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Evening star., 1948-03-24
An Ideal for the World

The realities being what they are, noth-
ing could seem more idealistic or i'm
practical than efforts to establish a. world
government. Yet it would be unWlse TO
scoff at the constitution drawn up to
that end by committee of eleven men at
the University of Chicago. The committee
"a group of educators headed by Chancel-
lor Robert M Hutchins-does not pretend
to have the answer to everything, nor does
1t expect its proposal to get far In a
hurry. All that it hopes for Is that the
idea itself will gradually take hold and
flourish
AS set forth in the draft, the constitu-
ton would bring the whole world under a
single federal form of governments re-
public whose primary powers would be
vested in president, convention Of dele
gates from all former sovereign countries,
and such other organs as supreme court
and special legislative bodies. The mott
waiting spirit behind the government, as
expressed in the preamble, would be this:
THAT iniquity and war inseparably spring
from the competitive anarchy of national
states; that therefore the age of nations
must end, and the era of humanity begin"
In the light of present-day events, this
may seem to be an impossible goal, but
that does not make it undesirable. On the
contrary, the Chicago committee argues
that the events themselves, being SO bad
cry out for world government. But the
political, economic cultural and historical
realities still stand as tremendous OBJ
stacles, and the committee Is willing to
admit that progress toward such govern
ment, II it. cam be established at all,
probably will be painfully slow-taking the
form, perhaps, of gradual evolutionary
process through the United Nations.
What the committee hopes for Is that
IT'S proposed constitution-despite many
highly debatable provisions-will help to
spec up the process by implanting the
Idea that world government is not only
desirable but imperative if the world itself
Is to survive. Stated in just that way,
the proposition may be exaggerated, but
there can be no doubt that the nations of
the earth, even if they do not have to 60
TO the extreme of creating a single over
all authority, will be inviting mutual ex-
tinction If they do not learn to police and
govern themselves far better than in the
preatomic age. Accordingly, to the extent
that 1t stimulates serious thinking and
Evening star., 1948-03-24
He'd Rather Be RIGHT

It Is beginning to look as though the
pressures which the responsibilities OF high
office bring to bear against Chief Execu-
tive In these dangerous times are driving
Harry s. Truman to the conclusion that
he would rather be right than be President
Perhaps this is an unduly pesSimistic
estimate, for Mr. Truman has not yet lost
either his party's nomination or the cleo
ton. But his prospects do not seem bright.
The most ominous portent is the growing
detection of Democratic politicians at the
State level. These gentlemen, or the
majority of them, are not moved by con-
siderations of high principle. They are
interested in winning elections, particu-
larly elections in which they have direct
personal concern. And when they desert
the President, one can only conclude that
they think the presence of Mr.. Truman's
name on the ballot next November Is going
to hurt their own election chances.
There is a bitter irony in the fact that
this should happen to a President who has
not only been faithful party man him
self, but one whose break with narrow
partisan considerations came only after
he had tried and failed to accommodate
the interests of the party to the neces-
stiles of the Nation.
In his apparent determination to hew
to the line of national interest, come what
may so far as his personal political for
tunes are concerned, the President, after
all, may be practicing what Senator Hatch
suggests Is the best politics. Certainly,
one would like to think 50. But 1t Is
evident that most Of the professionals
in politics disagree.
The net result Of all this Is q curious
political spectacle. In the South, the
revolt against Mr.. Truman stems directly
out of his stand on civil rights. For the
South unquestionably is with him on his
foreign policies. Elsewhere, the Demo-
cratic uprising against the President Is
attributable, in the case OF the Wallace
ties, to his foreign policies, and, In the
case of the others, to the administration's
reversal of its position on the partition OF
Palestine. But the Democrats outside OF
the South are in favor of the Presidents
stand on civil rights, and, indeed, the
major demand that he take such posi-
tion has come from them in the belief
it would be helpful in their own States.
So the South, in its effort to punish the
President for his advocacy Of civil rights,
is making common cause with those other
Democrats who are primarily responsible
for the fact that the Democratic Party Is
pushing civil rights legislation. And both
of these groups are playing into the hands
of the Wallace faction, which would frus-
trate the foreign policies which the others
wholeheartedly support.
It is enough to make one wonder why
any man wants to be President.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
PenuIizinq the Pilots

