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Evening star., 1948-10-15
Soma ofAutumn

You may not neigh the gold OF antuntnS
yield,
or measure depths OF cloud fecksd
cobalt skies:
You cannot stiH the essence from fsld
OF ripened corn, or cage late butterflies.
But you can see the da,on nsists Oel the sun
And hear the ,Dild far cry of geese tn
flight,
or apak In amber light till day Is done
And scented hearthfres call you from
the night.
Then taste the tangy Sweetness of the fruit
OF tree and utne, and let your heart be
still,
The silence of the autumn like lutte,
Is ringing from each i0ood and field and
hill.
on, listen, Love, and take your osDn re-
1Ddrd-
The Song OF Autumn Is the years tuu
chord.
MARY HESTER TURNER
Evening star., 1948-10-15
The lTU Decision

Judge Luther Swygert's finding that the
International typographical Union and its
four top officers are in contempt of court
rests on the important principle that the
law must be applied even-handedly as
between employers and unions.
It is possible, of course, that the contempt
judgment may be reversed on appeal, and
there is still question as to precisely how
the courts order will apply to some of the
details of the dispute between the printers
and the newspapers. But the central prin
ciple enunciated by the court is clear and
anambiguous.
The basic issue in this controversy was
whether the ITU had or had not complied
with the Taft-Hartley Act ban on the
closed shop. Last March the union was
ordered by an injunction to desistsfrom
certain practices which the employers said
were an attempt to circumvent the closed
shop provision. In other words, the con-
tention was that the union had resorted
to subterfuges to maintain the closed shop
In fact though not in name. This was
denied by the union, which said that its
practices and proposals were an attempt
In good faith to comply with the law and
the injunction.
Judge Swygert's ruling on this point was
clear-cut The union, he said, has "de-
nberately attempted since the issuance of
the injunction to accomplish the objective
against which the injunction was issued,
namely, the continuance Of closed-shop
conditions in the newspaper industry" No
penalty was imposed for this violation, but
the union now is under specific mandate
10 comply with the injunction and to
submit proof that 1t has complied.
There is every expectation that the union
will appeal from this ruling, as 1t has full
right to do. But unless Judge swygert
should hold up, pending appeal, the appli-
cation of his order, there can be no excuse
for further noncompliance by the union.
In scores of cases under the original
Wagner Act the Labor Board and the
courts examined devices by employers
which various unions said were subterfuges
designed to circumvent the law. And in
variably, where the facts warranted, the
employers were ordered to desist from such
practices and were punished when they
failed to do so. The essence Of Judge
Swygert's ruling is that unions, in this
respect, are to be treated just as employers
have been treated. That is impartial
Justice, and it should be recognized as such.
Evening star., 1948-10-15
The Italian Purullel

There Is an instructive pdIdlIeI 70 NC
drawn between the current situations in
italy and France, albeit the parallel is by
no means an exact one. Yet the basic
common denominator is the same. It Is
the deliberate attempt of the Communists
to upset economic life, sabotage recovery
under the Marshall Plan, and either
weaken or bring down the existing govern
ment or any successor which excludes the
Communists from participation.
In both countries, CommuniSm's chief
weapon is its hold over o majority OF Or
ganized labor. And it uses this hold to
provoke crippling strikes. The reason why
1t Is able so to manipulate the workers,
even against their own best interest, Is
not only Communist propaganda and disci-
pline, but also the fact that the workers
have legitimate grievance in the lag of
wages behind prices due to an infationary
spiral This predisposes the workers to
use their collective bargaining power to
get wage increases. The trouble is that
their Communist leaders get labor to make
demands which, If granted, would upset
the national economy still further and
render wage gains illusory through accel-
Grated imitation.
In Italy, as in France, Communist
spokesmen are threatening revolutionary
action and demanding a new government
based upon the workers." which, of course,
means the Communists The threat in
italy, however, is not quite so serious as
It Is In France, at least for the moment,
because Italy has a stronger government.
Whereas in France the Communists are
numerically the largest group in Parlia-
nent and the government consists of an
uneasy coalition between three moderate
parties with divergent viewpoints and
policies, in Italy the Christian Democrats
effectively dominate the ruling parliament
tary bloc and are the largest single party
In the Chamber. They correspond closely
to the French Popular Republicans, both
being left-wing clericals. But, whereas
the Popular Republicans have lost much
ground, the last Italian parliamentary
elections notably strengthened Christian
Democratic representation. In Italy,
therefore, there is solid governmental
basis which, in France, is lacking. And in
Italy there is no militant right-wing move
ment comparable to that of General de
Gaulle's.
On the other hand, the fundamental
economic situation in Italy is less favor
able than in France. Italy is basically q
poor country, overpopulated and tragically
devastated by the late war France is
naturally rich is If anything under
peopled, and suffered much less from the
late war in the physical sense. Its pres
ent economic and financial unbalance is
due largely to selfish group-pressures as
Evening star., 1948-10-15
Faith in Prayer
To the Editor Of The Star:

