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Evening star., 1948-05-01
Manila Bow

Half century ago today the United
States became world power in the sense
of the phrase then understood and still
generally accepted. Commodore George
Dewey placed in command Of the Asiatic
Squadron through the influence of Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy Theodore
Roosevelt, was the architect of the event
He designed it and executed it as solo
performance, acting upon orders received
when war with Spain was announced:
You must capture vessels or destroy
The reference was to the ships of Admiral
Montojo in Manila Bay.
Dewey had been told by the American
Consul in the Philippines that the entrance
to the harbor had been mined He COM
pared his problem with that which had
confronted Farragut at New Orleans in
1862 and decided to do what Farragut did
proceed without regard to danger. The
choice thus made now is recognized as
one OF the vital decisions of modern his
tory. During the night of April &c. 1898,
Dewey cleared the Boca Grande without
hitch. The enemy land batteries dis
charged few shots which fell harmleSsly
in the water behind the advancing Amer
ican fleet. At dawn ten Spanish boats
were discovered lying in an irregular
crescent in front of Cavte. Deweys COL
umn included his flagship, the Olympia,
and the Baltimore, the Raleigh the Petrol,
the Concord and the Boston. At $50
o'clock the commodore gave to Captain
Charles Vernon Gridley the command: :
"You may fire when you are ready" An
eight-inch shell from the Olympia was the
signal for a series of broadsides.
Montojo fought with spirit, making the
most of his small, wretchedly equipped
craft, but he was outnumbered and out
weighed from the start and by noon every
one of his ships was sunk, burned or aban-
doned. The Spanish casualties were 3Sl.
On the American side nine men had been
slightly wounded. Manila was blockaded
beyond any hope of relief and, on August
13, the city surrendered Dewey promptly
was created Admiral of the Navy, Congress
agreeing that he never should be placed
on the retired list except by his own
application Meanwhile, Gridley, long ILL.,,
started home on May Is. At Kobe, Japan,
he collapsed and died Four guns from
Cavite were brought to Erie, Pennsylvania,
to stand beside his grave.
The effect of the battle was to raise the
status of the United States to a peak never
attained before. From May /, 1898, on
ward, it was involved in world affairs as
primary factor.
Evening star., 1948-05-01
Nav Duy

In the United States, as in most of the
English-speakng world May Day has ira
ditionally been associated with the old
English custom of celebrating the date by
dancing and jollity around a gaily-
festooned pole.
Elsewhere, however May Day has long
had grimmer connotations. Each year
since 1890, the beginning of this vernal
month has been literally red letter" on
the police blotters of European countries.
For this was the date set by the militant
sections of organized labor and radicals
generally to stage demonstrations of revo-
lutionary aspirations. And the police had
to be all set to cope with possible disorders
sometimes with troops held ready in
reserve
1t all came about through a decision of
the International Socialist Congress held
at Paris in 1889 to set May / as an
affirmation of revolutionary working -class
solidarity. At that time the Socialist
movement was predominantly militant
BY the close of the nineteenth century,
much of it had become evolutionary" and
moderate in character. So May Day
PoI IoOCo wCIC IlOt 81 plONUCdGlNe. Early
in the present century however, occurred
the definite split between moderate and
extreme socialism which eliminated in the
Russian Bolshevik revolution of 1917 and
the launching of the worldwide Com
munist movement for the universal
triumph of "proletarian" dictatorship.
From the very first, communism took
over May Day as its very own. In many
countries the moderate Socialists tagged
reluctantly along in the celebrations, loath
to give up their share in what had become
to organized workers the traditional Labor
Day. But this meant little to American
workers, because they had long had a
Labor Day of their own, without revolu-
tionary implications, falling on the first
Monday of September Only in few OF
our industrial centers with large foreign
born elements was May Day celebrated in
the European fashion, admittedly as an
alien Importation
Never before has May revealed so sharp
a cleavage between communism and anti
communism as in this fateful year, 1948
Wherever communism dominates, May Day
is supermilitant affirmation of Red
Evening star., 1948-05-01
A Threat to Communism

