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Evening star., 1948-03-07
German Pictures on Display

The American public is to have an oppor-
tunity to see the two hundred and two old
masters from the Kaiser Friedrich in Ber
lin, retrieved from salt mine at Merkers
and brought to the United States for safe
keeping in 1945. All of the rescued treas
ures will be shown at the National Gallery
beginning March II and continuing
through April 18 The decision to exhibit
them reflects the attitude of the Depart
ment of the Army with respect to the
trust which 1t assumed when it undertook
to salvage the collection. Perhaps never
before in history have the military author
tiles of any nation taken such position
toward the property Of a conquered enemy
"a position of which every citizen of this
country has the right to feel proud
One constructive purpose of the exhibi-
ton will be that of demonstrating how
carefully the paintings have been stored
and guarded The room in the National
Gallery in (which the German pictures
have been kept is air-conditioned and its
atmosphere so controlled that there has
been no expansion nor contraction of the
basic fabrics-canvas and wood-upon
which the subjects were executed. No
museum in Europe and only one other
museum in America is known to be
equipped with such facilities of preserva-
ton. Had the Kaiser Friedrich treasures
been permitted to remain in the mine or
merely been stored in ordinary buildings
available to house them, they might have
been ruined. AS it is, they are in rela-
lively better shape than they were when
they arrived.
Inevitably, visitors to the exhibit will
compare what they see among the German
pictures with what they already have seen
in the Mellon, KreSs, Widener, Dale and
Booth collections in the National Gallery's
permanent display. Some of the guest
paintings the T1tians, Rubens',
Durers, Van Eycks and Rogier van der
Weydens-are prizes excelling our own
material by the same artists But the
Raphsels. Bellinis, Giorgiones, Rsmbrandts,
Evening star., 1948-03-07
Oversteppinq Parole Authority

The latest revelation in the questioned
paroling Of four former Capone gangsters
is the fact that at least one member of
the Federal Parole Board has novel and
The Star believes, an improper under
standing of the boards functions Fred
s. Rogers, a member of the three-ma
board, told House Executive Expenditures
Subcommittee that the board tries to
"equalize justice" when persons convicted
of similar offenses do not receive equal
sentences. The explanation was given in
defending the paroles granted the Chicago
hoodlums despite objections by the De-
partment Of Justice. The quartet had
received longer prison terms than two
other defendants in a million dollar extor-
ton plot against the movie industry.
There is no authority in law to justify
such conception Of the duties and powers
of the Federal Parole Board If Mr. Rogers
theory is right, the board, in effect, could
set itself up as sort of super Federal
court, empowered to revise sentences meted
out in Federal courts as its conception of
"equalized" justice warranted. In exercis-
ing such powers, of course, the board
would not have the benefit of all the
evidence and all the arguments which
were available to the court which tried
the case. If its consideration of all cases
were as superficial as that which preceded
release of the Capone gangsters appears
to have been, Parole Board justice would
be anything but equal
That the pleas of the four paroled
Chicagoans were handled in too casual
manner Is obvious from the testimony
before the subcommittee. The board, for
example, did not check the prisoners own
versions of their previous police records.
A check would have shown that the state
ments submitted were far from complete.
AS result the board now is pondering the
possibility Of revoking the paroles. Mr..
Rogers admitted the board had been "a
little hasty' in approving the paroles.
That Mr. Rogers was expressing only
his personal opinions as to the boards
authority to "equalize Justice" Is evident
from testimony previously given the sub
committee by Daniel M. Lyons, chairman
OF the board. Mr.. Lyons was not a men,
Der Of the board at the time of the
Capone mob paroles. Chairman Lyons
made 1t plain that whatever the policy of
the board may have been previously, he
Is strongly opposed to any attempt by the
board to invade the sentence fixing func-
tions Of the courts. That is the only
tustiaable and sensible view to take
Mr. Rogers told the House group he
thought the publicity about the whole
case had been against the public interest.
The Star disagrees. The publicity has been
Of an unsavory nature, 1t is true, and some
newspaper accounts may have been in
accurate, but 1t is hard to see how the
public interest would have been served
by keeping the investigation and the dis
turbing findings to date from public view.
In fact, the more light that is thrown on
this malodorous case, the better it will be
for the cause of parole and of law enforce
ment generally.
Evening star., 1948-03-07
GeometricuI Increase

