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Evening star., 1948-07-22
United Nations 'Subversives'

The United Nations spy scare which has
emanated from lower echelons in the State
Department is strange business.
The source of this episode is testimony
submitted to the staff of a Senate sub
committee by the chief and assistant chief
of the State Departments diplomatic visa
section. They express the belief that
several hundred foreign agents have used
the United Nations as a cover for intelli-
gence and propaganda activities, and they
say that nothing can be done about it
under existing law.
The effect of this is to discredit the
United Nations and If true, to raise doubt
as to the wisdom of permitting it to
function in this country with the freedom
1t now enjoys. But Secretary of State
Marshall Is inclined to pour cold water
on the spy scare. Since no specific COM
plant against any individual has been
raised, he says it would not appear that
this country is exposed to any serious
danger from the presence in the U. N.
of any individual whose theological views
conflict with our own
The conclusion is that somebody in the
State Department has gotten the signals
badly mixed. For we are confronted with
situation which is little short of fam
tastic when minor officials in the depart
ment, without any complaint ever having
been made to the U. NJ, can blast that
agency on the basis of charges which the
head of the department evidently regards
as a molehill blown up to resemble q
mountain The responsible State Depart
ment official, whoever he may be, ought
to put his house in better order than this.
Evening star., 1948-07-22
Without the Moon

Consider magic copjured up at night:
The gIow-iDorps smouldering In its porous
log; 4.
For-fre lending its erTatic light,
And friar's lanterns bouncing through
the bog;
The uind with both fists full OF frefiess
Tossing them star,Dard In glitterino
arc;
Quick sheets OF summer lightning In the
skies,
TUin globes OF gold ,chere tabby pro,ols
the dark.
And there, a comet sscings it's crimson tot1,
A shooting star erplodes and then Q
gone;
And In the detonr OF an tgchtnD snail
A siluer path tDtH Skinner In the datn',,
And the faring here and there OF Httls
torches -
Are the neighbors sitting smoking on Their
porqtes. CosETTE MIDDLETON.
Evening star., 1948-07-22
Communism Faces TrioI

The Federal roundup of leading Amer
lean Communists paves the way for a
much-needed court showdown on the
question of whether the Communist Party
is legitimate political group or an illegal
conspiratorial organization plotting the
violent overthrow of the Government.
That question has been debated in Con-
gress and in other places, but it has never
been settled in the courts. 1t will be the
central issue in the trials of the twelve
Communist Party officials just indicted
under the Alien Registration Act of 1940
The 1910 law, generally known as the
Smith Act because it was introduced by
Representative Howard w. Smith of Vir-
ginia, has never been tested against Com
munists. It was used successfully, how
ever, against eighteen members of the
Trotskyite Socialist Workers Party in 1912.
Section 10 of the law makes it unlawful
for any person willfully to advocate, abet,
advise or teach the duty, necessity, desir-
ability or propriety of overthroWing or
destroying any government in the United
States by force or violence" 1t is also
unlawful to organize or aid in organizing
or to join "any society, group or assembly
of persons" who advocate or encourage
such revolutionary violence.
The task of the Government in the trial
before the United States District Court in
New York, therefore, will be to prove
conspiracy by the Communist Party and
its members to bring about the forcible
overthrow of the Government. From the
wording of the indictments it appears
that the Department of Justice will seek
to prove such conspiracy by presenting
as yet undisclosed evidence regarding the
reorganization of the American Communist
Party at the close of World War II. At
installed William z. Foster as leader and
announced return to traditional Marxist
doctrines. The indictment charges that
this return to Marxist-Leninist principles
marked the launching of conspiracy to
seek the overthrow of the United States
Government by force.
How much evidence has been amassed
by the Government in the year-long Fed
eral grand jury investigation in New York.
and how strong this evidence is, naturally
will remain a prosecution secret until the
uildi. 0uI IL ID loSNd1 W dSSuLle CIldG IIle
Attorney General would not have decided
to seek indictments and press the cases
in court unless he was convinced that there
was reasonable chance of conviction
Much of the evidence originally was OBJ
tained by the Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation, but, in accordance with its regular
policy, the evaluation of the findings was
left to the ATTORNEY General
The Communists, as was to be expected,
are screaming about "a frameup" and
political persecution. But they should not
lose sight of the fact that. fortunately for
them, they are in America and are assured
of full opportunity to try to disprove the
charges made against them. In other
words, the decadent democracy which they
so blatantly berate is their best guarantee
of a fair trial by due process of law.
Evening star., 1948-07-22
Smithsonian Space Problem

