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The Values of Monarchy

The coronation of new sovereign OF
the Netherlands again calls attention to
the nature and values of monarchy, as
shown not only in the Netherlands but
also in Britain and other countries where
1t still prevails.
To us Americans citizens of land
founded by successful rebellion against the
British King and stepped in many genera
tionS of the republican tradition, the
institution of monarchy is Well-nigh in
comprehensive. Only dimly can we
understand mystic loyalty to the Crown,
personal attachment to the sovereign, and
affection for the Royal Family.
Yet these sentiments persist among some
of the most advanced and progressive of
the worlds peoples, and play an important
part in their national lives. Furthermore,
with them the monarchical institution
plays benefcent role. The evils and
excesses of monarchy have long since been
purged away. In each case, the sovereign
Is a constitutional monarch with narrowly
defined prerogatives To use the accepted
formula he or she "reigns but does not
govern" Practical responsibility rests with
ministers designated by the legislatures
and nominated by the sovereign auto
matcally.
Thereby the sovereign stands above poll
tics and parties, the Crown being symbol
of national or imperial unity. To be sure,
the personality of the reigning monarch
can exert strong influence in many ways
notably as an example to the people.
But the Crown is not synonymous with it's
wearer. 1t stands for tradition, national
continuity and what the late Guglielmo
Ferrero aptly terms that principle of
LEGITIMACY" so sorely needed in this age
of ephemeral dictators and totalitarlan
peoples Republics" engendered from
violent revolution and maintained by un-
principled terror.
Just because it is rooted in tradition and
exemplifies legitimacy, monarchy cannot
be improvised. 1t cannot, therefore, be
q panacea for the worlds current ills. Yet
in those lands where it survives, it possesses
-undoubted values. In the Netherlands,
for example, the reigning House of Orange
Nassau is intimately associated with the
great struggle for liberation from Spain,
nearly four centuries ago, led by the heroic
figure of William the Silent. And, with
some brief interludes, the House of Orange
has guided the destinies of the Dutch
nation. Today, this Royal House is playing
a vital role in the experiment of an i'm
perial federation similar in some respects
with the British Commonwealth. The
Crown is the cement designed to keep in
new partnership the peoples of the Neither
lands and of the East and West Indies.
If successful, this federative concept can
do much to stabilize important segments
of the world and bring peace, order and
prosperity in place of disunity and dis
aster. In that hope, we Americans can
share, extending our hearty good wishes
to the new Queen for a long and happy
reipn
Evening star., 1948-09-08
Viroiniu's Schools

The problem Of providing adequate
school facilities in Virginia, serious enough
for the past several years, is becoming
acute this year.
In part it is the old story of an increas-
Ing school population, unaccompanied by
any corresponding increase in new school
construction. In addition, this year, the
problem is complicated in some counties
by the court-dictated necessity of pro-
viding equal school facilities for Negro
children.
There is general agreement in the State
on the need for more schools, the real
difference being concerned with the ques-
ton of how to raise the money. AS pointed
out in recent radio address by Arlington
State Senator Charles R. FenWick the
practice since enactment of the Segrega-
ton Tax Act in 1927, has been to hold the
counties and cities responsible for new
school construction, while the States
responsibility has been that of contributing
to administrative expenses and teachers
salaries That this latter has been no
small item is indicated by the fact that
in 1910 the Legislature provided little
less than S9,OO0OO0 for administration and
salaries For 1949 the comparable figure
will be $33 100000
But even though the State may have
more than tripled its contribution in nine
years, the fact remains that there are
not enough schools. If the responsibility
for construction is to be left with the
counties and towns, they have two alter
natives. One is to borrow the necessary
money through bond issues. There is
objection to this on the ground that bond
issues would bring in cheap money and
the loans might have to be repaid in dollars
of greater purchasing value. The other
important alternative is an increase in the
real estate tax, and there is objection to
this too, on the plea that real estate taxes
are as high as they should go.
AS result there is mounting sentiment
for State sales tax the receipts to be
earmarked for new schools on a pay-as-
you-go basis. Nearly one-third of the
counties already have petitioned the Gov
ernor to call a special session of the Legis-
lature to enact such tax, and 1t Is tc
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be expected that the pressure will be in
creased as the school situation grows more
critical
There is strong opposition among mer-
chants in communities like Arlington,
which border non-sales tax areas, to such
levy, and their fear of its impact on
their businesses is understandable Still,
it is hard to see where Virginia is going
to get the needed revenue for schools
without sales tax, or possibly sales
tax combined with some formula for in
creasing real estate taxes where the latter
are unduly low. If, as many believe, the
choice lies between a sales tax, which
would reach virtually every one in the
State, and an increasingly inadequate pub
lie school system, it would seem that
Virginia sooner or later will have to turn
to the new tax
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Atomic Labor Relations

