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Evening star., 1948-11-24
Local Rent Control

Local Rent Control
To the Editor Of The Star:
Reference your editorial Local Rent Con-
troll Law" Won't you report the facts? Quote:
mo one Is seriously contending that it be
ended now" That Is not fact. Quote: "*
new construction = . is still far from meet
ing the extraordinary demand =" There
are three and one-half million new families
since the war and three million new housing
units in this country. Quote: Increases have
been permitted under rent control tDten in
creased costs Of operation, taxes water, etc.,
have been demonstrated" Now, you know
better. Your statement presupposes that all
rents, or a majority Of rents, have been in
creased. Local rents were frozen a year be-
fore they were nationally; coal costs here have
increased over 300%, taxes and government
charges over 100%o, salaries to employees over
100%, maintenance over 5000, all since the rent
freeze. when increased costs are dem
onstrated ." and an attorney hired at
handsome fee, ten year old records found
where are your 1888 checks?), a petition
made out and filed, wait Of six to eight
weeks for a hearing hearing" wait Of
six to eight weeks, decision Of an average
increase of so and the animosity of your
tenants. Five per cent increase to offset in
creases Of operation of several hundred per
cent. Now, you know better. 1t is wonder
you didn't dig up the usual "but your land
lords have not had any vacancies" You know
that even at the bottom of the depression
local vacancies were less than 1919.
Thanks for Rent control is a necessary
evil peace-time evil it is! How can The
Star support such an admitted evil? THE
proportion of income represented by rent has
decreased from prewar years. =" Why don't
you give the facts? Even with the national
1879 Qocal far less than 5%) rent increase
you write of, only between and IL per
cent Of the tenants income is going to
landlords, whereas between % and $50 was
paid in rent prior to 1941.
Your editorial Is as unfair as for me to say
that The Star was sold for a penny copy
only few years ago, without adding that it
was for a very short period of introducing
your d-day edition. Even so you could not
publish your fine paper if you had not in
creased the per copy cost nearly 1000. Land
lords are everyday people and are no more
able to provide good housing at prewar levels
than you can produce prewar paper at pre-
war prices
Washington will have housing shortage"
as long as there is rent control" Washing
ton will have housing surplus" within thirty
days of the total elimination Of the prewar
rent freeze.
If you do not nnd it possible to publish
this in Letters to the Editors" will you advise
me on the cost Of paid advertising?
STANTON KOLB,
President, j. Leo Kolb, Inc.
Editors note The Star is not conscious
of any statement in Mr.. Kolb's letter which
reveals any nonfactual statement in the
editorial)
Evening star., 1948-11-24

turnover faces technical experts hired by Con-
gress" Quoting Senator McGrath again in
another newspaper the same day. Mr.. Nc
Grath predicts Dim future for Un-American
Unit"
Is there really nothing for which Senator
McGrath does not have the answer?
ONE OF MACS FRIENDS
Evening star., 1948-11-24

In the Berlin ZOO mans hat was eaten
by an elephant-Republican no doubt, and
q bettor on sure things, paying of.
Evening star., 1948-11-24
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question e
fact BY writing The Washington Star Information
Bureau, 316 street Me- Washington 9, .. G.
Please inclose cents for return postage
Evening star., 1948-11-24
Closed Shop Defended

TO the Editor OF The Star:
In his article Of Sunday, November IA,
Gerard Reilly stated that "most of the law
yers in Congress" assumed the constitution
atty of anti-closed shop legislation on the
basis Of q previous decision of the Supreme
Court upholding legislation directed against
the yellow dog contract. He follows with this
amazing statement: "Since agreements Of the
latter variety require the workers to agree
not to join unions, and since the closed shop
is an agreement requiring all employees to
join, the parallel between the two types of
contracts is obvious"
Is 1t possible that the lawyers in Congress
are accustomed to this kind of reasoning?
The parallel between contract which aims to
prevent union organization and one which
aims to prevent union disorganization Is by
no means obvious" These two types Of con-
tracts differ in their origin and in their pur-
pose, and they involve two entirely different
principles. The yellow dog contract Is estab-
lished automatically by the employer; the
closed shopf is established democratically by
the employees. The former Is designed spe
cifcally to prevent union organizations; the
latter Is designed to protect union organiza-
tion and standards. The yellow dog contract
involves the workers right of free association;
the closed shop involves the workers right to
work.
To defend the parallel Mr.. Reilly and the
lawyers in Congress must argue, among
other things, that the right of association and
the right to work are of the same order. He
must argue that the right to work Is absolute
and may not be limited even though it be
exercised to the detriment of the welfare Of
other workers. But no one has yet been able
to defend this proposition successfully and
neither can Mr.. Reilly
PAUL A. MONTAvON.
Evening star., 1948-11-24
By THE HAsKN SERVICE.


