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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-15
American DPS in Distress

To the Editor OF The Star:
Before the subject Of DPS is dropped,
would like to put in word. agree with Mr.
Boatwright: Why can't displaced people be re-
habilitated in their own countries? According
to what we read about Paris alone, they must
be building up their cities pretty fast now At
least the night clubs and theaters again are
open. If they have the means to repair amuse-
ment places, they surely can provide some kind
OF housing.
We have little enough housing for the people
already in this country. Especially large fam
lilies cannot find places to rent and most of
them cannot afford to buy houses All OF our
efforts should be directed to helping humanity
here at home first. We will not have land
Of plenty long II we keep allowing thousands
Of foreigners to crowd into our ports. The
INA jority Of working people do not have
plenty" as it is.
believe most foreigners love their native
lands and really would rather not leave them,
anyway. We are sending enough money to
Earope-we are doing our share there. We
have plenty Of families to support here already,
people who are poverty-stricken and I'M
educated and many Of whom also are disabled
r. A. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-15

seriousness of any national or international sit
uation warrants such course of action. Only
after such a session has met and has heard
the reasons for such demand on the part
Of the President should the criticism Of I'm
position" be leveled at Mr. Truman.
II President Truman should determine that
a crisis has arisen, he should have the priv
ileee of acting accordingly. Nobody who has
the interests of America at heart should think
differently. MARIVAUX.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-15

decade. But for motorists who use the
old routes the prospect is pleasing. If
Governor Lane helps to build better roads,
Marylanders will place q higher value on
his services in the Governors mansion at
Annapolis than as candidate for the
vice presidency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-15

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,oriter. although it Is permissible for
Uriter knopn to The Star to use
a nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-15
Lots of Gaslishts Left

To the Editor Of The Star:
REGARDING the article in The Star in refer
ence to those gaslghts still left IN Montrose
Park, you might be interested to know that
many cities still have gaslights on the streets
Philadelphia leads with 22,700, Baltimore has
over 5000 and, while some are being re-
moved others actually are being installed IN
new sections where street Is being extended
only block or two and all the street lights In
the neighborhood are gaslit. Boston and
vicinity has over 10000, Chicago has 400,
Cincinnati has 5000 (some on brackets In
alleyways), and they may be found in Camden,
South Orange, Jersey City, Riverton and other
communities in New Jersey, Kenmore, N. Y;
Newport, r. l.; Kansas City, Kans., and
Kansas City, No. Worcester and q few cities
in Massachusetts,, and in. the old part of
Quebec, Canada. Incidentally England still
has many, the London area alone having over
100000.
During the war years, in Britain q wire was
fastened to each gaslight and when the black
out signal sounded, the lights were extin-
guished. People living nearest to each light
were required to turn them OF and when the
AL clear" signal sounded turn them on again.
Here in Washington hundreds Of those
old gaslight standards were retained by the
electric light company when the changeover
to electricity was made. They are found in
alleys all over the city. on the streets in
Georgetown and the edge of the Mall section
in Southeast and Southwest Washington in
the grounds of the Library of Congress- Capitol,
Old Naval Hospital etc. Also there are old
gaslights standards complete with globes In
front of churches at Twelfth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue, NV, and South Capitol and
NJ streets, S.W.
All gaslights are serviced by the Welsbach
Engineering Company In Philadelphia, formerly
the old American Street Lighting Company.
In Baltimore have noticed over 20 different
types of gaslight standards while here in
Washington ION the streets there was only
one style used. HERMAN H. D1ERS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-15
Special Session Presidents Affair

Special Session Presidents Affair
To the Editor of The Star:
The President of the United States commands
and deserves respect at ali times. Recently
Governor Dewey, Republican presidential NOM
inee, said ct. would be an imposition for
President Truman to call a special session OF
CONGRESS" Such statement appears to me to
be unjustihed.
Our President Is empowered to call special
sessions when his Judgment dictates thst the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-15

81 An exponent Of progressive education
thinks 1t most unwise to Illustrate todays
child" Unwise or not, this we've got to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-15
Indians Are Americans

