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Evening star., 1948-07-24
New Party Keynote

There is precious little that is new in
the New Party's keynote.
This address, fixed item on the bill
OF fare of all political conventions, was
delivered by Charles P. Howard, Negro.
That is something new for a political
party with serious ambitions. But the
content of his speech was compounded
of old ingredients.
He attacked the Republicans in much
the same vein as they were attacked by
the Democrats. And it is doubtful that
he accused the Democrats of many sins
which had not already been imputed to
them by the Republicans. Mr.. Howard
went little farther than the other key
noters in his promises-such as a hun
dred-dollar-a-month minimum old-age
pension-but when the New Party pledges
are shaken down they look just about like
the other vote-catching lures that politi-
clans have been using for generations
If this keynote address has any dis
tinguishing characteristic, it is found in
it's special appeal to Negro voters. The
speaker accused both major parties of
never having relinquished the idea of
human slavery, implying that the Negro
people are enslaved today And he said
that the message of the New Party to the
Negro is: "Come help us make this Nation
what you would have it,"
1t may be suspected, however, that at
least some Negro voters will be struck by
the fact that in this land of slavery for
the Negroes, Mr.. Howard, a Negro, can
stand upon a public platform in Phila-
delphia and speak his mind. They will
note that he not only can, but did, make
the gravest accusations, most of them
false, against the President and other
men high in both major parties. And he
can do this in the United States freely
and without fear of reprisal.
This is fact that is worth remember
ing as the New Party bids for the support
OF the American Negro. For the New
Party is very extensively Influenced, if it
is not actually dominated, by men whose
primary allegiance is to the Soviet Union.
In the propaganda of these Communists,
Russia is the land of freedom and
America the home of terror and slavery.
But there are very few Americans,
Negroes or whites, who do not know that
Mr.. Howard would have been shot If,
instead of being an American Negro
speaking in an American city, he had
been Russian speaking in Russia.
Evening star., 1948-07-24
Progress Against Polio

PoliomyelitiS strikes with such grim
regularity every summer that sometimes
the fight against 1t seems to be a losing
one. Actually, however, despite its re-
currence, which this year has hit hardest
In Texas and North Carolina, 1t is not
gaining on man. On the contrary, there
is good reason to hope that it will one
day be conquered altogether.
The latest development supporting that
hope has just been reported by Science
Service. The development is the produc-
ton of new modified sulfa drug at
Columbia University and the Lederle
Laboratories. The drug, after having
first been used in extensive studies with
minstered to at least seventy human
patients, with such remarkable results
that many hundreds more are expected
to be treated with it during the remainder
of the polio season.
AS described by Science Service, the
drug, which was developed by DR.. Murray
Sanders of Columbia, is non-toxic but
must be used carefully until proper stand
ard dosages are worked out. There ap-
pears to be no question, however, about
its effectiveness when administered in
time. Apparently it cannot restore motor
nerve cells already destroyed by the
polio virus, but it can check the progress
of the disease and prevent deaths Above
all, If put to work in the first stage Of
the infection, 1t seems to eliminate or
sharply reduce the danger of paralysis.
At any rate, though employed so far on
only very small scale, it has already
been credited with saving no fewer than
fifty patients from becoming lifetime
cripples.
Nor is the advent of this highly promis-
ing drug the sole reason for feeling en-
couraged about the fight against polio
myelitis. In addition, wholly apart from
slow but steady improvement in treating
its after-stages, other actual and potential
developments indicate that the scourge
is on the road to being conquered eventu-
ally. Last year, for example, at Chicago
and at Stanford University, two significant
forward steps were made in greatly speed
ing up anti-polio research procedures and
In isolating a nearly pure virus. Both
these advances, though they may lead
Evening star., 1948-07-24
'Woodlawn' Historic