If there are any incompetent pilots in
the employ of the commercial airlines, it
seems needless to say that no time should
be lost in wedding them out. But to
extend the weeding-out process to include
every pilot whose plane was involved in 4
major accident-as suggested by a con-
sultant to the Senate Aviation Subcom-
mittee-would be carrying the safety
program too far.
According to the consultant, Carl Dolan,
the aviation industry Is being hurt by the
continued employment of "a very small
percentage" of pilots not fully qualified to
fly public carriers. He urged that all
commercial flight personnel be screened
at once with view to eliminating the
"incompetents" The standards for such
screening process would have to be
carefully drawn to avoid injustices.
And a standard which would lead to
serious injustices to experienced and
competent pilots would be a rule auto
matically grounding for year any pilot
whose plane cracked up-even though the
accident In no way could be attributed
to pilot error. Under such q rule, pilots
would be penalized for crashes resulting
from mechanical failures, vagaries OF the
weather or mistakes committed by the
airport tower crew. This would not only
be manifestly unfair to competent pilots
but would deprive the airlines of the
services of flyers who have proved their
steadiness and skill in time of emergency.
The only basis for Mr.. Dolans grounding
recommendation was the report by an
Air Force psychologist that wartime flyers
who were involved in accidents were
nearly ten times more likely to have
another one in the next thirty days than
were accident-free pilots" But the war
time findings cannot logically be applied
to peacetime commercial aviation for the
reason that wartime accidents occurred
largely among men newly trained in flying
without benent Of the background d
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Stonewall Jackson Quoted

TO the Editor OF The Star:
"Stonewall Jackson once rebuked an over
wrought staff officer, who had expressed doubts
concerning the future, by saying, sharply:
Take no counsel of your fears. I have never
yet gained victory by counseling my fears"
Today, the majority of persons actually seem
overwhelmed by fears which are spreading like
wildf1re. The fact that foolish fears have
never solved any problems has been forgotten.
Many timid people fear the future and have
decided that war with Russia is inevitable and
that the world itself shortly will be destroyed
by atomic bombs.
But "Stonewall' Jackson built his mental
structure on courage, not cowardice. He feared
nothing and always faced the future with
fortitude If overwrought men and women
would seek to emulate this great Southern
leader, the prevailing jitters might vanish.
EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Unwise Census Economy

A recent noteworthy undertaking by the
Census Bureau was its population studies
OF thirtyfour metropolitan areas. Such
areas are becoming more important than
the central cities around which they are
developing. They are revealing relatively
new pattern of growth and one which in
years to come may be expected to affect
the habits and customs Of the people.
The preliminary studies on metropolitan
areas released last April were to have been
continued and followed by accumulation
of more detailed information relating to
income, buying habits. capacity to con-
sumo, etc. But the House cut out the
appropriation and unless 1t Is restored
the studies of metropolitan areas will
lapse The House action does not seem
to be particularly wise form of economy.
It should be reviewed, at least, by the
Senate with some special attention
given to the value Of such basic data. A
Star editorial, incidentally, commenting
on certain population facts released by
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,
was quoted in the House during discussion
of the Census appropriations in manner
to indicate that the Census Bureau was
merely duplicating collection facts already
available. AS matter of fact the Metro
politan Life figures were based on data
gathered by the Census Bureau. The
Census Bureau is the only source of such
basic data, however they may be ampli-
fied and analysed by individual concerns
in specialized studies.
The Senates review of the stricken
appropriations may show that such cuts
are not wise in the long run. We are
learning more about the assembly and use
of statistical material on population trends,
consumer income and capacity to buy and
such information is of increasing value
to manufacturers and distributors in
advance planning. Further study by the
Senate committee may give opportunity
for correcting what might turn out to be
an expensive error Of judgment.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
y s4 Letters to The Star i
Ex.Service Doctor at Gallinser


