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Evening star., 1948-11-17
An Attack on Hollywood

To the Editor OF The Star:
For some time I have searched the news
papers for an article or editorial dealing with
the subject of Hollywood and its influence
throughout the country Since none seems to
sbe forthcoming, would like to ask why it is
that hardly a day passes without some unsa-
worry news item from that vicinity?
Is this the kind of news the American public
wants and are people sufficiently interested in
this trash to warrant such publicity? If SO.
it is indeed depressing to discover that the
mentally deficient are so in the majority.
However, sad as that may be, it seems far
worse that children are also involved in this
mass contamination and allowed to swallow
such daily muck.
How constructive it is for a child to pick
up a newspaper and read of 80 and SOS" fifth
divorce and merely turning page, come face
to face with the unhappy fact that his screen
idol has just been picked up for peddling dope?
With the PTA throughout the nation already
condemning such comparatively innocent pleas
ures as Comics 1t would seem that they are
merely locking the stable door after the horse
. stplen. for children have always been Raovie-
Evening star., 1948-11-17
Another View of Voting

To the Editor OF The Star:
see that you are joining the ranks of those
who are bewailing the fact that many eligible
citizens failed to vote in the recent election
I have never been able to understand why
so many Of our people seem to think that mere
voting, in and of ITSELF is a good thing. It
never seems to occur to our civic leaders that
the way people vote is as important, if not
more so than the mere fact of voting itself
that an ignorant vote, or careless vote, or a
selfish vote land large proportion of the
voting is influenced by narrow, selfish, indi-
vidual or group interestS may be harmful to
the country as whole
The chances are that those who did not vote
did no worse, and may even have done better
than many of those who did vote. Certainly
many of those who did vote did not do a very
good job of it. from the standpoint of the in
terests of the country as a whole, future as
well as present
Why cannot our statesmen and civic leaders
point out to the citizen his duty, first Of all to
inform himself on the issues and the interests
of the country, and to keep himself so in
formed. throughout the year, in order that he
may vote intelligently? Certainly it is not
wise to urge people to vote when they do not
know what their vote is going to do to the
country, or when they are not interested.
EDW. WOLESENSKY.
Evening star., 1948-11-17
License Revocation Reform

Traffic Director George Keneipp's pro-
posal for new license revocation procedures
has lot of merit. Under the present sys-
tenn, permits are taken away without notice
or hearing in advance. Sometimes, on ap-
peal, facts are brought out to justify resto-
ration" of the permit. But not all drivers
know of their appeal rights. If all did,
there probably would be larger backlog
of cases awaiting action. AS it is, the
Board of Revocation and Restoration of
Operators Permits is running more than
six weeks behind in its work.
The board was created in 1884 with two
fold authority. It Is charged not only with
revoking licenses as it sees f1t-and it can
do so without granting the holder hear
ing-but it has the additional responsibility
OF hearing any appeals Thus, in effect, it
sits in judgment on its own decisions. Its
revocation decisions are made on the basis
of police and court records of particular
case. Thus, the offender who forfeits col
lateral for speeding may find himself de-
prived Of the right to drive without having
had an opportunity to present his side OF
the case to the permit authorities. Mr..
Keheipp says that in considerable number
OF cases which are appealed the permit is
restored, with a warning, when all the
facts become known to the board.
Washington is the only city in the coun-
try which has such system. Most cities
give the traffic director not only the right
to issue licenses but to revoke them, after
hearings. Mr.. Keneipp already has statu-
tory authority to revoke permits in serious
cases, such as drunken driving. 1t would
be only logical to give him the same powers
with respect to lesser offenses Hearings
would be held by the director or his staff,
thus eliminating at the outset cases which
could be disposed of with warning. Ap-
peals would be made to the Commissioners.
not to the revoking authority. Such plan
would be fair to the drivers and would be
in accord with established practice in other
jurisdictions. There is no reason why it
should not work as we'll here as elsewhere
II, as is reported, the Commissioners are
opposed to the Keneipp proposal, it is in
cumbent on them to effect some alterna-
tive reform-so that delays and inequities
of the present system may be eliminated
Evening star., 1948-11-17
RELIGIOUS Instruction in School

