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Evening star., 1948-12-10
|ForrestaI Answers
Query on Civil Police
(From Yesterdays Last Edition. }

(Fr0m Yesterdays Last EGtttOn.)
The Washington Civil Rights Con.
gress announced today it has re.
ceived letter from Defense Secre-
tary Forrestal replying to request
it made that he state his position
on such civilian defense proposals
as the auxiliary police plan for the
District, which now has been sus-
pended.
In the letter, given out by Thomas
G. Buchanan, jr., executive secretary
of the congress, Mr.. Forrestal wrote
that "the organization and compo-
sition of the Metropolitan Police De-
partment is a matter for decision
by the Board of District Commis-
sioners and by Congress, and I cer-
tainly have no desire to recommend,
suggest or interfere in any con-
ceivable way"
OF the Office of Civilian Defense
Planning report, Civil Defense for
National Security" which was cited
by District officials as a basis for
the auxiliary police idea, Mr.. For
restal wrote, according to Mr..
Buchanan:
The report exists only as report
to me, and it cannot yet be taken as
rejecting the position OF the Ma
tional Military Establishment. 1t
is obvious that the proposed program
has not progressed to a point where
any one in the Federal Government
would possess the authority to re-
quest or require local or State Gov
ernment authorities to act on one
specific subject isolated from hum
dreds of subjects covered in this
most thorough and competent study.
AS a matter of fact. the report itself
sets forth that the question of Or
ganizing auxiliary police or other
protective forces Is a matter for local
determination.
Evening star., 1948-12-10
Red Cross Agent Seeks
Gifts for St. EIizabeths

Last Christmas Mrs. Margaret E.
Gardner, Red Cross field director at
st. Elizabeths Hospital, gave an old
man there a pair of earmuffs as a
present.
She said he was still wearing them
in July. They have become a bit
tattered since then, however, and
the patient would like a new pair
this year.
This was one of the examples Mrs.
Gardner gave of how patients at st.
Elizabeths appreciate even little gifts
as she called for donation of gifts
and food for the patients at
Christmas.
A goal of 600 stockings filled with
small gifts and $50 individual pres
ents was set for the hospital.
Evening star., 1948-12-10
Rites for Frederick Mills,
Composer, Arranged Today
By the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10-Funeral
services will be held today for Fred
erick Allen Mills, 10, composer OF
Meet Me in st. Louis" and other
song hits of yesteryear.
Mr.. Mills, who once headed the
New York music publishing company
bearing his name. died Sunday. He
had suffered from cancer OF the
throat.
A former concert viollnist, he once
headed the violin department of the
University of Michigan School Of
Music.
His other compositions included
Red Wing" and Georgia Camp
Meeting"
He was born in Philadelphia. He
is survived by his widow Theresa
and a son, Frederick A. Mills, jr,
Yonkers, N. Y.
Evening star., 1948-12-10

tea will be the women staff members
of the FEC
THE party is as much for then
as for the guests of honor, because
my objective is dual one-to honor
the commissioners wives and tt
honor, too, the women workers OF
the commission, on all levels, who
contribute so greatly to the effec.
tive work of the Fec" Miss Hen
mock declared.
The affair will be held at {
pm. Wednesday in the Raleigh
Hotel. It's nice gesture on Miss
Hennock's part and is certainly ap.
preciated by the working ane
efficient feminine staff at FEC.
T. F. WILSON-Government per.
sonnel officials were saddened th'
other day by the death OF Theo
dore F. Wilson. jr., who retired las
year as Treasury Departments per
sonnel director.
Mr.. Wilson, who died at the ag'
of so of a heart attack, was re
garoed highly by his colleagues il
the Government. He played al
important role in the gradual i'm
provement of Federal personne
practices during his 33 years il
Government.
TICKETS-This column has hat
many queries the past few day.
from Government employees VIII,
read here that the Federal Recrea
ton Committee is distributing bar
gain-rate tickets for The Ret
Shoes at the National Theater.
Most agencies apparently hav'
not followed the proper procedure
in applying for tickets to be dis
tributed among their employees
Those bureaus that want ticket!
should contact Eleonore Dmitrieff
secretary Of the recreation group
at Sterling 84O0, extension 2495.
ICE FINALLY BROKEN-A Gov.
ernment agency finally has gotter
around to submitting its nomina-
ton for the award of the Junior
Board of Commerce to the out
standing young Government work
er of the year.
Although details of the award
were announced nearly three
months ago and all agencies were
supposed to have submitted theil
nominations by now, only one Gov
ernment unit has shown enough in
terest so far to nominate its choice
The award will be an annual af-
fair, climaxed by dinner at
tended by high Government digni.
taries on January q. Those eligi-
bic for the award are male Fed.
eral employees under the age OF Sc
It's worthwhile award, and Gov.
eminent agencies will have only
themselves to blame if they muf
the chance to create good will be-
tween the Government and busines!
communities in Washington.
The first nominee is Robert H
Bucknell, a Veterans Administra-
ton employe here. Mr.. Bucknell
who is 33, is director of VAS vet
eran canteen service. He was
Evening star., 1948-12-10