There is good reason for the big uproar
which the Communist Party is kicking up
over the Mundt bill to require registration
of its members. For Representative Mundt
and his committee colleagues, after lengthy
and serious study have produced an anti
Communist measure which, if passed
would constitute real threat to the party
as now operated.
The Mundt bill undertakes a more con-
Servative and, at the same time, a more
effective approach to the communism
problem than the various prior proposals
for outlawing the party. Even the Federal
Bureau of Investigation has objected to
plans for making the party illegal for the
very sound reason that to do so would
merely drive communism underground and
thus complicate the task of keeping it
under surveillance. The registration meas
ure would recognize the right of the
Communist Party to exist-but in the
open only-and not as a foreign-con-
trolled conspratorial organization bent on
setting up reign-dominated totali-
tartan dictatorship.
The outstanding provisions of the bill,
which has received the unanimous ap-
proval of the committee, are, first, that
1t shall be illegal to attempt to set up a
totalltarian dictatorship directed or con-
trolled from abroad, and, second, that the
Communist Party must file with the At
torney General annually a list of it's
ofncerS and members and a detailed
financial report. Organizations designated
by the Attorney General as Communist
fronts would be required to list their
officers, but not their members Members
were excluded because it was feared that
innocent persons might be needlessly pill
lorled by such provision
1t is not surprising that William q.
Foster, national chairman of the Com
munist Party; Eugene Dennis, executive
secretary, and other party leaders have
raised storm of protest. They have de-
clared they will instruct party members
not to register. OF course, the sponsors of
the bill do not expect that all Communists
would register. But if the FBI finds a
bona fide party member who has not
registered, it will have legal cause for
arrest and prosecution. The law reouir-
ing registration of submachine guns,
saWed-oH Shotguns and other gangster-
type weapons operated much the same
way. Gangsters did not register their
guns, but when one was captured with
unregistered weapons on him the Federal
Government was empowered to act.
The Communists already have chal-
lenged the constitutionality of the regis
tration plan on the ground that it would
set up classes of citizens 1t may well be
that the courts would not take kindly to
the legislation. But the courts have up-
held laws requiring registration of such
classes of citizens" as lobbyists and agents
OF foreign principals. All in all, the Mundt
bill gives evidence of thoughtful consider
alton of an extremely perplexing security
problem. 1t undoubtedly has defects that
need correction. But its over-all objectives
are so meritorious that Congress should
find time for full debate of it's provisions
Evening star., 1948-05-01
Is There Sarcasm Here?
To the Editor OF The Star:

D
I see that gambling in the District has
dropped of to a mere $1O0, ,000,0 900 per annum
Congratulations Chief Barrett! We knew you
could do it. 1t was just fad-only been
around for few, thousand years.
Now what was that other paltry item that
Commissioner Young was kicking around
few months ago? Oh, yes, the budget-that
was also about hundred million!
What we really need is nice 3 per cent
sales levy on milk and bread (and meat too
if we hurry. The nice thing about the sales
tax is its incentives to be thrifty; you know
fight imitation. Under this ideal tax scheme,
only the spenders are taxed. Balanced budg-
cts, patriotism, thrift. >. Oh, you have to
spend to eat? Ahem Sir, I must remind you
that Congress has been very busy this session.
etc., blah- -blah, ad inf LEVUS FACET.
Evening star., 1948-05-01
Surgeon

In transitory sculpture, marble bone
And sentient clay are media for him.
OF sorry Gdlateas of poor stone
He fashions truer lines, straighter limb
The chisel bites unerringly; the knife
Precisely bares the Uision clearly cast.
Perfected ef1gies must come to lite
Through him because the little gods
hare passed.
Living in miracles oro,Un commonplace.
Testing infnity, the man must be
Euer too lDary, altoays ouertCise,
Too closely searching his unguarded face,
Why should you lUonder, be surprised to
see
Something remote and gray Uithtn his
eyes?
YETZA GILLESPIE.
Evening star., 1948-05-01
Increased S. S. Payments

