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Evening star., 1948-05-14
'Forty-Eiqhters' Exhibition

To illustrate the cultural effects Of the
wave of immigration from Germany q
hundred years ago, the Library Of Congress
has brought together display Of docu-
ments, books and pictures which should
be of interest to all classes of citizens. The
exhibition deals particularly with "the
Forty Fighters" and has connotations OF
international liberalism which certainly
are convincing. Such men as Carl Schurz
and Johann Gottfried Kinkel would have
been ardent advocates Of human freedom
in any country. When they found that
they could not achieve their ideal in
Europe in the middle Of the nineteenth
century, they came to America. And they
brought their hopes and their willingness
to toll for the fulnllment Of their aspira-
tions with them.
1t is this fact that makes the Library's
commemoration notable. The hundreds
Of German libertarians who moved to the
United States following the failure of the
democratic cause in their homeland in
184S were skilled craftsmen, artisans,
artists of more than average ability. Some
became eminent journalists, like Karl
Heinzen and Henry Willard; some excelled
in medicine, like Dr.. Abraham Jacob.
Many brought new, hitherto unknown
techniques with them, as for example
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Borrowing Not the Answer

It is misleading to talk about a bond
issue or any other borrowing scheme as
a substitute for the sales tax.
It may be desirable to finance new
construction program, with particular
reference to school buildings, by borrow
ing. In Washington, where the interests
of both the National Government and the
local community are served by such con-
struction program, the borrowing coulo
take the form of Treasury advances to be
repaid in annual installments from local
revenues. That was the idea behind the
Capper- -Cramton park purchase program
and could be applied as well to scnool
building. It has the merit OF taking the
burden for such permanent improve
ment from current revenue and spreading
1t over the years. 1t is a wise policy and
could prove to be an economical one as
we'll.
It is another sort of thing entirely to
talk of bond issues as a way out of our
current deficit. In the general fund-as
distinct from the highway fund and water
fund, where there are no pressing Difficult
ties-we are raising less money than we
are spending to maintain the city ana
provide normal amount for construction.
The need is for new revenue. Even the
passage of a sales tax would barely meet
the expense Of proposed salary increases.
The need for this new revenue Is not for
this year alone, or for next. 1t is perma-
nent need, requiring permanent additions
to the sources of revenue. proposal
of q bond issue in these circumstances is
to advocate the worst features of trying
to borrow ones way out of debt and makes
no sense whatever.
We are in the red now, not because OF
any lavish spending on new construction
or anything else but because the cost OF
local government, with its 40-hour week,
its time and -a-half for overtime and Its
higher salary scales, plus; the needs Of q
tremendously increased population, has
become greater than the available sources
Of revenue.
After the substantial tax increase last
year, affecting the same small group OF
tax-paying Washingtonians who carry the
load, new taxpayers must be added II
the money is to be raised. The only
sensible method of getting the new tax
payers Is to enact the moderate sales tax
that has been recommended by the
Commissioners.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
The Commies Do Not Like Ii

Even the most resourceful Of Hollywood's
press agents could not have done better
job Of publicizing that new movie, 'The
Iron Curtain" than the Communists have
done. It was press agents dream, that
riot Of the Reds outside the Roxy Theater
in New York the other night News re-
porters and photographers, newsreel
cameramen, radio commentators, police
and hundreds of just plain spectators were
on hand in expectation that something
might happen when this film exposing
Communist treachery in Canada made its
debut
Plenty happened, too. The party-line
ever alert to protest any attack, showed
up with signs denouncing the picture as
a dirty lie concocted by the capitalists.
Before long disorder was rampant, cameras
were clicking and grinding-and "The
Iron Curtain" was of to what undoubtedly
will be q highly successful run-at the
Roxy, At the Capitol Theater here and in
500 other movie houses throughout the
country.
The Communists have rendered the
public 4 service for which they deserve q
vote of thanks. As might be suspected,
there is a reason for their anguished
howls. For "The Iron Curtain" is not
the foul propaganda" the filthy false
hood" which they proclaim it to be. It
was not conjured up by a fiction writer.
It tells the true story of Igor Gouzenko
the Soviet cipher clerk who deserted the
Russian Embassy in Ottawa and revealed
the amazing ramihcations of Com
munist spy ring. 1t is based on oficial
findings of the Royal Commission. The
commissions report was summarized in a
series OF articles in The Star last year.
The movie sticks close to the established
facts of that disturbing. case. 1t is not
surprising that the Commies are slightly
hysterical about 1t.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Wood-Winds