In naming a three-man commission to
look into the problem the President has
acted IN recognition of the fact that the
labor management situation in our atomic
project is in class by itself and that
special legislation may be needed to
cover it,
Recent disputes at Oak Ridge and Los
Alamos-though settled without serious
trouble-have made clear that the present
Setup is an inadequate safeguard against
the danger of future crisis in the field.
The disputes involved only a relatively
small number of maintenance workers, but
had they developed into protracted strikes
as they could have-they would have
imperiled the Nations safety by forcing
a stoppage of activities indispensable to
the production of fashionable materials
In studying the problem, the Presidents
commission-made. up of former War
Labor Board Chairman william H. Davis,
Edwin E. Witte and Aaron Horwitz-will
have to start with the basic assumption
that it seems impossible in this instance
to reconcile serious strikes with the idea
of national security AS the Atomic Energy
Commission declared at the time of the
Oak Ridge disput, it is "unthinkable" that
any walkout should be allowed to inter-
rupt production in field so vital to our
defense at time of great tension in the
world. This is too self-evident to need
elaboration.
Yet there is no custom, precedent or
law to prevent such strikes. Government
workers are forbidden to stage walkouts,
but workers in our vast atomic plant,
though that plant is Federally owned and
controlled, are not subject to the same
prohibition. They are in kind of public
private twilight zone of labor. Although
the management of the project Is largely
Evening star., 1948-09-08
LIGHT of Living

This Is the time that ,oe hape 10aited for;
Not to look out, tuH-eyed, against thesun,
But lust to see 1t glance along the floor,
Touching familiar objects one BY one:
To kno,o the instant IN its dawnuGyd 'are
When these four ,Oalls hare more than
they can hold 4Nl
OF common things transmitted by spark
To pearl, to lacquer and to cloth of gold.
The moment TOE hare paited for Is gone;
The shadows spread, the fotoefS ars
turning gray ~
But as 1oe Hnger, talking on and on .s.a .
OF all the simple happenings OF the day,
We scarcely notice, basktng In the bloom
The light of liutng sheds upon the room.
CORA WILCOX DREyER.@
Evening star., 1948-09-08
This Is Too Much

It was to be expected that Henry
Wallace, addressing the United Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers, largest of
the CIo left-wing unions, would have
something of a field day.
Mr. Wallace did not fail to live up to
the expectation. Deriding those labor
leaders who are supporting President
Truman, he said that the Truman record
is one of betrayal. He charged that Will
liam Green, Philip Murray and others in
the pro-Truman camp are "appeasers."
The President and Congress were accused
of playing "a duet of higher profits on the
corporate cash register" Finally, he
wound up this phase of his talk with a
blast at the "gauleiters of big business"
In the old days, Mr.. Wallace used to call
them the American Fascists)
That line was typical of Mr.. Wallace, and
it could have been absorbed without the
lifting of an eyebrow. But he went on
from there. First, he said that the con-
greSSional investigation of Communist
inflltration of labor unions is comparable
to the throwing of rotten eggs during his
tour of the South. And then he warned
his audience that egg throwing, even of
a verbal nature, is dangerous" because
it tends to spread like disease" and it
is impossible to predict who "the next
victim" may be.
That, coming from Mr.. Wallace, is too
much. For If there is any man in the
United States, in or out of politics, who
has thrown more verbal eggs, rotten or
otherwise, than Mr.. Wallace, his identity
is as yet unknown, and one fervently hopes
that he will remain unknown
Evening star., 1948-09-08
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
writer, although it Is permissible for
,Driter kno,Dn to The Star to use
a nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-09-08
The Danger of Hatlessness