To the Eoltor OF The Star:
The paper says that Daniel A. Reed. member
of the House Ways and Means Committee has
recommended extending and increasing the
benefits of social security. 1t is hoped that
they will authorize at least an increase in the
minimum benefits from $40 month to $40 or
$50 a month. 1t is no fault of the few old
people drawing $40 month that they were too
old to work long enough to earn more than
that amount, which makes them dependent on
what few relatives are willing to. support them.
LINCOLN A. GRANT.
Evening star., 1948-05-01
Dual Voting Right Temporary

To the Editor of The Star:
Many thanks for the clear and thorough ex-
planation Gin your editorial of April 28) of the
necessity for the dual voting arrangement in
the home rule bill. The unique position of
the District of Columbia requires that its char
ter be bit unusual. Without the dual voting
feature, certainly the bill would have slim
chance of passage.
AS soon as the Constitution is amended to
permit residents of the District to vote in ma
tional elections and have representation in
Congress- there no longer will be need for
Washington residents to retain voting rights
in the States in order to be voting citizens of
the United States. At such time it would
appear that the necessity for the dual voting
arrangement will be over, and it could be
abolished. MRS JAMES F.. CLARKE
Evening star., 1948-05-01
Praise for White House Balcony

Praise Tor White House Balcony
To the Editor of The Star:
The Star has rendered a fine service to its
readers by reproducing pictures of the new"
and ''old look" of the White House balcony.
Now the public has an opportunity to make
comparison and to form its own opinion as to
whether the improvement has deserved so
much unfavorable criticism as came from the
newspapers and others.
If the President will paint the lower rail-
ing white instead of black, why not give him
a good break with little praise of his fine
and attractive balcony of the White House?
JESSE B. ELLIS,
Secretary, International Joint Commission.
Evening star., 1948-05-01
* Letters to The Star

Urges u. N. Action in Near East
To the Editor of The Star:
Before it's too late, war can be prevented BY
the strong. fearless, intelligent, democratic
United Nations and the President Of the United
States. Discussions are useless. Action is the
only prevention. A black mark will remain on
all future decisions, If real action in Palestine
is not taken now. CHARLES H. METZGER.
Santa Monica, Calf
Evening star., 1948-05-01
E. CLEVELAND GIDDINGS,
Vice President, Capital Transit Co.

Demands Weather Bureau Accuracy
To the Editor CT The star
All through the winter the weather fore
casters told us what kind of weather to expect
and good portion of the time it turned out
to be different from their forecasts.
Now that spring is here and summer just
around the corner, it is time they settle down
and give us accuracy. The past few weeks
their telephone forecasts seemed like predic-
tions for another part of the country rather
than for Washington and its vicinity. For
example, the past week one could call the
Weather Bureau in the morning and the fore
cast would be sunny with the temperature in
the low 80s Three hours later it was raining
and the temperature did not reach 60 degrees
any time during the day.
In this era of modern science and mechanics,
think this is disgrace to the Government
As citizen paying high taxes to help keep in
existence this bureau, think the general public
deserves more accurate and up-to-date weather
information. A. FRANK KRAUSE, Jr.
Evening star., 1948-05-01
South Capitol Street Bridge

TO the Editor OF The Star:
You printed picture of the Dupont under
pass recently and I was quite amused at the
caption. Critics at Work. and thought how
lucky they were to be able to even look at
project where steam shovels and other in
triguing devices were getting something done.
The people Of Congress Heights and South
east Washington would like to line rail fence
and contribute their time and talent toward
getting something done on the South Capitol
Street Bridge over the Potomac River, needed
much more than the Dupont underpass. I
suggest that as favor to the Congress Heights
citizens you take a similar picture Of the
unfinished bridge from the South Capitol
street side and in place of Critics at Work"
term it Nobody at Work.
I have lived in Congress Heights for the past
80 years and today the same bridge and the
same narrow Nichols avenue that served 5000
people are now serving approximately $4,000
people from Congress Heights and outlying dis
tricts and nothing is being done about it.
CHARLES c. HOAG.
Evening star., 1948-05-01
Lunatic Artists Defended


