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Evening star., 1948-12-14
Ship Models

With sotat patience and plat bredt11eax
care his hands :.
Haze fashioned sailing craft thyouHH6tk
the holloto years, =
Achieving hts stays and rigging NTH .srsts
OF slender thread, y =
His graceful hulls and decks trith defeats
0s"ss''' s {
And under his hands Illusion comes to Hfe
again; - =
He hears once more the spank OF saa and
credk OF spdrs, a
Wind ouer harpstrinos of taut rope IN eol&
Atlantic sun, ~
Or toallotD OF stDeH and stneH beloic =
rocking net OF stars. @e =
Past times and faces ltue Gcdsss, Snd porI
once heard,
Voices but halt remembered frc1E y
halt forgotten shore; ~ =
Lost shimmering hortsons reflect hB 1dE
blue gaze
Who sails IN memory the seas he sasfSns
more. FREDERICK EBRIdHT.
Evening star., 1948-12-14

will be interested In the constructive
declaration Of DR.. Robert Bloch Of the
University Of Chicago, who few days ago
affirmed: Tuberculosis is durable, even
in the advanced stages. In addition to
the basic treatment by rest the modern
accomplishments of medicine and surgery
save many lives. The wisest of all treat
ments is prevention. Mass X-ray examina-
tions OF the supposedly healthy population
disclose the distributors of infection, who
can then be isolated, and also reveal those
with early disease, which is easily durable"
Whether one accepts the opinion of MIR.
O'Neill or that of DR.. Perkins and DR..
Bloch, the responsibility to help in the
campaign remains duty which every
body should be glad to share Each of
us should buy as many of the 1948 Christ
mas Seals as he can afford.
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Low Federal Pay Ceilings

The continuing exodus from the Govern
ment Of technical experts and executives
because of the inadequate salaries paid
them Is sufficient proof of the urgent need
for an early lifting Of salary ceilings. Hav-
ing been on the receiving end of numerous
letters Of resignation by underpaid officials,
President Truman has cause to be gravely
concerned over the pay problem. He is
thoroughly justified in reiterating to Con-
gress his request that the Federal lid on
salaries in the higher brackets be lifted
substantially.
Through Budget Director Webb, Mr. Tru-
man cited as glaring example of unfair
ness the $4,000 salary of the Veterans Ad-
ministrator. This salary, fixed eighteen
years ago, is paid to an official whose re-
sponMbilities are larger than those of
many executives in private industry who
receive several times that amount. The
veterans insurance program alone is as
large as that Of q major life insurance
company. Many other similar inequities
could be cited. There are even cases of
subordinate officials receiving more pay
than their Bosses This Notwithstanding
situation was created when Congress
granted pay increases to everyone except
employees in the top salary brackets.
Congress should give preferential atten-
ton to the Presidents recommendations
for general adjustment upward of Fed
sral salary ceilings. Although MIR. Truman
did not suggest that the Presidents pay
be increased, Mr.. Webb, Controller General
Warren and many other persons believe
that both the President and the Vice Presi-
dent should be better paid. There is need,
besides, for a general reclassihcation of
governmental jobs and salaries, as the
Civil Service Commission repeatedly has
urged. This reclassification is necessary
preliminary step in any broad approach
to the problem of reducing the" spread"
between the salaries of Federal employees
and those of employees in private industry.
Evening star., 1948-12-14
tuberculosis Debate

John ]. O'Neill, writing in the New York
Herald Tribune last Sunday, said: "Tuber-
culosis Is undoubtedly the toughest antag-
onist which science has ever battled.
Despite all talk of progress, science has
not yet scored single major victory over
this disease. Encouraging advances have
been made, and there is every reason to
hope for complete eventual success, but
despite new drugs now being tested the
treatment of the disease differs little from
that which Hippocrates, the ancient Greek
physician, administered to his patients
twenty-five hundred years ago. Man has
not yet brought adequate forces into his
battle with this most subtle and mys-
terious killer"
The view thus set forth perhaps Is
unduly pessimistic. Some physicians-and
certainly many of their patients-are more
hopeful than MIR. ONeill appears to be.
DR.. James Perkins, managing director of
the National tuberculosis Association, re-
Gently testified: 'The decline in the
tuberculosis death rate in the United
States during the last fifty years has been
phenomenal. In 1900, when tuberculosis
was the number one killer, the annual
rate was almost two hundred tuberculosis
deaths for one hundred thousand popu-
lation; whereas, in 1s46, tuberculosis had
slid down to seventh place among causes
Of death, with an all-time low rate of
thirty-six. The provisional rate for 1947
is still lower, thirty-three and all indica-
tions are that the 1948 rate will set
another time low record"
If this is not progress the average lay
man must wonder what progress is But
without regard to any such argument he
Evening star., 1948-12-14
AbduIIoh and Israel

