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Evening star., 1948-08-08
Can Everest Be Climbed?

DR.. Noel Odell of Cambridge, speaking
at the summer geography school of McGill
University, has raised the question of the
susceptibility of the worlds highest noun
tain to human ascent. He was the last
person to see George Mallory and Andrew
Irvine, members of the 1924 expedition on
Mount Everest. They disappeared some
where in the last thousand feet from the
peak. Conceivably, they reached the top;
but, If so, they perished there.
Chances of solving the mystery OF
exactly what happened to the explorers
are slim, according to DR.. Odell's view Of
the problem. The political difficulties are
serious. Foreigners are not permitted to
travel in Tibet and Nepal. The approach
to the mountain over even the best route
is exceedingly arduous. With temperature
at 80 degrees below zero, the cold is in
tense High winds prevail, and avalanches
of snow and ice are frequent. Mallory and
Irvine vanished in a cloud of mist as mur-
derous as poison gas. Three times DR..
Odell himself mounted the slope to $1,000
feet in search of his friends-in vain.
Study of weather conditions has con-
w
climbed at all, the work must be done In
May and early June. During other seasons,
the atmosphere is warmer but it likewise
is damper and the danger OF thawing and
consequent shifting of terrain is enhanced
immensely Use of oxygen apparatus by
the expedition of 1922 made feasible the
attainment of 27,3O0 feet by two of Mall
lorv's colleagues. They were forced to
turn back 1910 feet from the summit.
Later, DR.. T. H. Somervell and 1t. Col. E.
F. Norton, using a different angle of ap-
proach, reached $40 feet from the top.
Their try failed when Norton became blind
from the effect of the burning sunlight on
the snow.
Since 1924 several flights over the sum-
nit have been made by British planes, but
those excursions have served only to renew
interest in actual climbing of Everest. DR..
Odell told his McGill audience that such
enterprises are necessary "in order that
the spirit of adventure may live among
men"
Evening star., 1948-08-08

henSive, haunted by sense OF lmpenolng
danger and DOOM No wonder rnultitudes are
crying out: These are the worst times the
Nation has ever known!" But every era OF
change has seemed so to contemporary minds.
What then ought to be the ruling passion OF
those who would contribute constructively to
this troubled time? Gould any eulogy be more
coveted when our little day is. over than to
have somebody declare. gratefully, Of us: His
singular praise was that he did and said the
best things in the worst times"
There are many very bad things which can
be said and done to rock the boat" in the
fearful storm which is raging. About the worst
thing when any one who aspires to national
leadership possibly could do is to take the eager
idealism Of youth, longing for a better social
order, and channel that idealism into materials
istic communism which falsely promises to
right wrongs and to attain some fictitious
Utopia without God, without truth, without
pity. without conscience, without justice and
without all that the tears and tolls Of the
struggling centuries have put into the words
"ethics" and "decency." Nothing could be
worse in these bad times than that.
The best thing that can be said in what
seems like our own worst time rings out in the
recent clarion utterance Of distinguished
American statesman: Can we of America
who have reached heights never before scaled
in human progress be content with utter
Illustration and catastrophe? Where is safety
in a world where modern civilization is giving
to countless millions only hunger, restitution,
anguish of body and spirit? Is there any i'm
pregnable stronghold? The answer is the
Notwithstanding ideas of Jesus Christ. The new
world that we hope for and dream about will
never come until we ourselves are changed A
changed world means changed people. If men
and women can turn back to God and take
the hand of Christ and learn Of Him, there
is nothing to fear
It is tragically true as one of the kesnest
students of our times insists "As nation we
have lost faith-faith in ourselves, faith in our
leaders, faith In God and in the right" Until
this basic faith is reborn, the Nation will
be torn by anxiety, tormented by fear, depressed
by pessimjsm. In such days blessed is the man
whose singular praise it someday will be that
he said and did the best things in the
worst times.
Evening star., 1948-08-08

casters and the American Federation of
Radio Artists are in favor of doing away
with the "give-aways" on cultural and
other grounds. So are top performers like
Fred Allen, whose Hooper rating has taken
a nosedive because of them.
Nevertheless. like Coueism, pogo sticks,
Ouija boards. bubble gum and other fan
tastic crazes that have swept the country
from time to time in the past, the give
aways" have tremendous following. The
FEC may be completely right in moving to
ban them, but it will be berated for 1t.
God bless America Nowhere but here do
such things happen.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
German Food and Production

