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Evening star., 1948-06-27
The Police Promotions

The Police Departments high COM
mand" will be materially strengthened by
the elevation of Inspectors Clarence Talley,
Oscar j. Letterman and Floyd E. Kelly as
assistant superintendents of police. These
three veteran law enforcement officers
have outstanding records. They we'll de-
serve the promotions which Major Barrett
has given them.
Inspector Talley, member of the force
for thirty years. has won special COM
mendation OF his superlorS on four occa-
sions. His prowess and courage as a
detective sergeant impressed not only his
colleagues in the bureau, of which Major
Barrett was one, but also the underworld.
Inspector Letterman gained fame as a
racket buster" during his energetic serv-
ice as head of a special gambling squad
and, earlier, as head of the vice squad.
Inspector Kelly, who served as a major
in command of military police units during
World War II, has devoted much of his
attention to the Traffic Division
This trio brings to six the number of
assistant superintendents in the depart
ment. The staff of assistants was doubled
by Congress in the 1949 appropriation
bill in order to enable Major Barrett
to assign officers of that high rank to
act in the absence of the superintendent.
If the intention of Congress is to be carried
out fully, the new assistant superintendent
should be given all authority necessary to
fill the job in Major Barrett's absence. A
change in title, without additional powers
would have little meaning
The new high-ranking posts paved the
way for series of other. promotions, in
cluding the stepping up of three captains
to the rank of inspector. Captains George
Wallrodt, William J. Cunningham and
Clarence Lutz have good records as pre-
cinct COMMANDERS They should do well
in their higher ranks. The net effect of
the reorganization should be helpful to
police morale and hence should contribute
to efficiency of the whole department
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No Coal Strike

There are two aspects of the settlement
which has been reached between John l..
Lewis and the bulk of the soft coal pro-
ducers which the public is entitled to
view with concern.
One is the renewed demonstration OF
the monopoly power held and exercised by
Mr.. Lewis and his union. Once again it
has been shown that there is no such
thing, in the absence of Government in
tervention, as equality of bargaining power
between Mr.. Lewis and the mine operators.
The union head simply states his terms
and the operators sign on the dotted line,
regardless of what the impact may be
on the public interest. The representatives
of the so-called captive mine owners, it
is true, have not signed. But they are
standing on what amounts to technical
ity-the assertion that the contract violates
the Taft-Hartley law since 1t grants a
closed shop without the union election
required by the statute. This may be
correct in the strict sense, but there is not
the slightest doubt that if an election were
held the union shop would be overwhelm-
ingly Endorsed. So the expectation is that
within a short time the captive mine
operators will accept the contract.
The other additional feature is the added
boost which this contract will give to
mounting prices. The agreement grants
wage increase d dollar day. resulting
in an average daily wage almost exactly
double that of the last prewar year. In
addition the royalty levy for the union
welfare fund also is doubled from ten to
twenty cents on each ton of coal produced.
This additional operating cost, est1-
mated to be in the neighborhood OF $685.
100000 year, will, of course, be passed
on to the public. And it will be reflected
in even higher prices all along the line for
every commodity in the production OF
which soft coal is factor. Without regard
to the Justification or otherwise for the
increase, the simple fact remains that 1t
is futile for President Truman to be sniping
at Congress for failing to lower prices
while this process continues. If costs are
going to continue to rise, SO are prices,
and neither Congress nor any other agency
can do anything about it.
The principal public gain lies in the
vital fact that negotiation of the agree
ment presumably means there will be no
coal strike this year. To have had one
would have been disastrous. The big
question is when the price Of industrial
peace is going to prove too high.
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Before the chariots bent low this modern
prophet whispered the transfguring secret as
to how religious faith can allay the fears and
Illustrations which SO easily beset us humans:
Peace be still"
In his brief span of years this messenger OF
the Eternal showed multitudes the sure path
to ordered lives in disordered day. In the
quiet waters of his own soul and in the amaz
ing book in which he echoes the words of the
great Master of men, MY peace I give unto
you," he made incarnate the word OF Whittier
which rises from lifes yeasty ooze like white
chaliced lily:
Drop thy still dews of quietness
Till all our strivings cease:
Take from our souls the strain and stress
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty Of thy peace
Ordered lives mean peace of mind For
life must fall into designed place, and z
and all the letters between must be put where
they make sense and service.
Any mechanism is parable Of the ordered
life If the watch does not keep correct time,
If the intricate machinery Of a car goes awry,
we say that the watch or the car is out of
order. Somewhere the symphony of motion
has been broken, and harmony is lost. And
thus it is with human life. Physically:
Our lives are harps of thousand strings
And die if one is gone"
Spiritually, too our lives are harps OF a
thousand strings that can be instruments of
inspiring harmony or of clashing discord which
spois hfe's music.
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Imperial Title Yielded