To the Editor of The Star
When came across H. B. Bradfords letter
april 20) about modern art and the Society of
Washington's Artists current exhibition, had
just put down John Rewald's History of I'M
pressionism' in which he quotes an article by
Albert Wolff in Le, Figaro, April 3, 1876. I
could not help being amused at the close paral-
lei between the letter and VOLTS article.
Mr.. Bradford wrote, among other things,
that the Washington artists pictures are way
off in drawing, perspective, and color" ETC.,
that one painting of boys head looks as if
it had been done in tomato juice and that
there Is very little flesh color shown in the
paintings-one mans face is colored green!
The letter concludes that no sane person would
have such stuff hanging in his house.
Wolff wrote in Paris "a years ago: "At Du-
rand-Ruels there has just opened an exhibition
of so-called painting. I" Five or six lunatics
have met there to exhibit their works. I.
They take up canvas, paint and brush, and
throw On few tones haphazardly and sign the
whole thing. = Try to make M. Pissaro
understand that trees are not violet. that the
sky is not the color Of fresh butter, that in no
country do we see the things he paints. and
that no intelligence can accept such aberra-
tions! Try indeed to make M. Degas see
Evening star., 1948-05-01

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BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. How many States use the presidential
short ballot?-lM. M. S.
A The presidential short ballot is used in
% States. which choose 359 presidential cleo
tors About 10 per cent of the voters see only
the names of presidential and vice presidential
candidates on the ballot and in effect vote for
the presidential electors by the simple device
Of voting for President.
@, Is cotton material likely to shrink after
the first laundering?-H. H.
A. II woven cotton fabric is likely to shrink
most OF the shrinkage will occur in the first
laundering. There may be slight extra shrink
age in the second and third launderings but
after that no further shrinkage is likely to
occur
G. What does the eagle stand for on the
seal of the United States?-H. H.
A. The eagle signifies the power and author
ty of Congress.
@. Is there a sea called the Putrid Sea?
Where is it?-R. S. D.
A. The Putrid Sea is also known as Sivash
and is lagoon on the eastern coast of
Crimea. U. S. S. r. 1t is very small consisting
mostly of salt marshes, and the water is very
salty and stagnant. 1t is separated from the
Sea of Azov by narrow sand bar known as
tHe Tongue Ol AIdDdL
O. Who wrote the Acts of the Apostles?-
G. c. r.
A. Evidence points to st. Luke as the author.
He was Paul's companion and probably his
physician.
@. What was the occupation OF Stains
father?-E. F. F.
A. Stalin's father Vissarion Djugashvili, was
a shoemaker.
Evening star., 1948-05-01
Transit Radio Tests Ended

To the Editor of The Star:
I was interested in the letter of April 26
addressed to you by Vera E. Adams concerning
the radio that she heard "the other day" on
one Of our streetcars. The FM radio tests
which were made on a streetcar and a bus
were discontinued month prior to her COM
munication.
E. CLEVELAND GIDDINGS,
Evening star., 1948-05-01

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
writer, although it is permissible for
Driter knoUn to The Star to use
nom de plume Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-05-01
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Evening star., 1948-05-01

@. What does the eagle stand for on tt
seal of the United States?-H. H.
A. The eagle signifies the power and author
ity of Congress.
Evening star., 1948-11-14
MnEMM;Ec

mAESPoaGSlDLE. Lady returning from
visit to Vermont reports that she was on the
fringe of small furore while there Her
hostess's father, a crotchety old boy, was rum
maging around in his tool shed and came
across several large jacks he'd borrowed the
year before to raise his barn while replacing
the sills. He stamped out, slamming the door,
and shouted peevishly to his daughter, That
lazy. shiftless Harry Brown hain't come back
for them jacks YETI
HEED-D0X SPECIAL. Some friends of ours.
a young couple, engaged l5-year-old boy to
sit with their baby the other night while they
went to the trotting races. They expected to
be gone about four hours. His fee was so
cents an hour. Tell you what, said the boy
as our friends started to leave. Put the two
dollars on Cyclone in the fourth race for me,
Evening star., 1948-11-14

