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Evening star., 1948-10-08
The Charter Goes TO q Vote

Although there Is uncertainty, penang
release of a written opinion, as to the full
scope OF its decision, the Maryland Court
of Appeals has made one thing certain,
namely, that the citizens OF Montgomery
County will have their rightful opportu-
nifty to vote on the charter home rule"
plan ut the coming election. 1t may well
be that the courts formal opinion, ex-
pected to be handed down within few
days, will help to clear up some OF the
doubt left by its brief preliminary an
nouncement That announcement told OF
reversal OF the lower courts ruling that
the charter could be voted on only after
deletion of a provision challenged as un-
constitutional At the same time, the
appellate tribunal dismissed bill of COM
plant by citizen who sought an injunc-
ton to prevent vote on the charter.
Apparently the Court of Appeals in its
preliminary announcement went no fur
ther than to overrule the contention OF
the Montgomery County Circuit Court that
q revised form of charter should be sub
mitted to the electorate on November Z.
Whether the fnal opinion will pass on the
questions of constitutionality raised by the
lower court is q matter for speculation.
The Circuit Court had ruled that section
authorizing appropriation of county funds
In q June executive session Of the County
Council violated a State constitutional re-
quirement that all Legislation" be enacted
within one month. (The council will sit
In legislative session in May
It would be unfortunate, of course, If the
charter should 60 to the voters with the
question as to the constitutionality of this
section still in the air But the charter
itself has another section designed to meet
the contingency Of q court attack on the
validity Of any part Of the charter. Article
VIII provides that II any provision Of the
charter, after its adoption, should be.
invalidated by the courts, the remainder Of
the charter shall remain in force. And the
lower court said that the language it
objected to was mot 50 inseparable from
the entire charter as to leave an unwork-,
able framework for possible governmental
functioning"
The really important thing in all this is
that the circuit and/appellate courts have
ruled that the voters of Montgomery
County should exercise their democratic
right of deciding whether or not they want
o charter form of self-rule. Once that
main question is decided, any incidental
questions presumably can be disposed of
In the courts by later litigation.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Biblical Chronology Reviewed


To the Editor Of The Star:
Washington newspapers. To mention just
few. one tells Of finding $4,000 000-year-old
snail fossils in Southern California another of
phosphate deposits found in Florida that are
1000 900 years old; another Of IS 000-year- old
murder uncovered in England; and still an
other which the learned men aren't 50 sure
about. This one is the unearthing of the ruins
of q Pinto City and people in California with
the undetermined age of from 5000 to $4,000
years.
I've been watching for more Of these guesses;
also for satisfactory answers to D. F. HIS query
Does anybody really know" Meanwhile
might throw q little light on the subject.
How did all those fossils, remains and ruins
get buried 80 deep and at such odd places?
The Bible tells us there was flood in Noah's
day. The water stood upon the earth year
Have you ever witnessed the devastation caus-
ed when just one river overflows Its banks?
See Gen. 7:18-24 8:1-4.
Before the flood, time was counted from
Adam through the line of Seth. Gen. 5:3-2e
rs. After the flood it was counted through
the line of Noah's son Shem.
The time from Adams creation to the food
was 1856 years. From the flood to the Abra-
hamic Covenant, according to Gen. 11:10-32;
12:1-7, was at years From that time to the
end Of B. c. was 1,s45 years. Total: 1923
Add 194S A. D. Thus we have 5,e76 years since
Adam, the first created man.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
SCREENING the DPS

Provided the assignment does not impose
m impossible task on the already over
worked Federal Bureau of Investigation,
the Presidents executive order requiring
an FBI security check on all persons ad-
mitted to the United States under the dis
placed persons program is a commendable
precaution.
The Displaced Persons Act did require
certain assurances that individuals ad-
mitted as displaced persons would not
endanger the security of the United States.
But the law does not name the FBI. The
President evidently has taken this step
as an added precaution after consultation
with the Displaced Persons Commission.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
RevitoIizinq the Cadet Corps