No Instruments hare loDelier name.
The lyre and Dtoltn )
Beside 1t are lame,
The tdn,bor thin. ra +
For reeden stem uhat tdirer toord,
That captures land then tyeeO
Flute of a bird,
Oboes of bees.
From lingering minds Dho also took,
Combing forest fine,
Clartnets OF brook
And nnsUering pine.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Msgr. Buckley a Friend
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
good kind and holy priest has passed to
his reward. Msgr. Buckley was noted for his
charity. OF him 1t truly can be said, BLESSED
is he concerning the needy. and the poor. The
Lord will deliver him in the evil day"
One Of his deepest interests was the Catholic
Home for Aged Ladies which he established
and which he visited weekly. We who were
privileged to share the home will miss his
kindly presence.
"A friend In need is 4 friend indeed" May
he rest in peace, and light eternal be sheo
upon him. EMILY II. HEEEFORD.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Stars, Men and Atoms u
New Diphtherio BociIlus
Is Reported as Isolated
Present Immunization Methods Found
Ineffective Against Germ =
By Thomas r. Henry


Isolation of hitherto unrecognised strain
Of the diphtheria bacillus against which present
immunization methods seem relatively in.
effective has just been reported to the Public
Health Service. y1es.
1t Is characterized chiefly by the fact that
1t forms only microscopically small colonies.
only about one 2o0th Of an inch in diameter.
when 1t Is grown in laboratory cultures. Also
1t causes only an almost intellectually mild re-.
action when used to inoculate guinea pigs, the
standard animals used In diphtheria tests. II
Is dumbbell-shaped thing, invisible under
any standard microscope. ;
Easy to Miss.
But for humans 1t may be as virulent A.
any other diphtheria bacillus. As yet, how.
cases. Presumably it has been in the world
for long time. The dificulty is that It will
not grow under the standard broth for diph.
liberia culture which has been used generally
up to the present. Only when this was changed
did throat cultures Of persons with suspected
diphtheria show these characteristic sman
colonies. The Unexpectedly small size, requir.
ing specialized microscopic technique, makes
them easy to miss, according to the Public
Health Service report.
An organism closely resembling the one now
identified in human cases was reported from
Baltimore four years ago from isolated OBJ.
servation. The existence OF this so-called
'minimus" diphtheria now is made certain
by study Of an exceptional epidemic in Utah
last fall There were lit cases with II deaths.
Curiously, many Of the victims had been i'm.
munised. =
widely Distributed.
Study Of the cultures, according to the re-
port Of DR.. Alton A. jenkins Of the Utah State
Health Department. showed not only the
organisms hitherto recognized Is causing diph-
theria but also this new bacterium. It was
found rather widely distributed In the popu-
lation.
It frequently has been pointed out that,
despite active immunisation programs every.
where, the number Of diphtheria cases In
older children and adults has been on the
increase throughout the country for some years.
More than half Of the Utah cases caused by
this particular organism previously had been
immunized. The Utah epidemic started on an
Indian reservation where 1t was practically
certain all the inhabitants had been I'm.
munized as children.
None Of the fatal cases, the Utah doctors
report, were due to the new "minimus," but this
may have been largely q matter Of luck. The
sickness caused by this organism seemed Just
a. severe as those due to the previously recos-
nized types.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
priter, although It is permissible tor
a tDriter knoDn to The Star to use
nom de plume Please be brtet.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Books on Radio Wanted