70 the Editor Of Ths Star:
To the discerning the dareup between Conn
missioner Mason and Gallinger surgeons SYM
bolises the growing rebellion Of ex-servios
doctors against reactionary policies Of bursau-
Gratis
Both DR.. Brian Blades Of George Washing
ton University surgical staff and DR.. Robert J.
Coffey, holding similar position at George
town, symbolic this new attitude OF the doc
tors duty toward their patients. DR.. Blades
served with distinction in the Army; DR..
Coffey served in the Navy with similar distinc-
ton. They now have returned to civilian
duties as teachers who are leaders In their
profession. This means that they have excep-
tional qualifications both as doctors and ad-
ministrators Like most other returned doctors.
their social philosophy reflects the dispas-
siouate realism Of the battlefield. They have
utter contempt for outside meddling that
intervenes between doctor and patient ana
deprives the patient OF the best help available.
Among service doctors there is no greater san
than to fail . patient. Rank, race or even
jeopardy Of life give no absolution for affording
. patient less than ones best
At Gallinger Hospital these eminent ex-
service doctors and qualified administrators
learned to their disgust and dismay that there
was a higher authority than the attending
physician. The Health Department adminls-
traitor possessed veto power over the free and
efficient exercise of the attending doctors best
professional judgments. A third party stood
between the doctors and their full duty to
patients. This was intolerable. Dr. Blades and
DR.. Coffey publicly protested. They demanded
that ways and means be found to restore to
the attending physicians the unqualified right
ohaHt,
and programs of necessary treatment. These
sincere ex-service doctors believed any other
arrangement was a waste Of taxpayers money.
inviting prolonged disqualification and COM
plications. They proposed to stop this dam
gerous meddling by the hospital administrator
by making the medical schools rather than
the Health Department decisiyely responsible
for all phases of professional care. special
hospital agency independent Of the Health
Department would be created to handle all
nonprofessional administration. This seemed
to render unto Caesar the things that be.
longed to Caesar.
Perhaps their remedy and the method pub
licly of proposing it is subject to conservative
criticism. Health Officer DR.. George C. Ruh-
land Indignantly insisted that these ex-service
doctors first should have discussed their pro-
posals in private. But that would have been
the futile method of the past. For over
decade secret deals, official whitewash and
administrative ineptitude have made Gallinger
a perennial disgrace. Why more Of the same?
In effect these ex-service doctors have flung
a critical challenge to the heart, conscience
and intelligence of our voteless community:
Shall we give less than the best to those in
need? Or shall we, like 80 many Pontius
Pilates, wash our hands and say 1--WE gave
them all the letter of the law allowed?"
THOMAS E. MATTINGLY, M. D.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Little Girl Visitor

She seems to brush aside the snop-hid
leat-mold
Arbutus sends ttnltd finger through
TO prick the frozen sod Dith one pine
needle;
Stitch grape hyactnth's steepte OF frost
blue.
She seems to light one frefy's small, braus
lantern,
Spangling dense folds Of darkness; con-
fdently
70 ,0tng humminobird up silent spaces
and set one Leaf bud on q bare bouohed
tyss. VIOLET AILEYN STOREY,
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Mr.. Wallace in Role of Wolf

To the Editor Of The Star:
wish YOU would print again the picture Of
President Truman taking the oath of office.
For in that scene with other members Of the
cabinet YOU will see the sneer on Mr.. Walace's
face and the hateful leer he is giving President
Truman, No one else in the cabinet shows an
usly countensnce I thought on first seeing that
picture that President Truman would have
rssine. Jealous wolf at his heels - long Is he
was in the White House.
Thank goodness the Lord looks after this
country! He surely did when Mr. wallace was
not made President. It vss . narrow escape,
tnAaeA NM =. THOMPSON.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Civil Service Pay Raise

70 the Editor of The Star:
note that some Congressman are opposing
q $l,O00-a-year increase for civil service en-
ployes, but do not believe that these Repre-
sentatives opposed their own recent $5,000-a-
year raise.
After all, civil service employees and their
families have to eat, and clothe their bodies
and should have decent houses to live in., a.
Wouldn't the democracy we are trying to
influence other nations to adopt look little
better to them, If we practiced it a little more
consistently ut home? PUZZLED.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Stars, Men and Atoms
Appetite Center Found
In Block of Bruin Cells
Tests by Yale Scientists Show Unit
Reflects Safety Sepsation
By Thomas X. Hssry

