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Evening star., 1948-04-28
They Like Beino Boss

The daylight saving legislation raises
the question again as to the real desire
In Congress to be rid of District affairs
The McGrath bill approved by the Senate
would have permitted the Commissioners
to fix the fast time" each year, depending
on local sentiment. The House would not
60 that far. The bill 1t passed gives the
Commissioners the needed authority for
this year only. As the House bill probably
will be accepted by the Senate, it means
that the whole business of fixing daylight
time must be gone through with each year
by Congress.
If Congress wanted to be rid of this
detail, it would have approved the Nc
Grath bill. For 1t could always keep its
finger in the pie; it could always repeal
the authority granted the Commissioners
If it were found desirable to do 50. The
truth is that Congress is and always has
been jealous of the power it exercises in
the District and is reluctant to delegate
very much of it. Much more could be
done now than has been done to grant to
the Commissioners authority to act, with
in broad limitations, and thus take on
themselves many OF the trivial details of
local government that Congress insists on
retaining for itself.
There probably are very few members
of Congress who care much one way or
the other whether the District follows
daylight time in the summer But the
question always offers opportunity to
crate for the benefit of the voting con-
stituents back home. 1t is that oppor-
tunity, rather than any real responsibility
for the pros and cons of local govern
mental affairs, that they want to hang
on to. And few Of them begrudge the time
thus spent.
Evening star., 1948-04-28
William S. Knudsen

What Theodore Roosevelt said of Jacob
Riis might be said with equal justice of
William s. Knudsen. Each was an wdeal
citizen" born in Denmark and choosing to
be American because in this country he
felt there was opportunity SURPRISING
any chance for achievement in his native
Europe. The melting pot' received them
both, changed them but certainly did not
spoil them.
Mr.. Riis left his mark on journalism and
sociology; Mr.. Knudsen on the automotive
and aircraft industries and the relations
between capital and labor The former
lived and died in an era of peace; the lat
ter was for while "the second most i'm
portant man in the United States" in the
midst Of the greatest of wars. For exactly
five hectic years Mr.. KnudSen was in Gov
ernment service, implementing the Allied
struggle with the Axis powers, helping to
build machines at rate beyond the most
ardent hopes Of many of his contempo-
raries. Despite his protest, the Army COM
I 'missioned him q lieutenant general and
Evening star., 1948-04-28
Dual Voting in Home Rule

1t is not surprising that the dual voting
provisions of the home rule bill should
come in for special study by the House
District Committee. In spite of scattered
precedents, the proposal to give citizens
voting privileges in two jurisdictions is
novel and runs counter to prevailing
practices. No such departure would win
acceptance without thorough understand
ing of the condition which prompts it.
1t would be more surprising, however,
II majority of the House District Com
mittee turned 1t down after study For
the theory of dual voting, as written into
the home rule bill, is designed to meet
a unique situation. 1t would improve the
quality of the local electorate without
raising any serious question Of divided
allegiance. 1t would tend to strengthen
home rule to such an extent that without
1t home rule might prove unavoidable.
There are at least three strong tnflu
ences on Federal employees in Washington
to retain their voting rights in the States,
although they may be residents here for
a good part of their lives One is the
natural desire to remain a voting citizen.
Another is the apportionment Of Offices
law, under which in theory Federal jobs
are divided among the States. The third
is the discrimination, in the local income
tax law, which grants exemption to Federal
employe residents of Washington whose
legal domicile is in the States. The result
is that we have a substantial element Of
the local population which is in, but not
Of, Washington.
There is no good reason why these
people should not vote in local elections
and be considered as what they are-an
important and influential part Of the local
population. 1t is reasonable to believe that
under home rule the tax laws would be
rid of unfair discrimination and that all
those who live here and benefit from COM
munity services would be placed on an
equal footing in so far as concerns their
local tax obligations. That would avoid
the unhealthy condition under which one
group of local citizens could be exempt
from the taxes they might vote for others.
The amended home rule bill would bar
State voters from holding local elective
office or from voting for a delegate in
Congress. That is sensible. But they
should be included as members Of the local
electorate in other respects, unless barred
by the voting laws Of their home States.
If such laws prohibited their voting here
In municipal elections, that bridge would
have to be crossed later on. The Auchin-
Gloss Subcommittee's own inquiries indi-
Gated a minimum degree of opposition
In the States. 1t is unlikely that many
States would object to unique voting
rule. drawn to meet a situation that exists
only in the Federally- District
of Columbia.
Evening star., 1948-04-28
Punishment on Multiple Counts