An Associated Press dispatch from
Sacramento tells story which Charles
Darwin, were he living, would be interested
to know about. Two deer, it seems, were
taken to Catalina Island, opposite Los
Angeles, in 1928 These animals had about
forty-eight thousand acres for their graz
ing ground. Food was abundant for the
pair and for their immediate descendants.
They prospered for a decade. But now
there are more than twenty-five hundred
deer on Catalina and they are so hungry
that they even have climbed two flights
of steps to eat potted plants on the porch
of the William Wrigley residence.
Such a development was referred to by
Darwin in his Origin of Species" pub
lished on November "a, 1859, when he said:
I'm a state of nature all plants and
animals are tending to increase at a
geometrical ratio" and "a struggle for
existence inevitably follows" The same
principle had been discussed by Thomas
Robert Nautilus in his Essay on Popula-
tion," printed in 1898, in which moral
restraint" so far as human beings were
concerned, was offered as corrective for
the tendency of natural increase to out
run the means of subsistence"
But moral restraint" does not apply to
deer. The twenty-five hundred animals
on Catalina in 1948 easily might continue
to breed until the whole island would be
covered by their offspring. Only the
absence of food will stop the law of geo.
metrical increase. The alternative of
permitting sportSmen to come in and stage
a wholesale slaughter has been rejected
because tourists would be endangered"
In human affairs, however, Darwin's idea
of check by destruction" has prevailed.
Wars and revolutions have liquidated
millions of people who otherwise might
have been parents. The spectacle of such
carnage and loss is horrible to think about,
yet arbitrary death has been as much a
"law' as any other historical fact with
which humanity is acquainted. Every ma
ton, in effect, is an island, subject to
overcrowding.
Evening star., 1948-03-07
!, Harris, d. D., Ill. D.

we put sobs into the very air. We sing and
We broadcast songs, We put songs into the
very air. We are cynical and we become
broadcasting stations for cynicism, and that
poison eats like . canker There Is q sneer
in our heart and our sneer smears other
lives; we put sneers into the atmosphere
OF a certain character the writer Of a recent
novel comments, "She nibbled at her salmon
and at other peoples regulations" We laugh
and the world laughs with u.s. We wall, and
the woe We broadcast shadows other lives.
We pray and others are strengthened. We
curse and others despair.
Not far from the garden Of his estate at
Abbottsford, his lovely home in Scotland, Sir
Walter Scott built little summer house where
he could sit in seclusion. For years he mad
the habit Of going there after dinner, to
recline in the lingering twilight. Once he
told his son-in-law John Gibson Lockhart,
the secret as to why he built it just there
and why he went to sit there in the evening
hour. 1t was not because the view was beau-
tiful 1t was so that he might listen to old
Peter, his servant. Now, Peter did not wear
his piety on his coat sleeve. He was very
reticent in talking about his religion. But
every night, when he was alone in his little
cottage, he took his Book of Psalms and
read, and then knelt down and prayed aloud
Sir Walter was q spiritual eavesdropper. And
Peter never knew it, he never realized that
he was on the air and that his devotions
were being broadcast. But his great master
heard and was uplifted by the humble servant
And 50, day by day, hour by hour, we are
on the air. Sometimes the static Of what
We are browns out, alas, what we say. Waves
and vibrations do 60 out from US, and life
Is bigger and brighter and more beautiful,
because Of them, or else . more hopeless
and difncult place for somebody every day.
1t was said by an admirer Of William
Morris Hunt that 'he lighted up everything
he touched" Blessed is the man who lights
up everything he touches, who somehow gives
even to gray and drab days edges OF crimson
and gold. That Is q daily broadcast worth
while.
Either to light or to blight, you are on
the airi
Evening star., 1948-03-07

of her ready acquiescence. her cheerful
alacrity and persevering courage? 1t was
her Christian spirit of self-sacrifice. The
Cross was her inspiration, her place OF refuge.
her sweet refreshment, and, in the end her
banner of victory, Transforming her dying
couch into car Of victory. May We
join her in the everlasting kingdom of un-
fading joy, of gladness without sorrow, health
without pang. life without toll. light with
out darkness: where the vigor Of age knows
no decay, and beauty withers not, nor doth
love grow cold nor Joy wane away"
A telegram from New York to The Star of
March 4, 1898, reported: Indian Head, one
of the most notable feat
Rock Indion ures of the Palisades, and
Mo More which was located just above
Fort Lee, was destroyed today.
The work was done to supply stone for road
making. The blast fred was the largest
ever discharged at one time in this part Of
the country, being 1000 pounds Of dynamite.
BY It 100000 tons Of rock was displaced"
Evening star., 1948-03-07
The Indispensable PutroImun