70 the Editor Of The Star:
wonder If any reader Of The Star has any
books or lessons on radio that he no longer
Is using.
am a patient at the TB sanatorium here
and wish to study while recuperating.
It surely will help me to pass the long hours
If some one will send me any books or courses
Of the type mentioned, and I will be very
thankful HAROLD @. LEWIS.
State Sanatorium, Md.
Evening star., 1948-05-14

is looking for some information that 1t
does not now possess.
The Knowland resolution deserves ap-
proval because in simple justice the
question of Hawaiian statehood should
come before the Senate now.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Preparedness First

To the Editor Of The Star:
It s very good to talk peace. but better to
prepare for war. Don't forget that Secretary
Of State Cordell Hull was talking peace with
the japanese ENJOYS when the japanese planes
bombed Pearl Harbor. DEMOCRAT.
Gainesville, Fla.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Merchant Seamen's Claims
M thu Rditor of The Star.

Proposed legislation for the draft gives no
credit to merchant seamen for services they
have rendered. During World War II Our
boys were told that this branch Of service
was as important as that Of the armed forces,
and correctly so. They were urged to join
the Merchant Marine and were exempted from
selective service to do so.
These boys suffered hardships and dangers
sailing in unseaworthy ships through mined
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Firemen's Association Vote

To the Editor OF The star
To allow the District Of Columbia Firemens
Association to vote on whether they desire
white and colored fremen to be attached to
the same hre company is in direct violation
Of the Constitution and the Bill Of Rights.
Since when did 1t become constitutional or
legal for any group Of employees to choose the
color, the race or the creed Of the people
with whom they work to earn their daily
bread? The District Of Columbia Commits
sioneers, who report direct to the President OF
the United States, should Immediately outlaw
this discrimination, because their Chief has
declared himself for the civil rights bill that
is now before Congress.
Surely, the Commissioners desire to abide
by their Chiefs promulgations. And by the
way, the writer of this letter belongs to the
white race. but he believes In practicing what
he breaches. FRANK D. T1PPETT.
Drastic Action Against Communists
70 the Editor Of The Star:
should like to ask Congress, Secretary OF
State Marshall and President Truman IT they
don't think it would look more sensible to
clean the Communists out Of our own United
States of America before going abroad to
clean them out or keep them out Of other
countries?
A good many voters are wondering II these
gentlemen really care what happens to this
country, because If they did they wouldn't be
wondering what to do about the Communists
Just in case they don't really care what
happens, vast number Of good, honest, red
blooded Americans do, and right here is what
about 90 per cent of them want done:
Cd Outlaw the Communist Party, and soon.
90 Round up every union leader who is
Communist and shut him in jail or send him
to Russia
What this country needs right now Is
another Teddy Roosevelt in the White House.
A. L. COLE
Evening star., 1948-05-14

waters to deliver necessary supplies for the
fighting forces. What could our armies have
accomplished without their needed supplies7
Our merchant seamen did their job and did
it well. They were required to serve longer
than the fighting forces to be exempted from
the draft. They did receive higher pay at the
time, but they enjoy none Of the benefits Of
veterans consequently their total compensa-
ton is much less. Their pay was subject to
exorbitant union dues. income taxes. ETC., so
their take home earnings were much less than
generally Is believed.
Congress alone has the privilege Of giving
our merchant seamen credit for their faith
full performance Of duty. their sacrifices and
loss Of time from school and other pursuits
Of life. VIII Congress make provision for
their just credit or forget what they have done
and require them to serve again? r. H. r.
Evening star., 1948-05-14