On May l, 1876, Queen Victoria was pro-
claimed Empress of India in London. The
announcement of her assumption of that
title was an incident in the great game of
world politics which Benjamin Disraeli
then was playing. His objective was sue
cessful resistance to the expansion of
Russia, then as now major problem for
Britain. The princes and the peoples of
the Hindustan peninsula, he believed.
would be drawn by this procedure into
closer, more personal loyalty. Admittedly,
the measure was imaginative" Parlia-
ment was not happy about it when it
originally was proposed. But it pleased
Her Majesty. and the reaction in the Orient
was much more friendly than critics at
home in London had supposed it would be-
The formal ceremony of Victorias ac-
ceptance and induction was staged on the
historic Ridge, overlooking the Moghul
capital of Delhi on January l, 1877. A
magnificent durbar had been arranged,
and plans were carried out with impress
sive solemnity. The Empress acknowledged
the occasion by creating for its first ami
versary the Order of the Empire of India
for men and the Imperial Order of the
Crown of India for women. War with
Afghanistan was another, less agreeable
result Disraeli's purposes, however, ap-
peared to be fulfilled when the native
potentates in 1885 offered their jewels as
we'll as the money in their treasures to aid
the British against Russia. A policy of
Thorough defense" thus was financed.
In 1886 a tremendous military review at
Delhi gave proof of imperial strength in
arms and in 1887 national congress" at
Calcutta furnished evidence of notable
advancement in cultural enterprise BY
the time of the death of Victoria on Febru-
ary /, 1901, the title of Empress was
definitely tie of affection as we'll as
profound respect. 1t long had ceased to
signify nothing more than a politicians
trick
The great-grandson of Victoria, with
Indian independence an accomplished
fact, now. ceases to regard himself as
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feel that polygamy on such an extensive
scale merits international attention, and
so they have decided to look into 1t and
do whatever they can to discourage IT.
The undertaking, though not world
shaking in Importance, ought certainly to
be interesting. The king Of the Bikoms OBJ
viously is an unusual man, and the chances
are that the U. N. mission, even If it fails
to persuade him to taper off on his marry
ing habit, will learn few Illuminating
things about the personal philosophy that
has led him to wed so many wives and
about how he manages to preserve peace
among them and lead relatively un-
harried life himself Needless to say, many
a homogeneous male-not to mention the
ones who are only slightly polygamous--
will be looking forward to any report the
United Nations may be able to produce on
this point.
II it is true, as one poet has written,
that strife is the dowry of a wife," then
the king of the Bikom tribe must be re-
garded as one of the greatest trouble
seekers of all time. On the other hand,
it may be that he once studied Burtons
Anatomy of Melancholy" and that he
was deeply impressed when he read in it
that mans best possession is loving
wife"-a sentence that may have fired
him with the idea that the surest way to
acquire wealth is to marry as often as
possible. His motivation, however, must
remain a matter of speculation until the
United Nations reports on his case. Mean
while, it can only be said that he is an
uncommon fellow and that truer words
were never spoken than when somebody
observed it takes all kinds of people to
make q world
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Teleyision and Politics

