypt is not yet quite clear. The
Egyptian government has denied that it
was prearranged, asserting that it con-
sented to plea from ADD ell Krim to be
allowed to land
The French are both angry and appre-
henSive. For the past 81 years, Add ell
Krim has been kept in exile on Reunion,
a lonely French island colony in the
Indian Ocean. Recently, the French gov
ernment committed his sentence to a more
comfortable existence in a villa on the
Riviera Perhaps incautiously, the ship
which bore him from Reunion was routed
through the Suez Canal, where this mer-
chant vessel fell under Egyptian juris-
diction. The result was the escape of the
distinguished captive.
Despite the lapse of more than two
decades, the fame and prestige of ADD el
Krim have remained high throughout the
Islamic world. He it was who marshalled
the Riff1an tribes to a revolt which first
broke Spain's grip over northern Morocco
and ultimately challenged French control
over the rest of that country. Only after
five years of fierce and sanguinary fighting
did overwhelming French forces under the
command of the gifted Marshal Lieutey
defeat Krim and compel his capitulation
In those days, France was still great
power; so the Riffian War remained merely
an episode. But Add ell Krim had chal-
lenged European dominance over North
Africa, proclaiming holy war" for the
liberation of the Islamic peoples from the
western yoke. Furthermore, his skilled
leadership and the high fighting qualities
of his followers had revealed latent dan
gers to European supremacy throughout
the Near and Middle East
Today, both France and Europe are bled
white and semibankrupt from the worst
war in human annals. while everywhere
formerly subject peoples are seeking to
throw off western tutelage. North Africa
is certainly stirring with an Islamic
nationalism which contains highly explo-
sive possibilities At such a moment, the
temperance of the Riflan hero on the
political scene is, at the very least, pro-
vocative symbol, even if the man himself
may be ageing and infirm. Add el Krim
can certainly be trump card in the hands
Evening star., 1947-06-03

@. Does the papaya grow on tree?-J. J.
A. Although often referred to as tree, the
papaya actually is an herbaceous plant having
single stem Is to Is feet in height and sur
mounted by cluster of large leaves. The fruit
is borne near the top of the trunk. Few fruit
trees grow as quickly or yield as heavily as
the papaya.
@. When the proposed statue to Franklin
D. Roosevelt is erected in England, will it be
the first to honor President of the United
States?-C. r. T.
A. No There is statue of Abraham Lincoln
by Saint Gaudens in Parliament Square Lon
don. In 1921 a bronze copy of Houdons
famous statue OF George Washington In
Richmond, Va, was presented by Virginia. It
stands at the right of the entrance to the
National Gallery in London.
@. Was reward given to Tench Tilghman
for bringing news of victory at Yorktown in
1871 to the Congress?-H. NJ P.
A. He was given horse properly capari-
soned, and sword by Congress on October
%, 1871. in recognition of his services.
Evening star., 1947-06-03
Those Wasted Potatoes
To the Editor of The Star:


I refer to q recent picture in The Star
more than so tons of surplus potatoes, dumped
by the Government near here (Foley, Ala
Friday because of a glutted market" The name
should be changed to Folly. Ala And we are
called upon to give money to help feed the
starving millions of Germany and other Euro
pean countries. Many thousands in our own
country who are having hard time feeding
their families with outrageous high prices Of
foods would be only too glad to get some of
these potatoes that are being wasted by the
stupidity of this Government action.
The Government is making great hunt for
Communists, in Government employ and else
where in this country. wonder If there is a
Communist in the country who would be guilty
of ordering such a stupid and nonsensical act
as destroying good food when many thousands
in this country are sadly IN need of it? The
whole country would greatly benefit if We could
get the fools out of Government employ
H, B. BRADFORD.
Evening star., 1947-06-03
A Fantastic Proposition