Supreme Court Praised
70 the Editor Of The Star:
No fault can be found with The Stars edi-<
torial and factual coverage of the Supreme
Courts edict banning the enforcement Of
covenants by the courts. The editorial was
one of the fairest have read and the stories
gathered in by the reporters were nicely bal
anced.
Thank God for the Supreme Court! Too
many lower courts decide cases influenced by
community sentiment. But when Supreme
Court justices unanimously defend the funda-
mental law OF the land against those who put
private interests above national welfare, they
prove democracy to be q vigorous government.
The covenant case decision is Dred Scott
decision in reverse and matches the Emancipa-
ton Declaration in importance to the Nation.
The reactionaries against President Tru-
mans advocacy of civil rights oppose Federal
Intervention by claiming that the States will
remedy injustice and tyranny. But no single
Southern State has take any step to repeal
laws of the black codes. Not single politician
has made move toward getting the States to
do away with Jim Grow legal barriers to citi-
zenship The politicians in the main are too
sensitive to the strata of voters who believe
in giving no quarter on the racial front.
There are those who say legislation Is not
the answer, yet the only relief that has come
to colored Americans in the past decade has
come through the courts. The latest decision
on covenants will result in increased real
!. estate business but what is more important Is
the beginning Of the breaking down Of ghettoes
and slums. Decent people will be able to buy
decent homes. E. B. HENDERSON.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Questions and Answers

reader can ges the answer to any question u
fact by ,x.itlns The Evening Star Inferm,tes
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Ganssters, Gambling and Politics

Ganssters, Gambling and Politics
To the Editor Of The Star:
In order to further their criminal enterprises
by securing protection for themselves the
sangster enemies OF the public concentrate on
controlling minority Of votes large enough to
constitute balance Of power with which to
elect candidates who will tolerate their rackets.
Politics are ruled by the votes which the
gangsters control In every community in
which they operate, and the only way to drive
them out Of politics and end gang rule is to
paddock the gambling houses which provide
most Of the vast income financing the activi-
ties Of the gangsters and their political friends
D. w. EAKTNS
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Case AGAINST Lotteries

To the Editor OF The Star:
A letter to The Star recently suggested
leealized lotteries, because so many people like
to gamble! Should we on the same theory also
have legalized houses Of prostitution? What
justification Is there for right-minded citizens
to pander to the vices Of their weaker neigh
bors? Should they not, rather, BY precept and
example, show them bettefN4y& 1Mef
Lotteries foster and encourage mans worst
vice: Greed The desire to get something for
nothing is indeed deeply rooted in every one
of us, and only the grace Of God can enable
us to overcome the urge, but every effort should
be made to eliminate greedy tendencies not
to encourage them. Msh
Our country is supposed to stand for ideals Of
service and mutual helpfulness-the exact op-.
posite of the something for nothing" philoso-
ply 1t is matter Of history that the United
States took over the government Of the Ha-
waiian Islands on the pretext that the native
ruler intended to establish lotteries, thus de-
moralizing the people. Now the superficial
thinkers of the Nations Capital are asking for
that sordid institution in q supposedly Christ
ian country!
Lotteries thrive in Panama, In the same
ratio that the citizens do not One Of Pana-
mas greatest statesmen has said that the
to Panamanian progress. Newspapers there
feature the few who get rich quick" never
mentioning the many thousands who might
have had thriving farms or profitable businesses
except that the government lotteries got all
their earnings on the false lure Of "easy
money" The Panamanian instinct for gam
bling has been encouraged to the point where
money which should be spent on home inn
proyements farm implements constructive
investments, and even needed food and cloth
ing, all goes to the weekly lottery, instead.
OF course, advocates Of lotteries always drag
in the good cause" which is supposed to just
ify the lottery thus hoodwinkng the unwary
Do we buy lottery tickets to help q hospital
or school? No! We would contribute directly If
that were our chief motive. Let's not deceive
ourselves. We buy lottery tickets only because
we want to enjoy what some one else has
earned. without any effort on our part. Is
that the sort of character that should be en-
couraged? God forbid.
ELIZABETH McSHERRY.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Wesley's Blessing on Teapot

