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Evening star., 1948-04-14
Fort Dupont viii Enter
'chiIdren's S SohbaII Team

Children between 8 and II will
get q chance to play on softball
teams being entered by the Fort
Dupont Citizens Association to
compete in the league sponsored by
the Hilltop Recreation Council.
David Aronin, chairman OF the
Parks and Playground Committee,
said last night eight Of the citizens
associations in the Southeast area
are planning to enter teams. He
already has Is youngsters IN his
area signed up with the approval
of their mothers.
Mr.. Aronin said the Dupont As
sociation is planning to buy uni
forms for the players. Most Of the
games would be played at the Hill
crest and Fort Davis Park Play
Evening star., 1948-04-14

France Is supplying most OF
Britains apples for cider-making.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Holy Name Society Elects

George =. Altman has been re-
elected president Of the Holy Name
Society Of Holy Comforter Church
Other officers are Eugene Robey,
vice president; Chester Mundie
secretary; Henry d. Talbert, finan-
cial secretary, and william Wheat
ley, marshal.
Evening star., 1948-08-02

peasant is a deeply religious person who
ardently loves the ground he owns. Al
ready the Communist dominated regime
has locked horns with the church. Now,
the omens betoken the forced collectiviza-
ton of agriculture. What has happened in
Yugoslavia emphasizes the fact that the
land-owning peasant is the staunchest
foe of communism. Therefore, the Hun
garian "kulak' must be liquidated forth
with. Thus, and thus only, can Hungary
become reliable in the event of showdown
between East and West.
1t is against this broader contingency
that current events in Hungary can be
evaluated. AS Ferenc Macy. the exiled
leader of the Smallholders Party, remarked
here in Washington on Tildy's resignation:
In time of war preparations, Russia is
distrustful of non Communists in the East
ern European countries even If they are
plant tools"
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Mr.. McLemore on Turkey

To the Editor of The Star
An attempt to be funny. witty or facetious
undoubtedly has its place in the stock in trade
of columnist. However in Henry McLemores
column in The Star of July 20 it seems to me
that the writer has overstepped the bounds,
especially when he mixes fancy with fact.
Turkey is country to which America has
been extending aid for some time now. What
is the country like? How does it differ from
the general conceptions most Americans nave
Of the romantic" East? There might be point
in answering such questions; but, no, MI.
McLemore feeds Americans ignorance.
1t takes quite an imagination to visualize
the entrance to the Black Sea, while sitting on
a balcony of the Park Hotel facing the Bos-
porus Mr McLemore must be congratulated
for his imagination
As for the camel caravan he reported seeing
in the street below, that could have been the
McLemore imagination once again, for during
my four years as a teacher in Istanbul olont
see any The caravan should have been re-
ported as a rarity not as pun.
The play on the word "harem" also Is very
misleading. Actually the "a" is pronounced as
in affect" and the "e" rs In edge" There Is
a Turkish word Of Arabic derivation pro-
nounced "hareem" but 1t corresponds roughly 70
our word private" 80 that In the sense tnat me
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Hurricane Flying Not New

To the Editor Of The Star:
Reference is made to an article entitled In
side a Hurricane by w. j. Lederer in
the This Week Magazine" Of the Sunday
Star OF July rs. This article is incorrect in
stating that these Navy flyers have done what
no man ever did before-pierced the eye of
hurricane"
According to the American Meteorological
Society Bulletin No. 7, Vol. 26, dated September
1945, the eye of hurricane was penetrated by
aircraft as early as September, l943
Flights into hurricanes and the penetration
of the eye of such storms has been q routine
and highly important mission of Air Force and
Navy units for several years. The undersigned
was assigned to one such Air Force unit, the
373d formerly 53d) Reconnaissance Squadron,
Very Long Range, Weather (nicknamed "Hurri-
cane Hunters), and as a member of crew OF
this unit, penetrated the eye Of a major hurri-
cane as early as September 1s45 with subse-
quent penetrations made in 1946 and 1947.
While due credit should be given the crew
covered by subject article for participation in
an exceptionally dangerous type Of mission. the
many Air Force and Navy air crews partici-
pating in the first penetrations and subsequent
development of hurricane reconnaissance to its
present routine-though still highly hazardous
status should not be overlooked.
WOODROW w. JENKINS,
1st Lieutenant U.S.AF
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Too EorIy for Despoir

