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Evening star., 1948-01-08
The Shipping Should Stop

To say that Assistant Secretary of the
Interior C. Girard Davidson's proposal for
drastic revision of the Presidents loyalty
program is -bewildering would be an un-
reinstatement. 1t just does not make sense.
Here is a high Government official pro-
posing in effect, that when the Federal
Bureau of Investigation seeks to protect
the identity of witnesses against sus-
pected Federal employe, Interior investi-
gators go out and try to find the witnesses
and bring them in so that the employe
may confront them and cross examine
them This would mean not only that one
group of Federal investigators would be
working in opposition to the interests OF
another group, but would be duplicating
the efforts of the FBI in loyalty cases.
All of this Is directly contrary, of course,
to the well-considered plan already ap-
proved by President Truman and by the
Loyalty Review Board.
Mr. Davidson told The Star that he had
sent letter on the subject to "the ad-
ministration" with the knowledge of Sec
retary Krug. Inquiry disclosed that the
letter went to the White House. The
Assistant Secretary says Mr.. Krug did not
sign the letter. but knew what it was all
about. Mr.. Krugs office has informed The
Star, however, that the letter was per
sonal' one, representing not Mr.. Krugs
ideas but those of Assistant Secretary
Davidson. This is a most unusual situa-
ton, to say the least. Mr.. Krug, in fair
hess to the President and the loyalty pro-
gram, should lose no time in repudiating
the ideas espoused by his assistant.
This is not the first time that Mr..
Davidson has expressed criticism of the
Presidents plan for wedding subversive
employees out of the Government. In a
recent radio address here before the Press
Radio Wing of the American Veterans
Committee, he insisted that the civil
rights" of accused employees must be pro-
tected by according them the right" OF
confronting and cross-e examining wit
nesses. The President and the Loyalty
Review Board have said these rights"
cannot be granted without destroying the
whole loyalty program, for the FBI cannot
divulge the identity of its confidential
informants.
Such criticisms of the program as those
by Assistant Secretary Davidson and by
Federal Communications Commissioner
Durr can do much harm. Successful ad-
ministration of the admittedly difficult
loyalty undertaking Is largely dependent
on public confidence in its justice and
fairness. If high Government officials are
going to continue their criticisms of the
plan and of the investigative agency
charged with the tough job of carrying it
out, there is danger that the entire pro-
gram will be undermined. The President
should see to it that this sort of sniping
by members of his official family is stopped
Immediately.
Evening star., 1948-01-08

has been authorized. Nothing, however,
has been done as yet about Edgar Allan
Poe, Will Rogers, Jerome Kern, Buffalo
Bill Cody, George Bellows, William Cullen
Bryant, O. Henry, John Burroughs, Peter
Cooper, Elijah Lovejoy, Thomas Paine,
Elihu Root, Ralph A. Blakelock, Hiram
Powers and Charles P. Steinmetz. All of
these celebrated persons, chosen at random
from the nominations of collectors, were
architects of our civilization, and every
citizen is indebted to them for the exam
Piles they set.
Evening star., 1948-01-08

contributory causes. Perhaps the primary
one is the fact that Britain began the
intensive exploitation of its coal deposits
nearly century and half ago, when
Britain was the pioneer in the economic
Transformation known as the industrial
revolution. The consequence was that, by
the turn of the present century, its richest
and most accessible coal seams were being
worked out, whereas coal fields in the ad-
jacent continent of Europe and elsewhere
were just getting into their stride.
Instead of overcoming these handicaps
by modernization, the British coal industry
That spelled industrial strife and chronic
bitterness on the part Of the miners. The
upshot was decline in output from 287,-
600, 900 tons in the peak year of 1918 to a
low in 1946 of 191, 100000 tons-far below
the danger line.
It was under these catastrophe
conditions that the Labor government
nationalized the coal industry, with gen.
eral approval, since even most economic
conservatives understood that private
capital could not modernize the industry
under the postwar situation. Improve
ment during 1947 has naturally been
vindication of the change in British eyes,
But basic rehabilitation of the industry
will be long and costly process. The
production goals on long-range basis
envision an output of 245,00O,00O tons by
1851 and an eventual average attainment
Of 250,000,000 tons. Whether that am
bilious objective can be attained depends,
not only upon economic changes within
Britain, but also upon the world situation
in the coal industry, together with the
competitive struggle between coal, oil,
hydroelectric power and possibly atomic
energy as well.
Evening star., 1948-01-08
Stamps in Homage