The reasons were almost always evident: tainted
Official seeking to rdicule him for his insistence upon
decency in public Office. standpatter, uneasy be-
of his fortnight support of equal rights for racial
and religious minorities. rigid fanatic aroused be-
of his gentler and deeper Interpretation of moral
laws. A suspicious realist, unable to understand
grown mans love of beauty. careful financier lat
eight per cent? decyng. his mpetuous generosity and
disregard for business orthodoxy.
ALL his life he beed, but the attacks left him
untouched and undisturbed and in the long caused
him to be held in honor, respect and affection.
OF course, no one enjoys ys-or should enjoy-un-
popularity such. But neither should we be afraid
of making enemies.
Tall trees must cast long shadows, and the man
for whom everyone has passing good word is but
fraction of man and empty of purpose
Evening star., 1948-11-14

GUsr as tall trees are k.own by their shad-
ovs, good kso0n by their e,enuies'
OLD CHINESE PRovERB
KEosr of us spend overmuch of our time seeking to
ul be popular with everyone and fretting because
we've heard that soandso doesn't like u.s. Too often
we measure our standing in our communities by the
number of backslaps the frequency of party invita-
tons and the relayed reports of what Bill or Joe or
Mary say about US. We are 50 busy trying to make
friends that we don't take time to make the right kind
of enemies.
Yet one of the saintliest men ever knew, lawyer
in small Southern city, was hated by of his fellow
citizens with hate surprising Gains for Abel know
he took strength from their i'll regard and he once said
that he became concerned only when he could not
identify the reasons his enemies had for slikng him.
Evening star., 1948-11-14

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will your" They did Cyclone won Paid $40.
Our friends had Maybelle. Finished last.
SAARPSH00TER. This is story about
Texas by someone who doubtless has never
visited the state: Texas man was in a
rifle match and unaccountably missed every
shot at 100 and 200 yards. He scored bulls
eyes, however, with every shot at 500 yards
How come, bystander wanted to know
well, said the Texan, back home we never
bother to shoot at anything less than five hum
dred yards. We just throw rocks"
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-05-27
. Valley Road
BY MRS. GLENN DAVIS

Mrs. Cecilia Grubbs was taken
Thursday to a Columbus hospital
for treatment. She has been sick
for some time.
Friends gathered at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Sidle on
Tuesday evening to help cele-
brate Mrs. Sides birthday A
beef roast supper was enjoyed.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Glenn Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Webster and Betty 10 Webster,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Matlack. The
table was beautifully decorated
with birthday cake and Iris. AT
ter a social time, all departed for
homes wishing Nellie many more
happy birthdays.
Robin Ridge, near Green Camp,
is spending several days at the
home of her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Ridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Watts
and children, of near Westerville,
spent Tuesday at the home Of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Thompson.
Mrs. Ada Clark and Ethel Par
mer called Sunday morning on
Mrs. Vella Wood, of Somersville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Davis at
tended the commencement exer-
cises for the Senior and 9th
grades, on Wednesday evening,
at New Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Thompson
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Eirick, Wednesday evening.
A number from this communi-
ty attended the funeral of Cpl.
Donald Disbennett, a returned
soldier, at the Winter funeral
home in Redwood, on Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. Ralph Styer spent Satur-
day at the home of Opal Haines,
of near SomerSville, helping to
care for a neighbor, Mrs. Vella
Wood, who was taken to the
home of her daughter, some time
ago. She is critically i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Ridge and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Ridge were
Sunday dinner guests of Mrs.
Jane Ridge and daughters, of
near Green Camp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Creston Hull and
Ralph and Fay Styer called on
Vella Wood Sunday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Opal Haines