The ArmyS latest report ON GerHai
food requirements shows marked I'M
provement since former President HooVers
survey in the winter of 1947. At the same
time, however, it makes clear that condi-
tions are not yet up to the standards that
must be met If Germanys productive ca
pacity is to be integrated effectively with
the European Recovery Program.
Released by Assistant Secretary OF the
Army Voorhees, and based on special
bizonal study by topnotch nutrition ex-'
perts, the report finds that current food
supplies allow "a fairly satisfactory state
of health" but it emphasizes that good
industrial production cannot be achieved
with the present calorie intake OF non
rural Germans. The per capita average
is about 1900 daily, considerably below the
rural figure, which is about as high now
as before the war What is needed in the
urban areas, according to the study, is an
required for any further gain in output
connected with the ERP.
In the words of the report, 1T is i'm
possible to evade the fact that weight,
physical activity and industrial production
will be proportionately less at any level
lower than that represented by 2,540
calories per person per day" Nutrition in
the Anglo American zones has been pro-
gressively improving, but the effects Of
prolonged undernourishment still act as
an impediment to working capacity. In
this connection, the experts have found
that the weight of German males in the
20-3s age group averages only about 1872
pounds sixteen less than the desirable
minimum condition which Mr.. Voorhees,
has described as one of the primary fac
tors" slowing up Germanys productive
recovery.
The minimum calorie increase advocated
by the experts amounts only to $40 above
the present level. 1t can be brought about
by making more bread and potatoes avail
able, but the report recommends special
efforts to increase supplies of meat and
fat because of their favorable effect on
morale and working energy. Presumably
the Army will be governed accordingly.
kny measures it may take to meet the
Evening star., 1948-08-08
The New Housing Bill

While the housing bill which Congress
has presented to the President falls far
short of the legislation which he requested
of the special session. it should prove help
full in stimulating construction in the
lower priced rental and sale fields. Senator
Taft and other supporters Of broader pub
lic-housing and slum-clearance measures
regard the substitute Republican bill as
"half a loaf" that should be accepted,
rather than risk no housing relief bill at all.
And it is certain that no housing legisla-
ton would have come out of the session
had Senator Taft and others assumed a
no-compromise attitude.
The approved bill differs widely from the
-Ellender- Wagner proposal in that no
provision whatever is made for public
housing, urban redevelopment and farm
housing. These added features would have
involved large Federal subsidies and ques-
tions of policy which the special session
was unwilling to debate. Thus, the lowest
paid class of ill-housed persons cannot
hope for relief under the new bill
But families in several higher income
brackets stand to benefit from the liberal
lied financing and other procedures in
corporated in the legislation. Perhaps the
most important provision of the Mccarthy
bill Is the one renewing Government f1nanc-
ing aids for rental housing. These aids
expired on April 80 of this year. Under this
renewal plan an additional $800000,000 in
insurance on loans is authorized, principal
ly for large-scale rental housing.
AS an incentive for greater activity in the
large-scale rental housing field, the cost
limitation is changed from a maximum of
$1,000 a room to 8,100 family unit, re-
gardless of number of rooms. This allows
more fiexibility. for the builder Rents still
must be approved by the Federal Housing
Administration. Mass producers of twenty
five or more homes in the $4,000 or less
category are given liberalized loan insur-
ance. To encourage CT loans for home
building the Veterans Administration Is
authorized to raise the interest rate from
4 to Az per cent. Home buyers are offered
IS per cent-inSured mortgage on houses
costing not more than $4,000, with thirty
years in which to pay the loan. That is
longer than any amortization period al
lowed in the past. There are numerous
other privileges designed to hurry up con-
struction of homes and apartments and to
make it easier for people to rent or buy
them. And there is novel ban on restric-
tions against children by beneflciaries Of
the apartment construction loans.
All in all, the legislation is more COM
prehensive than many housing authorities
expected could be passed during the
"quickie" session of Congress. 1t probably
will produce more housing in cheaper price
levels than had been planned for next
year-perhaps as much. as today's labor
and material supply is equipped to
handle. The more controversial public
housing proposals are reserved for the
next Congress, which will have plenty Of
time to debate them fully. And the battle
promises to be major one, in view OF the
division of opinion among the Republicans
over this recurrent issue.
Evening star., 1948-08-08