Appar e n tly
some Hoov er
group members
as well as task
force personnel
were not too well
acquainted with
some Gov e r n
ment personnel
practices. Con-
sequently, sever
al recommended
tionS have been
floating around
t he GOV e +
Commission that
W oul d h a r m +,
Evening star., 1948-12-10
Suicide Certificate Issued
In Police Pvt. Fairs Death

A certificate of suicide in the
death of Pvt. Charles P. Farr, 38
first precinct policeman. was issued
today by DR.. James I. Boyd, Prince
Georges County medical examiner
Pvt. Farr was found Wednesday
on a bed at his home at Clinton,
Md, with a bullet wound in his
head. His service revolver was
lying near his outstretched hand
= Washington and Prince Georges
County police have been unable to
find a motive for Pvt. Fairs death.
Funeral services will be held at
his home at 5405 Middleton lane,
Clinton, at 10 am. tomorrow with
Masonic graveside rites at the st,
Barnabas Episcopal Church Gene
terry, OXon Hill.
Evening star., 1948-12-10

nominated by VAS personnel di-
rector, George H Sweet, who
praised Mr.. Bucknells work highly
in establishing canteen services in
VA hospitals throughout the coun-
trV
Evening star., 1948-12-10

(Be sure to listen in eUery Sum-
day at 11:15 am. oDer WMAL,
The Star station, for Joseph
Young's broadcast verSion OF the
Federal Spotlight. featuring dd-
ditiondl neUS and DielDS OF the
Government Scene.)
Evening star., 1948-12-10
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
FIemn1ing Opposes Hoover Unit
If Plan Endongers Civil Service
By Joseph Young

Civil Service Commissioner Arthur Flemming is
exeng lot of influence the Hoover Commission to keep the
group making recommendations that would hurt the civil
service system in Government.
Flemming who member of the 12-man commission
Evening star., 1948-12-10

already has succeeded in killing sew
eral task force proposals that would
have been harmful to both Govern
ment. employees and the Federal
Evening star., 1948-12-10

Kola nuts, for making cola drinks,
now are the Gold Coasts second
largest export.
Evening star., 1948-12-10

A Tokyo firm is seeking an
American market for artiflcla
flowers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-09-23
odd BottIe-Scorred Ghost Ship
|FIys AirIiH Corridor to Berlin