One of the worst things that could come
out OF the pending local tax program would
be another increase in the real estate tax
One of the most fantastic things that
could come out of it would be to soak
the real estate owners instead of increas-
ing the relatively low tax on liquor. Both
are possibilities.
Last fall the District Assessor ordered a
fiat 20 per cent increase in the assessment
OF residential property Improvements. He
had his reasons for doing it, chief among
which was the general appreciation in real
estate values. This increase in assess
ments on residential property amounted to
an average increase of 16 per cent in taxes
on row house. The same increase would
have resulted from raising the $ax rate
from SITS to $2.03.
Now there is talk of increasing the tax
rate itself from SITS to S. This increase,
together with the increase in assessments,
would amount to an average tax bill in
crease of about 80 per cent within year.
The two increases would be analogous to
raising the tax rate from SITS to $2.31.
The assessor here follows higher stand
ard of assessment than in almost any city
of the country. That accounts for the low
rate of taxation. But if the local home
owner is to be caught in a whip saw, with
the assessor raising his, standards of
assessment on the one end while Congress
boosts the rate on the other, he is going
to be in bad way. The penalty placed on
home ownership in Washington is going to
be too high and the city will suffer in
consequence.
The so cents gallon tax on liquor
in Washington is one of the lowest in
the country In Maryland, for example,
the comparable tax is $1.25. In New York
it is 81 So Virginia, of course, has State
monopoly. 1t sells about the same amount
of hard liquor as is sold in Washington
yet it obtains $19O00,O00 year in revenue,
compared with Washington's $3000,000
The low tax here accounts in part for the
fact that more liquor is sold per capita
in Washington than in any other spot
in the country. A lot of loWtaxed liquor
sold here is sent into the higher taxing
States. Doubling the liquor tax here might
decrease the sales Yet it would add only
~ CellGS 14ltH W tile IlISn prize Ol llquof,
And it would produce an estimated $780,
600 year in additional revenues.
This $2.S00000 may be compared with
the $3,000,000 to be obtained by raising the
real estate and personal property tax rate
from $1.75 to 81. In other words there
is choice between raising taxes on liquor
or on real estate. The idea of abandoning
the liquor tax increase and putting it on
real estate owners may be a great tribute
to the liquor lobby's influence But voteless
Washington home owners should fight it
to the last ditch. They are paying a fair
share now. There are others who should
help carry the load, especially the luxury
liquor trade.
Evening star., 1947-06-03
Circus Parade in EurIy DAYS

In black. alpaca, UieIding paln,-Ieat tan, {,
With hickory rocker placed to get the
breeze,
Grandfather sat, surrounded By the clan,
Upon the spacious porch among the
trees;
Grandmother, when the big cdlltope
Began to play. quickly corralled her
Inside the s,oinging gate, Because" said
she,
"The elephants may terrtty the horses
Lined up inside the fence 1t seemed
for ages. i.
Then doacn the street the elephants
numbering tread,
The c1o,ons, and lions and tigers in their
cages,
With gilded bars and wagons painted
red;
The neighbors stopped in after the parade.
And areat-aunt serred them cake and
lemonade.
INEz SHELDON TYLER.
Evening star., 1947-06-03
i the Arab League and its ambitious

of the Arab League and its ambitious
designs.
It is interesting to note that the Rifaans
themselves today appear to be on better
terms with their Spanish suzerain than
the other North African Moslems are with
their suzerain, France. The Riff, a range
of rugged mountains rising almost sheer
from the African side of the Straits of
Gibraltar, is the home of the most warlike
Moorish tribes. Their proverbial pugnacity
gave word to the English language. In
the seventeenth century, England acquired
the port city of Tangier but soon aban-
doned it as too hard to hold. The English
garrison brought back tales of those super
tough natives, the Riff1ans. Eventually,
the word "ruf1ians was adopted in our
vocabulary to denote person of ferocious
and murderous propensities.
Evening star., 1947-06-03