To the Editor Of The Star:
I learn with dismay that 'Woodlawn" in
Fairfax County soon win pass into new hands.
There could be no finer tribute to George
Washington than the preservation Of this his
toric old home as = shrine.
It was there In the shadow OF Mount Vernon
that Washingtons nephew. Lawrence Lewis
carried his bride, Nelly Gusts. the Generals
adopted daughter.
"Woodlawn" Is replete with historic and
sentimental tradition and 1t will be revered
by many who bear the name OF Lewis.
NELLY LEWIS STAFFORD.
Evening star., 1948-07-24
State of Poverty for All

To the Editor Of The Star:
A common question that folks usually ask
OF each other, particularly here In Washing
ton, is what State are you from?" or what
State were you born in?" Some of us might
be able to say that we were born in state
Of unconsciousness and have been In 1t ever
since, but all OF us can surely tell what state
we are soon to be in. It seems that our
Uncle is doing all in his power to put and
keep us in state of poverty" No wonder
the definition of the dime is "the dollar after
Uncle Sam has taken his share"
ROBERT EMMETT BURKE.
Evening star., 1948-07-24
Opposes Federal Lynch Law

To the Editor Of The Star: =.,.
wonder how many people know that the
proposed antilynching legislation provides for
the payments of large sums Of money by the
taxpayers to the heirs of persons lynched.
The result of such legislation would be, in
many cases. to richly reward accessories after
the fact, in some of the most heinous crimes
imaginable.
It Is well known that in many rape cases the
criminals have been protected by relatives, who
have fed them while hiding out and who have
lied to the officers Of the law as to their knowl-
edge Of their whereabouts. If such criminals
we're captured and lynched the very relatives
who had tried to thwart the law would be en-
titled to receive from the county in which the
lynching occurred sums Of money ranging up
into thousands of dollars.
II the groups that are pressing for the enact
ment Of this legislation were half as much
concerned over the fact that two small girls
recently were dragged from their bicycles in
this area and knitted to death, as they are over
protecting the criminals there would be much
better feeling between the races, and ours
would be much safer community in which to
live. II Congress yields to the anti-lynching
proposal, it will have no cause to complain II
crime gets totally out of hand. It already nearly
has reached that point and largely because the
legislative bodies have yielded to the sob
sisters of all races.
II Congress wants to really accomplish some
thing to reduce lynchings, let 1t enact legisla-
ton making castration mandatory in crimes of
violence against women and taking crimes Of
that nature out of the class to which paroles or
pardon could apply Sex criminals will take a
chance on being hanged but they would not
take the chance Of emasculation.
The principal reason that crime has 50
nearly gotten out of hand is because we have
proceeded upon the theory that reformation
of the criminal is the matter Of prime i'm
portance. When we are ready to proceed upon
the theory that the law-abiding man is en-
titled to as much consideration as the criminal
we will be on the road to curbing crimes Of this
nature. But the hour is very. very late.
F. g CAMPBELL.
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1t this year. Apart from that, it should be
said OF her that she is another Of the
many reasons why our baffied bourgeois
world finds 1t increasingly difficult to COM
prehend what is going on behind the
Iron Curtain. One can only hope that her
sense of humor is not entirely typical of
the men of the Kremlin. If 1t is, alas for
the idea of trying to get along with them.
Evening star., 1948-07-24
Just Aheud

Aliodys toonder In tDhose steps tread,
What a0ilderness-loUer chose these lonely
tO1yS,
Seeking some rdrer blossom Just ahead,
Touching the tern-ttps gently, and the
sprays
OF delicate young oak leapes, rosy red.
S,Deet are these dsepacood solitudes, yet I
Go dreaming Gl,cays OF a stYan0er- friend
Who lotters Just beyond tDhere By and by,
With footsteps Joined until the jonrneys
end,
We shall find doubled joy IN earth and sky.
MEZ BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1948-07-24
Letters to The Star
Compulsory Arbitration Deplored