The Supreme Court may get another
opportunity to define more precisely the
constitutional limitations on religious in
struction in public schools.
In New York. State Supreme Court
Justice Roscoe " Ellsworth has ruled that
the McCollum decision of last March,
nvalidating the so-called Champaign,
Illinois, plan of making available such in
struction, does not affect the New York
plan of releasing public school children
for one hour a week for religious education
of school premises. He finds this plan
constitutional and points out the difference
between the Champaign and the New York
plans.
This latest decision, while encouraging
bo those who have worked to make religious
education available during public school
hours to children whose parents request
1t, by no means ends the legal contro
versy. Curiously dissimilar elements are
united in opposing all such instruction
One is representative of the free thinkers
or atheists, the other of religious de-
nominational groups who find in public
school religious instruction a threat to
the two groups there is little likelihood of
dropping the fight before another definitive
ruling is had from the Supreme Court.
The McCollum decision found Justice
Reed expressing the single dissent. AS he
read the opinions of his brethren, he could
"only deduce that religious instruction of
public school children during school hours
Is prohibited" The deduction was logical
enough to laymen who had read the
opinions. Justice Jackson, who decided
with the majority, nevertheless expressed
regret that the court had not been more
careful in circumscribing its decision. He
thought that the effect of the ruling is
not only to ban the Champaign system
but "to ban every form of teaching Tin
public schools) which suggests or recog-
nizes that there is a God" He had grave
misgivings on that account
Justice Ellsworth, however, finds enough
difference between the plans, as he reads
the Supreme Court decision, to save thu
Evening star., 1948-11-17
Police and Civil Defense

The Office of Civil Defense Planning has
made 1t plain, in discussing police 1unc-
tions In the civil defense program, tnat
regular police personnel must bear the
main burden of law enforcement In event
of another war. The report does not
specifically recommend creation OF an
auxiliary force The question OF auxil-
iaries and how much authority to give
them is one for local determination, the
report states.
But, whether auxiliaries are used or not,
the most important thing, according TO
OCDP officials is to bring all exlStng
police organizations under centralized
control in time Of emergency. Unified
police command obviously is essential IT
conflict and confusion are to be avoided
when disaster hits. There are number
of Independent police forces in Washing
ton and vicinity which would have to be
eo-ordinated under the civil defense plan
for metropolitan areas. In addition to
the Metropolitan Police Department here
and the various nearby forces, there are
the Park Police, the Capitol Police, the
White House Police and the Federal and
private building guards. These are all
experienced groups whose services would
be indispensable in an emergency. They
may find themselves working at cross pur-
poses, however, unless adequate arrange
merts are made for centralized direction.
Regardless of the traditional opposition OF
some of these forces to unification pro-
posals involving them in the past, plans
should be made now for their overall
control in major emergency, such as an
atomic attack on Washington. However
rigid may be political boundary lines in
normal times" the OCDP report pointed
out, they become simply artificial and
invisible lines In time OF emergency
These regular law enforcement forces
would constitute an effective home=tront
"army" for the preservation OF law and
order in this area. An auxiliary police
force made up of civilian volunteers is
horse of another color The Commission
ers are well advised in delaying decision
whether to approve its organization. For
1t could, in peace time, become highly
annoying and on the whole useless ap-
pendage of the Police Department. 1t Is
worth noting that the report stresses the
importance of careful selection" and
"adeouate basic training" Intelligence
and character are fundamental considera-
tions, it was asserted. The special officers
must be not only amenable to discipline
but capable of commanding respect
The report comments that it takes
minimum of two years on the job to train
person to be Thoroughly competent
policeman" To give auxiliary police any
substantial degree of authority without
requiring them to be vigorously trained
would be a risky business. Certainly such
q supplementary force could not be ade-
quately trained in time to serve during
the forthcoming Inauguration. If civil.
defense is the reason for organizing an
auxiliary force here, it should be called
out only in time of national disaster. It
should have no peace time functions
Evening star., 1948-11-17
Blue Ribbon

The flly toas pranct''g,
The boy, aDas dancing
Home from the county 1dT.
And there was good reason
For this gala season,
For on her halter, tohers
Nobody could miss u,
She wore the explicit
Symbol of their success,
A blue ribbon to treasure;
But nothing could measure
The scope of their happiness.
when she loas aDarded
First prize, and recorded
As best, they Dere ,Dalkino on air.
So the flly ,Dent pranctng,
Her young master dancing
Home from the county tatr.
HuDEGARDE WALLS JOHNSON
Evening star., 1948-11-17
Questions and Answers