The f1rst-day sale of the George Wash
ington Carver stamp at Tuskegee Institute,
Alabama, this week was an event of i'm
portance for the whole Nation It gave
expression to his countrymens' apprecia-
ton of the life and services of an American
who was born slave but who at the time
of his death five years ago had achieved
worldwide recognition both as an artist
and scientist as we'll as a leader in the
Negro races social progress. Such a
tribute, of course, was deserved. It had
been earned by long career of selfless
devotion to the common good.
But DR.. Carver did not stand alone. He
was one of large number of persons who
merit inclusion in the national gallery of
stamps. Booker T. Washington was hon.
ored in 1910 coincidentally with four other
educational pioneers-Horace Mann, Mark
Hopkins, Charles w. Eliot and Frances E.
Willard. Just few months ago Thomas
Alva Edison was added to a group of
inventors including Eli Whitney, Samuel
F. B. Morse, Cyrus Hall Mccormick, Elias
Howe and Alexander Graham Bell. In
1945 Alfred E. Smiths claims on the formal
gratitude of his contemporaries were con-
ceded in postal label which still is cur
rent Four stamps, meanwhile, were
issued bearing the portrait of Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
AS representatives of the arts, Washing
ton Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Ralph
Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, Mark
Twain, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John
Greenleaf Whittier James Russell Lowell
Walt Whitman, James Whitcomb Riley
Stephen Collins Foster, John Philip Sousa,
Victor Herbert, Edward Mcdowell, Ethel
bert Nevin, Gilbert Stuart, James A. Nc
Neill Whistler, Augustus Saint-GaudenS,
Daniel Chester French and Frederick
Remington have received the accolade
of the Post Office Department as famous
Americans" The same observation applies
to the scientists John James Audubon, Dr.
Crawford w. Long, Luther Burbank, DR..
Walter Reed and. in sociology. Jane
Addams.
No narrow partisan interest was involved
in the production of these ''commemora-
tives." But there are some national figures
whose absence from the philatelic gallery
has been noticed again and again without
correction. A stamp for Francis Scott Key,
author of 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1948-01-08
This and That
BIZ Charles E. Trdce1Uell

BETHESDA, Md
Dear Sir:
"We have some time-tellng mockingbrds
"There are two of them, and every morning
at O'Clock they fly onto the porch rail.
There they perch and wait for raisins to be
served up.
This has been going on for week, now. It
makes pleasant interlude. These are pretty
birds, do not know If male and female or two
males.
II am sure that at least one of them is male,
because he manages to get the food first, every
time!
II have tried to fool them by putting out the
raisins ahead of time, but they do not come
until exactly the stroke of o'clock
"Afe all birds as methodical as this with such
a good time sense?
"And how long, too, do you think these will
stay, if keep on putting out food for them?
Sincerely yours, c. ON"
Most birds have time sense.
Close observation of song sparrows has shown
that they feed their nestlngs in rotation almost
on schedule:
That is, they begin each day at exactly the
same time, and seem to have well-developed
idea as to the amount of time required for
the task.
many times an hour.
Song sparrows, again, have been watched
while bathing, and do 1t on a schedule, evident
ly, so many seconds in the water, so many wait
ing; in this way, one bird in nearby Maryland
was clocked, while in his bath, to the tune of
seconds in the water, to seconds wait between
dips the total of so dips registered did not show
a seconds variation in the schedule.
y X X
It may be question whether this shows any
real knowledge of time, though.
1t may be nothing more than the influence OF
light, but what after all. is time but light?
Birds may be regarded as light motors, in
very real sense
Even their actions in spring are motivated,
it is now thought, by the influence of light,
rather than heat.
Experiments under controlled lights have
shown that birds begin to nest when the light
becomes of certain strength, regardless Of
the time Of year.
At the Christmas season and after light is
lengthening, in the popular sense. No doubt
the birds feel this long before human beings do.
The fact that they fly in on what seems to be
a regular schedule has been noticed by many
home observers.
The blue jays are prime instances of this.
These handsome birds fly in small bands,
mainly father and mother and three or four
children.
Such band will visit feeding station at
intervals, maybe three or four times day, stay
ing only few minutes each time
For several years a band made habit of
flying into one of our own feeding stations at
exactly 7:2O O'Clock every morning.
We timed this for several weeks, and there
was not seconds variation from day to day.
Mockingbirds usually do not have this cor
rect time, as it may be called, on their minds
so persistently.
Our correspondents birds are likely to stay
as long as food Is put out for them, but they
may not be so regular in attendance as the days
grow longer.
Evening star., 1948-01-08