General Pershing has left to the Smith
Sonian Institution his uniforms, swords,
guns, pistols, flags, decorations and other
military souvenirs This means that one
OF the most important collections of its
kind ever assembled becomes the property
of the Nation and will be exhibited in
association with similar material already
owned by the American people-the relics
of. General U. S. Grant included.
But the gift inevitably draws attention
to the need of the Smithsonian for i'm
proved facilities for the systematic display
OF its treasures. The Oldest structure of
the institution is the red-brown American
Gothic castle" facing the Mall between
Ninth and Eleventh streets It dates back
to 1852 and now is more significant as a
monument than as an exposition building.
The so-called "Arts and Industries Hall"
likewise is outmoded for practical purposes.
1t represents the ideas about such edifices
current in 1881-a period in design to
which critics look back with horror. The
third Smithsonian unit is the best. It was
erected on Constitution avenue at Tenth
street between 1904 and 1910 and is sup
posed to be allocated to natural history,
but actually is crowded from cellar to
garret with everything under the sun be-
longing to the institution.
AS far back as 1928, Dr. Charles G.
Abbot, then secretary, told the Board of
Regents: There is not a square foot of
available space left. When the NC-4, first
plane to cross the Atlantic, was placed on
exhibition, the wings had to be removed
for lack of space" Because of lack of
room, the Smithsonian has lost many con-
tributions which it wanted Other acces-
sions have been received only at the cost
of retiring displays of equal value. What
is needed most is new building specifically
designated as a depository of the artifacts
and relics of the American people from the
Colonial era to modern times. The design
for such structure has been sketched by
an architect of distinction. 1t would
accommodate thousands of different
articles which now are scattered One
section of appropriate size could be set
aside for the contributions made by Cen
eral Pershing. His gift dramatizes the
institutions necessity.
Evening star., 1948-07-22

war in history. But the conditions are not
OF our making. We cannot ignore them.
1t is with such recognition of the facts
and such an understanding of our respon-
sibilities that every loyal and law-abiding
citizen will cooperate with Selective Serv-
ice authorities in their vital though un-
pleasant task. Misguided persons who defy
or evade the security program Should be
treated as any other transgressors of
Federal law.
Evening star., 1948-07-22
Wage Increases, Price Raises

To the Editor Of The Star:
Often 1t is reported in the news that the auto
mobile workers have won SO many cents an
hour increase In their wages. Then follows an
announcement Of an increase in the prices of
the cars, probably from $25 to $500.
Why should not q good reporter give his
thoughtful readers q break, and in the case Of
the auto increase IN wages and prices, indicate
the average number of working hours that go
into the making OF cars2 That would give read
ers chance to figure whether all the price
raise was justified by the wage increase.
Same information should be published about
steel wages and prices. I'd like to know why
such obviously required information never gets
into news reports. SIMON GROSS.
Evening star., 1948-07-22
The Older Ones Sign First

The schedule of registration dates by
age groups announced in the presidential
selective service proclamation lends sup
port to the reports that men in the older
brackets will be the first inductees in the
new draft. General Hershey hinted that
twenty y-five-year-olds would be the first to
be called up, although detailed plans for
the induction are yet to be disclosed. There
is good logic behind this plan.
Under the registration program, young
men in the top age group will be the first
to sign up, They will register on August
30. That means that every youth born in
1922 after August 80 will be included in the
roll of draft eligibles. Had later date
been set for the twenty five-year-olds,
many of them would have escaped regis
tration. Congress placed on President
Truman the responsibility for fixing dates
for registration and induction, except that
it forbade the induction of any one until
ninety days after the law became effective.
This ninety-day period will expire on Sep
tember %, by which time records of the
older registrants, will be ready for consid-
Grafton. The youngest group the eighteen
year-olds, will have completed registration
only four days before the end of the
ninety day deadline.
BY registering the older men first, Army
officials will reach larger reservoir of
manpower with the draft. Furthermore,
there will be less interference with, educa-
ton than if the younger age groups were
tapped first. Just how many will be called
for active duty when the date for the first
inductions finally is fixed cannot be ac-
curately determined this far in advance.
Much will depend. of course. on the trend
of voluntary enlistments. The armed
services would prefer to have volunteer
recruits. A volunteer Army was the goal
of General Eisenhower as chief of staff
and strenuous efforts were made to build
up such an Army through Nationwide
recruiting drive. The efforts fell short
of the minimum enlistment goals, however,
and led to the decision by the administra-
ton to seek peacetime draft law. Con-
gress reluctantly granted the request, but
with reservations. Developments abroad
since passage of the act have intensified
the need for strengthening our defenses as
| quickly as possible.
It is unfortunate that world conditions
should necessitate new military prepara-
l tions so soon after close of the greatest
Evening star., 1948-07-22
Nv THE HAsKIN SERVICE.