To the Editor of The Star:
On July II, your newspaper published letter
by c. Beckman which stated, in part: But
Indians are not Americans, unless they cease
being wards of the Nation and become citizens"
This statement is erroneous in at least three
respects:
ID The act of June 2, 1924 43 Stat. $3.50,
the substance of which was incorporated into
section 201 90 of the Nationality Act of Oc-
tober IA, 1910, conferred United States citizen
ship upon all Indians born within the terri
torial limits of the United States who had pre-
viousy not been citizens. However even before
1924 about two-thirds of the Indians of the
United States had already acquired United
States citizenship under treaties with Indian
tribes or under various congressional statutes
naturalizing named tribes or persons, Indians
accepting land allotments, or other classes of
Indians such as veterans and wives of citizens.
CD Indians as individuals are not wards of
the Nation" in any sense intended by Mr.. Beck
man. See F. S. Cohen's Handbook of Federal
Indian Law" pp 169-l73 0942), discussing the
meanings of the word ward as applied to
Indians.
90 American Indians are the only citizens
of the United States who truthfally can say
that none of their ancestors within recorded
history was an Immigrant from lands outside
the United States. ~
need not comment on the remainder of Mr..
Beckman's attempt to prove that these citizens
of the United States are not really Americans"
PHINEAS LNDRITZ
Water Gate Impression
To the Editor Of The Star:
II you are a money-saver. you get to the
Water Gate at Z pm and sit In your favorite
location on the stone steps-which are hard
and hot! You squrm little.
The sun beats down in your face, its rays
being accentuated by rejection on the river.
You open your Star and try to read. Perhaps
you get through the headlines and the funnies
before your eyes give out. Then you use your
paper for q pillow, II you haven't brought
pillow with you
The place fills up with the rest Of the $4,000
People are sitting beside you, below you, above
you as closely as they can pack themselves in
Two girls come along and sit on the step imme-
diately in front of you, one on each of your
feet You squirm some more, trying to f1nd
space for your knees. They glare. So do you.
boy collects money from his family for soft
drinks; climbs over IL persons to the aisle; re-
turns with more cokes than he can manage, so
his mother has to come to his rescue and climb
back and forth over the aforesaid dozen people.
Some ones knee bumps your collarbone.
The orchestra begins to tune UP. You still
are sizzling.
Finally the sun goes over the horizon leaving
a gorgeous red and golden afterglow, in which
the spires of Georgetown University make
wonderful backdrop for a stage scene.
The stars come out. And pale silver Of
moon.
Howard Mitchell raps for attention. And
then music.
Under the stars. JOE N. BOURNE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-15
Letters to The Star
Another View on Church and State

Another View on Church and State
70 tn. Hditor Of The star:
Those who oppose the teaching of religion
in the public schools are not necessarily peo-
pie who are opposed to religion and religious In
struction for young people. The point at issue
is: Where is the proper place for such In
strliction, and who should pay the bill? 1t
costs money to furnish light. heat and the up
keep of public school buildings that already
are over crowded
1t Is true that the phrase separation OF
church and state" does not occur IN the Con-
stitution as suggested by the author OF the
article in The Star Of July 8, entitled, "Relig-
ious Instruction Permissible" However, the
traditional American Interpretation Of the frst
amendment implies just that! We do have In
the United States q separation OF church and
state. We cannot hope to win atheists to
religion by taxing them for something in which
they do not believe Render therefore unto
Caesar the things that are Caesars, and unto
God the things that are Gods" were the words
Of the greatest Teacher the world has ever
known.
The proper place for religious instruction is
in the~.home, augmented by the church and
church schools, paid for by the churches. The
state should be the protector, not the promoter,
Of the various religious organizations, guar
anteeing to everyone the right to join or not
to join in the support of religion. Each religious
organization should stand onAits own financial
legs Churches will grow weak If they lean on
the state for support. Any attempt to in
troduce religious instruction into the public
schools is long step backward toward state
church and state religion. which in past ages
always has proved disservice both to the state
and the church. L. M. SPEAR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-15
Answers to Questions

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A.Bomb as Weapon for Peac'