founding Of that an
cient shrine is told
on a tablet at the
ance. In the
quaint spelling of the
period the dedicatory
inscription declares:
I'm the yeare OF 1853
when all things sa-
cred were through
out ye nation either
demollisht or pro-
famed, Sir r o b r t
Shirley founded this
Church: whose singu-
1or Nroico a. 10 Tn
Evening star., 1948-08-08

have done the best things in ye worst times,
and hoped them in the most calamitous."
Turning back the pages of the long years to
1858 we and that they were indeed calamitous
days marked by the revolution and civil war.
This church was founded the very year that
Cromwell as dictator dissolved the Long Parlia-
ment with the imperious words: "You have
sat too long here for any good you have been
doing Depart, say and let us have done with
you In the name of God, go!" Then followed
the period of vandalism when the infur1ated
Roundheads smashed stained windows. wrecked
affairs and broke up the statues Of kings and
saints.
The one who framed the inscription for the
chapel evidently thought that the times were
as bad as they possibly could be. But now, when
the bitter contentious of that fiery time midway
in the 17th century have long since burned
to ashes, that speaking tablet at the portal
of the old church preserves an enduring
insight valid for time Of conflict and change
such as ours as we approach the middle OF the
goth century.
Here are we, living 800 years after the period
recorded on this old slab. We are part OF
time when the whole fabric of our civilization
seems shaken and shattered. Toynbee calls 1t
"our time Of troubles One hideous system
whose trademark was Dachau has been moved
down only to have another ruthless tyranny
spring from the liberated ground. Even the
people of our own nation, potentially the
mightiest of the earth, are restive, appre-
Evening star., 1948-08-08

essential requirements will deserve full
support. Germany's production is vital
to the recovery OF Western Europe as
whole Whatever can be done to step it
up ought therefore to be done without
delay.
Evening star., 1948-08-08

Science seeks chemicals harmless if con-
sumed by humans, but fatal to insects that
bite them. Has it thought. too, of an ant
repellent filling for the picnic layer cake?
Evening star., 1948-08-08

Time marches on; and so does Brook
lyn-frst to carry in classified column:
"Wanted-Bartender who can service tele-
vision SET"
Evening star., 1948-08-08
TheBest ThingsintheW Worst Times
Inscription on English Chapel Chosen Text of Plea
for Constructive Religious Views
By the Rev. Frederick Broun Harris, d. D., Lit. D.
Spires of the Spirit

In lovely shire of England's green ana
pleasant land stands little chapel where, for
nearly 300 years, the neighbors of the country
side have met for worship. The record Of the
Evening star., 1948-08-08

The oil industry now has equipment
capable of going four miles into the earth,
or approximately as far down as an old
established lawn dandelion.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Parks and Polio

Although several Of the most heavily visited
national parks are in States having serious
outbreaks of poliomyelitis, the National Park
Service says it is not yet considering any plan
to close the scenic spots or restrict travel. To
date, the agency says, no cases of polio within
national parks have been reported.
Evening star., 1948-08-08