O. How much business must a grocery do in
order to be classed as super market?-N. A. D.
A. The Super Market Institute now defines
a super market as "a self service store crossing
over s250,O00 annually" There are now some
5000 super markets in operation.
O. Is the miniature republic OF Andorra IN
the Pyrenees an independent state2-P. l. M.
A. Andorra has enjoyed undisturbed sover-
eighty since 1878 but gives Joint allegiance to the
ruler of France and the Spanish Bishop OF
Urgel. This arrangement goes back to an agree
ment made by two feudal princes Andorra
pays annual tribute of $50 francs to France, and
to the Bishop of Urgel, 460 pesetas, IL hams. IL
chickens and IL cheeses.
@. How many submarines has the United
States Navy?-L. r. D.
A. The submarine component has rs subma-
rines on the active list and SO In the reservs
feet, about equally divided between the Allan
tic and Pacific fleets.
@. How many Negro medical schools are in
operation?-E u.
A. There are two: Howard University in
WASHINGTON D. c. and Meharry Medical COL
lege in Nashville, Tenn. Negro students are
accepted in o number OF other medical schools.
O. Please describe the method Of planting
rice by means OF an airplane.-W. c. j.
A. In California, where nearly all the rice
dropped from hopper in the fuselage and
spread evenly by the propeller blast over the,
flooded rice paddles. The seeds sink and take
root In one day one airplane can plant $50
acres, a job that would take two men two
weeks to do by hand
Evening star., 1948-07-22
John Bell.


1860 put Lincoln in the White House.
for President with Edward Everett of Massa-
chusetts as his running mate
Lincoln's election was certainty in view
Of the divided opposition. In 10 Of the South
ern States he did not run at all. but in 81
States of the North and West he>received 180
electoral votes and his popular vote was
100000.
Douglas vote was 1,350,000, but he received
only u electoral votes-nine Of Mfssouris 16
and three of New Jerseys seven. Missouri was
the only State he carried.
Breckinridge received u electoral votes from
the Southern States and popular vote of
850,000
Bell carried Virginia, Tennessee and Ken
lucky, with 80 electoral votes and with popu-
lar vote of about 100000
Lncoln's election, therefore, was minority
and a sectional victory. Douglas, Breckin-
ridge and Bell together had polled about
100000 more votes than he.
Evening star., 1948-07-22

Our thoughts are with the few who
prefer their candidates cold, and now must
choose between the all-too- human Truman
and the new, defrosted Dewey.
Evening star., 1948-07-22
Answers to Questions

A reader can get the answer to any question OF
fact by writing The Evening Star Information Bu-
reau, 316 street Me- Washington 2. D. O. Please
inclose three (3) cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1948-07-22
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
,Driter, although it is permissible for
a ,Driter kno,Dn to The Star to use
q nom de plume Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-07-22

Let the baby suck its thumb, says the
famed expert, speaking as a progressive
psychiatrist and defeated parent.
Evening star., 1948-07-22
In Defense of Tourist Cabins

To the Editor of The Star:
In 1947 happened to be present at two meet
ings of the Prince Georges County Comnis-
soners when reliable applicants were refused
a permit to build tourist cabins on a vacant
lot in the Berwyn area on U. S. Highway No. l..
On one side of the lot was an auto repair shop.
Adjacent to the other side was a tourist home
and liquor store The property for several
blocks in either direction along the boulevard
is all commercial have also heard that many
other applicants have been refused permits for
tourist courts in Prince Georges County.
Of course, there were objectors present. The
one objector who did all the talking was found
to live blocks from the proposed site Of the
cabins. No one made any effort to find out who
the other objectors were or where they lived
Yet when the American tourist comes 10 the
Nations Capital he cannot find proper accom-
modations in modern cabins in Prince Georges
County at the entrance to the District. Rep
resenting the finest class of trade in the world,
most motorists prefer cabins for comfortable
lodging. AS far out as miles from the District,
a modern cabin is S. a day. In the Berwyn
area cabin courts are often filled by noon. This
situation certainly gives the American people a
fine impression of their Nations Capital
CHARLES O. BOYUM.
Evening star., 1948-07-22
No Friend of the Indians