HS DdIISSI OI IIdIIGSSneSS
TO the Editor Of The Star:
The polio epidemic was given space In
widely read pictorial magazine Of recent date
Long rows of little white beds with small
children in them were pictured. These chill
dren are doomed to die or be afiicted for life.
wonder often how many ofsthem are so
doomed as result of a very foolish custom
started in this country some years ago. I refer
to the practice of going without hats. 1t was
considered insanity when 1 was young for
mother to let child get out without his
hat in the heat of a summer day or the cold
OF the winter. But today most people from
infants to adults go without hats. I shudder
every time I see mother pushing q young
baby in his carriage with its tender little
head exposed to the sun. EF.F
Evening star., 1948-09-08
Rx THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

By THE HASklN SERVICE.
Q. Do bats always flap their wingss-H d. J..
A. Bats cannot fly with wings motionless, but
nap them continuously at the rate Of about 70
flaps a second
@. Is the power to make treaties delegated
to the President or to the Congress7-G. r. p.
A. The Constitution provides directly that
the President shall have the power to make
treaties, but with the advice and consent Of the
Senate, two-thirds Of the members present
concurring -
@. When was Bellevue Hospital in New York
founded?-M. w. IS
A. 1t was founded in 1895 as . "Pubhck
Workhouse and House Of Correction ofths
City of New York" and received its prsgent
name in 1915. 4w1
@. How does Berlin rank at present among
the large cities of the world?-J. D. -
A. Berlin is now rated as tne eigntn isssest
city in the world. The population In 1917 vas
$3.50 1888, or 264 per cent less than the pre-
World War II figure. In 1889 1t was the fourth
largest city, exceeded in population only by
London, New York and Tokyo.
Evening star., 1948-09-08

farm products including food at lower prices
than the present support prices, assuming
continued full production. 1t will also assume
a guaranteed market for houses at lower price
level than exists now.
(b) Private employer guarantees Of annual
wages to a feasible number of employees In each
industry, the wage level to approximate an
nual wage rates for mid-1945. Exceptions
might be made for teachers and some public
officials.
(c) Wage contracts, after initiation of the
above policies, to be based on increases in in
dividual productivity. Workers will be assured
Of lower prices for things they buy, especially
food and will also be assured that they will
share in the fruits Of increased production OH
a regular and equitable basis.
Cd Gradual fixing of capital goods and raw
material prices On q competitive basis by their
chief farm and industrial users.
te) Some compulsory renegotiation downward
Of recent long g-term contracts.
90 Government aids to increase individual
productivity through technical education, allo-
cation of some relatively scarce materials such
as steel, etc.
go Compulsory investment of feasible per-
centage OF wages and salaries in Government
bonds and in non-negotiable stocks in ones
place Of private employment. The latter will
not only combat imitation but also give more
thousands Of workers stake in free economy.
As production catches up with foreign and
domestic consumer demand, some of these con-
trolls can be lifted, and supply and demand
will have the proper conditions under which
they can operate successfully Those conditions
have not existed since OPA
QUINTIN M. SANGER.
Evening star., 1948-09-08
A Thoughtless Guest

To the Editor of The Star:
The other day I was shopping in one of
our incest department stores and noticed that
several customers were smoking but what
amazed me most was that one smoker care
lessly threw a lighted cigarette butt on the
floor when only five steps away there was a
jar OF sand in which 1t might have been thrown.
1t had always been my understanding that
any place Of business acts as a host, and the
customer as the guest, and I am sure If
this thoughtless guest had been entertaining
in her home and one of her guests threw q
lighted cigarette butt on her floor, thereby
endangering the lives Of her other guests and
her property she would have become highly
indignant and the offending guest would have
been scratched from her social list as un-
desirable. SARAH NICKLIN DIGGS.
Plan for Correction of Initiation
To the Editor of The star
To those who anticipate the time when one
must carry home his groceries in a smaller
basket than is required to carry the money to
buy them, the imitation prospect Is particularly
depressing. Imitation marches on, and the
blame for it is passed around, but no one has
courage enough to step on the toes that must
be hurt if the march is to stop. Yet the
tragic fact is that imitation will almost GER
tainly bring to naught the program to stop
Communist imperialism while it also ruins
millions in the most prosperous country on
earth.
If one were seeking election to high public
Office at this time and wanted to live in his
tory as statesman one might present to the
voters for approval the following program to
combat imitation:
ID Reduction Of Government spending to
the lowest feasible level while maintaining
adequate defense and other services by re-
organization of the Federal administrative
departments. This will have a small but ap-
preciable influence.
(0 Reduction of the public debt to further
limit the amount of Government securities on
the basis Of which reserve banks expand credit:
also manipulation of the rediscount rate TO
prevent unreasonable extensions of credit.
90 Limitations on installment buying, and
consumer education to prevent 50 far as pos
sible excessive consumer demand while goods
shortages continue
"a Measures to reduce business and labor
monopoly fixing Of prices and wages:
(a) Government guarantee of markets for
key commodities at the mid-1945 price level.
provided producers make full use Of capital
and productive resources, profits being returned
on q large volume of business. This will in
volve, Of course, guarantees Of markets Tor
Evening star., 1948-09-08