10 tne GoltoI OF Inc oter:
was very much interested in the account
in The Star for May Of the exhibit Of
Josiah Wedgwood pottery in Brooklyn, and
I thought you might be interested in the fol-
lowing: On . famous teapot presented by
Josiah Wedgwood. the potter who made it,
there is Wesleys blessing reading:
BE present at our table, Lord.
Be here and everywhere adored,
These creatures bless and grant that We
May feast In Paradise with Thee"
Winchester, Va. SOPHIE e. BAKER.
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Service Housing Problems


don't pretend to understand the involved
workings of our complex Government, and
obviously many who should understand and
have been put in a position to direct and
lead are very nearly as uninformed a. I. But
reduced to the common denominator, which
after all is the individual, the confusion and
seriousness Of the existing situation in our
country is shamefully apparent. The most
appalling stigma is basic need, shelter
places to live This Is very real problem
in our family so I feel qualified to speak out.
am married to naval ofIicer. That
classes us, suppose, as professional transients.
and we ind. for that reason, we are subject
to the indifference OF the whole community
and seemingly the whole country.
In our five years Of married life and many
moves. only twice have we had adequate
quarters During the war years in congested
areas we accepted being showed about (and
we were. believe me). But now after two years
of peace and IA months Of roughing it IN the
Pacific, we have returned to find the housing
situation even more acute, more disgusting.
At the present time, after six months IN
Washington we are ensconced in q pitifully
small apartment in a cluttered, congested
housing area. The main room contains
couch, two chairs, lamp and linoleup rug
The tiny bedroom, bed and two chests For
this we pay $8625 a month, not including
utilities. By many, We are deemed fortunate,
indeed to have a place to cook. In the mean
time we are frantically looking for a three
bedroom house before the advent Of our second
child, two and half months hence. That is,
We are looking for house under 5000 month,
not for q seasonal period and not restricted
as IN children Needless to say, the search has
been fruitless to date. Our situation is not
UNIQUE It is experienced many times over by
all service personnel.
We have found the few houses available
land at exorbitant rents) are dirty made
quately furnished in poor repair, without
yards or garages. And we are tired Of making
do" cleaning up after others, building supple
mentary furniture. Landlords for the most
part, are blase and 6isinterested, refusing to
assume any responsibility for repairs after
the tenants are in. The attitude Is: III you
don't like It, leave It.; there are hundred
others eagerly clamoring." The adults only"
stipulation is another constant thorn in the
side Is this to be our lot for the next five
years?
It would seem wise for Congress, striving
to make military life attractive to swell armed
force strength, to look first to the needs Of
trained and seasoned men now in service.
Like the weather, every one talks about the
housing situation but nothing seems to be
done about it. These are pretty sad returns
for those who fought the war and still are
expected, in all good faith, to maintain the
present all-important military strength of our
Government.
DIsnLUsIoNED NAVY WIFE
Evening star., 1948-05-14
Competition for Parking Space

Competition tor Parking Space
To the Editor Of The Star:
The parking on F street NV. between
Seventeenth street and Twenty third street,
has become = very irritating problem for the
residents of the said street, what with George
Washington University students. Interior De-
partment employees and now the 1875 Club
with its social functions blocking the whole
street. leaving the working people who have to
drive cars to make their living with no place
to park.
Unfortunately, we who live in the Park
Central are unable to afford chauheurs. But
If we park our cars In front Of our own build
ing, where we pay rent and taxes too, We will
find our cars towed away by the police.
DISGRUNTLED TENANT
Evening star., 1948-05-14

q. How many aliens have been admitted To
the United States since the wars end?-E. r.
A. The number of aliens admitted to tbs
United States from all countries each year
since 1s45 is as folloys: 194S-3s,ll9 1916
los, ,72l; 1o47-147,292.
Smyrna times., 1948-12-09
Collision With Pedestrian
Restores Veterans Memory

WICHITA, KAS.-Collision of two
pedestrians on a street brought
back the memory of one suffering
from amnesia.
Calvin W. Tinsley, %, a navy vet
eran of Davenport, Iowa, rushed
into police headquarters to ask
where he was. He learned he was
700 miles from home.
Tinsley told police the last thing
he remembered was leaving his job
with a construction company at
Rock Island, Ill, near Davenport.
Searching his pockets, the youth
found a list of unbought groceries,
"a cents in change and an empty
billfold.
Tinsley's wife ard parents tele-
phoned that they were coming here
for him.
He had been missing four days.
The disappearance had not been re-
ported to Davenport police.