For 100000 suffering Europeans the most
important thing in the world today is what the
American Congress chooses to do about an un-
pretentious two pages of proposed legislation
called HR2910, otherwise known as the "Emerg-
ency Temporary Displaced Persons Admission
Act" or Stratton bill.
A skeptical subcommittee of the House Ju-
dietary Committee starts work on this measure
tomorrow. Rarely. in peacetime, have so few
been the casual but absolute custodians of
the fate of so many. If Congress mods its
head, the world is big enough for the DPS. If
Congress yawns or frowns these living victims
of the war might just about as we'll have died
The conscience of the non-Russian world
has recognized that the DPS must be resettled
1t is obvious by now that they cannot be re-
settled unless the United States, as leader
of the non Russian world takes the lead in
seeing that they are. HR291O is designed to
permit us to do precisely that.
The Citizens Committee on Displaced Per-
sons, which drafted the bill, and Representa-
tive Stratton, Republican, of Illinois, who spon-
sors it, are up against one hard barrier in
their attempts to help America contribute its
= fair share toward solution of the DIP problem.
This barrier, of course, is our immigration
quota system. The number of potential immi-
grants of given nationality in each year de-.
pends arbitrarily on the number of people of
that national origin who were in the United
States in 1920.
If, for example, the DPS were English and
German, we could take in reasonable pro-
portion of them without any special legislation.
Quotas Are Barriers Now.
They happen, however, to be people who are
afraid to return to Russian dominated east
ern Europe. Most of them are Poles and Balts.
and the quotas for these states are notoriously
low. Under the quotas, it would take us about
100 years to bring in the DPS from the Baltic
States, and about go years for the Poles
The great irony of the system is that owing
to the way the quotas are distributed not even
the limited numbers of people permitted to
come to the United States do come here. Legal
ly, We can take 154 900 immigrants a year
Actually, since 1929. we have averaged only
10000 year. ''#'"
Mr.. Stratton's is the latest OF series of
DIP bills introduced by various legislators in
cuding Senators Mcmahon Ives and Chavez
and Representatives Celer, Klein, Lesinski and
SABBATH. Most of. these measures have sought
to permit the DPS to use unused quota numbers
of past years. HR2910 would make available
to them some of the quota numbers that were
NOT used during the period of the recent war.
Mr. Stratton aims at turning over to the DPS
a modest half of our unused war quotas, less
than II per cent of the quota numbers un-
filled since 1929.
His bill would lift the quota barrier tenn
porarily for DPS otherwise qcsdfied TO enter
the United States. Over and above the quotas,
Evening star., 1947-06-03
Communist Labor Leaders

The House Labor Committees report on
conditions at the Allis- Chalmers plant in
Milwaukee, where a CIO union is alleged
to be under Communist domination, falls
into two parts.
One concerns the question whether some
of the union officials have testified falsely
under oath in denying Communist afilia-
tions This is simply a matter of what
the proof shows. If there Is enough evil
dence to support the allegation of perjury,
it may be presumed that the offenders
will be prosecuted on that specific charge.
The other phase of the report deals
with broader and more difficult question
1t is proposed first, that any employer or
union be free to discharge or expel any
employe who is member of the Com
munist Party. There will be few to differ
with the reasonableness of this, especially
since the Federal Government already is
following such a policy. There is some
uncertainty, however, as to just what the
committee wants done, since there is
nothing in the law now which forbids an
a Communist. Presumably difficulty would
arise in the case of Communist who also
happens to be an active union leader. If
he were to be discharged, the employer
might run afoul of the National Labor
Relations Board on the theory that the
discharge was based not on the employees
Communist afflliation, but on his union
activity. This, of course, could be cleared
up by legislation.
The second proposal would relieve en-
ployers of any obligation to bargain col
lectively with representatives of their
workers who are members of the Com
munist Party or who "can reasonably be
regarded as being member of or affiliated
with such party"
The quoted language is much too vague.
If Congress is favorably disposed toward
the essence of the committee proposals, it
should insist upon clarifying this section.
Evening star., 1947-06-03
Letters to The Star
Housekeeping Assistance