Before each take in a film now in pro-.
duction Linda Darnells hair is sprayed
with real gold dust" In line with Holly
woods new austerity, one assumes this is
old, ground-up wedding rings.
Evening star., 1948-09-08
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question Of
fact by writing The Evening Star nformsti9p
Please nclose three (3) cents for return postxk&S
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Too Nervous About the Weather?

90 NERVOUS ABOUT the Weather.?
To the Editor of The Star
In your columns recently read, More than
a half million calls were made for the recorded
weather report from midnight Thursday to mid
night Sunday" For the "A hours beginning
midnight Thursday 10000 calls were made
once had an English nurse who claimed that
she did not allow children to pay much atten-
ton to the weather. She held that: at made
for instability of character And now does
this or does It not just 90 to show what Is the
matter With us? HELEN A. COLHOUN.-
, 1948-03-12
N. Y.

Islands.
There seems to be ample
evidence to support the con-
tention that the President took
this trip, at least in part, for
political reasons.
Therefore ! do not feel
that your complaint has a
sound basis in fact"
, 1948-03-12
WOMAN pEAp

get some hot water from her
and noticed numerous flies on
the window screen.
The body was removed to
the norge at the Christiansted
Hospital where an autopsy
will be neld.
, 1948-03-12

port and to certificate Pan
American World Anyways,
Inc, into st. Croix, and,
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLV-
ED, and it hereby further re-
solver, that the Examiners of
the Civil Aeronautics Board
be requested to disregard the
Resolution passed by the Mum
icipal Council of st. Thomas
and st. John on March 3, 1913,
as passed without the authori-
|ty Of and without the authori-
or consultation Of the repre-
sentatives of the People Of ST.
|Croix, and, That the Munich
pal Council Of ST Thomas ard
st. John does not represent the
people nor the Municipality of
st. Croix,
BE 1T FURTHER S o
Ed, and it hereby further re-
solved, That copies of this
Resolution be forwarded to the
President Of the United States
Mr.. Oswald Ryan Acting
Chairman Of the Civil Aero
nautics Board, Washington,
p. G., to Caribbean Atlantic
Airlines, Inc, San Juan, to
Pan American World Air
ways, Inc, New York, to the
Governor of the Virgin Is.
lands, to the Secretary Of the
, 1948-03-12
Interior, Washington, D. c.

Interior, Washington, d. c.
Proposed BY
Alexander Mcorhead
Second Elected Member for
the Frederiksted Town. Dis
trict.
Passed by unanimous vote at
the regular meeting Of the
Municipal Council of ST.
Croix, March 9, 1913
, 1948-03-12
V. I. NURSES.

The visiting nurses will con-
fer with a similar organiza-
ton here on the possibility of
formation Of a Virgin Islands
group.
, 1948-03-12
RESOLUTIONS

disregard the Examiners Re
port and to certificate Pan
American World Always,
Inc, into St. Croix, and,
, 1948-03-12

Tender, tasty chicken; whole,
pre-cooked Ham; flavorful
Vienna Sausages; famous SPAN
1.-The meat Of q hundred uses.
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ID. {. Legion Auxiliary
To Elect tonight;
80 Awards Presented