s.: Z s5!3f 6:
@. Should chlorine be used to disinfect the
drinking water. given to chickens?-W. A. I.
A. The Department of Agriculture does not
advise using q disinfectant in drinking water
for chickens, but stresses the importance Of .
clean fountain or dish.
@. Why do certain flowers open only in the
late evening?-P. A. G.
A. The opening of flowers is to large extent
timed in accordance with the habits OF the
insects or other agencies that pollinate Them
AS general rule, wind -pollinated flowers open
in the early morning. Those pollinated by
bees birds or animals active in the daytime
are open during the warm middle part of the
day. Flowers that are pollinated by moths,
bats or other night-fying creatures usually
are closed during the day and open at night
@. What is the largest town in the United
States inhabitated entirely by Indians?-C. T.
A. Zuni in western New Mexico is the largest
Indian pueblo or village in the United States.
1t has population Of 1900.
,ssnsntsHAS q; wns. STATE ~ abandoned capital pun
A. Michigan, in ! I. was the first State to
wipe out the death .-enalty. Capital punish
.tnent was abolished in Rhode Island In 1852
because of the great resentment against the
hanging of John Gordon, alleged murderer
of Amasa Sprague.
@. How long have there been conscientious
objectors to wars. E. s.
A. There have been conscientious objectors
from the earliest times. Jews were exempted
from military service by Mark Antony because
they would not bear arms on the Sabbath.
Gibbon refers to the fate Of Roman objectors
in the third century. During Napoleon's cam
paigns Mennonites were allowed to serve ~
hospital workers.
Evening star., 1948-11-17

that there will be no retreat and no ap-
peasement in his next administration.
This should be helpful. Russian policy
has been characterized by a probing for
weak spots which are exploited when found.
When they cannot be found, the Russians
have drawn back. Unless they want war,
which is highly improbable, the prospects
of getting down to brass tacks in working
out an agreement are better now than
they have been for long time
Evening star., 1948-11-17
Question for MIR. Newell

To the Editor of The Star:
Clifford Newell proposes that the Recrea-
ton Department allow Negro-white audiences
in colored schools. He does not believe the
community to be ready for similar civilltles
in white schools. 1t would be most enlighten-
ing to know how Mr. Newell is able to gauge
with such fine precision what the three quar-
ters of q million people of the District are
ready for. w. dAxWOOO, Si'
Evening star., 1948-11-17

From France, where ten Premiers have
whizzed by in twentyone months, Pertinax
writes that the Red menace Is about to
be slapped down-possibly by the revolv-
inc dOOr
Evening star., 1948-11-17

Now it's spokesman for the Department
Of Agriculture who sells the gag-this time
to high-class magazine: If we cut down
on our meat consumption there would be
more for ALL"
Evening star., 1948-11-17

To beat the cost of eating on trains,
a st. Louis traveller suggests revival OF
the old time lunch carried in shoe box.
For this, one buys an $1s pair OF shoes, and
throws AWAY the shoes -.
Evening star., 1948-11-17

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
,oriter, although 1t Is permissible for
,oriter kno,Dn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-11-17

conscious and continue to be now, apparently
at an earlier age than ever before.
Since, however, short Of another Bikini type
of experiment, there seems to be no solution
for removing the source of the trouble, namely
Hollywood, the newspapers could at least help
by ignoring and refusing to publish such sor-
did trash as emanates from that particular
hot spot whose only healthy aspect seems
to be the climate FRANCES K SMITH.
Evening star., 1948-11-17

To the Editor of The Star:
The editorial of November II entitled THE
District as q State" impressed me very ia
vorably with its logic and its legal argument.
I had occasion some time ago, while testifying
in behalf of the Capper Summers Act proposed
constitutional amendment, to have prepared
short brief along the same line contending that
the District of Columbia was, in effect, quasi
State under our constitutional form Of govern
ment 1t was one Of my fond hopes, when
taking the position of counsel for the Senate
District of Columbia Committee, that I could
make substantial contribution to this press
ing and unsolved problem. I am confident
that it will some day resolve itself, and hope
that it will be in the near future.
JAMES c. KIRKLAND
Evening star., 1948-11-17

reader can get the answer to any question Of
fact by writing The washington Star Information
Bureau, 316 l street NE. Washington 2, D. c.
Please inclose cents for return postage.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-04-23
Byvala milenka krale Michala
ide do klaStera.