III lCS pTe.aQJOuIQmeuHf fScOlutlou CEEat"'
ing the Palestine Cancellation Commission,
the United Nations General Assembly has
opened up a new approach to the problem
Of establishing peace in the Holy Land.
With the exception Of Trans-Jordan, how
ever, the Arab League countries seem as
determined as ever to deny the existence of
Israel and to refuse to do business with it
rs legally constituted independent state
"a fact suggesting that the U. MS latest
effort to promote settlement is not likely
to meet with quick success.
The Cancellation Commission-which
viii function as three-nation body made
up Of representatives of Turkey, France
and the United States-will assume most of
the duties discharged by the mediation Or
ganization headed by DR.. Ralph ]. Bunche
since the assassination of Count Folke
Bernadotte. Significantly enough, the res
olution creating it makes no mention of
the partition plan recommended by the
General Assembly year ago last month,
nor does 1t refer to the Bernadotte proposal
for changes in that plans territorial pro-
visions. Instead, in rather vague language,
the Commission Is merely instructed to
work out arrangements for the permanent
Observation-Disclosures of the Jerusalem area
and to act at once to get the Israeli and
Arab governments to negotiate with it, or
directly between themselves, for "a final
settlement" of all their outstanding differ
snces."
BY implication at least, the resolutions
silence as regards the boundary ideas of
the partition plan and the Bernadotte
proposal suggests that the Cancellation
Commission will be free to promote, if
possible, q settlement under which Israel
would retain the areas now controlled by
Its military forces, with the rest of Pales-
tine going to the Arabs-neaning particu-
larly to King Abdullah's Trans-Jordan.
There have been strong indications that
Abdullah would be willing to make such
deal with the provisional Israeli govern
ment. Indeed, his parliament at Amman
has Just proclaimed him the ruler of the
additional territory that would thus be
annexed to his present kingdom, and
there Is reason to believe the new Jewish
state is favorable to the idea.
But even though Abdu1lah and Israel
may be willing, the other Arabs states ap-
pear to be bitterly opposed to any such
settlement. Thus. led by King Farouk of
Egypt, they have urged Abdullah not to
break up the none-too-strong unity of
their league, and they have warned him
against dealing with the Israeli govern
ment to partition Palestine and merge
part of 1t with Trans-Jordan. At the
same time, the Council of Ulemas at Cairo
which is made up of the teachers of Is
lamic law and which constitutes the high
est spiritual authority for Moslems-has
decreed that he will be violating his pledge
to Allah If he moves to expand his king
dom in that manner.
Since Trans-Jordan is militarily the
strongest member of the Arab League, King
Abdullah need have no hesitation about
being league maverick. The big question
Ii whether such course can lead to q
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Submarines Grow DeudIier

If experiments repeatedly being carried
out by the Navy should prove successful,
the much-publicized schnorkel, the German
breathing tube for long-range submarines,
may already be doomed to obsolescence.
There will be no need for an air tube to
the surface when and If submarines are
powered with engines operated on hydro
gen peroxide. And dispatches from Provi-
dence, Rhode Island indicate that such
engines are in process of development.
Hydrogen peroxide, of much stronger
concentration than that used to bleach
hair or disinfect wounds, was used by the
Germans as propelling fuel for number
of war weapons, including an experimental
engine intended for submarines Appar-
emily our own engineers have carried on
research in this field with a view to per-
fecting submarine engine of the turbine
type that would need no outside supply of
oxygen. The schnorkel, now used on our
latest Guppy submarines, draws air from
the surface and feeds it to diesel engines.
The tube thus enables submarine to
operate on diesel power for great distances
without surfacing. But 1t has the dis
advantage Of creating wake that may
be spotted by planes. Operating depths
also are restricted.
The hydrogen peroxide engine, however.
would make its own oxygen for combustion
purposes. If, in addition, an auxiliary
oxygen supply for conditioning the air for
breathing purposes is provided, a sub
marine could proceed at fast speed for
long distances without attracting the
attention of any ships or planes in the
vicinity. Submarines with such capabili-
ties would be deadlier menace than any
submersible known today. This would not
be the final step in submarine propulsion,
however. 1t has been predicted by atomic
scientists that the time will come when
submarines are propelled by atomic power.
Then, too, they undoubtedly will carry
atomic torpedoes and rockets. The out
look is as fantastic as it is frightening.
Evening star., 1948-12-14