The Fish and Wildlife Service faces the pos
sibility Of an Injunction suit against enforce
ment OF duck-hunting regulations this fall A
group of wealthy Illinois sportsmen, disgrun-
tied at shorter seasons and lower bag limits
given the Mississippi hyway has informed Of
hcials that it is exploring the advisablty Of
such a suit.
Evening star., 1948-08-08

LAKE SUCCESSIVE United States wants
tn hiring the Soviet bloc into the United Ma
tions Little Assembly" United States Rep
resentative Joseph E. johnson says the SOVIET
groups boycott has made the Little Assemniys 8
work s1ess effective than it might otherwise
have been" He believes charges that the
body was inaugrated as part OF United
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Coast Guard

It's a good bet the Coast Guard VIII ioiio"
the. lead of the Army IN expanolng us
operations in strategic Alaska. Treasury sec
retary Snyder coast Guard is in his Depart
ment) and some top Coast Guard omcialS
visited Alaska recently. Their business mas
not been disclosed, but there are hints around
the Treasury Department that they dldnt
20 lust for visit. ~
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Labor.P0Iifics

The big labor organizations are about TO
cast their lot in the presidential campaign.
The AFL, CIO and such major independent
union groups as the Railway Labor Political
League, the machinists' union and John l..
Lewis United Mine Workers all have political
pow-wows coming up. Most of them are torn
between: % A strong hunch that Dewey Is
running ahead of Truman and ca preference
for the Democrats because Of past favors ana
their positive stand for repeal OF the TAFT
Hartley law. The way things look now, most
of labor will plug for the Democrats-in some
cases with silent if not a vocal blessing.
The CIO has called top-level strategy meet
ing here with Jack Kroll, C1O Political Action
Committee director, for August 10. The AFL's
League for Political Education meets in Chi
caeo August 23. The Railway Labor Political
League has set a session here in washington
August Is. Dan Tobins Teamsters' Union plans
a political meeting early in September. II
was at a similar session In 1914 that the
teamsters indorsed President Roosevelt Tor .
fourth term. The Machinists' Union conVen-
tion is down for September Is at Grand
Rarids, Mich, and John L. Lewis UNIV holos
its convention at Cincinnati October b.
Evening star., 1948-08-08

Congressional investigations Of "spy rings
and Federal employe loyalty may run up to
election day. Republican strategists believe
it would be smart politics to keep In motion
as long as possible the current inquiries and
their allegations of inf1ltration of undesirables
into the Government during Democratic ad-
ministrations. Two such Investigations now
are in progress-by the Senate War Investigate
ing and the House. Un-American Activities
Committees-and third is contemplated by
the House Civil Service Committee. One top
COP political adviser in Congress says there
is no doubt that President Truman will base
his campaign largely on the record OF what
the President has called "the worst" Congress
in years. 1--WE can counteract that" this Re-
publican says "by running some investigations
to show that this Congress has been more on
the alert to keep the Government safe than
has the administration You can always get
big headlines with spy stories"
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Please! Not Russian!

Bulgaria's exiled peasant leader, Dr. George
Dimitrov, says We can look forward 10 iuftner
Rnss,an attempts to drop the Russian" label.
Russian Army oficials recently announced In
perlin that henceforch 1t should be called the
"soyiet Army" Dr. Dimitrov says the Russians
think they are creating q Soviet Union OF
MANY nationalities and that their propaean-
dists want the rest Of the world to get over
thinking of the Soviet Union as purely Russian.
IT. g. 6. X. and u. ".
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Big -Four

'BERLIN-Paris is expected to be the site
of the next Big -Four Conference to try 10
ease East-West tension. The American British
DELEGATIONS would not be averse to having the
new meeting In Berlin for its psychological el-
feet, but the French have been unaitesaoiy
opposed to Berlin on the grounds delegates
would be unduly Influenced to the German
side by their surroundings.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Yofe in Trieste