Compulsory Arbitration Deplored
To the Editor of The Star:
Your learned and always-interesting column
mist, Gerard D. Reilly, apparently failed to give
due thought to his subject when he proposed
compulsory arbitration" Of railroad labor dis
putes.
In the first place. the procedure Mr. Reilly
commends is not arbitration but would amount
to governmental dictation of railroad wages,
hours and working conditions. The American
Arbitration Association correctly contends that
there is no such thing as compulsory arbitra-
ton" Arbitration connotes a voluntary sub
mission of a dispute to an arbiter. MIR. Reilly
would have the Labor Department or the
National RailroaO Mediation Board name
some one to dictate settlement. II we are to
have such a procedure for railroad disputes,
there Is no logical reason for not extending
it to the trucking industry. the milk industry,
our street railways, power plants and gas
works and every other industry whose con-
tinuouS operation is essential to the public
interest. Once the Government was debating
conditions of employment in those industries,
how long could it resist extending It's power
to steel, coal and automobiles?
Mr.. Reilly to the contrary, the current pro-
cedure for settling railroad labor disputes is
neither 'creaking" nor does it show any signs
of collapse" Since the Railway Labor Act
became law in 1926 Git was amended in 1884,
we have had only one major strike. That one
in 1916, was held off for several weeks by seizure
and collapsed two days after it began under
the force of public opinion and President
Truman's recommendation of strong measures
to get the men back to work The seizure
weapon was used again this year to forestan
strike while the parties were working out an
agreement based on the recommendations of n
Presidential Emergency Board
Our whole American system of liberties and
free enterprise will remain much more secure
while our Government plays by ear" when
something goes wrong. If we are threatened
with Nationwide railroad strike and tenn
porary Seizure" will stop it, let's SEIZE We
Americans have genius for finding the right
answer for the problem at hand. We should
continue to operate that way as our major
labor crises arise. Compulsory arbitration"
may sound like neat little formula for avoid
ing recurring headache But 1t probably
wouldn't work, and If it did, the cure would
be worse than the illness.
write this while serving as a member of
an Emergency Board which has just succeeded
by conciliation, in getting the parties to the
complicated Lake Michigan car ferry dispute
to negotiate settlement of all their differ
ences. Perhaps we exceeded the authority
given us by the Railway Labor Act in so doing
But the parties are happy and doubt that
the public will criticize us for bringing about
wholly voluntary agreement.
AS long as the Railway Labor Act procedure
permits such fexibnity and such results, I
doubt that it can correctly be called "creaking"
and about to collapse"
Detroit Mich. JOSEPH L. MILLER.
Evening star., 1948-07-24

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
ioriter. although It Is permissible for
q tDriter kno,on to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-07-24

In recent days French COW climbed on
a roof and an English cow climbed 4
monument. Everywhere it's the same
story, about meat going up.
Evening star., 1948-07-24

Florida cattle seem to thrive on diet
OF grapefruit, and big things are expected
OF them in the way of juicy, eye-filling
steaks.
Evening star., 1948-07-24
Other Communist Experiments