On July 20 you saw fit to publish few lines
I quoted from the Book Of Job and there were
some who took notice. Now would call atten-
ton to further consideration Of the same 22nd
chapter from the 22nd verse, with special
attention to the 28th verse: Thou shalt decree
o thing and it shall be established unto thee,
and the light shall shine upon thy ways"
What might we people of the United States
expect even small percentage Of us would
pray the prayer that God inspired?
HE loveth all,
Both great and small
On this whole terrestrial ball"
MARY T. LYNN.
Evening star., 1948-10-15
Saving the Whoopinq Cranes

The Smithsonian Institution, the Fish
and Wildlife Service of the Department of
the Interior, the National Audubon Society,
the National Geographical Society and
several other agencies want to study the
whooping cranes-and thus to help the
species to survive. But first the beautiful
big white birds must be traced to their
nesting grounds, and four years of search
over Northwestern Canada and Alaska by
skilled observers in high-powered planes
have failed to solve the mystery. The
most encouraging clue discovered was that
of the presence of two whoopers in marshes
near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Since the
cranes are gregarious, there is reason to
believe that at least few others were
hiding not far away.
But ornithologists are pessimistic about
the chances of saving what once was very
common group of birds. The gradual de-
velopment of agriculture from the Atlantic
Coast in the seventeenth century to the
Pacific in the twentieth has been a major
cause of the decline in numbers of the Grus
americana, as Linnaeus called it. Whoopers
are the only birds in this part of the world
that properly can be described as almost
as tall as man." They are five feet high
when they stand erect. It follows that
they are easy targets. The Indians shot
them with bows and arrows, and when the
earliest settlers from Europe reached
Massachusetts, and Virginia, they went to
work on them-the largest winged game
available-with muskets and blunderbusses
conservationists are doing their best to
persuade hunters to hold their fire until
the cranes have had chance to recoup
from the losses Of the past.
Some progress, however, has been made
in preserving the whoopers as living
variety of the Paludicolae order. Seventeen
young birds have been counted since 1945
at the Arkansas National Wildlife Refuge,
north of Corpus Christi, Texas. Another
community of the cranes is believed to
Evening star., 1948-10-15
Ability to Teach


To the Editor Of The Star:
There are several angles bearing upon the
Districts 'loss Of teachers," - reported to the
Commissioners according to The Star.
As . teacher, have often wondered about
the graduates Of Wilson Teachers College, who
seemed 80 promising in the laboratory, only to
fail in the examinations upon which their
appointments depended. have pondered, too,
about students who because they failed the
examination, went into nearby areas where
they obtained positions on the strength Of
their credentials and interviews, receiving, at
the same time, salaries in excess Of what the
District pays. No examination was required
Of these appointees.
Would it be wiser to return to the old rating
system of gears past where graduates received
appointments according to their place In the
group? This Is an age Of standing In line
with 0 number in ones hand.
Or would 1t be still wiser to test an applicant
in action rather than upon the number OF facts
she could retain under tension? Would 1t not
be well to know what the applicant can do
when she faces 10 dynamic individuals? Per-
haps such q situation should be, ut least, part
Of her examination, If there must be an exami-
nation following . BIS. degree.
Until educators and examiners realize that
teaching appointments should depend on ones
ability to teach, with all that that implies.
rather than upon ability to memorise, the
District will continue to lose some Of It's best
teaching material
The salary question is another story, but
one which needs serious consideration.
A TEACHER.
Evening star., 1948-10-15