To the Editor OF The Star
1t always has been my contention that the
cruelty of the Germans and the Japs was no
worse than that of the Indians. Indians special
lied in unusual forms Of torture-one of which
was the cutting of the flesh in strips about two
inches in width. then peeling it off the body
while the man was yet alive.
AS people we seem to have very short memo
ries. have never been one who could see
single thing of interest in an Indian and spent
two years with an Indian agency working with
their affairs
I attended a "powwow" one night but
didn't enjoy it. ALI I could think Of was the
many white people who were killed in the mas
sacre celebrated in this fashion. fail to see
why Indians are so often written up romanti-
caily in song and story as something special. To
me they are worse than Hitler.
It is true that they were driven out of their
lands. What Of it? In Europe hordes have
been conquering and taking lands from people
for centuries. The law of existence has al
ways been the survival Of the strongest We
may be sure our own Nation will not last for
ever Some nation stronger will come along
and take possession.
The most amazing thing to me is that Life
magazine carries the picture Of statue
being carved in the hills of North Dakota in
memory OF Chief Crazy Horse who chopped OF
the heads, arms and legs OF our men. Why
should we want to erect statue to him?
NIX.
Evening star., 1948-05-13
\XE:;;:TiH i 5;

LUNCHEONs.
Kappa Alpha Order, Washington alum
nj M.drillSn R:1.aaTant ana .,:t: isso Pm to-
"0s American % Red cross. Hotel .statl.r.
1880 pm. tomorISTii %IissG Members ana suesu'
Air Fore. Band MeonS; Concert, Departmental
Auditorium, $3.50 o'clock tonight.
SPECIAL EXHIBITS.
Silver Spring Art Gallery, 9216 Flower
pastsls by Helen Fowler, scuiptured slaHss sH
ooy.n w thIsu.s ssas as, sns sS.'.r' s BY
nscticut avenue NV, opsn ego am: 70
~ npsn sas Psn
McLauehiin. Helen Rennie and Andrea
Zerega, through May.
National Archives exhibition hall: Con.
Ninth streets NV. open s:46 An. 70 6:lb
pm: WEEKDAYS and l:ao Pn;. Pin. to Dsm: I'm.
tabIishment Of the Navy Department, In
Guiding naval documents from the Reyo-
luton through W9rld War II suflenosi
| papers, through July.
Artists Cs.operativs Gallery, 1908 =
Neekdays: sssssd N"' The % Artist Explains" paint
ings with brief Comments By the artists'
| through May 20.
Public Library. Eighth and K street,
paintings BY school children Of the Wash
ington area, through May 20.
National Museum. Tenth street and Conc sc
pm. every day; etchings and monotyps.
IN color by Theresa r Bernstein tnrousn
B.rns. Alden GALLERY 127 R.ndSS!ph .nSSi11
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soSernment Msena caF'a until ah peeemper @ 1s oIsnsi
manuscript Of Lincoln's three-page auto
for an ndsints dsnmte psrSiG pimmieI.nt.
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United States, through June -; pooHS,
manuscripts ard drawinss Of Henry Henry HoWe ,,.
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Nstiensi Gallery Of Art; sixth street 1G
and Constitution avenue nv, open y ~
Mellon I,ts ks:s ro% widsnsE etssr ene doo
| nors, for an indefinite period.
OAR Museum, 1920 D street NM. opeH
/ 10 an. to pm. weekdays; Ainum 2. q,
Americans" in North Wing; China In
s0Ysh wns' .ns Wsit shFSHfih s.1ye. M1y under
/ lobby in Commerce Department buiains'
Fourteenth and streets NV, open an
to 4 pm. daily; display OF animan ,aa amS
fresh-water fish. for an indefinite peIsoa; q 70;
Dumba arton oaks Museum, Ihlrty-mlSs, Hs
and r streets NV, open TuesoaSs thtouss,
saturdays 8 am. to pm, Sunoays Z
to 4 pm; closed Mondays and nonoays ~
H COLLECTION of Byzantine and related srts
H for an indefinite period.
FOR SERvICEMEN.
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines CI4o
| 1o15 L street NV: lounges, library. writ
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Servicemen's Victory Center, fl13 Fenn
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Penthouse Service Center, Seventeenti
| and K streets NV; informal table game
ali evening; crafts, o'clock; iniorms MORN.
dancing, 8 O'Clock, and games IN symna
silin, $50 O'Clock tonight.
Armed Services YMCA, 1898 q stree
NV; informal card games, $50 oelocK
and informal dancing, o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1948-05-13
IL. 5. Worker Committed
In Indecent Exposure Case