The war on crime, like the military
variety, has undergone revolutionary ao-
vances in recent years in step with the
march of science. But, like the Armys
foot soldier, the foot patrolman remains
an indispensable factor in effective law
enforcement That is why Police Super
intendent Barrett, himself former beat
FOUNDER, is seeking authority to appoint
an additional 200 men to the Metropolitan
Police Department.
The man on the beat often makes CON
facts" which prove valuable later on. The
recent taxicab slayings provided case IN
point A telephoned tip from a business
man to policeman who formerly patrolled
beat in the tipster's precinct had good
deal to do with eventual solution of the
two murders week ago. Several other
citizens gave information to policemen
they knew The information might have
been forthcoming, anyway, it is true. But
the police have found that some citizens
are more likely to cooperate If they know
some one on the force in whom they can
confide.
It is this cooperative spirit between the
police and the citizens that makes for
better law enforcement. The average
citizen had more opportunities to become
acquainted with the precinct patrolman
in the early days than in these modern
times Major Barrett points out that In
1925 there was one foot patrolman for
every 891 inhabitants of the District To-
day the ratio is one to little more than
two thousand. The disparity is even
greater if consideration is given to the
fact that the growth of population in
surrounding areas has added to Washing
tons crime and traffic problems The
number of persons having business with
the Government also has greatly increased
in the past two decades. thus adding to
the number of visitors requiring police
protection.
Although the total authorized strength
of the police force is 1,795 men, actually
there are today fewer foot patrolmen
available for street duty than there were
in 1925. Twenty-three years ago the city
had 518 men on street-patrol duty, as COM
pared with 410 today. This is because Of
the steadily increasing demands through
the years for assignment of policemen to
special Jobs of type peculiar to Wash
ington. These special assignments include
protection of embassies, details for official
parades, escorts for guests of the Nation"
and similar tasks not usually confronting
a city's police force. Such tasks, with as
signments for sports events conventions
and the like, consumed 1888 man-hours
last year, according to the police chief.
These Extraordinary demands on
Washington's police department should be
taken into consideration in determining
the proper size of the local force. The
figures cited by Major Barrett show that
either substantial increase in personnel
must be granted or some means must be
found to reduce the departments respon-
sibilities in the special-assignment field.
Unless one of these steps is taken, Wash
ington will continue to have dangerous
shortage Of men available for the all
important, fundamental foot-patrol work.
Evening star., 1948-03-07

lessly. 1t is from
America that this last
week has been heard
the real voice of that
land temporarily a
den of clever thieves.
Ambassador Slavik,
in a statement wor-
thy of Thomas G.
Masaryk. openly de-
flying the Red mas
tiers Of his country,
repudiated the pres
ent regime. Refusing
the halter for his un-
= - ", a a = a a n he
Evening star., 1948-03-07

A disclosure that the father of three sets
of twins is hoorwalker gives one a
wholly new conception of the busmans s
holiday.
Evening star., 1948-03-07

Toynbee, the famed historian thinks
communism in Russia is no more than
passing phase; which seems reasonable, as
no nation half slave and half slave can
long endure
Evening star., 1948-03-07