PaTfz. = Mariella Lott, kra-
sna plavovlasa italska herecka
a byvala prftelkyne d~T1vejs1ho
rumunskeho krale Michala O.
manila, re vstoupf do klaStera
Do Liarri poblfze Cassina. K
rozhodnuti dospela, kdyz sc do
ved6la o tom, re Michal Sc "a
snoubil S princeznou Annou z
Bourbon Parma.
Mariella Sc setkala S Micha-
lem, kdyz tam prisla v roce
1889 jake clenka jedne italske
divadelnf spolecnosti. ZGstala
V rumunskem hlavn1m meste a
byla caste videna We spolecnos-
ii krale. Ma zacatku valky Sc
pax Marcella vratila do Italie
a psala pry Michalovi denne.
Y roce 1914 pax Mariella OBJ
drzela visum k jizde do Buku-
reSti, avSak kral Michal il pri-
jal jen jednou v kralovskem
palaci. Kdyz Sc pax dovedela
0 zasnoubenf krale, uzralo nj
rozhodnutf k vstupu do klas-
terra.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-04-23
Kongres projedna zbrojni
program urychlenS.

Zbrojnf program, jak je sle-
dovan kongresem obsahuje ty-
to hlavnf body, jednak uzako-
nenf odvod1, podstatne zesflenf
letecke zbrane, avsak nepovolit
alespon docasne vseobecnou
brannou vychovu. Jen kdyby
Rusko ~podstatne zmenilo svoji
politiku, by mohl kongres cd
dalsfho sledovani tohoto pro-
gramu upustit. Vlada Dude
muset S tfmto vyvojem souhlasit
i kdyz neprosadi to, CO p1vodne
cht6la. LIE tedy pocitat S tim
to vyvojem:
/. Proti navrhu pres. Tru-
mana Dude valecne letectvo
rozmnozeno ma 70 leteckych
skupin misto dosavadnfch So.
2. Budou povoleny odvody
muz1 We start cd 10 do 25 let,
pfi cemz ma byt povolano do
sluzby 100000 muzG, kdezto
vlada navrhla jen dalsfch $780,
900 muzG pro aktivni sluzbu.
8. Nebude asi schvalen For
restal1v plainly lodstvo a ar
mazda byly rozmnozeny v tom
samem pomeru jak Dude zesf-
leno letectvo.
Pocfta Sc s tim, re naklady
tohoto programu budou vetsi
nez ony 3 biliony dolarG, poza-
dovane presidentem Truma,
mem. Pocfta Sc dale s tim, re ma
pTfstf rok Dude zbrojnf pro.
gram financovan 18 az 20 bill
ony a nezbude v tonic pf1pade
mic jineho nez opet zvysit dane
S ~prGmyslovou mobilisacf as.
zvlaste spechano nebude, men.
die toho pravdepodobna, re by
kongres jeste v tonic zasedan.
povolil nucene pridelovanf va.
leone d1lezitych surovin nebe
zaveden1 nejakych kontrol.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-04-23

sest americkych vedatorI dill
prave ma Bermuda, ably tam stu
dovali mofske dino. Kdyz spu-
still hydrophone do hloubky
dvou set stop do oceanu, tn "a
chytili ma rekordech ta.jemne.
ba i priserne zvuky. Uni to ja-
ko kirk, jinde jake kravske bu-
cent. Zpdsobujf-li v hlubinach
mofskych povyk tento skutecne
ryby, pax je nespravne psat O
rybach, re jsou meme.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-04-23
Vypovszeny correspondent
z CSR.

Georges Penchenier, prazsky
correspondent paf1zskeho denf-
ku "Le Monde, obdrzel rozkaz
opustiti Ceskoslovensko.
Je to druhy vypuzeny kores-
pondent v Rampant, smeTuj1ci
k tomu, ably vsichni korespon-
denti, proti nimz ma novy re.
Tim namitky, byli vypovezeni
Dalsf vypovezen1 Sc ocekavaj.
a korespondentdm, ktef1 opus
till Ceskoslovensko, Dude dovo
len navrat.
Penchenier byl povolan ns
ma policejnf feditelstv1, kde MI
byl odevzdan vypovfdacl roz
kaz. Alec Collet, koresponden
londynskeho "Daily Heraldu'
ktery byl vypov6zen pred tim
lie jiz v Londyne.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-04-23
Karlovy Vary cekaji 10000
hostH.