To the Editor OF The Star:
The Star Of April II contained a news item
from Lock Haven, Pa, regarding fine of $107O
imposed by justice Of the peace for violations
of the State fish laws. This fine (Which the
State Fish Commission thought was the largest
on record apparently was arrived at by charg-
ing the victim $40 for each of 10 minnows il
legally possessed $40 for each of 20 trout illeg-
ally sold, and $40 for each of II trout pos
sessed above the legal limit. The article further
stated that at about the same time another
justice of the peace fined this mans brother
5000 for illegal possession of minnows, and $40
additional for failure to tag his minnow stor-
age box properly" Lacking the money to pay
the $l070 fine, the aforementioned brother
was sentenced to three years imprisonment,
and was stated to have begun serving his SEN
tence. Apparently, the second brother paid his
fine
The Star of the same date also reported the
sentencing OF local woman to serve a year
and a half for larceny of s2oo0 In other
words, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
the sale and possession Of q few FISH not al
legged to have been stolen) is an offense twice
as heinous as grand larceny in the District of
Columbia!
1t is doubtful that fish laws such as those of
Pennsylvania are enacted for the purpose of
conserving the food supply of the State. APP
parently, they are inspired by sportsmen (who
fish merely for pleasure), aided and abetted by
manufacturers Of fishing tackle. They are relics
of feudalism, which regarded poaching as
serious crime because it interfered with the
pleasures of the nobility.
We often read of convictions on so many
counts" Undoubtedly, this was the case with
the unfortunate brothers above referred to.
The one who went to jail probably was guilty
OF three onenses: Cd The illegal possession of
minnows; ca the sale Of an illegal number Of
trout; and 90 the possession of an illegal num-
Der Of trout. This perhaps should have netted
him q fine of $50. The theory that the pos
session or sale of each individual trout or min
now constituted a separate offense is so ludi-
crous that only lawyer would attempt to un-
derstand it. 1t is like fining a motorist for
every 10 feet that he exceeded the speed limit.
But is there any real logic in fines? We
frequently read of sentences of $500 or 80
days. Yet. why should person who merits
Jail sentence of 80 days be permitted to square
himself with the court for 500 representing
two weeks, one weeks or perhaps only days
income), while some other poor fellow, for lack
of money, must go to jail and liquidate his fine
at the rate of about dollar day? This Is
penalizing poverty, which, though a misfor-
tune, certainly is no crime.
Under this type of justice, how can 1t be
said that all men are equal before the law?
Evening star., 1948-04-28
This Is Forever

