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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
Annoyed by Southerners

To the Editor of The Star:
For many years have been just mildly
annoyed by the actions of Southerners-their
forgetting that the Civil War is over and that
they lost. I wonder If they ever viii accept
facts that the rest Of this great country &C
cepted when it accepted the Bill of Rights,
giving all men the right to life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness" The South seems to
have no respect for the Constitution. Does it
have any respect for the Bible? Does 1t re-
fuse to believe that God created all men to be
equal?
Right now I am more than just mildly an
noyed. The action of the Southern delegates
at the recent Democratic convention was in
excusable. Harry Truman did his duty as
President of the United States by fighting for
civil rights. So the Southerners waved their
Dixie flag; and, like children when the game
isn't being played their way, walked out One
wonders If the people of the South ever will
stop shouting about their rights as South
erners" and remember that they are first OF all
Americans. When will they start acting like
Americans? YANKEE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
District Again a Victim

To the Editor Of The Star:
The present financial trouble of the District
OF Columbia is pointed example Of why local
self-government is an urgent necessity. 1t Is
highly improbable that this deadlock would
have developed under local government as
proposed in the District Charter Bill now be-
fore Congress Under the provisions of this
bill Congress must act on tax legislation pro-
posed by the City Council; such legislation
would be approved or disapproved, but not SUBJ
ject to filibuster.
Now, with the special session of Congress
drawing to a close, it appears that lack Of
time is again to be offered as an excuse for
taking no action on legislation to care for the
Districts financial needs. Since these needs
were earlier presented to the Congress in regu-
lar session it is hard to escape the idea that
the people of the District are to suffer further
injustice because of present political rivalry
GRACE H. THOMAS,
President, Voteless D. c. League of Women
Voters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
Housewurming

The neighbors OF the neDly-veds hare
come
To see the house-and sip cocktail, too.
Then naarrel at the parIor toned IN plum,
The dining-room, In studied contrast,
blue,
The kitchen pertIy splashed Nth maize
and green,
The upstairs done In moderntstic style.
They compliment the pair on all They're
seen;
The architect and decorator smile.
But resting in quiet corner where .
The wistful orchid shadows t0eaue kfnd
Protective peil, missing her rocktng-cha,r.
Her knitting and her kitten, you p.H
find
Great Granny nodding at the neighborS
prdising,
Seeing across the years embarrassing.
MARY MARGARET MILBRATH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
lCorporation Profits Doubted

To the Editor of The Star:
In his radio address of July 81 Senator Tay-
lor, running mate of Henry Wallace, referred
to the huge profits" of armament manufac-
turers."
We defy Senator Taylor to produce specific
evidence that legitimate corporations, whose
stocks are listed on the various exchanges,
made any greater percentage OF profit from
war material production than they make from
peacetme production.
We exclude from this the f1y-by might cor
poratjons which, through connections with
the New Deal coterie, were enabled to wrangle
lucrative contracts and fill the hidden pockets
of q few. These people we're not legitimate
armament manufacturers" but merely OPP
portunists whose corporations disappeared after
the close Of hostilities.
We think that it is up to those who are al
ways talking about the fantastic profits OF
CORPORATIONS to show the public just what those
profits are.
Examination of the reports of many OF the
leading corporations fails to show any UNDUE
profits and If such exist, they must be hidden,
and some one, along the line, must have 1nsa-
tuted some system of embezzlement which the
auditors do not discover or else the AUDITORS
are dishonest.
People who listen to orators should not be
misled by figures representing huge turnoyers
or gross receipts. The real test is: What do
the people who have put money into the physi-
cal plant of a corporation get out OF 1t? This
return has been progressively diminishing Tor
decades It might also be brought out that
the higher salaried executives and managers
have to kick back the greater part OF their
remuneration in income taxes and the higher
wages and salaries 60, the greater the part
that goes right back to the Government.
G. ]. ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
Soft With Criminals

TO the EDITOR Of The star:
Andrew w. Larman's letter of August on
the subject Of Crime and Punishment" was
excellent II offenders knew that q sentence
of ten years actually meant ten years they
might consider before they proceeded.
The men on the Pardon and Parole Board in
Maryland are political appointees and not
men whose training makes them capable to
judge criminals. It should be serious step
when Governor Lane approves their recon-
mendations. He gave 20 Christmas pardons one
year.
We are getting very soft, fear, in dealing
with criminals
I can see no reason for pardoning a sex
offender, not unless he has been rendered
harmless.
PAT ROBBINS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
Closing of the National

TO The Editor Of The Star.
The closing of the National Theater shows
once again how, under our legal and social
system a tiny minority can impose its will on
social group thousands of times larger than
itself.
want to suggest way to avoid such situa-
tons in the future.
1t long has been principle of law that
legal right may not be exercised for the sole
purpose of causing injury to another. Let us
recognize companion principle: legal right
may not be exercised by a minority for the
sole purpose of forcing its will upon the ma
jority. ELMER H. KREBB1EL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
Cyprus, Britain and Greece