Other Communist Experiments
To the Editor of The Star:
Certainly these are times that try mems souls
the obvious hypocrisy in high places with
respect to such topics as civil rights and others
in order to obtain votes, the inexplicable diff
Guilty in framing laws to control alien subver-
sive acts, apparent unwillingness to accept the
oft-proclaimed aims of international Soviet
dictatorship, and allowing the Politburo always
to be step ahead of us in thinking and acting
1t is not that communism as a principle is
unholy, but its sponsors freely admit that 1t
cannot succeed alongside form of society that
permits a man to own his own home or with
out direction by an oligarchical dictatorship
at the top.
Numerous communistic settlements were be-
gun in this country during the Colonial period
and q few decades afterwards, but all failed
because they could not succeed with human
nature as it is. Any one with knowledge of
practical philosophy should know that. One of
the largest of these experiments was that
planned in 17sf by two young college men,
Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey,
under the leadership Of the eminent Rev Dr.
Joseph Priestley. 1t was known as "Pantiso-
cracy" and the holdings Of its members in the
Susquehanna Valley comprised some 70oo 900
acres of land. But in one year oninous hints Of
the decay Of the project began to appear
G. !. KEPHART
Evening star., 1948-07-24
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.
@. How long was Joe Louis the undefeated
heavyweight champion7-V. E. s.
A. Louis held the title for II years and days.
Q. Does the bee have an organ for storing
honey?-L. o. Y.
A. bee has q crop which is about the size
of pinhead. On each trip the insect must
visit several hundred blossoms like clover to
fill 1t. 1t requires some so trips from the
hive and back again to bring teaspoonful
Of honey.
Q. When did Phi Beta Kappa first establish
chapter in q women's college?-J. G. v.
A. The first was Mu Chapter at Vassar,
established in 1899.
@. What books did Robert Louis Stevenson
write during his stay at Saranac, NJ Y-CPZ.
A. Most of "The Master Of Ballantrae" was
written in the cottage on the outskirts Of the
village. during the winter 1878 Here, also,
Stevenson produced several essays including
"Pulvis ct Umbra."
Q. Do police have any special suggestions for
locking up a house while the family Is away
on lengthy vacation?-H G. r.
A. 1t Is suggested that the nilkman and
newspaper carrier be notified to stop deliveries,
and the mailman instructed to forward or hold
mail. It is well to have neighbors arrange to
remove advertising matter protruding from the
mailbox and lying on the steps, Notify the
police and leave key with q neighbor. Do
not hide money or valuable under rurs. be-
hind pictures or in mattresses Finally lock
all doors and windows
q. Is there difference between the oysters
found on the Atlantic and Pacific coests7-
D. w. NJ
A. The native oyster on the Pacific Coast IN
smaller than the eastern oyster, and does NOT
occur IN great numbers because the exposed
coast lines Of the Western States are not well
adapted for oyster growing. In former years
carloads OF live oysters from the Atlantic
Coast were transported to California and
Washington and replanted for q time before
being again taken up and marketed, but the
loss was at times quite large.
Evening star., 1948-07-24
Answers to Questions

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imperative for instruction in the first and
second grades? Or could Mr.. Slime be suggest
ing that the particular school Of education
from which so many Of our teachers are
secured is not producing educators capable OF
developing the skills In small children. Or,
does Mr.. Slime know?
With respect to the curriculum workshop,
does Mr.. Stine know that this workshop lasts
for the entire month OF August: that only GER
tain days are set aside for parents; that the
workshop, as planned, was to be conducted
during the day? No doubt Mr.. Stine is unin-
formed for in this connection, he states that
this year great deal Of attention would be
paid to curriculum and what other objectives
does curriculum workshop have? Mr. Slime
also states that they have been working on this
believe that this is unusual-that heretofore
his superintendent has found planning. like
grammar, unnecessary? ~
Frankly, we cannot feel that Mr.. Stines'
reply has In any way elevated us from the
level Of "uninformed."
Rockville, Md CARL W. BINKER.
u. N. Aliens Not Democratic
To the Editor of The star:
Reading Mr.. Harlow's statement before
Congressional subcommittee on subversive
aliens entering the United States via United
Nations, poses the question: What other route
is legal?"
If the U. N. is our personal property, Mr..
Harlows position is the correct one. On the
other hand, If U. N. is to comprise representa-
tives from the worlds several states-and it was
through our efforts and money that its head
quarters were located in New York, with ad-
vance knowledge that many of its representa-
tives are not and never will become converts
to the democratic" way of life-then Mr. Har-
lows labors readily may be dispensed with.
Many thousands Of dollars Of the taxpayers
money, squandered gathering such information,
indicates necessity for greater scrutiny by ap-
preparations committees when doing out tax
payers hard-earned money. A. L.
Evening star., 1948-07-24

@. How long was Joe Louis the undefeated
heavyweight champion2-v. E. s.
A. Louis held the title for II years and days.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-06-05
How Does Freedom Fare?