BY Thomas X. HsSry
An appetite center" In the brain has been
found ut the Yale School Of Medicine.
It Is tiny block Of nerve cells in the hypo-
thalamus, one Of the interior sections of the
brain beneath the cerebral cortex which is
concerned with subconscious behavior Of the
body.
When this area Is removed or injured in
rats-presumably the same Is true for any
other animals and for men-the victims almost
Immediately begin to eat large quantities of
food. Consequently they become very fat
Some experimental animals have nearly tripled
their weight In six months. The only limit on
eating seems to be the actual physical capacity
of the body to hold food and this Ia surprisingly
high. A rat upon whom the brain operation
has been performed may consume In O day
moro than three times ss much as an ordinary
animal
Not Blamed for Obesity.
Damage to the same brain area may be
responsible for the prodigious eating Of some
extremely fat patients but 1t is not blamed
for most cases Of human obesity. The nerve
area is believed to be tied up in some way with
the heat control Of the body, which also is
centered in the hypothalamus
In the average adult food serves three p,,r-
poses-to provide energy for work, to be
burned to keep up body heat and to be stored
away as fat Once growth stops little is used
for building up body tissues other than fat.
The Yale workers believe 1t highly probable
that this specific section Of the hypothalamus
is responsible for the normal safety sensation.
When 1t goes wrong there is nothing to tell q
rat. or man. that it is time to quit.
Side Results Studied.
Some burn food faster than others, 1t is ex-
planned, but the difference In normal individ-
uals Is relatively slight. Most Of the food
taken into the body and digested must bs
stored in the form Of fat unless 1t ID burned.
The only way to cut down on fat Is to eat less
and, by and large, the more one eats the
more weight is gained. 1t is natural to suppose
that there must be some regulating mechanism,
but hitherto 1t has escaped attention
One of the side results being studied Is q
peculiar form of kidney disease suffered by
the fat rats.
The research was inaugurated by DR.. G. N.
H. Long and is being conducted under the
direction of DR.. John r. Brobeck and DR..
j. A, F. Stevenson
Evening star., 1948-03-24

experience possessed by most airline pilots
There Is no evidence that commercial
pilots generally become untitled for further
flying after undergoing the misfortune Of
an accident. ANY who do suffer physical
or mental after effects should be grounded,
of course. but only after adequate medical
examination has shown such drastic action
to be necessary
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Americas Power to Survive


To the Editor Of The Star: '.~+
The world today is at the crossroads Of last
ing peace or ultimate destruction. No doubt,
we realize and should not underestimate the
great strength of q new totalitarian country.
This totalitarian power has drawn up plans to
spread its philosophy all over the world. We
are concerned here primarily with the need of
the United States to reflect the force which
this Nation can exercise The destiny Of the
world is in the hands of America.
Fundamentally, we and our friends control
the greatest military might on earth. We must
stand like rock against any attempt to de-
stroy our free institutions and our way Of life.
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
Evening star., 1948-03-24

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
soriter, although It Is perntssible for q
toritsr knoUn to The Star to xss &
nom de plume. Please be briej.
Evening star., 1948-03-24

An ingenious new playsuit for small boys
may be heightened and let out thus last
ing for years. 1t may from time to time
be necessary to halfsole the knees, though.
Evening star., 1948-03-24

The farsighted candidate would get his
face up now on the fences, as there's
nothing like seven months of weather of
all kinds to lend character to counte-
nance.
Evening star., 1948-03-24

A mixture of gasoline and alcohol is
found to improve engine performance, re-
quiring only slight adjustment to muffie
a hiccup in the carburetor.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Social Security Dependents