Guiding a cure for aches and pains
resulting from long stretches Of fly
ing, are confronting the pilots who
are bringing coal and food to the
citizens of Germany's largest city.
Last week 7 few on the ghost ship,
a gocney bird which has risen from
the grave to fit along the 160-mile
long corridor from Rhein-Main Air
Force Base, southern lift terminal
at Frankfurt.
Ship Dead Officially.
An old battle-scarred CAT, the
ship officially died many months
ago. This was after a long tour of
service in the China Burma India
theater. It's Valhalla was Operation
Vittles."
When the plane was brought to
the Air Force Depot at Erding
Germany, it was discovered that
all records about the ship had been
lost.
Authorities sent query to Wash
ington to learn the status of the
airplane. Meanwhile, it was put
into shape and joined the Vittles
run at Weisbaden.
The answer came back to Weis-
baden while the old war horse was
hauling flour and coal to Berlin.
There was no need to worry
about A/C No. 4348551," the note
said. According to records it was
salvaged in the Obi"
The idea that the plane was de-
crepit, let alone deceased, was an
noying to T/Sergt. E. T. Lambert
of San Antonio, Tex, the crew
chief.
There's a lot of life in the old
girl yet" he declared, pointing out
that the Skytrain logged nearly 200
flying hours last month and still
is going strong.
AS to the aches and pains, Rhein-
Main pilots have been advised to
consult Herr Freundt.
This gentleman wrote a letter last
week to USAF headquarters ex-
pressing his thanks for the food and
coal coming into Berlin. The letter
was posted on the bulletin board
at Templehof Air Force Base in
Berlin.
Addressed to All Flyers.
Addressed to all flyers on the
Vittles run, it said:
"Gentlemen: In appreciation Of
the excellent efforts on the part of
the American pilots to safeguard
supply lines to Berlin, I take the
liberty Of placing myself freely at
your disposal at Templehof three
times a week between the hours of
4 and 6.
II am thoroughly trained and ex-
perienced in nervous heart and sport
messages.
I'm view of the extremely high
exertions of the American pilots
supplying Berlin by the airlift, I am
convinced that the messages would
bring the pilots relaxation and re-
freshment between their flights"
At last reports the pilots were
seeking rehabilitation over card
games and in the canteens which
dot the areas around Templehof
and Rhein-M Main, despite the en-
treaties of Herr Freundt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-09-23
Federal Bar Plans Awards
On Lawyer Trial Conduct

A plan for awarding annual prizes
to attorneys throughout the coun-
try for outstanding trial conduct
and for eminent service to the
American people will be announced
Monday night at the Federal Bar
Association at the dinner to the
senior circuit judges in the May
flower Hotel.
Charles Oiphant, chief counsel of
the Bureau of Internal Revenue,
association president, will announce
the associations program for the
awards. A selected committee has
been at work for several months on
the program. Mr.. Oliphant will
preside at the dinner.
The Chief Justice of the United
States and Mrs. VinSon will lead
the list of guests, including the Ma
tons top Federal judges. A re-
ception at $50 pm. will precede
the dinner. Attorney General Clark
and Solicitor General Perlman, as
well at most judges Of the courts
here, are expected to participate.
An oil we'll in Oklahoma Is more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-09-23

Following is the second OF
series of stories by Star Reporter
Harry LeDer, lpho has Just re-
turned from trip to Germany.
He fen several times on the
airttt to Berlin and Disited many
occupied cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-09-23

By Harry Lever
There's a ghost ship flying the
airlift corridor to Berlin.
This and several other things, in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-09-23

An oil well in Oklahoma is more
than 3 miles deep.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-01

wise into 1-inch notches sawed in
2 by as as shown. We made a set
of these in the summer of 1929 and
they + as good as new. The chick
ems seem to prefer them and they
can be lifted out to clean"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-01
WIRE REEL

J. r. M, writes: when we started
using electric fence, we needed some
kind of reel to wind up and unwind
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-01
Farm Mechanics
Handy Farm Ideas
By I. w. DICKERSON
cow WON'T I C

c. B. writes: "The diagram shows
how l stop an unruly COW from kick
ing. I take two pieces of quarter
inch rope, fasten them to the wall
back of the COW about a foot apart
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-01
CHICKEN BOOSTS

A. M. C. writes: "The diagram
shows how we made convenient
chicken roosts by ripping 1 by AS
into l by Us, and setting these edge
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-24
Another Year Rolls Around

The end of year is usually taken as the occasion
for solemn reflection upon the Of the ndivd
ual and the beginning of the New Year is eagerly
sized by many souls as the of the new day.
We would not say anything to discourage he
thinking man, woman, from considering life i
general and in particular. There is much profit In
the study of self and the understanding of ones'en
vironment. Certainly the world needs more, rather
than less, of this kind of thought.
The individual should understand, however, that;
the year is artificial measure invented by man to
mark the course of human existence. Time flows
ceaselessly and human life is process that moves
steadily from birth to death, without Stacking for
manmade points of mental significance.
If it takes New Year for you, as an individual,
to find time for reflection upon your presence on this
mundane sphere, then it is well for you that New
Year rolls around. In way you are superior to
many other human beings who have time for
anything that they cannot comprehend. They spend
their days in such activities the making of money,
ascending the social scale earning the gaudy nsel
that accept as distinction.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-24
Pitching H0rsesh0es