lean economic boss in Europe in connection
with his Embassy duties.
British CIothinS
LONDoN-The already scanty clothing ra-
tion may be cut still further 30 that high quail
ity British cloth may be sold for dollars. Har-
old Wilson, president Of the Board Of Trade, is
known to believe that If it comes to choice
= we shall have to reduce the ration rather
than lose dollar earnings" Mr.. Wilson holds
that the only alternative Is very great" in
crease in textile production that cannot now
be foreseen.
Italian Communists
MILAN.-The Newspaper Mattino DItalia
reports the Communist Party is planning vast
popular demonstrations" to demand removal of
the Archbishop Of Milan. Iidefonso Cardinal
schuster. The cardinal issued q pastoral let
ter ordering priests Of his diocese to refuse
absolution to "adherents OF communism"
Evening star., 1948-03-07
EIectronic MirocIe
rom the Arkansas Gazette.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
We attempted to repair our radio the other
day and made surprising discovery: 1t is
possible for the sum of the parts to be greater
than the whole.
Evening star., 1948-03-07
Spires Of the Spirit
~s..a... +ta,,s., asss
You Are on the Air
Ones Influence Constantly Spreads to Others Lives
Like Sounds Through the Atmosphere
Rv the RevFr ederick Brown HorrisD d. Il L.
By the Req. Frederick

From cowed and ooerced Czechoslovakia
these tragic days is coming not the voice Of
that brave people, but the alien, lying voice
of a system which strangles freedom ruth
Evening star., 1948-03-07
A New Vista for Flowers

One thing is certain and the rest is lies:
The foOer that once has blo1Dn for
eDer dies,
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-10-29
No Group Completely
Free of Anti-Semitism

NEW YORK (JPS)-A poll
conducted by the Denver Univer-
sity's Opinion Research Center
with the cooperation of the Anti
Defamation League of B'nai
Birth, showed that there is no
single adult group which is COM
pletely free from taints of anti
Semitism. The poll, using the
Franzen Scale, a sort of social
thermometer which charts anti
Jewish bias, found that about
one-half of the adults of Denver
are moderately" anti-Semitic,
one-fourth strongly" and the re-
naming quarter almost, but not
entirely, free of anti Jewish pre-
judice.
Judging from the Franzen
Scale, Denver has less prejudice
than four other cities polled thus
far. According to the scale,
which ranges from zero (no anti
Semitism) to % maximum anti
Semitism) Denver rates ~
points, Bridgeport go, Worcester
1913, Dayton III and Roanoke
liz.
The pollsters found that the
more educated a person is the
less open anti-Semitism he dis
plays. Young people are less
anti-Semitic than the old, women
less than men and the high in
come groups less than the low in
come groups.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-10-29
LETTER OK
The National Conference of
Christians and Jews, Inc.
381 Fourth Avenue


October IL, 1948
Editor, Southern Jewish Weekly
Jacksonville, Fla.
Dear Sir:
Brotherhood Week, sponsored
by the National Conference of
Christians and Jews, will be OBJ
served February 2O-27, 1949.
Last Brotherhood Week, and
through the year, the magazines
of this country aided the cause of
religious and racial cooperation
and freedom in a tremendous
measure. Our Committee recog-
nizeS, therefore, that we are tres
passing on your time and patti
ence when we ask you to help us
again this year. Our excuse is
that the problems facing us are
not easy ones; for while the OBJ
jectives of Brotherhood Week are
simple, effective presentation of
the brotherhood theme is not. AS
we progress from year to year
we need more than ever your
advice and assistance in giving
fresh impetus to the cause with
new and perhaps more subtle
means to the furtherance of these
detectives.
We cannot thank you enough
for your help in the past. If, at
this early date, you have any
ideas for us, or ideas about the
kind of material we might secure
for you, or if you would care to
tell us by what date such mater
ial should be in your hands for
the February or March issues of
your publication, we should be
most grateful.
We are hopeful that the forth
coming observance of Brother
hood Week may be outstanding,
since this is the goth anniversary
of the founding of the National
Conference by the late Charles
Evans Hughes and others.
Sincerely yours,
JOHN FARRAR
Chairman
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-10-29

Meanwhile, the offensive on
,ond and in the air continued to-
dav with the Israelis reporting
an important victory in the Falu-
il area and the bombing of mill
tary detectives at the GAIA and
ri Arish airfields and other in
stallations at Majdal and Faluja.
The Jews, declining to specify the
area in which the land battle ,oc-
Cured, disclosed that an import
ant height from which the Egyp-
tians had originally launched
their attacks on Israeli conveys to
Negev settlements was captured
this morning after a bloody hand
to-hand battle. The area in
which the height is located was
established when the Egyptians,
complaining to the U. N. of a
Jewish violation" placed the po-
sition east of Faluja.
The Israeli Army communique
stated that the position was cap
tured by bayonet-wielding Jew
ish infantry which inflicted heavy
casualties on the 270 Egyptians
holding the height and captured
many of them. On the position
were also found medium artillery
and anti-tank guns. Repeated
Arab counterattacks were flung
back. In one instance an entire
Egyptian platoon was wiped out,
with only three riflemen escap-
ing. The Israelis also reported
the Smelling of the Jewish settle
ments of hiram, Gvaram and Me-
koroth, in the desert, by the
Arabs.
Negev Fighting Does Not Mean
End of Truce. Israelis Say
An Israeli military spokesman
emphasized the governments
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-10-29