winter In the swamps Of Louisiana or
Florida. Readers Of 1.-THE Yearling" will
remember Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings de-
scription and N. c. Wyeth's painting Of
their "cotillion" as Jody and Penny saw
it. Still fascinating also is Audubon's story
of the whooping migrants in Kentucky.
It was the beautiful cranes that in A810
took him into the woods with Alexander
Wilson, his melancholy rival-not too
happily for either man, 1t seems
Evening star., 1948-10-15
Apartments for Families


After reading in The Star of October IL the
story by Tighe E. Woods on rent control,
want to say he certainly hits the nail on the
head. We have to move from our apartment
where we have lived for eight years because
the apartment has been purchased for colored
For three months my husband, son and have
tramped this city over trying to find a new
home.
It's true there are lots of nice apartments
going up in Maryland, Virginia and all over
the city. But they are one-bedroom apartments
and won't accept children or two-bedroom
apartments with one child permitted, and the
rents are $50 to $3.50 month.
I guess we will have to drown our children to
have q roof over our heads
These young married couples who both work
are the ones who pay the big rents and keep
the prices up
Why can't our rich Government put up
decent low-cost houses for poorly paid Govern
ment workers?
A VERY TIRED AND DIsGUsTED
WIFE AND MOTHER.
Evening star., 1948-10-15
Not Tobago Island

To the Editor Of The Star:
In Mrs. Jessie FAINT Evans article OF Oc-
tober 10, it Is said that Mr.. Fory often calls at
Tobago Island In the West Indies which "is
famous chiefly rs the island where Defoe in
1791 marooned mis- now world-renowned hero
Robinson Crusoe.'
Actually Alexander selkirk Defoes Robinson
Crusoe) was q British sailor real character
who was shipwrecked on the island of Juan
Fernandez, of the northern part of the coast
Of Chile and not in the West Indies See
Robinson crusoe" in Funk and Wagnals En-
cyclopedia or the Encyclopedia Britannica.
M F. MOORE.
Evening star., 1948-10-15
Communists in Court

The case of Eugene Dennis, general sec
retary Of the Communist Party, presents
no significant question of law or fact.
Something more than year ago the
House Committee on Un-American Activi-
ties served him with subpoena as wit
ness. Dennis refused to appear, was cited
for contempt, and was duly tried and con-
victed. A unanimous Court of Appeals has
upheld the conviction, and that is that.
What makes the case of more than pass
ing interest is the insight 1t gives into the
political uses which Communists, given the
chance, will make of the courts.
Dennis presented a defense which the
appellate court variously described as pre-
posterous," fantastic" and sheer nom
sense" Evidently he managed to get under
the skin of Judge Bennett Champ Clark,
who wrote the opinion. But there is no
occasion for surprise at the tactics en-
ployed by Dennis in his appeal.
One of his contentious was that the
Un-American Activities Committee is not
really a committee of Congress because
Representative Rankin of Mississippi is
among its members The theory of this
was that, under the Fourteenth Amend
ment, Mississippis representation in the
House should have been reduced because
It's election laws discriminate against
Negroes. If this had been done, accord
ing to Dennis, the States representation
in the House would have been cut from
seven to four, and from that he concluded
that all Of the Mississippi Congressman are
mere interlopers. Therefore, under his
reasoning, Representative Rankin Is not
a member of Congress, and consequently,
the committee on which he has been sitting
cannot be a congressional committee.
This particular argument was rejected
by the court as being sheer nonsense"
which, Of course, it is. But it is typical
of the tactics which the Communists have
been employing in appearances before con-
gressional committees and which now, ap-
parently, they are extending to the courts
No one need get excited, however, for this
is simply old Communist technique in
slightly different garb
Evening star., 1948-10-15

therefore, has latent recuperative capac-
ity which Italy lacks. But this does not
help France much in the present crisis
Of authority with which 1t Is faced.
Evening star., 1948-10-15
Serious View of Halloween Treats