was prissy little man who al
ways wore a blue flower in his
buttonhole the park, regulars
accepted him in the spirit in
chich he had accepted his new
domains and, within a week, ev-
en- the tolerant coppers were
addressing him as "Your High
ness"
Well, as of today, the Duke is
white of hair and a bit slow of
foot, but he still spends most of
his time in the Park, and t he
good idea of how His Excellency
rates in Central Park Society,".
On evening last summer it
appears, the cop was protecting
life and property not far from
the 64th Street entrance when an
old bum ran up to him.
"The Duke is in trouble" said
the human rag-bag. 1.-TWO guys
are trailing him, up near the
fountain"
Several people had been
'mugged" that month, and so
the copper lit out like a l0-sec-
and when they got to the Loeb
ond man, followed by the bum,
Fountain, they were just in time
to see two men sneaking up on
til. Duke who as per usual, was
sitting on a bench, contemplat-
ing his acreage. One Of the
thugs suddenly locked his arm
around the old mans throat
from the rear and the other ap-
preached him from in front with
an improvised blackjack stand
ard mugging procedure.
However, a few second later,
thanks to a pair of good Irish
fists, the hoodlums were hand
cuffed and puffy-eyed.
Excellent work" said the
Duke, brushing off his greening
but spotless coat. II shall see
to it that you are rewarded"
'sThis is the fellow to re-
ward" said the cop, motioning
: to the bum. "He saw the men
following you and notified me-"
The Duke turned to his bene-
factor. "I AM deeply CRATE
full" he said. Anything you
wish. {. -
: He paused, irving to puzzle
out what reward might fit the
man and occasion. Il have it."
he said, pointing to a nearby
bench. 'Hencefort' this bench
shall be yours, and none of my
police shall disturb you"
"But that's Mr.. Baruch's
BENCH" said the cop.
Il know it." said the Duke,
"but I shall tell Mr.. Baruch
what happened the next time he
visits my Park. He is just
man, and I am certain he will
not object to another bench"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-24
By Lynn Nisbet

CHRISTMAS - It's Christmas
again and a busy world pauses,
as it has done for more than a
thousand years, to celebrate the
birth of Jesus. No other event
in history is so widely observed
throughout the earth. T h e re
must be a reason. For more
than fifty years I've been seek
ing to discover that reason. For
purpose of these paragraphs
your reporter has adopted use OF
the first personal pronoun.) I'm
not sure that I've the answ-
er, but l think it lies in the in
herent haracter of the Man of
Galilee rather than in the distor-
ted picture of him so often pre-
sented.
CONFUSE D Long before l
could read, my mother told me
the story of Jesus birth at Beth
lehem. l got a confused con-
glomerate picture of shepherds
in the starlight, poverty-strick-
en- family in a stable, gorgeous
robes of eastern potentates an
the elusive aroma of incense
smoke. Even to small boy it
somehow didn't quite make
sense. In the childish regime
there was a lot of talk about
peace on earth and goodwill a
mong men. But it was all mix
ed up with Bible stories of Gid
con and Samson killing lot of
folks who didn't agree with him.
CONFOUNDED-That confu-
sion was worse confounded by
my fathers narration of his ex-
perienes as a Confederate sold
ier. There came the day when
several neighborhood playmates
with older brothers in military
of us seven-year-olds that
we ought to run away from
home. join the army and help
kill Spaniards-who hadn't do
anything bad to us, but were
depressing Cubans and Filipinos
and therefore ought to be shot to
death. Maybe the reason we
didn't get far was beause we
got scared and homesick at
sundown: but there might have
been suspicion that killing hu-
mans to preserve brotherly love
was sorry business. Fifty
years after that event there is
still some difficulty in harmoni-
zing these ideas.
LOVE-I'm not too much dis
turbed that half a century has
not cleared up misunderstand-
ing, because two thousand years
after Jesus birth the goal of un-
iversal love and peace has not
been attained. Study of the
life and character of the man
Jesus convinces the student that
love and peace he talked about
had different meanings from the
definitions generally acord-
ed these words by his professed
followers today.
CONTRAST-The adult Jesus
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-24
Lvnn Nisbet Gives His Ideas OF The
Meaning OF Christmas And Reasons