We must acknowledge that there is truth in
all things and must strive to win now that
truth from the husks that may surround 1t,
thus and only thus will we attain freedom, for
freedom comes only through truth. Freedom
from worry will come when we have learned
the truths that make us free, freedom from
disease will come only when we have learned
the truths of health and not until we know the
rules that govern our bodies, and live by those
rules. Many Of these laws even the most emf
nent scientists have not yet discovered yet all
of us daily do things that we enjoy, well
bodies This is true In the spiritual and moral
realms.
The coming of world order lies In our hands
inasmuch as the world is made up OF individ-
uals. If each one of us reformed himself, &C
cording to even the imperfect truths that we
have so far assimilated, the world order indeed
would be at hand. Here is the truth: Will it
make us free? Only If we believe and practice
that belief GEORGE M. ANDERSON.
Echo From Harrington
To the Editor of The Star.
have Just finished reading letter titled
"A Harrington Tenants View published In
The Star on January 3.
AS another tenant I am writing to you TO
concur with the communication of my fellow
resident The Fairmac Corp, which purchased
the always profitable darlington from the
Defense Homes Corp. at less than the original
construction costs, has given repeated evidence
during the last three months that 1t intends
to exploit the property with minimum regard
for its employees, the residents or the commu-
nifty ANOTHER DARLINGTON TENANT.
Nothing to Be Afraid Of?
To the Editor Of The Star:
With reference to your editorial entitled
Bread and Perdition" in The Sunday Star,
January 4, would like to offer you the conso-
lation of "a eminent scientists who constitute
the Food and Nutrition Board of the National
Research Council, as well as that Of the Amer
ican Medical Association. Also, I would like to
assure you that the manufacturers OF the
chemical agent used in treatment Of flour, the
baking and milling industries, and the Food
and Drug Administration have co-operated
Fundamentally and at great expense in ascer-
tanning the facts with regard to the process
and its public-health Implications.
Only about one-han of the flour, instead Of
the 90 per cent indicated by DR.. Carlson, Is
chemically treated. Much Of the flour used in
commercial bakeries cannot be used promptly
without chemical treatment because it forms
a sticky dough. The bleaching Is incidental
to this treatment. Although the treated -four
has not been shown to be harmful to humans,
alternate processes are being developed and
the use Of nitrogen trichloride reduced to .
minimum as fast as it is technically possible
to do so.
In view of the overall facts, do not believe
the alarm expressed in your editorial u
warranted. Leroy VORIS.
Executive Secretary National Research
Council
Evening star., 1948-01-08
Nv THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HAsKN SERVICE.
O. What is the history OF Convention Hall IN
Philadelphia IN. j. A.
A. Convention Hall, Thirty-fourth street and
Vintage avenue was opened in 1881 and seats
$1,000 with space for an additional 1000 per-
sons on the stage The building was designed
In the Renaissance style by Philip johnson and
is constructed OF marble limestone and steel.
@. What was the last date OF enrollments
In the CCC2-J. w. M.
A. The Department Of the Army says that
under date Of July 2, 1912, public law SAT was
enacted by the Seventy-sevehth Congress OF
the United States, such act providing for the
liquidation of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
the subsequent disbandment Of all CCC camps
and abolishment Of all administrative positions
in connection Herewith Enrolment IN the
Civilian Conservation Corps was last effected
in June, 1912.
q. What portion of the earth surface never
receives any snowfall2-B NICK.
A. Snow never falls over ons-third Of the
earth's surface. From the Equator to latitude
80 degrees snow is almost unknown at sea level.
@. Why do farmers burn wood to ashes on
the ground before planting tobacco seed2-A. E.
A. This is done to purify the ground Of germs
or insects which might injurs the tender young
plants 1t also warns the earth and makes
it easier to pulverize to . great depth.
Evening star., 1948-01-08
Keeping Hands Off