In his address dedicating the New York
international Airport at 1dleWlld, Presl-
dent Truman made sound point in
reminding everybody that this is no time
to lose hope for peace or the courage 10
work for it. In his judgment, by persist
emily striving to promote mutual trust ana
understanding and by taking all necessary
measures for economic recovery and just
system of collective security, the world
can surmount its present dangers and
enter upon a bright new era in which
the United Nations will evolve into truly
effective instrument against war.
The Presidents faith is good faltn,
and his statement of it is timely and to
the point. For there are indications that
too many of us, here and abroad, are
slowly succumbing to mood OF excessive
pessimism and defeatism. That can do no
one any good. 1t can develop into sterile
and dangerous surrender to the myth that
the flow Of history is a force in itself,
beyond human control-a kind of irresist-
ible wave of the future that governs man
instead of being governed by him. But
the historical process is no such thing. 1t
is neither its own nor our master; IT IS
made by peoples and their governments;
It is their creature; they control and shape
it, and they can direct 1t toward the ends
of peace if they make up their n inds to
do so.
It is true enough, of course, that there
is little reason for optimism right now.
The course of events in Germany and the
ver-all obstructionist and aggressive pol
icy Of the Russians have built up bleak
mountain of encouragement in the world.
At one moment, as in Foreign Minister
Molotov's unexpected return to Moscow to
talk with the western Ambassadors on
proposals to end the German crisis, the
scene brightens a bit. But then, almost
simultaneously, as in the ill-tempered
ake-it-or-leave-i attitude of Andrei
Vishinsky at the Danube conference in
Belgrade, the darkness descends again. 1t
Is situation tending to rub nerves raw
and fill jittery people with sense OF
Illustration and despair in which the
temptation grows to abandon the peace
effort as futile.
But when we look for the alternative
to that effect, we can find nothing but
resort to war. And no people, regardless
of the actions of their governments, want
that. Perhaps Soviet intransigence viii
make it inevitable Perhaps the free world
despite its anxious striving for a decen
settlement through honest negotiations
will be driven into it by the handful o.
men who rule Russia with unrestrainee
power. That is a danger we must reckon
with constantly. That is why we canno
be niggardly or hesitant about keeping
ourselves militarily prepared until th'
tension eases and it becomes possible tt
discuss general disarmament in an atmos
phere of international confidence. At th'
same time, however, as President Trumal
Evening star., 1948-08-02

has said we cannot afford to abandon the
search for peaceful solution.
In other words, until the evidence is
unmistakable that that search can lead
only to. futility, our own country and all
others must explore every possible diplo-
matte approach toward settlement short
of war. The President is altogether right
in suggesting that it is much too early for
a despairing frame of mind. Like swar,
pace must be waged. Again like war, it
must be waged with hope and courage,
and with the faith that its best objective
will be attained in the end. Only the
naive will suppose that it can be achieved
easily in our upended world, and only the
foolhardy and reckless pessinist will hold
that the time is here to give up trying
for 1t.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Lost Stage in Hungary