Tillamook Head Lighthouse is located?-G
e. H.
A. The United States Coast and Geodetic
Survey says that Haystack Rock, of Cannon
Beach, Greg, has the greater height, 235 feet
above high water. Tillamook Rock is the
struction of the light Tillamook Rock was lis
feet high.
Q. What Is cafe au lait?-B. G.
A. Cafe au lait coffee with milky consists
Of hot milk and strong coffee in about equal
proportions.
Q. Is there any way to treat the handles
Of farm tools so that using them will not
blister the hands?-N. M. L.
A. Handles Of farm tools may be snoothed
by means Of fine sandpaper and an appli-
cation Of hot linseed oil. The handles should
be allowed to dry in the sun or in warm
room.
@. Is the President Commander in Chief Of
the Army and Navy in time of peace as well
as war?-O. G. S.
A. The President of the United States is
Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy
at all times, and of the militia Of the several
States only when called into actual service Of
the United States.
@. What date has been suggested for the
adoption Of the proposed world calendar?-
G. D.
A. The date suggested for the adoption Of
this calendar is January J. 1850, which falls
on a Sunday. On this date both the present
calendar and the proposed world calendar
agree If the new calendar were adopted,
every year would begin on Sunday, January
l. International agreement would have to be
secured before such q change could be put into
operation.
@. For what memorial did the motion.
picture star Bill" Hart pose?-L. B. 8.
A. William S. Hart and his horse posed for
the Range Rider Of the Yellowstone" SYM
bolical monument by Charles Christadoro at
Billings, Mont
Evening star., 1948-11-24
Mr.. La Roe's Thesis

To the Editor Of The Star:
I have received number Of telephone calls
protesting against my statement that race
prejudice is cruel and that race segregation IS
wrong, especially in the churches.
I have no illusions about the practical din
Guilty Of overcoming race prejudice in q hurry
or changing segregation practices overnight.
I am aware that the sudden inflltration Of
Negroes into white residential areas, for ex-
ample, could cause such trouble as to do a
disservice to the principle of racial understand
ing. Nor is intermarriage considered desirable
either by white or colored people.
My thesis is that we ought to take such steps
in the direction of brotherhood as are prac-
ticable. Yale University has just elected q
Negro captain to lead its football team. few
years ago any such thing would have been
impossible. Quite q number of Washington
stores which formerly barred Negroes are now
admitting them.
Can there possibly be any answer to the
proposition from q Christian viewpoint that
We ought to take such steps In the direction
Of brotherhood as 1t is reasonable and prac-
ticable to take Of which the recent action Of
the Yale football team Is an outstanding
example? To drag the solution of the problem
out unduly will make nations across the sea
wonder just what we mean by American de-
mocracy, as, indeed, they are wondering already.
WILBUR LA ROE, Jr.
Evening star., 1948-11-24
Senator McGrath in the Ne>,

Senator McGrath in the Ne~e
To the Editor Of The STAR
These headlines appeared IN q single issue
Of The Star for Nov. 10:
George and McGrath at odds on restoring
excess profit tax" "McGrath backs extra holi-
day for inaugural, "McGrath to press bill for
daylight time in d. Q. every summer, big
Evening star., 1948-11-24
Hamlet and La Traviata'