A Federal employe charged with
indecent exposure in the Commerce
Department was committed to Gal
linser Hospital yesterday for Z
mental check at his own request.
The defendant. messenger In the
department, Is Charles II. Lomax,
"a. colored, OF the 1900 block B
street S.E. He was arrested Tues
day on the complaint Of woman
employe who told police = man had
exposed himself In an ONCE door,
Evening star., 1948-05-13
Deaths Reported
(rrom D. c. Bureau of vital Statistics

(From D. c. Bureau Of vital statistics
Elya Kicks, SO, Takoma Park, Md.
Charles H Bradley, 81. 5622 2nd pl. nv
Allie Z. Newell, 70, 516l Macarthur blvd
Mary A. Waters, 70, 1923 Ogden st. NV
Marshall Cowan, 65, 1919 st: sc.
Mart r. H. johnson, SO. ~ r. !; ave. NV
Laura r. Sherman, 4s, 3720 Upton at
william R. Kelly. A. 1850 Trinidad ave
Edna J. Richie. SO, 1899 Belmont st. NV
Lana Jo Bowyer. infant, Thaxton, Va.
George Jacobs, "a. 32e virginia ave. ~
Lena M. Brown, A., Purcellville. Va.
Ernest Davis, 40 1924 eth st. NV.
Andrew Davis, as, 1909 q st. ne.
Robert Brooks, 10, b1Q y st. ne.
Evening star., 1948-05-13

way. The man fed and was ar.
rested outside the building.
Lomax appeared before Judge
Walter J. Casey, who continued the
case for 30 days, pending the exam-
ination.
Evening star., 1948-05-13

The Burmese new year. celebrated
this April. WAS 1910.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-07
Police Find Churred Body Of
Man Wired to Wheel of Auto

KANSAS CITY, MO.-The charred
body of John A. Hoover, 54-year-old
business man, was found wired to
the wheel of his flame-swept auto
mobile on an abandoned road south
of the city.
Hoover disappeared while en-
route to a boxing tournament. He
was carrying about $3.50.
Wind-driven snow had almost COW
cred his a in a rut on the old road.
Police said Hoover had not been
shot. They said he apparently had
been soaked in gasoline and set
afire.
There must have been something
behind it more than the money he
carried" one of the policemen sur
missed.
Hoover was associated with the
Hoover Bros. Construction company
and the Federal Engineering COM
pany here. He also had interests
in Arkansas coal mines.
He lived a short distance from
where his car was found.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-07
Two Men Find Open Deposits
Of Uranium Ore in wyoming

DENVER, COLO.-The existence
of open deposits of uranium which
may add greatly to the nations
store of atom bomb material was
reported by two Denver men.
The ~pea-sized yellow pellets we're
found in dry creek beds in the Red
Desert northwest of Rawlins in
southern Wyoming. The men said a
specimen assayed as high as 30
per cent pure uranium. The ore
can be mined with a bulldozer or a
steam shovel.
Kenneth Robinson, an attorney,
and Walter Byron, a former private
investigator and mining man, an
nounced plans to mine the ore.
The atomic energy commission in
Washington said the discovery is "of
sufficient interest to warrant further
examinations"
Existence of the ore in southern
Wyoming has been known for years.
A sample was sent to Nine Curie in
1910. She said it was uranium, but
it was useless for her work. The
United States geological survey
looked it over in 1914.
Recently, Byron made an operat-
ing agreement with wners of a
lease of nine square miles of state
owned land in the area. He had it
assayed, and he and Robinson con-
ferred with the atomic energy COM
mission.