The marriage of Lana Turner and Bob
Topplng-superimpos on the wreckage
OF their six previous matrimonial ventures
has been described in detail
Among the reported facts are these:
When the ceremony was over Lana cried
out excitedly: Il did it. did it." Guests
at the reception were served champagne,
caviar, roast pheasant, smoked salmon and
six-pound Holsters flown to Hollywood
from Boston. A huge ham was inscribed
with the words: He Loves Me-" And
across from 1t was roast of beef bearing
the iced legend: II Love YOU" One also
learns, not without some skepticism, that
the groom, divorced last week from Airline
Judge, who is now considering a sixth
husband, turned to his bride and said:
This is forever" In response, as one re-
port tells it, Lana nodded her platinum
gold curls, smiled ecstatically, and whis-
pered: Yes, darling"
Another matrimonial event-the cele-
bration OF the silver wedding anniversary
OF Britain's King and Queen-Was in the
news on the same day. 1t received less
attention in this country, but that does
not mean that 1t. was less important.
King George and Queen Elizabeth have
had happy marriage. And the Queen, in
an anniversary statement, had something
to say that is worth repeating. "The world
OF our day. she said, "is longing to find
the secret Of community and all married
lives are in a sense communities in minia-
ture. There must be many who feel as
we do that the sanctities of married life
are in some way the highest form of
human fellowship affording a rocklike
foundation on which all the best in the
life Of nation is built"
Lana and Bob are going to London on
their wedding trip. When they get there
they will have before them an example of
what 1t takes to make a marriage last
forever. Perhaps they will discover the
secret for themselves. If so 1t will be
good thing-good for them and good for
a generation of movie fans whose concept
OF marriage and what it means has not
been helped by the things they have seen
In Hollywood.
Evening star., 1948-04-28
Korean Riots in Japun

Three noteworthy factors emerge from
the current riots In Japan, centering In the
Industrial centerS of Kobe and Osaka.
These are the first serious outbreaks since
the American occupation of Japan. They
involve primarily not Japanese, but resi-
dent Koreans. Finally, they appear to be
Communist-inspired and to have some
connection with japanese Reds as well.
The status of the Korean element in
Japan is touchy one. Despite low living
standards in prewar Japan, Korean
standards were even lower. So Korea, then
a Japanese dependency, became a source
of cheap labor for japanese industry.
Standing as they did near the bottom of
the economic scale, these immigrant Ko-
reans naturally had their grievances, but
under the authoritarian regime Of imperial
Japan they gave no trouble.
The downfall of the Japanese Empire
and the emancipation of their homeland
inevitably aroused the Koreans in Japan
to Self-aSSertiveness. Numbering some
100000 living in compact communities,
they could make their weight felt Also,
their economic and social grievances rem
dered them susceptible to Communist
propaganda. furthered by agents slipping
in from Soviet-dominated Northern Korea
And relations undoubtedly have been es-
tablished between these Korean Com
munists and the small but active Red
element among the Japanese.
Trouble has been brewing for some time
in the Korean immigrant communities.
The spark which touched OF the actual
riots was a government regulation pre-
scribing the teaching Of japanese in
Korean schools and other regulations in
suring conformity to Japanese educational
standards The Japanese authorities claim
that many Of these Korean schools are
centers for Communist indoctrination The
evidence tends to show that this school
dispute was used as a pretext by Commu-
mist leaders seeking to make trouble In
any event. mass rioting ensued, the local
Jsranese authorities were overpowered
and order was restored only by the Wig
orous intervention of American military
police directed by the American occupa-
tional authorities.
So far as Japan is concerned, these dis.
orders hold no immediate threat to 1t,
stability under our vigilant and vigorou,
occupation, although they do reveal tn.
presence ora disaffected and unruly alier
Evening star., 1948-04-28