Serious View of Halloween Treats
, the Editor Of The Star:
With the Imminent approach Of Halloween,
roperty owners are shuddering for the safety
If everything that can be destroyed, marred or
carried away by "frolicsome' Juvenile ma
rauders
Some viii attempt to appease these playful"
vandals by acquiescing to their ultimatum Of
tricks or treats" thereby giving these children
their first taste of the fruits" Of collection
for protection" which readily can lead to the
far more serious adult game" played by our
gangsters, who call it "pineappies (bombs) or
payment"
When one adds to this morale destroying
custom the amount Of wanton destruction OF
property caused every year by tradition based
on the false psychology that "kids will be kids"
It Is imperative that q sustained effort should
be made by parents, teachers, ministers-au
who have any part in the early training of our
future ctizens-to instill into their minds
greater sense Of the inviolabilty Of the property
of others; the dangers, both individual and
social, Of substituting threats for honest effort
and the much more satisfying results arising
from constructive, rather than destructive,
activities. A PARENT.
Evening star., 1948-10-15
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address Of the
toriter. although 1t Is permissible for
toriter knotDn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be briet.
Evening star., 1948-10-15
Radio PROGRAMS 'Atrocious'


To the Editor Of The Star:
no longer can grin and bear 1t; mean,
endure the tortuous radio programs and re-
strain the impulse to say what I think Of
them.
They are atrocious, trying test Of human
patience and endurance, and they well Justify
the antipathy which 10 many feei toward
them.
It cannot be true that this "stun" repre-
sents public choice and preference. Such
. suggestion would be an insult to lovers Of
real music.
Knowing the inspirational value Of music,
ss every one should, and the severe criticism
directed against the present musical trend, I
cannot understand why Or how the radio can
persistently impose this trash" upon the
public. But that is what it adds up to.
LLOYD.
Evening star., 1948-10-15
Praises Prince Georges Hospital

Praises Prince Georges Hospital
To the Dditor Of The Star:
My wife is returning home, after her second
stay within this year, from the Prince Georges
County General Hospital, located at Cheverly,
Nd.
I would be very grateful If through your
columns might call to the attention Of Wash
ington and Maryland residents the splendid
eficiency of this hospital But especially wish
to comment on the lack of Institutional feeling
there, the really hard work which all the nurses
perform, and their services Of personal atten-
ton, combined with sympathetic understand
ing. My wife, who has occupied beds in two
different portions Of the hospital, and I, in the
capacity Of . "watchful waiter" found this
same spirit extending through the personnel
Of the entire hospital.
believe that Prince Georges County is to be
congratulated C. J. s.. WILLIAMSON.
Evening star., 1948-10-15
Ry THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

Q. Does the wind blow harder in the first
part of hurricane than in the second?- ]. D.
A. The Weather Bureau says that hurricane
winds blow in a counter -clockwise direction
about the center Of the storm and the whole
system has a forward movement. Since the
winds blow inward toward the center as well
as around the center, there is tendency for
the winds on the front side Of the storm to be
decreased somewhat due to the forward move.
ment Of the storm, and those in the rear to be
increased for the same reason. The same
effect is even more noticeable causing the
winds on the right side of the storm to have
higher velocity with regard to a stationary
observer than those on the left side Of the
storm.
@. Was the first Bernadotte placed on the
throne of Sweden by Napoleon or was he
chosen by the people Of their own free will2-
T. M.
A. Gen. Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte was
q celebrated marshal of France In 1910 as q
result Of his military genius and popularity and
with the consent of Napoleon the Swedish Diet
chose Bernadotte as the Crown Prince and sue
cessor to King Charles XIII and when the
latter died in 1918, he succeeded to the throne
as King Charles XIV.
Q. Does an employed man lose his seniority
If he joins the Army or Navy for three years?
e. p.
A. Ihe SelectlVe service ACT states thaC any
person who after June "a, 1948, and while this
act is still in effect enlists in the armed forces
of the United States (other than in reserve
component) or the Coast Guard (other than q
reserve componenD for not more than three
years shall, II such enlistment is his first
enlistment in the Armed Forces or the Coast
Guard after June "A, 194S, be entitled, upon
the expiration Of his enlistment dncluding
any extension thereof by law but not including
any voluntary extension thereof or upon his
discharge under honorable conditions prior to
the expiration thereof, to all Unemployment
rights and other benefits provided for BY this
act In the case Of inductees.
Q. How tall was Lou Gehrig? Did he bat
with his right or left hand?-D. D.
A. Lou Gehrig was s feet " inch tall. He
batted and threw with his left hand.
@. In case of incurable disease or sickness, 70
there any State which has legalized mercy
deaths"?-R. W.
A. The United States Public Health Service
says that no State has legalized the so-caled
mercy deaths"
Evening star., 1948-10-15