The enforced resignation of Zoltan
Tidy from the presidency strips away the
last pretense that Hungary is not under
complete Communist domination. 1t like
wise conforms to the recent policy pattern
adopted by Moscow of tightening up all
the satellite regimes under its control. Put
none but Communists on guard" is OBJ
-yiously the watchword handed down from
the Kremlin Only the Red elect are hence
forth deemed reliable in the carrying out
of Moscows orders.
Zoltan Tidy is a pathetic figure. He
was an innocuous hangover from the rela-
lively free elections of 1946 when the
Hungarian people showed their real senti-
ments by overwhelmingly backing the
Smallholders Party, representing the peas
ants who are the backbone of the coun-
try. Apparently this popular verdict took
Moscow by surprise. But the mistake was
soon remedied. Next year, the local Com
munists, backed by the Russian army of
occupation, staged a coup d'etat which
was confirmed by elections" so managed
that the Communists and their stooges
gained decisive control of parliament.
Perhaps to camouflage slightly the grim
reality, Tidy was left in solitary grandeur
on the presidential chair to which he had
been elevated in the original elections of
1946 That he was harmless is shown by
the fact that even now the Communists
make no direct charge against him. His
removal was effected by charging his SON.
in-law with espionage and treason. This
broad hint was enough for Tidy, who
promptly rendered his resignation, couched
in abject terms, emphasizing that I al
ways fully agreed, and also agree today,
with the entire policy of the Hungarian
| Peoples Democracy
Why, then. has so plant tool now been
discarded? The answer probably lies in
Moscow's determination to complete the
communication of country which. is in
herently refractory to communism. Such
transformation must probably be ac-
complished by measures so ruthless that
only fanatical Communists can be en-
trusted to carry them out. The Hungarian
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Borrowing in on Emergency

Senator Cain and Representative Bates
condemn as financially unsound the prop
osition that the District borrow money
from the Treasury in order to pay in
creased salaries to its employees Stated
that way there are few who could disagree
with them.
$50 But there is another way OF stating the
case The proposal is not to embark on the
financially unsound policy OF borrowing
money to pay higher salaries. The pro-
posal is to borrow as means OF meeting
a temporary obligation and to tide the
District over an emergency brought about
by failure of Congress to discharge It's
exclusive responsibility in government OF
the city.
There is no escaping the obligation.
Congress voted cost-of- living increases for
Federal employees. The same increases in
ordinary circumstances would apply to
municipal employees, who are in precisely
the same categories as their brethren in
the Federal service. 1t was the intent OF
Congress that municipal salaries would be
increased What prevented the authorlza-
ton was the failure of the Senate to
complete the tax legislation which would
furnish money for the salary increases.
The result of this situation is curiously
lneouitable discrimination. Municipal en-
ployes are denied the increase voted for
Federal employees doing the same sort OF
work. Furthermore, Federal employees who
are paid from local tax funds have been
ruled eligible for the increase that is
denied municipal employees paid from the
same source.
What Congressional leadership should
do, in this emergency, is to meet its
responsibility and complete legislative
action on the tax bill. 1t was held up in
the Senate on the objection of one men,
ber. That is what ultimately will be done.
But if political and other considerations
make it impractical for the special session
to finish the job, then the borrowing
expedient-an advance from the Treasury
of money that will be forthcoming from
taxes later on-is justified.
The Districts serious financial muddle
is the result of misgovernment by Con-
gress. The proposed loan would be amply
secured, and it would serve temporarily to
meet a condition which will last until
Congress can get down to its business OF
running the District.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
The Guard Makes Headlines
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The STAR
Washingtonians never get a chance to for
get that they have a National Guard No.
stree! The publicity department Is always
ready with surefre item for any alert re-
porter A scandalous article to be sure; but
publicity anyway.
I'm Navy man and am presently luxuriat-
ing in one of those tours of shore duty here.
Been here since last September. Soon after
arrival the Guard made the headlines with
their squabble over who was to sell the pea
nuts and hotdogs in the building they don't
own but are permitted to use. Then the
Guard began making a play for the rent
money on the building for its use by someone
else when they were not actually using it.
Seems their free occupancy was not enough
Being a gratuitous tenant, they figured they
should get the few shekels the owner might
exc out of some other part time occupant.
Then of course, we all read about the dates
of rank of the two colonels The Battle OF
the Colonels! Boy, was that hot one! And
all because they forgot to call in an alert
PFC, just out of basic training, to get his ad-
vice. Naturally the PFC would have told the
colonels that in the case of conflicting orders
from higher authority, be 1t corporal or gen.
eral, simply tell the giver Of the last order
came Then ask if the last order still stands
If so. obey it promptly, cheerfully, and with
utmost ability. At the same time, send word
to the giver of the first order explaining the
circumstances Whether the original order
is in writing or verbal makes not the slightest
bit of difference An order'is an order. OF
course, it does seem silly for a general to
allow such situation to exist in the first
place.
Now, of course, comes the lack of equipment
for the Guards training maneuvers. The Gen
eral is back in the saddle now so things should
60 along with clockwork precision. But no;
that might keep his organization out of the
headlines-can't do that. He says it takes go
or 80 days to process requisjtions for routine
items like shoes, uniforms and mess gear.
little digging by a reporter develops the fact
that the stuff is right in their own store
rooms, mildewing So they ship 1t by costly
air-freight Too little and too late.
It's interesting and pleasant for me to note,
now that my Navy and Army are one big
happy family, that the Army is feeding the
boys we'll and putting the screws to the Guard
to get down to business and get their jobs
done. Il. w. b.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
G. o. P. and Margarine