Officers of the District Depart
ment. American Legion Auxiliary,
will be elected at 8:15 o'clock to-
night in the Commerce Department
auditorium at the groups closing
convention session.
Delegates last night witnessed the
presentation of more than 80 awards
to auxiliary units for their ac-
complishments over the last year.
OF the groups, the James Reese
Europe Unit, No. S, took the great
est number of awards, with five
trophies, a SIS check, a citation and
several honorable mentions. Its
nearest competitor was the James
E. Walker Unit, No. rs, which COL
lected two trophies, citation and
an honorable mention.
Outstanding among the trophies
presented were the Catherine
Waters Rehabilitation Trophy for
welfare services to veterans in hos
pitfalls or homes, won by the Walker
Auxiliary and the Mary Winifred
Mccarthy Child Welfare Trophy to
orphaned or invalid children in
their homes, in hospitals or on the
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streets, which the Europe unit
received.
The Addie NJ. Hardy Trophy,
awarded annually to the unit sub
hitting the best history to the de-
partment. went to the Europe Aux
Hilary, while the Department His
tory Trophy was awarded the
Walker unit for submitting the best
history of the current year.
The Eight and Forty annual
trophy to the unit having "the
most outstanding welfare program
went to Killeen Unit, No. rs.
Among other presentations made
last night were the following:
Max Began Victory Trophy" for
unit having largest number of new
members at close OF year, Europe
unit.
Mary E. Killeen Senior Trophy,
for group of more than 100 men,
bers, bringing in most new members
in year, Europe unit.
Mary E. Killeen Junior Trophy,
for unit of less than 100 members,
bringing in most new members,
General Accounting Office Unit,
No. 48.
Margaret Franklin Trophy, for
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highest percentage gain in mem
bership. Depue unit.
Florence Campbell Trophy for
Pan American Study, Agriculture
Department Unit, No. 36. TN this
award, five groups received honor
able mention0
Mary B. Corwin Trophy for Com
munity Service, for unit demon
strating and reporting the most out
standing accomplishments in the
interest Of community service, Fort
Dupont Unit, No. 80.
Ann Crump Membership Award
Cooley Mccullough Unit, No. %.
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unit showing highest gain in per-
centage in membership. Commerce
Department Unit, No. IS.
William Hargrave Trophy, to unit
which first reaches its department
quota, Stanley Church Depue Unit,
No. 80.
Dorothy B. Harper Eight and
Forty Senior Trophy for unit OF
more than 100 members showing
highest percentage gain in member
ship, Sergt. Jasper Post, No. Is.
Dorothy B. Harper Eight and
Forty Junior Trophy, for unit OF
less than 100 members showing
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THE EVENING STAR Washington D. c.
SATURDAY, AUGUST a,

The Europe unit rounded out its
evening with receipt Of a IS check
from Mrs. Lillian Howard, Legisla-
tive Committee chairman, for out
standing work in seeking benefits
for veterans over the past year.
Mrs. Rella de Rosselli was chair
man Of the Trophies and Awards
Committee. She was assisted in
presentation of the history awards
by Mrs Fairfax Lomack.
Mrs. May Clarke Hilleary, depart
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Police Ordered to Clear
Curb at Horse Trouqhs

At the request Of the Humane
Society Metropolitan Police yester-
day were ordered by Supt. Robert
j. Barrett to see that drinking
troughs for horses are not blocked
by parked cars.
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NHH

Photographs eonnot de-
piet the ehorm Of this
unusual estate. only 7
miles by duol hishwoy
from downtown Wosh-
inston. So come and see
it yourself todoy. Drive
out Lee Blvd. Route 50)
to Seven Corners. turn
sharp right BY Texoeo
Cos stotion. then "a mile
to 6407 Wilson Blvd. and
open sign.
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ment auxiliary president, conducted
the session.
Evening star., 1948-09-26
FAM/Z/ES
. IN THE ARMY BAND

mayor Of the battered city.
With Sergt. Hershey at YER
dun the second time was Carl,
who had joined the band
about five years before. Carl
has an 18-year-old brother
who Is studying trombone and
talking about making it a trio
for the Hersheys in the Army
Band.
Newest addition to the band
Is StSergt. David Maser, a
trombonist, whose brother,
T/Sergt. Louis Maser. talked
him into leaving Tony Pastors
orchestra for the Army OUTFIT.
Louis has played trumpet with
the band since 1910. David.
who also had toured with Jan
Savitt and Ray Mckinley, said
he joined up recently for
greater security. He served In
the Army during the war. al
though not as a musician.
I've got a wife and baby
now and I decided I'd better
settle down." he said. my
brother didn't have to sell me
very hard on coming into the
Army Band"
The other brother combina-
ton consists of Sergts. An
thony B. and Edmond +.
Korcel, star clarinetists. An
thony has been with the band
IL years and Edmond nine.
Both enlisted soon after grad
uation from the Johnstown
(Pa.) College Of Music.-S. B.