Politicking will never be the same
Blame it on-or credit it to-television.
The change is revolutionary. Time was
when political conventions were for a
select few-national and State politicos,
party angels, hopeful candidates and
newspapermen. The advent of radio
brought the folks at home into closer
touch with the goings-on. But now moth
ing is sacred nothing secure from the
prying eye of the television cameras-not
even the traditional smoke filled room, or
the whiskers yet to sprout from candidates
jowls.
If there are any Smokefilled rooms any
party headquarters, any candidates nook
that has not as yet been invaded by the
television boys at Philadelphia, it must
have been an oversight. Every favorite
son. every leading candidate has been in
terviewed under the searchlight of tele-
vision. Even the caucuSes of several State
delegations have been televiSed for all to
see and hear. AS was to be expected, some
of the candidates have Jared better under
this close scrutiny than others. Some of
those interviewed have appeared i'll at
ease, others obviously have relished the
spotlight-the opportunity to turn on their
charm and their well-chosen words for the
benefit of the television audience. To what
extent these presidential hopefuls have
won or lost popular favor as result OF
these intimate telecasts is question that
the politicians would like to know
Through the cooperation of all elements
of the television industry, which has pooled
its resources for the big show, the conven-
ton proceedings have been depicted in
great detail The television spectators,
to all practicable purposes, occupy ring
side seats. More than that, they are
enabled to see and listen in on delegates
demonstrations on the floor, through the
magic of telephoto lenses and conveniently
placed microphones. Even some of the
sotto voce asides of platform officials and
delegates on the floor have been heard,
augmented by priceless facial expressions
and gestures.
Yes, the day has gone when politicians
could assemble pretty much to themselves
and pick their nominees in on-or-off- the
floor privacy. Nearly everything is an
open book now. At least, that is the way
it looks to those who have been privileged
to see for the first time the comprehensive
television coverage of a national political
convention. The probability is that politics
and the public both will benefit.
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'Assistunt President