A.DOIilD rs w SupOu lOi L S1SS
To the Editor Of The Star:
Why must We, possessing the most destructive
weapon In the history Of the world, allow the
Russians to keep us of balance automatically
and submit to their insults?
II we are able to maintain no better posi-
ton with this tremendous war potential advan-
tage, what can we expect when they succeed
in producing and accommodating an adequate
supply of atomic bombs? It'll nothing short OF
suicide for us to sit by and permit the Rus
slams to produce the A-bomb, to say nothing
of the insults being heaped upon us in the
meantime.
If the situation were reversed. does any one
think the Russians would allow Us to push
them around? In such situation we would be
DESTROYED without warning. They certainly
would have us crawling on olr knees to them.
begging their mercy, submitting to their most
drastic terms.
Only one bomb dropped on the Kremlin
probably would be sufncient to force their sur
render. While it regrettably might cost as many
as 400, 900 lives, most Of them innocent people,
it would be cheap price to pay for world
peace considering the inevitable cost OF tens
of millions of lives q few years hence. If the
Russians are permitted to produce the bomb.
G.B. v.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
U.S.. Codd|iig Franco,
Wallace Tells Oregon;
Sees Sinister Moves
BY the Assoeioted Press

WITH WALLACE IN THE PA
CIFIC NORTHWEST, Oct. g.
Henry Wallace says the United
States is "coddling" Generalissimo
Franco in Spain and there Is a
drive" afoot to recognize his gov
ernment.'
The third party presidential can
didate made that statement at Port
land, Greg, last night.
Today he was flying to Seattle to
continue his daily battle against
"the two-headed creature that calls
itself the Republican and the Demo-
cratic Parties"
At Portland he denounced Franco
as "the messenger boy of Hitler and
Mussolini." He spoke before an
audience of about 1,700 people who
sang Happy birthday to you" be-
cause 1t was his Goth birthday.
Sees Military Inspiration.
Watch this drive for the recog-
milton Of Franco" he said. via
that route will come great trouble
for the United States. 80 I think
1t was all inspired by the military
in the first instance"
| At news conference, the candi-
date argued for q Federal pension
plan which he estimated would cost
$20, ,000, 100000 a year. The Progress
sive Party platforn1-and Mr.. WAL
lace's speeches-call for pensions of
500 a month for all persons 60
years or older.
Mr.. Wallace told reporters the
money could be raised II present
and prospective military spending
were cut; that he would accept q
500 pension-"I think everybody
would"-if his proposal were al
ready in effect, and that mo, am
not millionaire"
Asks Public Electricity.
His comment on Franco wasn't In
his prepared speech, In which he
called for public electric power,
faster development of peacetime
uses for atomic energy, and ade-
quate low-cost housing.
Mentioning the flood that wiped
out the nearby Vanport housing
project last spring. Mr.. Wallace
said:
II am certain that many home
less Americans must be asking
themselves how 1t is that their Cow
ernment moves swiftly and smoothly
to build Arctic air bases, to dredge
harbors for reactionary regimes in
Europe, to relieve the plight Of
unfortunate Arab chiefs and Afri-
can plantation owners, while Amer
leans suffer from squallor, waiting
and waiting for adequate housing"
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Ohio Man Gets z Years
In McComas KiIIina
By the Assoeiatsd Press

PRINCE GEORGE, British Co.
lumbia, Oct. 8.-An Assize court last
night sentenced Gustav Wiegner,
"a, of Dayton, Ohio, to two years,
less one day, in prison for the kill
ing of John McComas, 50, also of
Dayton, on the Alaska highway.
The salesman was convicted on
a reduced manslaughter charge
after a jury had deliberated three
hours.
Justice Norman Whitaker, trial
Judge, made no recommendation for
the future Of Louise McComas. 10,
the victims daughter.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Elizabeth in London
For Birth of Buby
By the Asseeiofsd Press

LONDON. Oct. 8.-Princess Eliz.
abeth settled down in Buckingham
Palace today in preparation for the
birth Of her baby next month.
With her family and two dogs, the
princess returned by train from q
holiday at Balmoral Castle, Scotland
Looking fit, she wore q fur coat over
a navy blue coat and skirt. with Z
blue hat.
Her husband, Prince Philip: hel
father and mother. King George VI
and Queen Elizabeth, and Princess
Margaret Travelled with her.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-10-21