Hamlet and La IraVlata'
To the Edito- Of The Star:
Washington is fortunate in having within
the same month two splendid foreign films,
Hamlet and La Traviata." have seen
them both, with inspiration and extreme
pleasure, and consider them noteworthy events
in the progress of human culture. For they
convey to the general public dramatic beauty
and power such as before the day of the movie
were available only in few favorite centers,
and to privileged classes. And it is even open
to question whether each Of these films does
not add something extra and unique to the
power and charm of the legitimate theater
or opera. For the film has power Of adap-
tation, condensation and continuity which en-
ables 1t to hold attention and suspense to
degree greater than any rendering of drama
or opera on the theatrical or operate stage.
I should like to add q word Of praise for
the excellent rendering Of Shakespeares lines
by Olivier I trained for some years groups
Of teen-age children In condensed rendertngs
Of Shakespeare, and adopted method with
them which avoided that sing g-song quality
far too prevalent in professional Shakespeare
performances. see that Olivier has invented
a method all his own which brings out the
full richness and beauty of Shakespeare's lines
without the least effect Of sing song. His read
ing OF SHAKESPEARE Is the best l nave ever
heard, and Hamlet Is well worth attending
for this reason alone.
As for la Traviata," this has some distinct
advantages, as performed in this movie filmed
in Rome, over any operate production have
ever seen. I should analyze these advantages
as follows: /. As in all films, the condensa-
tion gives greater dramatic suspense, conti-
nuity and power. 2. The close-ups Of the
actors, especially Of such splendid types
as play the lead here, give greater poignancy
than is achieved from the operate stage. 8.
The innovation tried out here, of brief dra-
matte statements Of the plot given In English
at intervals throughout the opera, helps
greatly to carry the story over to the audience.
It is to be hoped that the success OF La
Traviata" will cause the filming Of other operas
in the same splendid pattern-regardtng which
sigmund spaeth says, "Unquestionaby the
best presentation Of grand opera yet TO reacn
the screen" sTANWoOD cooo'
Evening star., 1948-11-24

G. What Is cafe au lait?-B. G..
A. Cafe au lait coffee with milky consists
Of hot milk and strong coffee in about equal
proportions.
Evening star., 1948-12-10
House Probers Say
UPWA Report Only
Scratches Surface
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

A House Labor subcommittee says
it has only scratched the surface
in its investigation Of the Com
munist domination and control of
the United Public Workers of Amer
fca (CIO) and its subsidiary locals. u
A unanimous report of the COM
mtitee, released yesterday, singled
out Teachers Union Local SIS, New
York City, for particular attention.
Local 555, a subsidiary of UPWA,
was described by the committee as
following the Communist line"
The report was made by Repre-
sentatives Mcconnell, Republican
of Pennsylvania; Buck, Republican
Of New York, and Wood, Democrat
Of Georgia and covered hearings
held in New York and Washington
this fall.
The subcommittee recommended
that more thorough investigation
be made of Local 555 and of "all
other teacher locals chartered OF
affiliated with the United Public
Workers.
Prejudgment Charged.
Officials of Local SIS said in q
statement in New York that the
Hous egroup's findings "were OBJ
viously based on a prejudgmeni
rather than on the facts brought
out at the. hearings"
The Investigation resulted from o
Evening star., 1948-12-10
UIate Party Wins Majority
lin COSTA Rican Assembly
By the Assos;atsd Press

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Dec. 10
President-elect Otilio Ulate's Ma
tional Union Party won IS of IS
seats in the Constituent Assembly
elected Wednesday, according to
figures released by the Supreme
Electoral Tribunal
The Constituent Assembly wilrre-
view the governmental situation in
Costa Rica, which has been ruled
by a military junta since last
springs bloody revolution.
The National Union Party re-
ceived a total of $3.50 votes to
lO,767 for it's nearest competitor,
the Constitutional Party.
Seats won by minority parties in
the Constituent Assembly are as
follows: Constitutional Party, s; So
cial Democrat, 3; National Contra
ternity, /.
Evening star., 1948-12-10
Red Victory in China
|ToCostU US. 10 Billion
Bishop Corson Says
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