viewpoint again today that activ-
tiles IN the Negev, which are on
wide basis, do not mean an end
OF the truce and resumption of
war. He stressed the limited OBJ
Jectives of the Israeli forces
which he said were not to cap
ture Egyptian positions but to
COMPEL the Egyptians to cease
attacking the Jewish settlements
and conveys. Israeli forces had
occupied new positions within
the first 4S hours of the drive, he
said, but these were in Israeli
territory.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-10-29

Election Of Edward L. Sard. former
director Of the Program Coordination
Division of the National Housing
Agency, as executive director of the
American ORT Federation has been
announced by George Backer, presi.
dent of the organization. Mr.. Sard
will direct all activities of American
ORT in support Of the worldwide ORT
program of vocational training centers
and workshops in ~ countries. He re.
places Aaron B. Tart, who resigned as
executive vfce.president Of American
ORT to continue the practice of law.
Mr.. Sard Joined the staff Of ORT in
May, 1947. as acting director of the
Finance and Accounting Office Of the
World ORT Union.
Prior to his afiliation with ORT, Mr..
Sard served in several capacities in the
Federal Government. He was affiliated
with the National Housing Agency
from 1916 to l947. He was decorated by
the Italian government for his work.
from l94S to 1916, as Italian country
representative with UNRRA in Wash.
ington. From 1913 to 1916, he served on
the staff Of the War Production Board
as Chief Of the Office of Components
and editor Of Statistics of War Produc.
ton. confidential bulletin of war eff.
fert statistics.
ORT, the Organization for Rehabili.
tation through Training, receives it's
funds in the United States from the
Joint Distribution Committee, member
agency Of the United Jewish Appeal,
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-10-29

Rear Admiral Solomon S. Isquiih, An
napolis graduate and World War II
Navy veteran who was decorated with
the Navy Cross for heroism during the
japanese attack on the u. S. Fleet 81
r,arl Harbor. has been named Chair
man Of the National Defense Commit
tee Of the Jewish War Veterans Of the
United States Of America. The appoint
nlent was announced by Myer DorfmaD
Of St. Paul, JWV National Commander
for l948.49. Admiral Isquith was in
command Of the u. S. S. Utah. which,
sustained critical damage during the
Pearl Harbor attack on December Z.
l04l. He was awarded the Nays Sec
ond highest decoration for his courage
in directing rescue efforts to save the
wounded under continuing japanese
fire.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-10-29
ISRAELIS WARN EGYPTIANS
AGAINST USE OF GAS

TEL AVN (JTA-Israe today Egypt against the Use
~ noisOn secret in Negev fighting An Israeli
uoean commenting Cairo the Use
Va and Secret weapons the Egyuions force
the etaate to such means of warfare nvy
tho Egyptian troops"
Evening star., 1948-07-07
IS Com p|ete Stemware Patterns

s Of our IS potterns ore described.
a. Morsontown No. SoS. Etched lead glass.
Each piece, 85e
b. Duneons No. $50. Cut cross pattern, lead
glass. Each piece, $l.65
c. susquehonno. Oakland hand cut lime glass;
Each piece, zoe
d. Sharpe. Olive and cross pattern, hand cut
lime glass Each piece, S1.55
e. Tiffin williamsburg. Hand blown. Each
piece, $3.50
E. Seneca No. III. Cut laurel pattern, lead
gloss Each piece, $l.5o
s;et. 9; s9:ss So 20 575 Etched lead glass Each
h. Duneons. Teor-drop hand blown lead glass;
Each piece, Sl.10
w&L-Gassvsre, Fifth Floor
Evening star., 1948-07-07
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