Funny thing about the houseny in octo-
ber is its lack Of speed, Notwithstanding
that 1t sounds like q three-motor Job.
Evening star., 1948-10-15
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer to any question q
fscS by writing The Washington Star Information
Bureau, 316 street NE, Washington Q, D. G.
Please inclose cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1948-10-15

The most dependable fliers have long
noses, student of physiognomy contends;
and If he means the stork, why doesn't he
say so?
Evening star., 1948-10-15
Displaced Persons and Unemployment

Displaced Persons and Unemployment
To the Editor Of The Star:
The United States had a depression in the
early 1s30s Many today forget We then had
$4,000 900 unemployed. We today are paying
taxes on the relief then extended
Despite the above, . very vocal minority
jammed through the last Congress the Dis
placed Persons Act. This admits double the
number Of aliens that can enter under the
Quota Act Of 1921. Have we not enough
native labor without accepting all these from
cheap-wage areas overseas?
EDWIN GRANT.
Evening star., 1948-10-15
Prefers French to Germans

To the Editor Of The Star:
I disagree wholeheartedly with the opinions
OF Charles M Mayer, published October H. He
would like America to invest more money with
the poor, hard working Germans" and less
with the "lazy, good-for- nothing, cognac sip
ping Frenchmen" in order to speed European
and world recovery.
1t seems to me that another set of hard
working Germans Cor was it this same bunch?)
brought the present misery on their own
nation. Are we Americans going to be swim
died again? Are we to pay and pay and pay
for the supercolossal mistakes and calamities
the Germans, Huns, Prussians or Nazis feel
called upon to bring on themselves and, quite
incidentally, the rest of the world?
Money we allot France is being invested in
republic that is based on liberty equality
and fraternity; whose people are firmly welded
to the ideals Of logic and the rights Of man.
Money we invest in Germany, If the past is
any indication of the future, will be used ulti-
mately for the furtherance Of autocratic prin-
ciples and In the end to our own peril.
I cannot believe that we Americans are 70
totally lacking in powers of discrimination that
we again will fail to read the fine print on any
hard work" contract the Germans may offer
u.s. P. D. sTRANG.
Bluemont, Va,
Evening star., 1948-10-15
National Prosperity the Issue

National Prosperity the Issue
To the Editor Of The STAR
claim there IL only one major issue threat
ening the security Of this Nation, namely. .
national crash in the years just ahead.
Therefore, every man who is asking the
people Of this Nation to send him to the White
House, or to either branch Of Congress, should
tell the people what he viii do to prevent
national depression.
am convinced that the man in the White
House in 1s4s and the Eighty-nrst Congress are
our only hope, If they act promptly on this
issue.
From day to day. can vision the groundwork
being laid for the worst national crash in our
history, If no action is taken by the Federal
Government in 1s4s to prevent it.
II q national depression occurs, as in 1929,
I feel sure our form Of government will be
destroyed.
National poverty must be eliminated before
national security and world peace can be looked
,pon as possibilities.
am sure we can set up in the United States
permanent national prosperity for all.
ALBERT r. RUTHVEN
Evening star., 1948-10-15

occupation for ive years In Norway. Is pure
Aryan" and although escaped concentration
camp myself, had enough friends returning
from the horrors. and enough remaining to
believe what I heard. Possibly those who
returned were not sick enough to follow those
who remained. Furthermore, after the war, I
had the privilege Of caring for some Of those
people who were not cremated because the
crematories were not big enough or because
the Nazis did not have time enough to finish
the job. INGRD sOPHAR.