| BUCK HILL FALLS, Pa. Dec. 10.
1T will cost the United States
$40 ,0O0, 600 900 to Hearm Japan and
set up a military base in the Philip
pines If the Communists win control
of China, according to Methodist
Bishop Fred p. Corson.
Unless America acts quickly to
avert Communist victory" the Phila-
delphia church leader told a reporter
yesterday, "our children will pay a
terrible price for our stupidity and
indifference.
out of sheer gratitude we owe to
lGeneralissimo Chang Kai-shek the
lhelp he needs now. When we needed
aid following Pearl Harbor, he kept
engaged more than 100000 trained
japanese troops. If they had been
free to be used against us, there
would have been written a much
bloodier and prolonged chapter in
our war in the Far East"
Early Red Control Seen.
Bishop CorSon made his state
ment-he says it has the backing
of every Methodist bishop who has
visited China-after Frank T. Cart
wright, associate secretary for
China, of the Methodist Church,
predicted early Communist control
Of China through military victory
or q coalition government.
Mr.. Cartwright made his forecast
to the Methodists' Board of Mis-
sions and Church Extensions, which
closes its annual four-day meeting
today with the reading of routine
reports.
The issue in China, Bishop Corson
said, lis whether or not we will
keep a government in power that
has held q national election on
democratic lines and stands for
freedom of speech and religion, or
permit communism to win"
| Predicts Coalition.
Mr.. Cartwright told the 200-mem-
ber Board of Missions a coalition
government would be formed with
out Chang.
"The coalition would probably
contain three or four Of the present
Nationalist leaders in posts of lesser
Importance" Mr.. Cartwright de-
clared, with the major posts in the
hands Of the Communists"
LAS and when the Communists
are in control and responsible for
the welfare of the nation, many
keen observers believe that they will
recognize China's need for the good
will of other nations, many OF
whom are avowedly Christian"
Bishop Corson. however, predicted
that a Communist government in
China will liquidate the Christian
church as we know it in America. y
Evening star., 1948-12-10
Albert Hechf, "a, Retiring
Clothing Salesman, Feted

Albert Hecht, "a, clothing sales
man here for Sc years, was honored
last night alta dinner of the Amer
lean Business Association in the
Hotel 24O0.
The occasion also marked the
57th birthday anniversary of Fred
erick Levy, mems wear dealer for
whom Mr.. Heeht worked. Mr..
Hecht will retire tomorrow.
Mr.. Hecht lives with his sister
and brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
John X. Munroe, at 1922 First street
NE He will leave soon with them
to live in Florida.
Remmie Arnold of Petersburg,
candidate for Governor of Virginia,
was guest speaker 1T last nights
dinner. He congratulated Mr..
Hecht on his long career here and
wished him happiness in Florida.
Evening star., 1948-12-10

complaint by r. L. Duncan, presi
dent of the Radio -Electronics Schoo
of New York, that the local wa.
picketing his school to enforce de.
mands for a contract covering his
instructors.
The union groups statement said
the strike situation which led to
the investigation has since been
satisfactorily settled" 1t added
that "the two antiunion colonels
who managed the school ana
who were the principal witnesses
against the teachers union at the
hearings, have since been removed
from the management of the school
by the Board Of Directors"
Says Charter Was Revoked.
Ofdcials Of the school could not
be reached for confirmation. The
House committees report stated
that evidence given the committee
showed tnat Local SIS was estab-
lished by former members and OIL
GERS Of Local of the American
Federation of Teachers (AFD. Lo-
cal SIS charter was revoked by the
AFL, the committee said, after an
investigation OF charges that al
legged Communists had disrupted the
unlo nand brought it into disrepute.
The committees searching ex-
animation Of the leaders of Teach
ers' Union Local $751;" the report
said, revealed their reluctance to
say anything which might be inter-
preted as disparaging to COM
munism.
"Yet - htese witnesses had
testified under oath that they were
not and never had been members
Of the Communist Party"
| The committee said it had beer
unable to obtain the names Of
many" members of Local 555s Ex-
Evening star., 1948-12-10
mrs. Roosevelt Urged
AS Secretary Of State
by the Assoeioisd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 10. - The
executive board OF q national
women's organization. yesterday
urged Presiednt Truman to appoint
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt Secretary
of State If Secretary Marshall re-
signs.
The board of the organization,
the National Committee on Women
in World Affairs, also cabled Mrs.
Roosevelt In Paris to ask that she
accept, should the position be Of
fered her.
The boards request was sent to
President Truman in a telegram.
The women's committee was
founded in l941 by DR.. Mary Wool
ley of Mount Holyoke College.
Evening star., 1948-12-10
Clerk. of Draft Board
Finally Receives Fan
Souuht Since 1943
By the Associofed Press