The British governments announced
displeasure at statements Of King Paul
of Greece on the subject of Cyprus brings
to the fore an issue which, while not
crucial, has tended to becloud Anglo
Hellenic relations for nearly half a
century.
Cyprus, the large wedge-shaped island
lying in the Eastern Mediterranean in the
blight of sea between Asia Minor and Syria,
has from time immemorial been of high
strategic Importance, as glance at the
map will show. It has likewise been racially
and culturally part of the Hellenic world
since ancient times. Though conquered
by the Turks in the sixteenth century, 1t
remained basically Greek in language and
Orthodox in religion, despite the existence
of a Turkish-feeling Moslem minority
which today numbers about 20 per cent OF
the total population.
Cyprus connection with Britain dates
from the diplomatic crisis of 1877-78 when
the British threatened war against Russia
to protect the Ottoman Empire which the
Russians had just decisively defeated. In
order to give the British forces an ade-
quate base for contingent action, the
Sultan gave Britain administrative con-
troll over the island. The crisis passed, but
the British stayed on, and when Turkey
joined the Central Powers in World War l
Britain proclaimed Cyprus annexation to
the empire
This action offended Greek nationaliSm,
which had long earmarked Cyprus for
inclusion with modern Greece, along with
the Aegean Isles and Crete, whose annexa-
ton to Greece had been effected decade
earlier. That goal was very nearly attained
a year later. In 1915, Britain, then medi-
tating its attack on the DardanelleS, was
eager to get Greece in the war on its
side Accordingly, it offered Cyprus as
the price. But the offer was turned down
by the government of King Constantine,
who wished to keep his country neutral.
When, in 1916, an Anglo-French interven-
ton in Greece forced Constantine from his
throne and compelled Greece to join the
Allies anyway the Cyprus offer was not
renewed.
This near miss has been deplored, alike
by the Greek people and by the Orthodox
majority in Cyprus. But meanwhile,
CypEuS Has UcCOulC OVCo0A1y AAoAS NAe"A w
Britain as a strategic base, and the British
government has left no doubt that i'm
perial interests require its retention, re-
gardless of Greek nationalistic aspirations
Under these circumstances, when King
Paul gave an interview to a prominent
American newspaperman and suggested
the cession of Cyprus to Greece in return
for a grant of naval and air bases to
Britain both there and in Crete, it did
not set we'll with Downing Street. few
days later, the British charge d'affaires in
Athens called on the heads of the Greek
government and made strong represen-
tations" on the subject of the Kings in
terview.
Although most of the Greek press had
applauded Paul's suggestion, the British
reaction has left the Greek government in
a somewhat embarrassing situation. Under
strict parliamentary theory, it is respon-
sible for the Kings every action and
statement. But this is obviously no time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
Filibusterins and Democracy

To the Editor OF The Star.
Is this a democracy or isn't 1t?
We claim we live in a democracy-under
majority rule Yet 1t would appear that one
Senator can thwart the will of the other IS
Senators. Is that majority rule?
Take the case of the poll tax: The majority
of Senators favor its repeal. The Senators sup
porting the poll tax know they cannot win a
vote in the Senate against repeal So what
did they do? They filibustered.
Isn't it about time the Senate changed It's
rules to prevent filibustering-endless and use
less talk obviously for obstruction purposes
only?
Filibustering is one man defeating the almost
unanimous will of the majority. Isn't 1t about
time we made democracy work and had ma
jority rule? FRANK RUSSELL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
Heat Did Not Make Him a Red

To the Editor Of The Star.
Reference Is made to a letter in The Star
of August headed, Heat Creating Commu-
nists?"
I worked in the Munitions Building from
1912 to 1945. Those were war years and as
usual we had some pretty hot Washington
weather. One summer I worked in machine
section. As you no doubt can guess, the
machines added more heat to our already
hot room. We were so busy working to win
q war to save our Government, the finest
in the world, that I'm sure I never heard
a serious complaint about the heat from any
Of my fellow workers.
I thought of loyalty to my Government as
a privilege and moral obligation. 1t never
occurred to me that my Government owed me
anything because was loyal to it, and for my
Work the Government paid me salary. How
ever, felt and still feel owe my Government
everything, because, you see like free speech,
press and radio, and the right to worship God
and the good old right to fight for what
believe to be right For all this even heat
exhaustion is no payment.
Heat will not make Communist out of a
sane American. Just think a Communist in
Russia would be shot for criticizing the Gov
eminent. Here in the good, old U. S. A., we
can criticize to our hearts content and even
write letters that are published in our free
press!
In this free country person who doesn't
like working In a Government office can
resign with no fear Of being shot the next
day and put on ice"
Turning Communist really would put the
heat on you in this world and no doubt it
would be still hotter when you reached the
next.
My suggestion to the author Of the letter
printed August Is: Don't do it, See a
doctor and have your head examined. T. P.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07

it is most unlikely that the Arabs, In or
out of Palestine, will acquiesce in this So
luton. The Arab DPS thus remain as
major stumbling block to genuine settle
ment of the Palestinian problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
Air Show Applauded