TRIESTE-Residents OF this international
zone are looking forward to local elections this
fall as the next Anglo American step to give
the people more voice in their government.
pro-1talian political parties are asking vote
while Trieste Communists are divided between
the Tito and Stain camps.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Some Shado1Vs of Coming Events
LOOklllS AllCdu Are Noted Here and abroad
Duck HnnfinS

States scheme to bypass I
have been disproved.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
By Gerard d. Reilly

conducted by Immigrant inspectors is tnereIore
open to serious question. The section OF the
statute upon which he relies could be construed
as applying only to preliminary investigations
which precede the warrant Of arrest In deporta-
ton cases The administrative practice In such
investigations Is for the inspector to examine
the persons interviewed under oath, TO make
stenographic notes of their statements, and to
forward transcript of the interrogation along
with his preliminary report when the request
for the warrant Is made. It should be noted
that this power given the immigration inspec--
tors relates not only to the rights Of aliens to
remain in the United States but also the
right of such aliens "to enter, re-enter and pass
through"
II is obvious. however, from language else
where in the statute that the examinations by
inspectors have nothing to do with hearings re-
lating to entry and re-entry. These are called
exclusion rather than deportation proceedings
and the statute provides for their conduct by
boards of special inquiry at the port Of entry,
with an appeal from their decisions to the
Attorney General.
Accordingly, it Is difficult to interpret the
section of the statute relating to immigrant
inspectors as having anything to do with a
formal deportation warrant hearing. Justice
Holtzof, OF course, did not go so far as to state
that deportation proceedings could be conducted
only by immigrant inspectors. The act OF 1877
obviously grants wide latitude to the Attorney
General on this subject for 1t simply states that
If an alien is found in the United States In
violation Of the law he shall be taken into
custody on warrant of the Attorney General
and deported'
From the standpoint of carrying out the
spirit of the Administrative Procedure Act 1t Is
somewhat unfortunate that the Department
Of Justice should have become involved In this
litigation. There can be little doubt that
the Attorney General has the authority 70
supersede inspectors with impartial hearing ex-
amherst least In any case In which there Is
Hkely to be conflict Of testimony Thers
is precedent for this reform and 1t might well
have been voluntarily undertaken.
Evening star., 1948-10-17
Navy Summer Training
Mapped for Reserves

The Navy announced yesterday q
new ofncer candidate training pro-
gram under which lower classmen
In colleges may qualify during sum-
mer recess for commissioning In the
Naval Reserve upon graduation.
It Is estimated that 2,500 candi-
dates would enroll in the program
in time to participate in the first
six weeks training course in the
summer Of 1919.
Freshmen, sophomores and fun
iors in accredited colleges, who are
not studying for medical, dental or
theological degrees. may enroll In
the program provided they meet
general qualifications for age and
citizenship. No military training
will be required of the college can
didates during their academic year.
The training will be confined to two
six weeks courses to be completed
during summer months. The can
didates will be paid during training
ut the rate Of $50 . month for basic
training and 500 . month for ad-
vanced six weeks period.
The new program. 1t was ex.
plained, Is not to be confused with
the long established Naval Reserve
Omcers Training Corps program un-
der which candidates are given
scholarships ut one of the 50 COL
leges and universities in which units
are established.
Evening star., 1948-10-17
U. S.-British Zone Of Trieste
Joins Marshall Plan Nations

The American-British zone Of
Trieste has joined the Western
European nations cooperating In
the Marshall Plan for European Re-
covery, the State Department an
nounced yesterday.
The department said an economic
cooperation agreement was con-
cluded, in Trieste between the
United States Government and the
commander of the zone.
American economic aid to Trieste
has been on o relief basis 20 far.
Ths department said inclusion of
the zone In the Marshall Plan will
encourage. rehabilitation Of its
economic life.