LIBERAL, Kans.. Dec. TO-
Back in 1S43 Miss Olive Fulton,
a draft board clerk. tried over
and over again to get an electric
fan from the Government for
her office.
When the draft board dis
solved at the end of the war,
she still hadn't received the fan.
Last August the draft board
was reactivated and Miss Full
ton again became clerk.
This week she received q
package from the Government
-on one of the coolest days
since the board resumed work.
1t contained an electric fan.
Evening star., 1948-12-10
Girl, IS, Seeks $50. 900
For Binding by Brick
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Dec. 1O.-Shirley Skrine
l3, sued neighbor boy for $4,000
damages yesterday, alleging she was
blinded by brick thrown when she
refused to let him ride her bicycle
Named defendant in Shirley's suit
filed through her mother, Mrs. Ruth
Skrine. in Superior Court, is Philip
Priorello, II.
The suit contended that a brick
thrown by Philip last July 20 blinded
Shirley's left eye and seriously in
jured the other. 1t said the girl
faces total blindness because of the
| injury.
Evening star., 1948-12-10
Minnesota YuIe Turkey
To Be Flown to Trumun
By the Associated Press

bT me NssocIufed FFeSS
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 10.-A 35-
pound Minnesota turkey starts its
final flight today-via plane for the
Christmas table at the White House
The bird, q broad-breasted bronze
young Tom, will be presented to
President Truman Monday. Cray
don McCully, Maple Plain, MINI,
president Of the National Turkey
Federation, will take the bird to
the Executive Mansion.
Evening star., 1948-12-10
German Doctor Removes
Appendix From Self
By the Associoisd Press

HAMBURG, Germany, Dec. 10
DR.. Theodor Herr said yesterday he
had removed his own appendix
using novocaine as a local anaes.
thetic.
He said he carried out the opera
tion at Hamdorf in position half
sitting and half lying. DR.. Herr
said he used no mirror. An assistant
handed him the instruments.
The following morning, the doctor
said he was able to get up and at
! tend his patients.
Evening star., 1948-12-10
Geographic Lecture Tonight

The American Southwest will be
described by Francis r. Line at 8:15
o'clock tonight in the fourth of the
National Geographic Society's series
of illustrated lectures at Constitution
Hall
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Senators Reject
ForCAB Head
BY the Asseeiatsd Press,

President Truman's selection
of Mai. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter
as chairman of the Civil Aero
nautics Board ran into a snag
in Congress today.
The Senate Armed Services Com
mittee voted against approving a
bill to let Gen. Kuter retain his mill
tary pay and rank while serving as
member of the board.
Chairman Gurney said the COM
mittee "felt it would establish a
precedent to appoint military men
to civilian positions"
Senator Gurney emphasized to
newsmen that the committees ac-
tion was no reflection on Gen.
Kuter's record.
President Truman announced last
week that Gen. Kuter is his choice
for the CAB Craftsmanship. He said
he would appoint him to it if Con-
gress would pass a bill letting Gen
Kuter keep his military rank and
pay while holding the office.
The Senate committees attitude
apparently bars the door against
Gen. Kuter unless he is willing to
resign his Air Force commission
and become a civilian in order to
take the appointment.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
BY the Assoesussd Press

TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 13.-The
number Of murders which Jake Bird
the ax-wielding transient who Is
scheduled to die on the gallows Fri
day morning, says he committed OF
could "clear up" increased today tc
fiji of them confirmed.
Patrick M. Steele. Pierce County
prosecuting attorney. disclosed in a
176-page transcript and letter te
Gov. Mon c. Wallgren the 46-year-
old Negro's latest tale of a trail Of
blood reaching from New York te
Los Angeles and extending back te
1928.
The letter and the transcript
showed, that:
/. Eleven of IL murders previousl,
confessed by Bird had been con-
firmed; he claims direct part IN o.
responsibility for Is other slayings,
that there are IA more murders h
can solve, but in which he did no'
participate.
Z. The 18th original confession
ziven to Undersherin Joseph KAr'
Evening star., 1948-01-13
EGondhi Looks to Death at Stur1
or Fast to Bring Indiu Peace

which he had been eating sparingly,
and said, take it away. 1t Is time. "
He timed the start of the fast
exactly with his watch. He then
rinsed his mouth with water and
held a brief prayer service for his
assembled friends and Others read
ing selections from the Mohamme-
dan Koran, the Christian Bible and
the Hindu vedas, or religious tenets
He asked the people, including the
Hindu, Sikh and Moslem delegations,
to leave him then, and he went in
doors to follow his normal routine
OF reading mail, debating messages
to his followers and closely studying
current events in newspapers.
In undertaking his fast, Gandhi
said it will end when and If I am
satisfied that there Is q reunion Of
the hearts Of all communities,
brought about without any outside
pressure, but from an awakened
sense of duty"
Noting the mention Of death In
(See GANDHI, Page A-5)