The carefully considered program sub
mitted by Superintendent of Schools
Hobart M. Corning to the Board of Educa-
tion should mark the starting point of
real effort to revitalze Washington's High
School Cadet Corps.
The Star believes that it will At least
one contributing cause of the corps decline
In recent years has been the apathetic
attitude of many of the school officials.
And that attitude, in turn, was tolerated
by too many parents. 1t ought to be
changed.
One of the distinguished graduates Of
the Washington Cadet Corps, Major Gen.
eral A. C. McAuliffe, "the hero of Bastogne"
in the Battle Of the Bulge, points out in
his letter to The Star today that service
as cadet means more than rudimentary
military training. 1t teaches some of the
elements Of good citizenship through
emphasis on courtesy, neatness, teamwork
and discipline-attributes which are
as valuable in civil as in military life.
If there Is receptive attitude by the
school authorities-and DR.. Corning's
report to the Board OF Education indicates
that there is-there is no reason why the
cadet corps cannot be restored to its
former prestige among the students, and
the Army will surely lend q willing hand
In any such an undertaking. Public
schools In other cities, such as the John
Marshall High School in Richmond, have
made great success Of the cadet training.
An article about the system at John
Marshall appears elsewhere in today's Star
An Important part of that system, which
permits drill during school hours In lieu
Of other activities, is suggested for use
here by DR.. Corning. After reasonable
time to study the readjustments involved,
the school officials should be able to work
out schedule that will not interfere with
academic work but will provide choice
between drill and other forms OF physical
training
Evening star., 1948-10-08

that God force exists and to refuse to learn
how to use it can result only in stagnation.
Today the world is searching for an answer
to its problems and people may we'll pin their
hopes on the formation Of some new world
order
the present calamity will be even more hopeless
than the old, unless there is marked spiritual
advancement. Any movement to bring perma-
nent happiness will succeed only If it takes into
account mans common denominator. which
is God, and to the degree that 1t accepts an
approach to God which does not do violence
to reason JEAN TEODOROFF.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Support of Education

To the Editor Of The Star
The letters pro and con progressive educa-
ton have been most interesting. However, it
seems to me that one important item has been
overlooked by both sides.
Progressive education, to be successful, should
have small classes. In order to do this our
educational budget must be increased. Why
not let the educators handle the method of
teaching and we parents see that they have
the tools with which to do It? More interest
should be paid to how much is allotted for
education. It Is always the first item in the
budget to be cut and the last to be increased.
IDA r. BROWN.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Useful AGENCIES of UNO

To the Editor Of The Star:
When Ernest Bevin is quoted in The Star for
September q as believing that the United Ma
tions Organization has failed and that regional
agreements must be made for mutual protec-
tions, as though these were not permissible
under the Charter within the U. N. O., and
when Constantine Brown, who has honestly
earned the reputation Of being both we'll in
formed and accurate in his predictions in his
column, uses headlines on September % stating
Soviet Union Has Finally Rung the Death
Knell of World Collective Security Idea," I
think the time has come for some one to call
attention to the U. N. O., what it was estab-
nshed to do, what 1t has done and what 1t is
doing to achieve the goal set for it.
1t was not the intention Of those who estab-
lished the u N. o. that 1t should act only to
settle disputes to maintain world peace. Backed
by the hope and the faith of the peoples Of
the world it also was designed to seek for and
to eliminate the basic causes OF war by use
Of democratic processes
Publicity given the U. N. o. has centered
largely on the problems before the Security
Council and the General Assembly, with the
emphasis on the more explosive questions
threatening world peace. But other living
parts OF the U. N o. are functioning quietly
and effectively to eliminate the basic causes
Of war.
In the specialized agencies Of U. N. O. we
find UNESCO helping the peoples Of the
world to understand each other better, FAC
attacking problems relating to the production
Of food and the supplying Of food to the
worlds hungry peoples, and WHO, where in
ternationa standards for drugs are being set
up and where provision for attacks on and
the prevention Of the spread Of contagious
diseases which know no boundaries is being
made to protect the health of the peoples Of
the world.
That imperfections in any humanity designed
organization should appear is but natural, and
Russia's abuse Of the veto power has publicized
such an imperfection which can be corrected
through modification Of the veto power itself
Work has been going on in the U. N o. to
provide for this necessary change.
The veto power, as used by Russia, while
preventing the entrance of qualified states to
the u N. O.. has not prevented constructive
action on dangerous disputes threatening
world peace The u N. o. has confined or
stopped fighting In the Balkans. 1ndonesia and
Palestine while remedial solutions are sought
An example Of constructive action by the
U. N. o. subsequent to q Russian veto was the
formation Of q U. n o. committee to study
the claims and counterclaims made in the
Balkan dispute with view to naming the
aggressor states If attempts at mediation failed.
LILLIAN H. McNISH.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Paying for Television Guaranty