To the Editor of The Star:
England has just finished 300 million dollars
of the United States taxpayers money and is
to receive the better portion Of II billion. The
Federal employees receiving 1900 year re-
trement are to get an increase Of $500 year.
Don't they ever intend to do something for
those retired under Social Security? Most Of
us receive $25 to $35 month How do they
expect us to get even the necessities of life
and live in decency and comfort?
RETIRED SOCIAL SECURITY MAN.
Praises Dance Economy Suggestion
To the Editor Of The STAR
A slave Of bravos to Barbara Greenwell for
the wit, common sense and courage Of her
young idea" Financial Hazards of Formals,"
in The Star Of March IA.
If there are few more like her in the acad-
emes and high schools Of today, the oldsters
can relax from jitters as to the future of our
world. If every adult who read it could and
would apply equal scrutiny and exert equal
resolution to the anxieties and extravagances
Of the present. For instance, I'm . member
of a woman's organization which goes in for
multiple corsages. Why? Perhaps for rea-
sons similar to those an Indian might give for
the display of scalps at his belt?
MARTHA HUME.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question Of
fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau, 3l6 Eye street NE. Washington 2, D. C..
Please incose three (3D cents for return postsgs.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Punishment for Oleo Foes

fun1SnInGnC 1OT O1cO TUGS
To the Editor Of The Star:
If the women of this country, who have the
messy job of mixing color in the margarine
they use, have any spirit at all they will all
start working to defeat those members Of the
House Agricultural Committee who voted to
shelve the bills repeating the taxes on mar
garine.
1t is not a pretty idea that the dairy lobby
has so much more influence on these gentle
men than the citizens who hire them and pay
their salaries. A great many people were dis
gusted with the threats of the dairy interests
against the Red Cross. Evidently, our states
men are not so fastidious. L. A. B.
Protests Returning Pictures Now
To the Editor Of The Star:
1t Is with surprise and CONSERVATION that
have heard of the decision of our military
authorities to return shortly to Berlin the
famous collection of paintings from the
Kaiser friedrich Museum currently on view
in the National Gallery.
Judging from our own ethical standards, it
is fairly evident that these canvases, sooner
or later, should be restored to their supposedly
rightful owners, the German people. 1t Is
less clear why time limit should be considered
to have been reached at q moment when Ger
many can offer absolutely no guarantees what
soever toward the future safety Of works OF
axt which, In the far greater part. rspfesens
satafA AAnfsstatons having originated o0s'
Evening star., 1948-03-24

By THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. How old Is the Quartermaster Corpss-
C. v. r.
A. The Corps was founded on June Is, TITS.
The Quartermaster Corps Is responsible for
procuring and distributing to the armed forces
more than 10000 individual items
Evening star., 1948-01-08

in the event Of an atomic wars Thus
recommendations may come from
him as to the construction and loca-
ton of additional hospitals, the
training of specialists In certain
fields and other matters.
As chairman of the Committee on
Medical and Hospital Services OF
the Armed Forces, DR.. Hawley al
ready has begun "a thorough, objec-
tive and impartial study" of Army
and Navy medical services with q
view ito obtaining the maximum
degree of coordination, efficiency
and economy" Secretary of Defense
Forrestal has announced.
Doctor Course to Open.
Meanwhile, the Army announced
that more than 20 of the country's
schools of medicine have accepted
invitations to send representatives
to a five-day intensive course on
medical aspects of atomic explo-
sion" which will open at the Army
Medical Center at Walter Reed
Hospital on Monday.
The course is sponsored by the
VA, the armed forces medical serv-
ices and the Armed Forces Special
Weapons Project, which Is headed
by Maj. Gen. Leslie r. Groves, the
Arny's expert on atomic warfare
and wartime head of the Manhattan
Project, which developed the atom
bomb.
"The primary purpose of the
Evening star., 1948-01-08
Women Sues Hotel Here
For Sidewalk Fall Injury

Mrs. Daviette c. Ficklen, 1900 Con-
necticut avenue NV, yesterday
afternoon brought suit in District
Court against the Shoreham Hotel
Corp. and the District Government,
asking $25.000 damages for injuries
allegedly received last July when
she fell on the sidewalk in the $500
block Of Calvert street NV.
The suit charges the hotel with
building a driveway over the side
Evening star., 1948-01-08

walk, leaving one portion of the
sidewalk higher than it was else
where. The petition also accuses the
District Of failing to maintain the
walk In safe condition.
Filed through Attorney A. p.
Crenshaw 3rd, the suit says Mrs.
Ficklen suffered a neck fracture and
other injuries.