Governor Dewey has come forward with
an excellent proposal in declaring that he
will try to effect IAN historic change" in
the powers and functions of the vice presi-
dency If he is elected President in Novem
ber. The proposal-which played large
role in persuading Governor Warren to be
his running mate-envisions reform very
much needed in the structure of our Gov
ernment. If 1t can be put into effect, this
country will be decidedly the better 9ff
for it,
Under our Constitution, although he
takes over the august powers Of the presi-
dency in case of the Presidents death, the
Vice President has little more to do than
preside over the Senate, cast deciding bal
lots whenever there are tie votes, and lend
the prestige of his presence to official and
unofficial dinner parties in and beyond
Washington In other words, he is largely
a fgurehead-a fact which has tended in
the past to make able men in both major
parties decline nomination to the office.
The result has been that it has gone all too
frequently to mediocrities and amiable
political hacks.
This is a serious weakness in our form of
Government. Now more than ever, in an
age when the American presidency plays
role of unparalleled significance in the
world, it is of utmost Importance that the
Vice President be man we'll qualified to
rise to the occasion should an act of God
suddenly make him President. But to at
tract candidates as able as Governor War
rem, the office itself must be enlarged into
one enabling the incumbent to give full
play to his talents to acquire the sense of
doing important work, to be spared the
feeling of being mere fgurehead, and to
acquiFe<ke kind of experience and promi-
nence that would equip him, in due time,
to become the presidential nominee of his
party.
1t is for reasons of this sort that Gov
ernor Deweys proposal is altogether COM
mendable. Some past Presidents have
taken faltering steps along the same line.
When Henry Wallace was Vice President,
for instance Mr. Roosevelt gave him the
large ponsibility-which Mr.. Wallace
discharged poorly-of running the Board
of Economic Warfare. Mr.. Dewey, how
ever, apparently has basic administration
reform in mind-one that would make Mr..
Warren if the Republican ticket is elected,
an Assistant President" with real author
ity to do real job.
Thus, under Mr.. DeWey's proposal, Mr..
Warren would spend very little time on his
essentially sterile Senate duties. Instead,
he would devote himself to extremely i'm
portant undertakings like the projected
program of Federal reorganization being
planned now by a special committee
headed by Herbert Hoover. In that way,
he would serve as close partner of the
President, taking over burdens that the
latter ought not to bear in face of the
multitude of problems confronting him.
Such change-possibly requiring con-
stitutional amendment--wouldi indeed be
historic. Nor can there be any doubt that
1t would strengthen our Government
where strengthening is Sorely needed
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The stock Of Oscar l.. Chapman, Under
secretary Of Interior, has risen so sharply
at the White House in recent weeks that he
has become one of President Trumans close
confdants and is prominently among those
being considered for the vacant post of Secre-
tary of Labor Mr.. Chapman became a fair
haired boy on the basis of advance prepara-
tons he made for the Presidents recent tour.
He travelled a week ahead of Mr.. Truman.
making arrangements for appointments After
mishandling of speaking arrangements by other
persons was blamed for the dismal flop at
Omaha, Mr.. Chapman took over the Presi-
dents public appearances, too Not only were
there no more slips, but Los Angeles-regarded
in advance as the most difficult stop of all
provided the most gratifying reception of the
whole tour.
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The principal problem OF living Is to change
the strivings and strainings which mar the
beauty Of Gods peace to the celestial melody
of restored souls. When the sweet singer OF
Israel so gratefully testified, "He restoreth my
SOUL" he was saying. He puts my life in
order" The peace Of mind which comes from
an ordered life is impossible without being in
tune with the Infinite. That may sound like
a platitude, yet it Is platitude without which
life breaks down. That is exactly what H. G.
Wells was sensing when he declared: Until a
man finds God and is found Of God, he begins
at no beginning and comes to no ending"
There is a God-shaped blank In every life.
It can never be filled with all the clutter Of
misplaced interests with all the vanity Of
unworthy ambitions, with all the Illustrations
Augustine said, Our hearts are restless until
they find rest in Thee" That fundamental
truth could be stated in this way: "Our lives
are out OF order until they find order in Thee. ;"
That means that q man can never escape
the compulsion Of his destiny nor be satisfied
while the soul within him starves, Thus Is
centuries ago the spiritual malady of that
distant day was diagnosed as restless hearts
without God.
we find? Somewhere there is deep disorder
setting up frictions, indicating that in the
organism Of the human race something has
gone terribly wrong. Life is discorded when
it leaves vital things out OF the picture.
A sun dial cannot be expected to record the
hours of the day when a roof shuts out the
light fingers of the sun. In the midst of all
the hollow laughter Of today's comedy it all
comes to this, millions of people are trying
to make sense out Of life without God. And
1t simply cannot be done.
: One of the most startling phenomena Of
our day is the throngs Of people with mental
twists. with inner maladjustments who are
crowding the offices of psychoanalysts. A fully
trained psychologist recently declared: Multi
tudes of people need, more than anything else,
something which the church has been sup
posed to know about, worship, and such devo-
tional techniques as prayer and meditation -
This is the way, insists this trained prober of
personalities, to peace of mind and to an
ordered life. And SO a modern psychiatrist
stands beside the ancient Psalmist who, In
the long ago, was the herald Of the divine
promise '"I will keep that man in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed me-"
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Both Are Indisp ensoble'