and Cancellation Service to keep hands
of any bargaining dispute between an
employer and q union which has failed
to comply with the Communist AFFIDAVIT
provision of the Taft-Hartley law is un-
questionably right.
1t Is true that the law does not require
any union officer to sign the aff1davit
stating that he is not Communist. But
it is also true that this provision was
written into the law by Congress in the
hope that Communists would be driven
out of key spots in trade unions.
To this end, Congress saw fit to deny
the services of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to noncomplying unions,
which actually means that Congress in
tended to deprive such unions of the
means Of enforcing the collective bargain
ing rights guaranteed by the law to unions
which do comply.
This congressional purpose to eradicate
Communist control of any union Is a thor
oughly wholesome and desirable one. And
it is right that other Government agencies
should adopt policies designed to further,
not to Illustrate, this purpose.
In the case of the GSI strike there is
room to sympathize with the striking en-
ployes, for there is reason to suspect that
many of them do not comprehend the
probable consequences Of the, course to
which they have committed themselves.
But in this case, as in any other, the
remedy lies, not in circumventing the in
tent OF Congress, but in getting rid of
union officers who refuse to comply with
the anti Communist provision of the law,
Evening star., 1948-01-08
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
writer, although it is permissible for
writer knoUn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-01-08
Truth and World Freedom

Truth and World Freedom
To the Editor Of The Star.
Man has ever sought truth, yet far too fire.
quently he was so blind that he could not see
the truth when it stood before him. You are
familiar with the story of the Quest of the
Holy Grail, immortalized in song, story, and
picture After travelling over many countries,
enduring untold hardships the Grail Is found
in the possession of beggar at the castle gate,
beggar whose pleas they spurned as they rode
forth on their quest
THE truth shall make the world free" but
they must not be too blind to see the truth. So
many of us are blinded by prejudices and
hatreds racial hates, social hates denomina-
tional hates. We.are so busy hating the factors
that we do not agree with that we have no
time or energy left to examine the whole to
see if there are not golden grains of truth in
it that 1t might pay us to gather. swelled with
our own self importance, we firmly believe that
anyone or anything that does not agree with
us is bound to be wrong. None are so blind as
those who will not see.
The churches of Christ are sundered by puny
differences, they are squandering His time and
His Sustenance in wasteful separation and His
kingdom cannot come until these differences
are forgotten. Prejudice, self-opinienation,
belief that we are right and others are wrong
because they do not believe as we believe.
Truth can only be found by laying aside the
blindness Of prejudice and studying the facts
as they are. Our little three-story world of yes
terday, that was so snug and cozy, with its
attic heaven and its basement hell and its
ground floor earth has simply been obliterated
under the impetus of modern thought and
modern knowledge of truth. Scientific knowl-
edge has advanced immeasurably from the
seventeenth century, yet the people Of Christ's
churches are still quibbling over the minutiae
that appeared so important to the church men
of that distant time.
The life of Christ Himself was one of growth;
"He grew in stature and in favor with God and
man." He grew in character and in strength
until He was able to make the supreme sacrifice
for the world. No God of love would allow
that sacrifice to 60 unrewarded. no God Of love
would be faithless to His promise and make
nugatory His sacrifice. The future life, as
see It, revealed in the life of Jesus. Is q matter
of growth growth In stature, growth in knowl-
edge, and growth In spirit, which is to inter-
pret the future Life In terms Of development.
Evening star., 1948-01-08
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to- any question o.
fact by writing The washington star Information
Bureau 316 I street NE. Washinston u y. ~
please lnclose cents for return postage
Evening star., 1948-01-08

It is generally felt the twenty-six-inch
snowfall In New York City will stand as
record for years unless Hank Wallace goes
through with the determination to be
showed under,
Evening star., 1948-01-08
Balcony Within a Balcony
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor Of The Star:
As an admirer OF President Truman, I very
much regret that he has seen proper to dis
regard the Fine Arts Commission and the
sentiment of the people in his. determination
to cause to be erected a balcony within
balcony on the south side of the White House.
This second balcony will most likely never be
used to any extent by Mr.. Truman or his
family and only means a mutilation of the
south side of the White House, historic
building owned by the people of the country
and not by any one man or official
I prefer to believe that the President has
been poorly advised in this matter and will
forget 1t. It would be interesting to know
from what source the President derives his
authority to add to or take from the White
House, or to use the money intended for upkeep
of it in changing it, INDEPENDENT.
Evening star., 1948-12-12
&TSHSRSRE5
COD LIVER OIL.
(Fron Mrs. D. L., Bethesda.)