In a shall a-we maybe ALL but lot of
ANY, IL 5 II the s% days It mng W the t we bdo will will s s th S
eD the editorial nii WI writer's will praie "
viii try put the old whammy each other and
there will be pandemonium generally
what have to contemplate the of presidential
W % a 0 ny ve1 % we a sy to to nse so eh Ss vote
This it perhaps more important than ever because the fact
on nto the House Of REPRESENTATIVES under our and
moded electoral college system.
seems that since the nomination of Thomas E.
$50 Someone called Dewey he little Wedding
haven't made better of the phrase It's
little wedding cake
Gesd 6 Another G 5 ce M put ewet n d @ n d %sae %e
RGgi and @ cpg & inside sRGe Ri idea about how he
when certain keys are @ One wonders what he acts like when
Effcient' Perhaps So like calculating e It machine
Then there Mr. Wallace There is like the with
Strange bu there s9t S Henry %na
ike r good deal Of Wasout now say
d n IT there ars ars the h @ m In sme there s Don
be fitting at wind mill they good deal of figure the
There other minority candidates including the perennial
in the whole lot there
out in the kitchen all by yourself who
Truman about the best Bet w" 'D N'A ''N' many
made pt baS a ma to aenS % ynso Oo bad He
He made some mistakes in consenng to relaxing of controls when
But the issues which he did not make mistakes outweigh
ing He vetoed the Taft Hartley bill '' iO's' '0 NOUS
the W "5s for @ e DsaR %a1
s P he p the front door, or moving like an auto
ThurmoGd and Wallace don't have chance specu
Some Of Mr. Trumdns advisors ought be given abbaca
most critical times Always he line the side of the
nop Ad R n dr Mr. T1a@ son will s be elected ID Dr. GsD the
ing to fall on their faces.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-10-21
Comment On World Events

The 37th anniversary Chinese Republic
came during of the darkest hours in the history of China
and in the history of Chinese relations The worldwide
of otaaran Communism which have able,
temporarily Europe in China
The Chinese which fought desperately
against Japan virtually alone again has its back the
with little or no help from
There have been justification for the policy beating
first during World War H. although that policy brought terrible suf
in Stain
an easier task to advance in Asia.
The American government having proclaimed the policy of the
Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan halt Communism
apply it in the East as well as in the West
The Republican party through Gov Deweys speech Columbia
University Law School Nov "a 1947 has already adopted this posi-
ton He then sad "We have world struggle hands, world
wide AS take action to the 275 million people of
Europe for the free world it the heere folly abandon the 4O
million people of China If China falls reasonably
all Asia We need honest aboutface which will
immediate administrative action to restore the honor the American
the world in the of human freedom" ,
The policy of the administration less clear and should be
clarified at is still not too late for President his
take unequvoca this
China Europe be taken of partisan politics
of national agreement But until the President
ing contrast between policy Europe and ASIA contradiction
which the Republican party has every right
AS the American people afford
able in appng the motives behind China policy but they
not be patient over any failure to change that policy
The motives of the Roosevelt administration granting uwe
and unjust concessions to Russia at the of China Manchura
be forgiven however dsasousy they turned their
to shorten the and unity
We know that make concessions
shorten with Japan of the atom bomb but that
less clear at the time
We know that it folly the Chinese
government could trust the Chinese Communists who
be merely agraran reformer But at the time these policies
naugurad there widespread based
and that was largely shared by Republicans well as Demo-
Gratis Thus until Gov Dewey spoke Columbia University
clear partisan issue this policy But that
The Republican candidate has spoken Later the Republican
leaders in Congress urged military aid to China and pressed
the administration Since then the administration has failed whether
through mency or through reluctance implement that military
aid Nevertheless it not too late for President Truman clarity
his position and out our commitments If he fails to do the
Republican party rightly claim to be the sole champion of
ageous and honorable American foreign policy toward China
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-10-21
NEWS und VIEWS