To the Editor of The Star:
am a housewife with two children and
get tired of having to take time out to mix
color into margarine. If the Republicans want
to do something to help the consumer, why
don't they pass the margarine bill and put
stop to this nuisance? I should be able to buy
margarine colored to suit my taste without
paying Federal tax, just as am able to
buy any other food colored to suit my taste.
If the Republicans don't watch out, they are
going to convince the people that they are
against everything that the consumers are for.
DOLORES CAROBRESE
Evening star., 1948-08-02
HimuIoyun Observatory

The Government of India has announced
that first steps have been taken toward
the establishment of an astronomical OBJ
servatory in the Himalayas Two sites are
under consideration. The first of these is
at Lokpal, twenty-five miles from Badri-
nath, a famous religious center in the
Carnival district, not very far from Simla.
There location roughly sixteen thousand
feet above the sea has been suggested. The
principal alternative thus far mentioned
is in the Bara Lacha Pass, near Pathankot,
on the old trade route to Central ASIA
spot approximately eighteen thousand feet
high.
Both places have advantages. They are
beyond the monsoon line. No purer,
clearer atmosphere exists anywhere within
the reach of man. westerly winds could
be utilized for the generation of needed
electrical power by windmills. Materials
and labor are available in Delhi, Amritsar
and Lahore. A large company of Indian
scientists already has been enlisted to staff
the project The program of research
submitted to the government includes not
merely routine checking of the stars, but
likewise study in astrophysics, geology,
geophyscs, high-level meteorology, MI
crobiology and numerous related fields OF
inquiry.
But these notably pragmatic activities,
each important in itself, may be surpassed
by the overall significance of the observa-
tory as national institution of independ-
ent India. People require such enterprises
of culture such centers of their own native
learning. No society can be said to be
developing, making progress, expanding In
control over circumstance, unless it pro-
duces such facilities. The Babylonians
had an observatory on top of their temple
of Belus. Tradition afflrms that the
Egyptians built an astronomical lookout
on the tomb of Shelleys Ozymandias. And
Harpers Book of Facts remarks that the
observatory at Benares was at least as
ancient as these"
The new Indian astronomical "capital'
will be another unit in the network OF
skywatching outposts with which the new
Naval Observatory of the United States,
soon to be built, will be in constant touch.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Boy and Ducks

The gray green ioilloios bending to the pool
FIcked shadows up and do1on the small
boys back
As sunlight sifted through the leares. The
cool
Wake of the mater left silUer track
Behind his paddle feet. Thin arms, nut
brot1n,
Measured the ,rater, tip to finger tip.
Three wfite ducks lett their feeding and
Mebbed doTn,
All unatraid. The boy bletD tDdter from
his lip,
FHpped to his back and fodted In quick
pride,
Sun In his eyes, tUhite conUoy at hts SIDE.
ANOBEL ARMOUR.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Transit Fares and Service