Housekeeping Assistance
To the Editor of The Star:
Each year when the District bill comes before
Congress there is one item which seems to
get misplaced or lost in the shuttle.
The appropriation asked is not large, but it
is doubtful if any similar amount does so
much good to so many at such small per
capita cost. I am speaking of the $43,873
asked for Housekeeping Assistance, an organ
ization under the Health Department which
sends trained person to attend sick sent
home early from an overcrowded District hos
pital or unable to get into hospital,
In three separate capacities, I indorse this
service and recommend it for appreciation and
support
ID As member of the Citizens Advisory
Committee, I know the intelligent thought
that is given to the direction of this work,
placing and training of its personality
group of professional and volunteer represen
tatives of important organizations
(2) AS volunteer case worker, have per-
sonally sought help for local families in des-
perate circumstances-and of my own knowl
edge can state that many sick mother unable
to get up from bed to attend her young
children, has been helped to keep the family
fed and clothed and the house clean by the
assignment of a housekeeping aide until she
regained her strength and was able to resume
her responsibilities
90 AS a taxpayer, am convinced that any
money appropriated for the Housekeeping Aides
does worthwhile job in conserving health
in curbing juvenile delinquency by preserving
family ties, in teaching sanitation and intelli-
gent buying and preparation of food to the
families aided. Also actual dollars and cents
are saved by the District in the continuation
of this group by (a] money saved in hospital
expenses and relieving the overcrowded hos
pitals; (b) money saved in keeping the children
home instead of in increasingly scarce and ex-
pensive foster homes, and (c) in the main
tenance of family standards and civic welfare
by keeping the family intact in emergencies.
Would it not be possible to draw attention
to this group, while the District bill is before
Congress, or to have a reporter write up a
story, giving not only statistics. which are
available at Housekeeping Assistance head
quarters but also a few human interest stories
of the many families so effectively aided in
1916?
This is not charity, it is intelligent civic
conservation of health, life, and standards in
our community. ELIZABETH HEMPSTONE.
OAR and Progressive Democracy
To the Editor OF The Star:
My compliments go out to former Secretary
resolutions unanimously passed by the 56th
Evening star., 1947-06-03

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
1Ortter, although it is permissible for q
10riter knoWn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be briet.
Evening star., 1947-06-03

To those who argue that evil may be
ignored it might be useful to cite the
influence of one bad egg in an omelet.
Evening star., 1947-06-03
Questions and Answers

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OAR and Progressive Democracy
To the Editor Of The Star:
My compliments go out to former Secretary
of Interior Ickes for his analytical comment on
resolutions unanimously, passed by the 5sth
Continental Congress of the Daughters of the
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Grace Lenczyk Seen
.Cinch for Golf Title
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July lo.-Two
Ohio co-eds and q Michigan lass
had their eyes on the National
Women's intercollegiate golf title
today when semiflnal firing began
at Ohio State University's course.
but the event still looked to be a
shoo-in for lopg-hitting Grace
Lenczyk of Newington, Conn, the
pretournament favorite.
With medalist honors and two
lopsided match-play victories thus
far, the Arnold College girl was ex-
pected to skim past Rosann Shaf1er
of Toledo, representing Rollins
College of Florida.
The second semifinal match paired
Miami Ohio Universitys Carol
Clark Of Cincinnati against Shirley
Spork OF Michigan State Norman,
Detroit.
Miss Shaffer, who was decked out
Yesterday in red-and-white plaid
pedal-pusher pants and had her
hair done up in pigtails, has been
gallery favorite so far She reached
the semifinals by ousting Rollins
teammate, Clara Jane Mosack. 2
and /, yesterday, while Miss Len
czyk was eliminating Gloria Clark
of Washington State College, 5
and 4.
Miss Spork won from Helen (Pat)
Goldthorp of Centenary Junior Col
lege, 6 and 5. and the Cincinnati
girl beat Nancy Porter of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, 3 and /.
p Miss Lenczyk shot the days best
golf, 81 on the outgoing nine.
three under women's par.