security In time Of energency-an emergency
that later required men to bare their breasts
to an enemy; that If no other method Of get
ting the information to the people, without
having 1t sabotaged by technical convictions
against major witnesses, is available, that
those who are empowered to do 50 consider
the advisability Of starting impeachment pro-
ceedings against those who may be guilty Of
the sabotage?
I haven't been q straight-ticket voter in rs
years. but even If had been, I'd still feel it
was my right to indicate that I'm deeply con-
cerned about what amounts at least to laxness
on the part Of those elected or appointed to
defend and protect I'm. IRKED.
Evening star., 1948-12-14

settlement sound enough to establish real
peace in the Holy Land and permit an in
dependent Israel to live harmoniously with
its neighbors. Considering the attitude of
countries like Egypt, the outlook, though
far from hopeless, indicates that the job
confronting the Cancellation Commission
Is still decidedly tough one.
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Sacred Music 'Commercialized'


To the Editor Of The star
The acceleration Of the trend toward COM
mercializing the great music Of the church
IN an attempt to stimulate Christmas buying
IN the stores by the use Of Christmas carols,
In either their legitimate form or arrange
ments from Tin Psn Alley, should give pause
to those who care about the spiritual tenn
perature of America
This year this musical abomination started
weeks before Thanksgiving. The music 30
much loved by people Of al faiths ID being
purveyed by dime and department stores and
soon 1t win be all over, in. and on the streets,
blaring through the facilities Of public address
systems. BY the time Christmas comes the
timeless carols Of the season viii mean NO
more to large segments Of the rising genera
ton than the latest alleged hit" tunes from
Broadway.
With 30 much Of the civilized world IN the
advanced stages Of despair, this unfortunate
mixing Of the sacred and the common is to
he deplored. DONALD =. HAYNES.
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,orfter, although It Is permissible TOR
tDriter knoi1n to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be briet.
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Traffic Needless of Fire Trucks

Irafflc Needless of Fire Trucks
To the Editor Of The Star:
Possibly this is not an original thought, but
at most 1t is an interesting and timely one
On the afternoon Of December 10 at Grant
Circle I noticed the most fragrant violation
of the law. fire marshals car, with siren
screaming dashed madly up New Hampshire
Avenue to the Circle. There is law that when
these noises are heard all vehicular traffc
shall pull over to the side and come to
complete stop. With two big expensive pieces
of equipment roaring Immediately to the rear
of this flaming red coupe, nothing stopped
everybody went on as though no noises were
heard.
Many people have talked of this utter dis
regard for ambulances, fire trucks, and other
emergency vehicles.
Must we wait until some fireman is killed
In traffic accident to awaken the minds OF
the citizens to action? JOSEPH c. CLARK.
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Sobriety at Christmas