element. In Korea, however, the riots may
tend to increase the tension prevailing in
our southern zone Of occupation on the
eve of the elections prescribed by the
United Nations Commission and approved
by our occupational authorities To those
elections Soviet Russia is bitterly opposed,
and its puppets in North Korea are de-
termined to sabotage them. Hence, the
hare-up among the Koreans in Japan
probably was calculated by its Communist
instigators to deepen the crisis which
already exists in South Korea.
Evening star., 1948-04-28
Ernie and the Baspipes
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
In your issue of April 16 there was printed
a dispatch from Edinburgh Scotland, wherein
one Ernie HILL wrote disrespectfully, cynically
and inaccurately about the bagpipe and bag
pipe music. Raucous noise indeed! Drat Ernie
for witless blether and a feckless loon!
And If I should ever have the misfortune to
encounter him, I hope my skean dhu is sharp
and handy.
Ernie, being undoubtedly a Philistine and
probably lover Of crooners and a devotee Of
Juke boxes, could not be expected to under
stand nor appreciate the quality In bagpipe
music that warns the heart and stirs the pulse.
He has never listened to it in the solitude Of
a glen as the evening mist gathers and the
sun disappears over the mountain rampant
1t is when you hear its last echoes at the
far turn in the road that you are most apt
to think of the part it played in the history
Of the land and the race, its victories and
defeats, its joys and its SORROWS.
OF course, we Scots are prejudiced, but for
tunately we can cite for bagpipe music the
warm admiration and sound appraisal OF many
distinguished foreigners" including the great
DR.. Samuel johnson, who in other respects
was not sparing In his criticism Of things
Scottish. And only the other day q distin-
guished writer and world traveller, H. v.
Morton, had this to say:
THE hsgpipe in a city street is misfortune,
but bagpipers marching with the wind over
q nil serd blood to the head and make fingers
Itch for sword The bagpipe Is the voice Of
the claymore. 1t sings the song of the sword
the sword dropping from dying fingers, the
sword flashing In battle, the sword whistling
in triumph, the sword sheathed in failure"
My claymore is = trifie rusty, and. in any
case, 1t Is too noble an instrument Of detri-
button for the like Of you, Ernie Hill.
A. J. MONTGOMERY.
Evening star., 1948-04-28


Q. Please give the dates Of the coming Re-
publican and Democratic National conven-
tions.-P. H. b.
A. The Republican National COMMITTEES,
meeting in Kansas City. Mo. april II, 1947l,
voted to hold the party's national convention
in Philadelphia, the week of June II, 1s4S At
q meeting in washington October 10, l94D
the Democratic National Committees also
selected Philadelphia for the 1948 Democratic
National Convention to open July II, l94s
Q. What ancient king wrote the history Of
his country in 5000 words?-S D.
A. Darius I, King Of Persia, in the 9Th GEN.
tury BIC. wrote the history OF his early
exploits in 5000 words and had 1t engraved
on the mountainside at Behistun In Psrsis.
Q. When was the nrst advertising agency
set up in the United states?-F.F.
A. The first agency was organized In ls4o
or lS41 by Volney B. Palmer BY ls4e ofices
had been established in New York, Boston,
Baltimore and Philadelphia
@. Where was the late King Victor Em-
manuel of Italy buried?-F. H.
A. Articles published at the time of the
death of King Victor Emmanuel quoted his
son as expressing a desire that his fathers body
remain in Egypt rather than be moved to
Italy or France for final burial The body Of
the King was buried in the Chapel of St.
GATHERINGS Cathedral, Alexandria, Egypt.
O. Who offered the first prayer in the Conti-
mental Congress?-W B. G.
A. The original prayer in Congress was Of
fered by the Rev. j. Duche (du-sha). It may
be found in Thatcher's Military journal under
the date Of December, 1777.
@. Has the annual play, The Lost Colony"
been resumed since the war?-G. D..
A. The play, which tells the story Of the first
group of English settlers In the United States.
was resumed in June, 1916, in Manteo on
Roanoke Island, OF the coast Of North Carolina
@. When did the name Protestant" orisi-
nate?-E. D. z.
A. The name Protestant" derives historically
from the formal protest (protestatio) lodged by
the evangelical Lutheran princes against GER
tain actions taken by the Diet of Spires
(Speyer) in 1920. The name, first applied to
Lutherans, afterward was extended TO Calvin.
lists and other denominations.
@. When Is plant classed ~ . weed?--
H. C. c.
A. A weed is a plant, especially . wild or
rank growth, that exists where its presence Is
not desirable i.e., in place where other plants
are to be raised.
@. How did "stogies" originate7-G M C.
Road because the wagon and stage drivers
needed cheap brand of rolled tobacco to
smoke. To meet the demand, Pennsylvania
manufacturer began to roll long thin twists
OF tobacco, shaped to be carried In q drivers
boot. These were hrst called Conestoga cigars
from the type Of wagon commonly used, and
later the name was corrupted to stogie.
Evening star., 1948-04-28
Stars, Men and Atoms
3 Groups to Track Down
Our Vanishing Shrimp
Joint Caroline Coast Survey Of 1t,
Habits Planned
By Thomas X, Henry