was meek and humble and long
suffering when his personal COM
fort was involved. He gave
generously of his time and ener-
gy to help otherscc:and showed
no resentment when he wast
beaten and spat upon. But he
was entirely different when the
dignity of his Messiahship or
the sanity of his fathers
name was hallenged. He heal
ed the sick in body and mind
and heart; he was gentle with
little children and helpfully SYM
pathetic with the woman of Sa-t
maria at the well; he had COM
passion for the widow of Main
and the family at Bethany when
they grieved over the death OF
loved ones. But he violently
condemned hypocrisy among the
Pharisees and in righteous an
ger seized whip,Jo drive the
desecrating money changers out
of the temple. He spoke in Ian
guage of poetic beauty aboutn
aGods protective care Of flowers|
which frightened the fields, but
cursed with vindictive vehe-
mence the unfruitfu1.fig tree.
MANLY-So, as - -. the world
pauses to celebrate the birth of
a baby it is well to consider the
man into which that child devel-
oped. The man Jesus was not
a sissy or weaklng. He was
gentle and kind, but he was also
strong and virile. Vile loved peo.iN
pie, but he hated and vigorously
fought the evil things they did.
There has been tM muh EN-
phasis on a meek ahh lowly Je-
sus with child on bis knee is
more familiar, but itfshould not
be, than the picture of Jesus
with whip in his hand and an
angry CLINT in his eye. His por-
trayal of Gods are Of lilies and
sparrows is no more typical of,
his haracter than his attitudel
F1GHTER-Jesus waa neither
pacifist nor a passivist where
principle was involved. He
was an aggressive fighter for
righteousness. In keeping with
his example Christianity today
should be positive force. Un-
fortunately it has become a sort
of defensive buffer and is called
upon to alleviate the effects of
evil. rather than being used as =
mighty power to prevent evil
from gaining any footbold.
and will be required.
EFFECTUATION- Attain
ment of these objectives will go
long way toward effectuating
cthe principles of Christianity,
based upon the teachings OF
Jesus, whose birth the world
now elebrcates. They cannot
be attained by docile or supine
acceptance of things as they ar
Aggressive battling has been
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-24
Stain.

BOSSES Like many of the
Communist leaders in our own
country, the leaders and spokes-
man of the Communist move.
ment in China are well educated,
perhaps overeducated.. Contra
ry to Secretary Marshall's form.
er belief, not one ever handled
a shovel or a plough.
Most of the Communist chief !.
tains in China come from veal
thy parents. In State Depart
ment and Capitol Hill files, they
are listed as teachers, doctors,
architects, lawyers, engineers,
economists, and plain politi-
clans. Although they remain in
the background as Of today, they
are the kind of bosses who run
the Communist party in China.
SINCERE Not single Chinese
Communist leader has peasant
or agrarian background. They
are merely using the starving
and anti-Kai-shek farmers,
promising them more land, low
er taxes and a termination Of
the warfare which has swept the
sprawling continent since 1911.
These Communist leaders,
however, seem sincere in their
desire for beterment of Chinese
conditions. 1t is Secretary MARI
shall's belief also President Tru-'
mans that they will break a.
way from Stalin's grip as soon
as they have gained control Of
China.
DOSSIER Here is State De-
partment's dossier on the top
and the smartest Communist in
China, a name which will blaze
in the headlines in the next few
months-Mao Tse-tung:
Chairman, Central Executive \
Committee, Chinese Communist
Party; chairman, political bur-
eau; secretary general Of the
Secretariat; chairman, Central
Revolutionary Military Council;
director, Research Bureau; pres
ident, party school in Yenan.
Born 1898. Primary educa-
ton: studied under several
teachers while working and
travelling through the country.
side. Attended the Human Nor
NAL School. Led a group of
students to Peiping to prepare
them for study in French univer-
sites in 1919 (prep training for
Connie leadership, propaganda
and activity on their return to
China-Ed. Note.
AFTER 1926 he worked in the
peasant movement of the Co.A-
munist Party and founded the
All Peasants Union.