dylIlS lOT efeVlS1On Guaranty
To the Editor Of The Star:
The television industry, we note, has come
forth with new and, 1t seems rather ur-
considerable commercial dodge or racket
Say we fall for the Establishments or plain
hokum Of the salesman, or reasonable feminine
facsimile. and sign on the dotted line for what
reasonably will take care Of the video impulses
sent forth now and then
We pay, or promise to, the rather inflationary
price OF this new object of our esteem then
pay in addition sttn price for what is said
to be installation" and for what in other days
went with all products-guaranty-th figure
depending on the cost 1--WE came near saying
value) of the set purchased
If such custom generally is adopted, the cost
OF television and other things is due for an
appreciable boost
The genial vendor between the manufacturer
and the ultimate consumer then may start a
marking up of his refrigerators, washing
machines radios, autos, pianos, kitchen cabinets
and the thousand and one things which here
tofore carried a guaranty, and that without
additional price
So the average housewife, If she would keep
in measurable distance Of neighbor Jones or
Williams, may have to take the new conditions
into consideration when she contemplates
present prices OF the things she feels she
must have. -.-
Q. sALoMAN.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Spiritual Progress Needed

To the Editor Of The Star:
There probably is not one normal adult
alive who has not given some serious thought
to present conditions in the world. Why, we
ask are supposedly civilized and Christian
nations at one another's throats with such
intensity and to a degree never equaled in
history? Why is almost all of civilized hu-
manity exerting every ounce Of strength on
programs Of strangulation? After all the CELL
turies of material progress and intellectual
development, why is man still spiritually.
savage?
Regardless of what may be designated by
future historians as the immediate cause
of this present struggle, we believe there is
= cause behind recognized cause for oppor-
tunism. That cause Is the lack of spiritual
progress And what is to be blamed for this
Iack Of spiritual progress if not political apo
plexy and refined barbarism? Christianity
has been allowed to do just half a job: 1t
was allowed to awaken the latent possibilities
in man to the extent that wherever Chris
tianity went there went material progress,
but spiritual concepts were permitted to shrivel
up on diet of ancient mythology. 1t did
wonderful job of making man aware of the
fact that there is q God, and there it stopped.
It has not succeeded in showing man how
he sensibly and logically can Use this knowl-
edge to further spiritual growth. To know
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Complains About Tuition