~ VVVs0S ~ II EUrJ
Three institutions have joined hands to track
down the vanishing shrimp the once of
Naval Research. the Woods Hole oceano-
graphic Institute and the University Of North
Carolina
They will make q detailed chart Of che sea
bottom OF the North Carolina coast, Shrimp
all along the Atlantic Coast appear and dis
appear rapidly. Local fishermen believe that
they move to areas OF rough bottom where they
are relatively safe Nobody will fsh there for
fear that nets will be torn.
May Shift to Mid-Depths.
But according to latest theory. the shrimp
40 not move to rocky or coral bottoms ut all
but swim at mid-depths. The research schoon.
er Reliance will use . specially designed net to
make vertical, horizontal and obliqus hauls, In
addition to dragging the bottom. If mid-water
shoaling Of shrimp In found to be Of REGULAR
occurrence, the exploration should throw light
on details Of the migrations Of this crustacean
ana possibly ofier an alternative method Of
capture. !,
The possibility that shrimp may be located
by underwater sound will be Investigated In
Norway. France and Canada scientists have
had fairly successful results In locating schools
techniques such as were used during the war
to locate submarines. The so-called scattering
layer. an echo received on the recording depth
finders from \ depth Of about 200 feet and
which moves up at night and down in daytime
is thought to come from myriads of tiny
shrimp or from fsh feeding on them
To Check Larvae Movement.
How the larvae of the shrimp, after having
been carried northward from the spawning
grounds in the Cult Stream, enter coastal
waters is another problem which will be in
vestigated. There must be some system of cur
rents which carries them inshore, since the
larvae are not capable Of moving against the
current. Such water movements may prove
to be seasonal or very much dependent on pre-
vailing winds. Supply and quality OF the
shrimp appearing later in the onshore fishery
may be dependent on these favorable condi-
tions.
The survey Of the bottom characteristics will
include studies Of water temperature salin-
ity. and nutrient elements in the water Of the
area. This will help in building an overall pic
ture of shrimp distribution.
1t is expected that the complete survey will
require about . year. Work will be concen-
trated of the North Carolina coast but, it is
expected the findings will be generally appli-
cable to shrimp resources all along the Eastern
seaboard
Evening star., 1948-04-28
Letters to The Star

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Evening star., 1948-04-28
Mr.. Reynolds Not Representative

To the Editor OF The Star
I disagree with Grant Reynolds of the New
York State Commission in his advocacy before
the House committee of "civil disobedience"
drive against segregation in the armed forces.
While am opposed to segregation in any form,
I doubt seriously that this method of trying
to eliminate it will obtain the desired results
or that it is the proper way to attempt to
bring about such action.
This idea is not practicable or workable in
our country. Changes can and have been made
through democratic processes. This is the
American way. Mr. Reynolds views do not
represent the opinion Of the ma jority of think
ing Negroes. H. T. TAYLOR.
Evening star., 1948-04-28

The White House is revealed by an
expert to be rickety nretrap; but it's no
use. The intrepid candidate is Arm in
his resolve to live dangerously.
Evening star., 1948-04-28

If fines, like income tax, could be adjusted
In each case to the amount OF the offenders
revenues with a suitable allowance for his
responsibilities they might be considered equi-
table. Certainly, the yield from them would be
much larger, and 1t might solve our financial
difnculties.
vast amount of our so-called legal reason
ing is utterly fallacious P.H.C.
Evening star., 1948-04-28
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