B. DeNlIe Foundation Political Freedom has
the right
either union dictaen recently
testimony the Committee
Education and Labor.
the individual" he said Through the Wag
Act TatHartley and other legislation Congree has
protection his
me and union bosses.
kindly to restraint.
heard eactonarN businessmen urging the total re-
peal of ft-TIartley Act
"Reaction--from whatever sideaways aims to enslave
every right work when he pleaes
himself whoever wants to hire him.
behind this
right to work"
That anti-abor to the contrary. a
nro labor augment business
or union can shall allowed to his
living or not power helpless slave
worker under dictator their fellow travellers
making an about thereby control
economic life Of America
The TaftITarey major advance for bors rights
sn0p under must Join and tribute to the
7aon within specified time after going to work has not
o51 touched officials still have thing gh
worker likes their service whether
u o he approves policy, he must quit And
extremely doubtful if he find another job
where he will work his trade So far as the union
is starVe.
10 quote MI The tombstone for any Law
~ nv government anywhere the worlds the question: How
does individual are? will fare well so long as
INV organization of any tell whether he can
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-06-05
Nature Wins

Even socialism lick nature as series OF recent events
~ y md if has naturally accompanied by
ownership zeaos promptly started
plants could
vent such Shortages However, the same time ONTARIO canada
shortage Aud On
taro hydro authority which has
long model fors imia in this country
been praised to
cost the taxpayers hundreds OF
struck mdFeb
ruary In the words of AP dis
flood waters were too much
Valley Authority The
huge filled released to rush the
low country"
There obvious lessons in all this First of all
neither sOcaZed enterprise
Of rainfall. All either max hee most Of what
exnd when il enterprise has always dem
onstrated a superiority.
Twas flood control activities inexcably tied in with its
power producing facilities And must have water in
thethe can't be held empty floods At the present
time experience is teaching
approach &c the problem soil
flood prevention work small tributaries
rivers
much lower cost But the advocates socialized
interested flood produce power
The idea that s0caizaiOn
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-06-05

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money look at tn the building and in two to four weeks
thew owuld be permitted inde that nominee Paul
with the white people occpyg the place o
the nsid
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filed against these operators meant hoe'
find" them, matter now many
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the States Attorneys hedged and hedged
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Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-06-05

tai follows the tren dof the
South. In Washington. Negro
schools are rowded-while there
are vacant seats in the schools
OF white children. Part time
classes, poorer school supplies,
inadequate recreational facilities
these are the lot of Negro
children in the shadow Of the
Capitol.
What Of the North, where
school segregation is non-exis-
tent-at least IN THEORY?
Even there, tne Presidents
Committee finds minority groups
are virtually segregated in
schools because they have been
forced into segregated neighbor-
hoods. And for some not so
strange reason it is these groups
whose schools are usually most
dilapidated, most crowded, most
, poorly equipped.
Private colleges get public fin
ancial suppOrt-often federal or
state money or at least tax ex-
emption. Hence they should be
open to all.
Most such colleges, if they do
not exclude Negroes or Jews.
admit them on a limited quota
basis. Others, limit Irish Catho-
lies, Indians, Orientals, or other
minorities. Despite denials of
such quota systems, the Presi-
dents Committee has found
good evidence OF the facts.
Many colleges have broken
with the shameful tradition. A
shining example in segregation
ridden Washington, D. c.. is
Catholic university. There our
Committee tells us, Negroes
have ben admittd, and there is
no color distinction in classes.
Last year Negro was elected
class officer"
To secure educational rights.
the Committee urges the estab-
lishment of Fair Education
Practice laws. 1t suggests the
withdrawal OF federal grants
from schools and colleges which
have discriminatory admissions
policies.
Such is the program that min
GRITTY groups and labor groups
must actively support. If our
very Nations capital can push
child into a crowded school,
keep him off decently equipped
Fairgrounds, even bar him from
the fGoldn Gloves boxing tourna-
ment- then the rights of all
children in American are inSe-
cure. 49,. .,-..