Some years ago a notorious incident in
Baltimore involving trial by newspapers"
led the citys supreme bench to adopt rules,
prohibiting certain acts and publication of
! certain facts in criminal cases. The rules
are enforceable by contempt OF court pro-
| ceedings against newspapers which may
violate them. A proposal has been made
to give the rules Statewide application and
a large section of Maryland's press is cor
rectly apprehensive over the results, should
the proposal be carried out.
There is no serious disagreement over
the objectives of the rules The obJectlVeS
are to prevent newspaper trials" and to
assure that a trial in court be fair, unin-
fluenced by outside pressureS, with all
rights of the accused fully protected. Re-
sponsible newspapers should be as Jealous
of such rights as are the courts. The
difficulty arises in attempting to define IN
advance the precise areas where freedom
of the press may impinge on the rights OF
the accused, the dignity of the courts or
the administration of justice.
The rules have prevented trial by news
papers" in Baltimore, according to hne
address to the Maryland State Bar
Association by Judge Joseph SherboW OF
the Baltimore Supreme Court. The judge
attributes this to the rules, together WIN
"the scrupulous desire of the newspapers
to observe the spirit as we'll as the letter
of the rules" But actual experience has
shown that some of the rules are too broad,
the variety of Interpretation is confusing
and the rules have led to form OF censor
ship which can be as injurious 10 the
public interest as the evil they were de-
signed to prevent Judge SherboW has
suggested several notifications
But the Maryland press has every reason
to regard with grave suspicion any move
to give Statewide application to the rules
no matter how they may be modified IN
Baltimore. They would confer additional
powers on the State courts to invoke con-
tempt proceedings in a field which has
been considerably narrowed by recent de-
cision of the United States Supreme Court
The judicial power in this respect is ample
now: the press should be vigilant against
its extension and the inevitable invitation
to abuse which accompanies any such
extension.
The issue should provide opportunity IN
the Maryland Free State for an experiment
in reaching volunteer agreement between
the press and the courts on desirable
standards of press reporting of criminal
proceedings. AS Justice Frankfurter has
said: "a free press is not to be preferred
to an independent judiciary, nor an lnde-
pendent judiciary to free press. Neither
has primacy over the other; both are IN
dispensable to a free society,"
better understanding of mutual prob
lens and desirable agreement between the
press and the judiciary on practices and
methods in crime reporting which serve
the public interest without prejudicing the
rights of the accused might result, in
Maryland, in a far more effective guard
against abuse of power, either by the press
or by the judiciary, than arbitrary rules
enforced by the doubtful expedience OF
| contempt proceedings.
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A Very Married King

Some time next year mission OF the
United Nations Trusteeship Council will
be in the British Cameroons to have
heart-to-heart talk with the king of the
Bikom tribe The king it seems, is exces-
sively fond of wives. According to vari-
Gus estimates, he has anywhere from ITO
to 600 of them, and he is still collecting
new ones Right-thinking members of the
U. N, including representative OF the
Soviet delegation, do not know exactly
what to do about the matter, but they
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against the sky OF
these troubled times,
with their turmoil
without and torment
within.
The grateful ac-
claim with which his
inspired epistle to
modern man, Peace
of Mind" has been
received is in itself
an indication that
the truth between its
covers points to the
spires Of the spirit
and to the peace of
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Emperor. A simple statement in the
London court circular terminated King
George WIS use of the term. Hereafter,
he will be only the friend of the tnde-
pendent Indian peoples, not their master
In any sense TO the word.
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The Cold Var

BERLIN.-The east-west cold war is ex
pected to be waged here with the toughest
means so far in the coming weeks. No one
can say how far the Russians are willing to
60, especially if they are ready for show
down in their months-ong drive to squeeze the
western Allies out of the city. More and more
Russian pressure can be expected, possibly in
the form of economic and administrative sane
tions already threatened.
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No government can exist there except by tha
act of Congress. The residents OF the Distries
have no voice whatever in national affairs. for
they have no vote. The political question Is
an interesting one, but We do not propose to
discuss 1t now. The point that We wish to make
is that II this territory belongs to the Gov
eminent the Government should make OF the
National Capital city In which the country
can taks the utmost pride"
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Capital Briefs

A sweet potato discovered on Tinian Island
by then 1t Sidney Du Bose is being propagated
by the Agriculture Department for its wilt and
stem rot resistance. :. A 30,000-square mile
aerial mapping survey of Alaska, using six
patrol planes, will be made this summer by
the Navy and other Government agencies
Industry demands for more frequent peeks at
jet and rocket engine progress have led the
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
to open Its Cleveland laboratory for inspection
once every year instead Of three years.
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Rabbi Joshua 10th Lehman has Jared forth
to where beyond these voices there is peace
His sudden translation has shocked the hearts
of untold thousands and left lonesome place
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Another of the childhood fantasies now
on the way to coming true is that billion
trillion dollars we used to bet on the
slightest provocation.
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In Peru a marathoner logged along for
II hours Presidential hopefuls who have
been running nonstop since 1910 are un-
impressed.