Druheho ledna byla zahaje-
ma lazenska sezona v Karlovych
Varech slavnostn1m svecenfm
pramenG. Jiz dnes vSak mali
lame zaznamenano d~vojnasob-
ne mnozstvl navstevnlku nez v
roce minulem a take zajem z
|ciziny je daleko vets1. Lazen-
ske Teditelstvf poc1ta letos ash s
10000 hosty proti lonskym
1000. Rovnez stoupa zajem
O karlovarske vr1deln1 vyrobky
a o mineralni vody.. TAX v ro-
ce 1916 bylo prodano 400, 1000
lahvi, loni 100000 a Poole no.
vych zprav je letos mono po-
Icitat s 100000 lahv1.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-04-23
Je NONE prodlouzit lidsky
zivOf2

LekaTi Sc snaz1 prodlouzlt
lidsky zivot az ma $50 let. DR..
Bortz je toho nazoru, re clovek
pr1merneho veku GO let Sc AM
nepfiblizil vrcholu sveho 1.-Two
ia. Pes dosp1va We dvou letech,
ale zije dvanact. Kocka dospl-
va "a p1l druheho roku, zije
deset. Kun ma zraly vek We
ctyTech letech, zije 25 let. A
clovek, ktery dosahne zralosti
v petadvaceti letech, by mel Tit
$50 let, tedy dvakrat vic, nez je
normalni prImer.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-04-23
Bude init Praha autosluzbu?

Praha. - Protoze jeSte stale
nen1 v Praze dostatek parko-
visit a acknowledged stanic a
garaz1, pomysl1 ministerstvo
vnitEn1ho obchodu ma zT1zeni
tax zvane prazske autosluzby,
1kolem Dude pece O vo-
zy prazskych obyvatel i nav
stevn1kI. Nova 1prava Sc jiste
velmi osvedc1 O letosn1m sokol-
skem sletu i O jubilejnfch cello
statn1ch slavnostech, kdy Dude
Praha ocekavat mnoho host1.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-04-23

Vsechna mlsta prazskych re-
volucn1ch boj1 v kvetnu 1915
budou oznacena symbolem Pr
sahajfci ruky revoluce. We Vel
Ike Praze je $50 mist, kde Sc DO
jovalo nebo kde padli obranci
mesta. Obt1ze p1sobf kov, KITE
ry nesmf byt odebiran 1celitm
dvouleteho planu. Proto Dude
nutno opatTit jej sb1rkou sta,
rych mosaznych nebo bronco
vych pTedmet1.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-04-23
pro armada s S22, 600
muZi.

Pred brannym vyborem do
mu poslancG, ktery V posledni
dobe soustredil svGj hlavnl "a
jem ma letectvo, v%ypovidal jak
svedek SET generalnfho stabu
general Omar N. Bradley. Wy
slovil varovanf, re by bylo slime
letectvo bez pTislusnych poem
Mich sill bezcenne. Poukazal
tomu, re letectvo samo je ne
schopno vesti 1tocnou akci ne
mali "a sebou armada.
Vzhledem k tomu Bradley
navrhl, ably pocet muzn v arma-
de byl zvysen ma 822, 900 muzG.
Nynejsf stav obnasf 542.O 900,
ackoliv ie autorisovan stav $50.
900 muzG. Vyslovil nadeji, re
dals1ch 258,000 by mohlo byt
rekrutovano re zaloh a z Ma
rodni gardy tax, re by armada
mela takto k disposici stav L.
100000 muzG.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-04-23
csl. zeleznicari " novych
uniformach.

Ceskosolvensk6 drahy vydajf
v nejblizs1 dobe smernice pro
novou dpravu zeleznicarskych
stejnokrojG svych zamestnancI
ma celem 1zem1 CSR. Move u
niformy zeleznicaT1 budou tina
vomodre a capky (brigadyrky)
budou u 1rednfkG cerne a u o.
personalu tmavomodre.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-04-23
Osudy jachty Mayflower.

Byvala presidentska jachta
Mayflower je nyni v Paname
zarizovana ma dopravu legal
mich zidovskych emigrant1 do
P~alestiny. Jachta ma americ-
kou posadku a byla pred ne
davnem zakoupena skupinou
zionistickych kapitalistn a re-
gistrovana v Paname. Behem
valky plula jachta We sluzbach
Pobreznf straze a v roce 1916
byla prodana do soukromeho
majetku.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-04-23
Hejna capt. v Podkrkonosi.

Praha. - Lid z PodkrkonoS1
mel neobvyklou p%odlvanou.
Pres to re mraz1ky a neustaly
studeny v1tr jeste Sc stf1daj1,
objevila sc ma HoTicku a Mile
tlnsku velika hejna capt., krou-
Ella dlouho mad rybn1ky a mad
lesy, az odletela dial ma sever ke
Krkonosnm. Start hospodaTi
soud1, re CAPT byli pTedzvestf
vl1dneho a tepleho pf1chodu
lara.