To the Edtor OF Inc StaT:
I should like to thank you for your part
in sponsoring the National Capital Air Show.
Even though had more difficult task to
obtain the trophy rightfully mine than did
flying my planes, it was still great show and
all sponsors are to be highly commended.
ROBERT PERKINS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07

In London, the Olympic games include
Just about everything of an athletic nature
except Bernard Shaw, at 90, outstaying the
actuaries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07

Something new in the labor relations
picture is a strike of plumbers at Kitch-
ener, Ontario, and a picket who had to
20 back for his placard ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07

Always, in his photo, the head connie
in the satellite state looks like man who
lives in haunted house, as he more or
less does
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
writer, although it IS permissible for
a priter kno,on to The Star to use
q nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question OF
Bureau 3i6 Eye street NE. Washington ., D. G.
Please enclose three CD cents for return postage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
@. Was General Pershing ever retired'-


of water.
@. Was General Pershing ever retired?-
" o. R.
A. Although it has been stated that General
Pershing never was retired, this is not accurate,
according to the Department OF the Army.
General Pershing was carried on the Retired
List of the Army from September H. 1924,
until his DEATH He enjoyed by law, however,
full pay and allowances while in retirement.
O. Can bronze or aluminium paint be USED
to insulate hot water tank?-B. w. c.
A. The National Bureau of Standards says
that either bronze or aluminium paint would
have some insulating effect II applied TO the
surface of a hot-water tank, but neither would
be as effective as an inch or so OF insulation
of the mass type.
O. What was the first commercial use OF
nylon?-P. B. K.
A. The first commercial use of nylon was IN
tooth and hairbrush bristles This was In 1888.
Stockings of nylon came next.
@. What is the maximum speed at which
chimney swift trayels?-W. B. w.
A. 1t is not exceptional for swifts to feed
and travel at rate of about ~ miles per
hour a speed that can be accelerated 10 loo
miles an hour at will. These small birds have
exceedingly strong wings put "eak LEV AAoS
fly tirelessly all day and seldom alght.
@. Are women admitted as students to Har-
ward Medical School?-C. M. w.
A. The Harvard Medical School reports that
it admitted its first group of women students
into the first year class OF September, lS4o.
and there have been women students In all
subsequent entering classes.
@. How soon after the President signs bill
does it become law? Is he the only person to
sign it?-A. w. F.
A. The Presidents signature makes bill
a law Before q bill is sent to the President 1t
is signed by the Speaker of the House and the
President Of the Senate.
@. Who wrote the song entitled 1.-The Army
Air Corps"?-A. c. S.
A. This composition was written by Robert
Crawford of Cos Cob, Conn, musician and
vocalist Of note
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. Which sea is the least salty?-M. V. E.
A. The Baltic Sea is the freshest of all
seas with only parts of salt to 1000 parts
of water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07

O. What was the first commercial use OF
nylon?-P. B. K.
A. The first commercial use Of nylon was IN
tooth and hairbrush brstles. This was In 1888.
Stockings of nylon came next.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07

An elevator is good place to find out things.
Oh, almost anything.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-15

gathering in front of the place to-
gether with several smart horse
drawn vehicles.
That was the time when the hotel
was operated by Uncle John and
Aunt Becky Dray, who had a prom
inent place in the life of early
Bluffton and beloved by more than
one struggling youth who was pro-
vided with board and keep when
funds were low and he had nothing
more to offer than a promise to
pay at some future date.
And the National was also the
center of Bluffton's social life.
Many's the time that the youth and
beauty of the town danced until mid
night and after in impromptu affairs
to the music of fiddles and a banjo
or guitar or two. And then there
were the big New Year dances-plan-
ned for weeks ahead when sledloads
came from Benton Ridge, Pandora,
Gilboa, Beaverdam and Mt. Cory to
a very swanky occasion with printed
programs featuring square and round
dances of the period.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-15