For Mrs. M. v. S., Fairfax, whose
small son won't take cod liver oil.
Our doctor recommended vitamin
drops instead Of tablets when our
daughter couldn't swallow them.
These drops taste like concentrated
orange juice with no fish oil taste
at all. Each dose is only few
drops. My daughters love 1t and
Cften don't want anything to wash
it down. You may consult your
physician about it.
No doubt You still have a supply
of tablets on hand and should like
to use them first. I suggest crum-
bling a tablet as powdery fine as
possible, then mixing on teaspoon
with jelly or honey df he has
tasted them before) and likes them.
Put this in his mouth and imme-
diately begin giving him his milk
or juice so he has to swallow. The
jelly or honey are liquid enough to
60 down with the milk. Keep tell
ing him to drink all Of it right
down. Maybe by placing a choco-
late chip at the bottom of the
glass he will be distracted enough
to want to empty the glass as
quickly as possible to get the choco-
late. I feel certain this little bit of
chocolate and jelly will do him less
harm than the lack of vitamins.
Hope you succeed. Later on he may
get used to the oil and won't need
1t dressed up.
Evening star., 1948-12-12


New and used models! A large
stock Of rebuilt Singer Consoles at
$3.50 and Singer Portables at
$3.50. Brard-new sewing ma
chimes are priced from sl29.50. Ask
to see the "NECCHI," considered
the worlds finest machine. With
out special attachments it does
everything! It monograms, en-
broiders and makes buttonholes! 1t
does cording, sewh buttons on cloth,
zig-zag stitches and sews backward
and ferward! CAPITAL is located
acro& from woodward & Lothrop's
North Bldg.-at 7l6 l1th ST. NV.
Phone RE. 1900.
Evening star., 1948-12-12

about YOUR baby! It's horoscope,
birthstone, and fiower-that is II
you know when the baby is ex-
pected. It'll even help you name
your baby-for it contains over
1900 suggestions for naming boy
ard girl babies. This BABY
BOOKLET" will be sent free Of
charge to any expectant mother
who lives in Washington, or its
suburbs. Simply mail a postcard
with your name. address, telephone
number and date of expectancy
(the latter to insure correct horo-
scope)-and address it to BOX 1912
Main Post Office. A copy will be
mailed to you promptly.
Evening star., 1948-12-12

modern Psychological Methods to
combat and replace hair loss.
Treatments are pleasant and relax
ing. No odorous chemicals, oint-
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Go in for a free examination, to-
morrow. HAIR EXPERTS, INC.
are located in Suite 1850 Shoreham
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Evening star., 1948-12-12

. d q U, 0dIdIOSa
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Butter. and Coffee or Tea. Can
you imagine a more tempting value
in this day of prices? Drop in
while Christmas shopping, or be-
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luncheon, for dinner, for late sup
per. Ask the headwaiter to seat
you at the Captains Table, or in
the Ships Cabin, or in any of the
other Marine Diring Rooms. 1907
and 1921 E ST. NV.
Evening star., 1948-12-12

Sale" on perman-
ents, facials, and
ALL beauty prepa-
rations. Permanent
W aves sale
priced" $3.50 to
SIS. Hurry in
1901 CONN. AVE.
(use r. I. Ave. en-
trance Of Longfel-
low Bldg. Call Elk.
9459.
Evening star., 1948-12-12

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cial" for only 65c.
Every Friday they
offer this Special
from 1880 to mid
night. For on ly
Csc - you can get
the following: Clam
B r o t h, Imperial
Crab, Fried Seal
lops, M e x i C a n
Evening star., 1948-12-12
SHELL JEWELRY.

From Mrs. J. r. S., Dahlgren.)
For Mrs. M. S. G., Berwyn, con-
corning shell jewelry: 1t is not ex-
pensive to make. A pair of earrings
costs less than a dime to make
and sells for $1.25. I like to buy
from the Shell Factory, Bonita
Springs, Fla, and jungle Novelty
Co., st. Petersburg, Fla, best. From
them you can buy q booklet Of
directions. They will send o cata-
logue on request.