This column commented last week determination of the
Germans to assert themselves in share
in the formulation policies will determine the future of
country Further proof of this desire has just come from the
Germany but is hardly the kind that makes Tor
peace democracy progress announcement by the Ger
Commun authorities the Soviet that the organization
100000 emtary police force o defend the zone
against alarming civil preparations being made the western
of Germany is virtually completed
Thus shape things visible all who willing
German @ sae a m to the soviet zone and Of
popular tide running against them ready to resort TO civil war
Naturally as conspracies this plan clOaked
with fascist activities inspired by agents
mperal But to believe the head of
of Interior and other Communist spoEs
civil already raging in that part of the country Inc
pron a and assault buildings factories and farms pro
eced against sabotage and fire bugs who agedy seek to destroy
According trustworthy information the three main units bt+o
Se Se0Ta I@ pe shock es troop o militia of heavily
and md IS % y .d % o sd the to e a 1ode All
members kept barracks special
buIe members Of special Naz squads trained commit
murder at the life of an eyebrow
the which according to jqbiant Communist
and DIAL always ready d for 1ep % & SrgnSd nas pSnd d
democratic progress"
military strategy of Moscow relieves the Russian occupation
to do the dirty work which the Russians their
no longer inclined to handle.
And the subject Which Hod fe 1 tt to & play an ~b %po
said in this column just a year ago (oct. 25, l9lO:
,. Of R Big Fsq B owsd 5 6s
appearance of military under Russian auspices
Of RS5S S S 'a armies
ready into Germany and put the policies Of the German
should be lightly
Besides, this pass would be made to look like
outbreak Of German political passions rather & than Russian Int inter-
@ o % he1 eor poe Se hcrourR Communist te @
mated elements and considering the Soviet handling @ OF political
f"fds ~ IN doubt 1''S'' hungary '''' '''' 1''' 'D
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-10-21
TIL Just The Beginning

It's nice occasionally to get important information direct
from the horses mouth if you don't like the horse
That's why we're indebted to Rep Fred Hartley, the
New Jersey Republican who has just become author.
We'd long suspected that the COP intended the Taft
Hartley Act merely the beginning and not the end of anti
labor legislation. Hartley confirmed this suspicion both in
his book and the press conference he held to call the
book to public attention.
At his press conference Hartley chided the COP leader
ship for being namby about unions These leaders
(he softies) decided time ago, Hartley sad not to
pass any legislation to which organized labor might pos
sibly object until after the November elections.
Hartley develops the same theme in his book
"Under the Wagner Act the government commit
ted to advancing the banner of trade unionsm The
Taft-artey Act has different purpose.
This is good time any to point out that it CT-ED
is only start
The COP Hartley said, became very politically minded
1913 and decided not to go any further than the original
TIL Act He put it this way:
Frankly, think the United Mine Workers could have
thrown picket line around the IT, s. Capitol and the Sup
Court without receiving than gentle reprmand
from the Republican leaders.
Republican leaders had election to win; sound egis
lattice principles were cast aside"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-10-21
HOW GOOD is YOUR WORD?
By RUTH TAYLOR
How good is your word?

How good is your word?
day sitting in argument listening to a
heatedy situation and together
the remark The challenger Quilted
saying Well it must be them sad "Bu thought
g" don't disagree with
his his and he accurate with his
facts"
sounded like good article material mentally went
conclusions
heartened by the
would take whether not the facts
were to my liking.
person isn't intentionally dishonest And
whose considered good by their friends
be startled they really thought of liars They
"dn the facts; they assumed what they wanted
to they Careless" phraseoogy;n short they
what would have spoiled their story Like the copyt
and mind tired they drop qualifying clauses
word at until the END what they say bears little esemb
lance to the truth
How good is word?
the you know The bigger they the
they pnsang their speech One whose word
repoach, always derenttes by Th know,"It is
considered opinion a"his have heard have not verified
this fact You always know just what credence give to each
What do Do they believe what say? do
listen with ntreSand then check how much truth
there in il? Or do they Soandso suchanduch But
can't take his word for It,"
good is your word?
Would follow in whom you could
Then if would win position Of
all places in the of responsibility Be that
word worth taking that believe order that
they may believe in you.