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Let's think it over-before Christmas Why
not make this Christmas o sober one? In
stead Of desecrating the Saviours birthday
with irreverent drinking, why not go to
church and observe the rest of the day In
respectful happiness with loved ones or good
friends?
Possibly visit with mother, or letter to
her with remembrance her we are
staying sober this year. Or gift to the needy
IN her memory, If she has passed away.
Something Q little different this year on the
reverent, the good side. Something in q
thoughtful good deed It would make mother
and the One who died on the Cross-much
happier
A sober husband or daddy could bring q
lot OF extra happiness to many wives and
kiodies at Christmas time. Hearts would be
lighter. Laughter replace fear and anxiety.
We know whereof we speak, We were on the
wrong side too long. We who have conse-
Grated our lives to His will in gratitude for
our recovery from alcoholism never fully can
express the wonderful happiness of our re-
covery-or our thanks, and the Joy Of q clean
wholesome Christmas with our families and
loved ones, instead Of sickness and remorse.
But we can reverence His birthday every
day. Our happiness can be shared through q
moral awakening, by anybody. Here are
few subtle thoughts: The price of q bottle
could make some desperately needy family q
little happier. The price of couple of high
balls would provide forgotten man with q
decent meal. The price Of just one beer would
pay for couple Of phone calls of comfort
and cheer to some lonesome, shut-in person.
It would cost nothing to offer q prayer Of
thanks
Let's think it over-before Christmas
Thank you H. G. SHRINE,
President, Alcoholics Christian Club, Central
Union Mission
Evening star., 1948-12-14

& with: s.. .tr..s ss Re:
BY THE HAsKN SERVICE.
Q. Please name few long deges Of history.
IN. r. B.
A. Troy, besieged by the Greeks for 10
years: Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar for 13 yesrS;
Constantinople by the Saracens for 5 years;
Gibraltar by the Spaniards for over years;
Ostend by the Spaniards for years. :"
q. Who wrote the lines, "I expect TO paSs
through this world but once Any good, there
fore, that can do, or any kindness that can
show to any fellow-creature. let me do 1t nov.
Let me not defer or neglect 1t, for shall not
pass this way again?"-M. H. 8. "S
A. The author is unknown. The poem has
been attributed to Stephen Grellet, A. B. Hage-
man, Rowland Hill and Emerson. Several
writer's, including Marcus Aurelius and Addi.
son in THE Spectator" have expressed the
same idea.
G. Do bats drink water?-C. M T.
A. They drink by skimming over the surface
Of . still pool or open water and dipping down
repeatedly, scooping up the water as they dy.
q. Who is the present dean Of the diplomats
assigned to the United States by foreign ma.
aons?-W. s.
A. The Ambassador from Uruguay Is TN
dean Of the corps, having presented his paper
on September ., 1s4l. He Is Dr.. Juan Carlo
Blanco.
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Questions and Answers
By Gould Lincoln

A reader can get the answer 20 any question
q fact sy writins The Eyening star Infcrmstion
Evening star., 1948-12-14

Impeachment Proceedings Suggested
To the Editor Of The star:
May suggest that no congressional COM
mittee is dead until the terms for which its
members have been elected have expired; that
this Communist business is no "red herring"
to me, as . citizen Of these United States;
that the people who constitute an administra-
ton are not the Government-they are the
servants Of the Government: that the people
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22
State Seeks Bids On
Oak Harbor Road

Once again the State Highway
Director, Earl L. Reeb, has an
nounccd that the controversial Oak
Harbor-Salem township road pro
iect is being advertised for bids,
to be received at 10 a. m., Oct. 26.
To be completed by September
80, 1949, the project calls for
widening and resurfacing with
asphaltic concrete of 1903 miles
in route 163. The project has
been advertised before, but bids
were considered too expensive.
Dancing every night except Mon
days at Heinic < Nina's Place.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22
Fish Hearing
Set For Nov. II

The Public Fish Hearing, held
annually for the purpose of giving
the Ohio Conservation ald Nat
ural Resources Commission an op-
portunity to receive fishing regula-
ton recommendations for the fish
ing season of the following year, is
scheduled for. November IL in the
State Ofice5Building at Columbus.
Individuals, representative of
9portsmen's and conservation
groups, and the general public are
urged to attend this meeting and
extend suggestions for the regula-
tions which will prevail during the
1949 fishing season. ...
A farmer and a sportsmen's rep
resentative from each of the seven
conservation districts comprising
all SO counties will attend, bring
ing to the Commission recommen-
dations agreed upon for each par
ticular district where county and
district meetings are held prior to
the public hearing.
Following the public hearing in
the forenoon, the Commission will
convene to set tentative regulations
based on previous fishing seasons
and the recommendations and sug-
gestions voiced at the public hear
ing.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22