Retail stores shut up shop at dusk
and it was an adventurous soul who
ventured out Saturday night. The
blizzard, however, was of compar-
atively short duration as the next
day, Sunday, dawned bright and
clear. The wind had died down and
the entire community manned snow
shovels to clear sidewalks and dig
out of the big drifts, while snow
plows went to work opening the
main highways.
Greetings from the Joe Stages in
Upton, Indiana, former Bluffton res
idents who keep in touch with affairs
here thru the columns of the News
and from Leesburg, Florida,
comes word that the c. c. Amstutzes
there had guests during the holidays
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Whistler of Ocean
side, Calf, who are on an extended
transcontinental trip, their second
big tour. The Whislers are formerly
from the Rockport area.
$50
Appeal for a home for the home
less dog made in this column last
week brought word from the Rich
ard Basingers of Pandora that they
had lost a dog answering to the de-
scription given and they are using
this clue in a search here for the
animal-a family pet. Meanwhile
other offers of assistance for the
canine have come in. In addition to
money posted with the writer of this
column to buy a tag for the dog,
came another offer to provide three
cans of dog food, from another dog
fancier who became interested in the
case after reading about it.
&*&
That deer reported in the Bluffton
area really gets around. You may re-
call that on Monday of last week il
was sighted north OF Bluffton by
three Findlay men. On Tuesday, the
following day, Mr.. and Mrs. BOYD
Clapper seven miles south of Bluff,
ton on the county line reported sight,
ing a deer on their farm-evidently
the same animal, as both reports de-
scribed it as an eight-point buck, very
shy and easily clearing five foot
fences.
Patients at Bluffton hospital las
Sunday afternoon enjoyed a tran
scription of the morning service o
the First Mennonite church. The tran
scription was made for DR.. M. r
Bixel, Bluffton physician and mem
| Der of the church who is patien
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-15
Mat~L
DeaIo<sdI

Mid-January with a current cold
snap to remind us that this is the
time of snug winter which thus far
hasn't been too bad-remember three
years ago when roads were weIl-nigh
impossible and school was run
ming on an if and when basis-if and
when the buses could get thru the
drifts and there's been an I'M
usually good response to the bird
feeding program inaugurated by the
Sportsmen's club with bags of grain
and seeds at the Bluffton News of
flee and the younger set taking
advantage of some good skating
weather basketball taking the
center of the sports stage with the
fans still talking about Friday nights
game when Cotterman's high school
crew came from behind piling up 10
tallies in the last quarter to defeat
Kenton by one point latest wise
crack-during he depression we went
shopping with some money in our
vestpocket and came home with an
armful of groceries-nowadays we
go shopping with an armful of money
and come home with the purchases
in our vestpocket and speaking
of money, how long has it been since
you've seen a silver dollar-honestly
now, can you remember-Roscoe
Blakesley carries one for a lucky
piece-we saw it the other day and
scarcely recognized it which
makes us realize that we've come a
long ways since the days when
grandpappy, a staunch republican
firmly believed that greenbacks were
an invention of the devil, insisted on
hard money and always had a half
dozen of those big silver cartwheels
in his pocket.
If your memory goes back thirty
years, you may have recalled that
Monday-January 12-was the thir-
tieth anniversary of Bluffton's worst
blizzard. 1t was on Saturday, Janu-
ary ~, 1918, when the blizzard struck
before day break as the mercury
plummeted az degrees in 10 hours to
low of II degrees below zero. A
bowling 40 mile an hour gale added
to the general discomfort and COM
pleteIy disrupted travel and the usual
Saturday trading dropped TO nothing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-15
COLP. COMPLETES $l,5OO,OOO PROGRAM
New Equipment In Operation
AS Power Use Increases
200 Percent Since 1890

Since the Central Ohio Light Power Company
begm operation in 1880. the use of electrical
energy in the territory served has increased 200
per cent and the intervening years have been one
OF expansion and progress. During the past year
expansion program requiring the expenditure
of 81 100000 hos just been completed to take
of the increased demands OF more than 10000
customers now served by the company.
Two major units. as pictured. have just recently
been installed and in operation ut the
conponY's Woodcock Power Plant. eliminating q
number of years OF engineering and planning to
meet rising demands. Studies ore now underway
for another turbo-generutor unit to be installed in
the future. This new equipment, together with oil
necessary uu,iiurY and switch board equipment
brings the total investment value in Woodcock
Plant to over S3000.000.
Other major items in the SI.500.000 expansion
program just completed. also include second
$4,000 volt transmission line. II miles in length.
between Woodcock Plant and FindldY. Both cir
cults join ot the new outomutc switching station
which is located on Morricul Boulevard in West
FindluY. This station is designed so that should
fGu occur either of the circuits, the cleo
trcul current can automatically be switched to one
circuit When the fault is cleared the system is
then restored to the previous operation procedure.
A substoton. located Weotkerheod Ave
in South FindloY is also now in operation.
Pictured below is the management group of the
Central Ohio Light 6 Power Company. which in
cludes personnel with years of experience in cleo
rcol utility operation. Sound business judgment
and foresight for future requirements have placed
the company in most favorable condition