To the Editor of The Star: s@t&-~s
Your editorial, Effect Of Public School Tui-
tion," September 10 stands out for its callous-
ness and utter lack of sympathy for tho boys
and girls who were compelled to change schools
by the new tuition law.
Did you stop to think that many Of those
forced out Of the District schools were high
school and teachers college seniors with year
or less to 90 to graduation? Did you know
that some of the older students expelled by the
new law quit school entirely, going to work in
preference to making an adjustment in
strange scholastic environment? Did you pause
to consider the unexpected financial hardship
on those parents who will be compelled to pay
tuition in order not to disrupt their children's
education?
Remember that the new tuition law affects
American boys and girls who were given q
choice of free Schools. Do you suppose that
the families who chose the District schools
regarded Uncle Sans long standing offer Of
free education as revocable at will? Do you
think that any Of the boys and girls who start
ed in the District had the slightest suspicion
that Congress might not permit them to grad
uate on the same terms on which they started?
Do you suppose that the parents Of these chill
dren ever expected to be trapped into situa-
tion where they have no alternative but paying
tuition? I doubt it!
In all fairness to those unduly injured by
the new law you should have taken editorial
cognizance Of the above hardships. To give
complete picture of the new law you should
have concluded your editorial as follows:
while it is true that the new law relieves
the District taxpayers Of an extraordinary bur-
den, it must be recognized that it works undue
hardship on many individual students in that
it deprives them Of ng-recognzed rights in a
most summary fashion. Clearly, certain aspects
OF this law fall short of American principles Of
justice and fair play. 1t is to be hoped that
these hardships may be avoided either by legis-
lative amendment or by q test Of constitution.
ality in the courts" sUBURBANITE.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Letters to The Star

Letters TOR publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,Driter, although 1t Is permissible for
,ortter kno,Dn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-10-08

1t is not generally realized that the bar
tender, too, has troubles, as in handling
applications for seats for the World Series
by television.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Halloween Mischief Anticipated

Edllor Star.
Perhaps If the subject of Halloween is brought
up now, something may be done about the
vandalism and the harassing Of householders
by masked hoodlums which continue each year
without apparent restraint.
Some generations ago when amusements
were few, pranks were condoned on Halloween,
but times have changed! Crude pranks and
rowdyism are out of place in our modern thick
ly-settled neighborhoods, where plenty of in
teresting recreation, varied enough to suit
every one, has been provided. =
If there are unthinking people who still favor
those crude practices Of bygone years, let them
confine them to their own premises where they
may be valued for what they are, but let ade-
quate protection be given the rest Of us who
value the peace OF our homes
CHRISTINE BROWN,
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Questions and Answers

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Evening star., 1948-10-08

To the Editor of The Star:
1t is with great interest that I read your
editorial page and particularly the letters from
your readers.
Would it be possible for you to extend my
appreciation to Leon B. Poullada for his en-
tightening letter In The Star for october 2,
concerning the war crimes trials In Germany?
1t always is so easy to be emotionally carried
away by one side Of the story. Whenever a
tempered explanation is offered feel very
grateful for the effort some one has made. In
this case-Mr. Poullada.
Springfield, Va. PATRICIA WELTE.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Fire of Leaves

Sharp, bitterstoset against blus-violet dusk
A pyre OF summer hours and memories,
This last and lautsh gold the NAPLES spend.
Warm nop the hands against this blass
And parns the heart NTH this brief light,
Sparks swirl and fall In t,oiAght chill
Like crimson petals to,oard the frosted
night.
But long beyond the ember and the ash
The fires pungent fragrance haunts the
dark
Recalling the all OF summers yesterday,
The sun, the ltvtng leaf, the song Of lark.
FREDERICK EBRlGHT.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Poullada Statement Approved

TO the Editor Of The Star:
was rather surprised to read your recent
editorial comment on the 1lse Koch case. MY
opinion Of this case and several similar ones
tried at that time was further confirmed by
Leon B. Poullada in his letter to The Star
Of october 2. I do not know this gentleman,
but his statement was 10 logical find little
reason to doubt the accuracy Of his account.
1t is indeed 'regrettable that when at the
wars end almost every nation except Russia
was looking to us for leadership, and when
we had our great opportunity to prove to the
rest Of the world that we could and would
be Just to ALL we permitted q small minority
to maneuver us into position after position
which played right into the Communists hands
and shattered all hopes Of the smaller nations
in Europe for = just and powerful protector
A. A,
Evening star., 1948-10-08
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE


O. What material was used by the Japanese
to make the balloons they sent over to the
United States during World War 1?-F. A.
A. The paper balloons, constructed Of mul-
berry bark pulp paper laminated in four phys
and held together by q starchlike adhesive
derived from an Oriental plant, required large
amount Of hand work. Both the preparation
of the mulberry pulp and the assembly Of the
bag required much labor. For example, the
officials of a factory which constructed 5000
of the balloons stated that 10 men and 50
women were assigned to the construction Of
each one.
Q. What became Of the native Indian states
that were not under British rule after Indian
independence was established?-E. N p
A. OF the 562 more or less independent
princely states in India, 500 acceded to the new
Dominion of India and 81 joined the Moslem
union of Pakistan. Hyderabad was the only
one that remained separate. 1t has now joined
the Dominion Of India.
Q. What is the color Of . penguin's eyes,
u j.
A. The iris of the penguin's eye varies In
color with the species from dark brown to q
light yellowish brown. The pupil of the eye
Is square when contracted. Penguins' eyes are
very sensitive to light and II more light falls on
one side Of the birds head than on the other,
the pupils will be Of different sizes.
q. Has there ever been . gasoline carburetor
or complete gasoline motor developed that
would burn gasoline more efficiently than the
present day automobile engine9-D. l. r.
A. The National Bureau Of Standards says
that compression ratio increase IL the only
method by which any substantial improvement
in efficiency can be made in present automobile
engines. High compression engines will have to
be built heavy to Withstand the higher pres
sures and will require high octane fuel Of which
there is no general distribution at present.
O. How many types Of United States aircraft
became obsolete during the course Of World
War II?-I. T. r.
A. In the United States about ~ types Of
aircraft became obsolete during the war period
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-01-23
THE BIBLE

Question and Answer Column
 O. Thousands of preachers are telling men that they are sinners and need to be saved by Gods grace; what is sin? And grace?
 A With joy we turn to that Book which has an answer to our every question. In l John 3:4, We are told that, "Whosoever commit teth sin transgresseth also the law, for SIN Is THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW" What law? Why Gods ten commandment law. the royal law" the Jaw of liberty. D James 2:8-12.
 After doing what he could to make himself righteous. Paul real ized that he was still sinner. Dio he blame it on Gods law and cast it overheard in order that he would not feel so condemned? Hear him: What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law:
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-01-23

for l had not known lust. except the law had said, thou shalt not .covet" Rom 7.7. Gods ten com mandment law is the only a1l-com- .prehensiye law that points out sin.
 Has Gods law been done away with by Christ on the cross2 Per haps we can answer that question by another. Are there any sinners? |? Anyone that tells you chat Gods moral law has been taken out of our way. or that ANY ONE of those ten commands has been changed or abrogated is either de- ceived or is a deceiver. Matt. 5.17- 20; Isa. 66:22,23.
 Grace is unmerited favor. The Bible declares that. All have .sinned and there is none right eous. no. not one. Rom. 3s23.1O. Why2 Because Adam polluted the fountain of human life. Where fore. as by one man sin entered in- to the world, and death by sin. and so death passed upon all men. IN WHOM all have sinned. % Rom .5:12 margin. You and I. as sons .of Adam. were born to die because of Adams transgression
 God, in love to man. sent His Son to suffer in our stead that all
 who accept His sacrifice for their sins will not have to pay the pen alty (which is death) for their fra ueurae-fang FTJ,rr 20 a brought back into favor with God. This is Gods grace. Reader. do you know that God Himself loves you. and is not watching you to see you sin and then condemn you to death Well. He does.
 If God could have saved you and I so that we could have been hap py throughout all eternity by talk ing His law out of the way. He would have done it; then Christ heed not have died. But Christ died for yau and me because GODS LAW IS UNCHANGEABLE. It will .endure as long as God lives.
 What is grace? By a human par able We may better be able to un- .derstand. A man has robbed a bank. He is caught and tried. He lis found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment As he thinks it lover he realizes that the way of .transgressors is hard" He chooses Ito live a new life and keep all the laws of the land. He gives evidence