AS there al. .-v.O-
versy regarding the correct pro-
cedure in marking the presidential
ballot in the November 2 election,
r. II. Minderman, clerk of the OF
tawa County Board of Elections,
has released the final instructions
recently issued by the Secretary of
State.
A presidential ballot, marked
with an (X) in the circle at the top
of either the Democratic or Repub-
lican ticket or marked with an (X)
in the blank rectangular space at
the left of the space in which are
printed the names of the candi-
dates for the Office of president and
vice-president, and also marked
with an (X) in the rectangul22
space before the name of one or
more of Tie 25 Independent candi-
dates for presidential electors,
should be declared an invalid ballot
and no vote counted for any can
didate.
A presidential ballot bearing an
(X) in the shaded space at the top
of the column in which the names
of the 25 independent candidates
!
also an (X) mark in the circular
space appearing at the top of
either the Democratic or Republi-
can ticket, should be counted as a
vote for the Democratic or Republi-
can candidates for president and
vice-prcsident, as the case may be,
A ballot which bears any marks
otkcr than (X) marks placed there
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22

pro. Then he got job as a third
baseman with Lawrence, Mass, and
later with Duluth. Came the First
World War. Lausche was learning
to be a soldier at Camp Gordon,
Ga. Lausche was discharged
from the army in January, 1919
(as second lieutenant) and had
to decide whether or not to accept
the Atlanta offer and formally
adopt professional baseball as a
livelihood He went back to
Cleveland, attended law school
was admitted to the bar in 1920,
placing second highest in the state
examination, and practiced until
1882. He was then appointed to a
judgeship in the Municipal Court
to fill an uneXpired term; the next
year he was elected to the
Cleveland bench Che led the ticket
and served till 1897, when he
moved up--also by election-to the
Court Of Common Pleas . He held
this post till 194l, when he became
mayor by humping 81 per
cent majority the biggest vote
in the history of the Cleveland
mayoralty. In 1943 he ran again,
and was even more thumpingly re-
elected; he received II per cent Of
all votes cast, which is probably a
record for any big city election in
our time.
"Then, the next year came the
first race for governor. All told, in
the 1914 race he spent only $27,-
1925, q minuscule sum for Ohio.
His Republican opponent, together
with the statewide Republican par
ty, spent not less than $988,O00--
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22

should soon be re -ctcd in the T.
tion's food bin, particularly in
commodities like bread and the
other cereals, Says Dr.. Falconer.
Lower prices for grains are a di-
! rect reflection Of good crop yields
in 1948 in bot1 United States and
Europe.
The prices Of livestock and live
stock products, on the other hand,
were per cent higher in Septem-
Der of 1948 than they were at the
beginning of the year, he pointed
out. Short crops in 1947 led to a
curtailment in the feed supply
which in turn led to a curtailment
in the amount Of livestock kept.
This is now being reflected in the
low market receipts OF livestock
and livestock products. It is 60
ing to take several months or in the
case of beef over a year, before the
large feed supply Of 1948 will be
reflected in increased market re-
ceipts of livestock and livestock
products.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22
JOHN CUNTRER LAUDS LAUSCHE
As ELECTION DATE NEARS

Frank Lausche is obviously
man to watch. The United States
doesn't have so many capable and
honest men in public life that it
can afford to neglect any native
son, particularly if he comes from
Ohio. Lausche seems to be a
political natural :"
This is the glowing tribute John
Gunther, famous author of Inside
U.S.A.," pays to former Gov.
Lausche as he devotes nine pages
Of his best-seller book, read by mill
lions Of Americans, to detailing
Lausche's career as athlete, sol
der, lawyer, judge, mayor and gov
crnor. Similar tributes published
hy Time, Newsweek, American
Mercury, ct, evidence the national
stature and eminence which have
come to Frank j. Lausche as a re-
suit of his outstanding public
service.
From "lnside U.S.A." we CLEAN
the following excerpts of the
Lausche story as told by Mr.. Gun
ther:
Frank j. Lausche, governor from
1945 to 1947, Of one of the great
master states, Ohio, is a character
like no other in American public
life. What he seems to possess
above all is a quality both mys-
terious in origin and of inestimable
value to a politician-a very con
siderable personal vote-getting ca
pacity.
"Frank was born in Cleveland
on November ID, 1895. His father
worked in the steel mills, and died
when his son was twelve. Frank
found that he was pretty good at
baseball, and he became a semi