To the Editor OF The Star:
John O. Public has had to stand for one
increase in transit fares and is getting less
service for more money and now he Is facing
another increase and probably will not get
any better service.
The writer commutes between Northeast
washington and one Of the Government build
ines in virginia and 1t Is q well-known fact
that bus and trolley service in the downtown
area is very inadequate during the afternoon
rush hour John q. Is facing another increase
in fares, and am wondering whether he will
get any better service. Probably not.
II We could have another bus system In
Washington, perhaps We might get better
service without any increase in fare.
JUST WONDERING.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Two.Way SEGREGATION

To the Editor Of The Star:
Why do the colored people continue to make
demands for the right to go to the movies,
restaurants, theaters, hotels and other places
where at the present time they are barred?
These places are owned and operated for
white people and should continue to be so
as long as they wish them to- Owners Of
colored places have the same right to bar all
white people from their places, and certainly
should do so. K. E. G..
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Not in Chesapeake Bay

To the Editor OF The Star:
An article in The Star recently stated incor-
rectly that Assateague Island, Of pony-penning
fame, is in Chesapeake Bay This island is
east of the mainland on the Atlantic Ocean
side of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. which
is composed of two counties Accomac and
Northampton. M. L. JUSTIS.
Horsev Va
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Heat Creating Communists?

To the Editor Of The Star:
womsn standing next to me on Four
teenth street trolley car said to me: "A man
died in our building today
asked her which building
She said, II work in the Munitions Building
1t Is very hot. Nearly every day lately they
have sent some one home in the ambulance.
Last week it was especially bad. There Is no
air conditioning - not even an electric fan
anywhere near where work I don't see why
our Government treats us that way. We work
hard and are loyal"
Then she turned and abruptly asked, Don't
vou think conditions like that breed COM
munism?"
What do you think? IRENE H. WALDO.
Evening star., 1948-08-02

For the Congressman up for election the
pattern of an all-purpose campaign speech
emerges: Five minutes OF congratulatlng
the audience on it's intelligent appearance,
and Is of denying everything.
Evening star., 1948-08-02

Stand back folks, and steel yourselves
for loud report. Congress will hold off
action on imitation to see how much more
air it will hold
Evening star., 1948-08-02

With Louis retired, and Gus LesneVlch
washed up as contender, fight between
two other fellows would seem natural
for that September card.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer to any question Of
fact by writing The Star Information Bureau, 316
Eye St NE, WASHINGTON 2, D. C. Please ineose
three 90 cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Band Concerts and Singers


To the Editor OF The Star:
Recently music critic deplored over-actlng
by many of the musical artists.
/ am in whole-hearted agreement with this
lady. Too frequently it is more pleasant to
hear a concert over the radio where there Is
nothing to detract from enjoyment, rather
than to watch dramatic contortions which
many artists feel necessary to put themselves
across
Had that intelligent critic attended Monday
nights concert by the United States Navy
Band at the Capitol, she would have reioiced.
Mr.. Townsend conducted the band with great
feeling and understanding, yet not once did he
find it necessary to gyrate and prance as DO
certain other conductors.
To me- the surprise of the evening was mu-
sician Ben Morris, whose voice 1 had always
considered a pleasing lyric tenor. However,
last week, his rendering of 'Vesti Ia Giubba y
sung with dramatic fervor, and delicate
nuances, pointed where necessary, but never
blatant, showed that Mr.. Morris is an artist
of ability who does not need to call on gym
nastics to endear himself to the public.
1t Is regrettable that the Air Force Band
cannot make such claims. One of their soloists
thinks himself combination tenor baritone
bass-ballet dancer and Hamlet. He literally
throws himself all over the bandstand, and
given the slightest excuse, will rain torrents Of
tears and sobs the while his arms wave wildly
in the wind
Before ending this letter. feel must praise
not only these two bands, but also the Marine
Band and the Army Band. These summer
concerts are true boon to music lovers and
are justly appreciated A. L. B.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address Of the
priter, although it is permissible for
1Driter knoton to The Star to use
q non, de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. How long was there a British Governor
General of India?-T. NJ B.
A. The first governor general was Warren
Hastings who held office from 1773 to l7s5.
Earl Mountbatten Of Burma, who retired from
this office on June 81, 1948, was the last