Evening star., 1948-03-13
Macarthur to Win

Macarthur to Win +
To the Editor of The STAR
You say "the plot thickens" but don't agree
with you. The entry Of Douglas Macarthur
simplifes the contest.
Like William Mckinley, Mac knows that the
American people are in a jam and want to
hire a new manager
The Russians will insure the nomination and
election Of Macarthur by their increasing in
science, arrogance, defiance and insults We
Americans have the worlds champion bully
stopper, and so the landslide in November will
go to Douglas Macarthur. A. G. L.
Federal Riparian Rights
To the Editor of The Star:
In the editorial Giving Away National
Asset" you assume that the Supreme Court
has established the ownership of all riparian
lands, that is lands covered by tide water, to
be vested in the Federal Government rather
than to the several States, and on this assump-
tion you vigorously oppose the surrender of such
ownership to the States. But your primary as
sumption is wrong.
When the 13 original colonies successfully re-
volted, each of them as to all of the lands not
previously passed into private ownership, in
cluding riparian lands Quito the three-nile
limit, succeeded to the sovereignty OF the Brit
ish crown. Each was a complete, integral,
political unit with unquestioned sovereign
rights. When the Federal Government later
was formed, each of these States conceded Ger
tain governmental powers t0 the Federal Gov
ernment but not foot OF land, whether fast
land or riparian. The Federal Government does
not own or possess the right to take foot of
land in any Of the original colonies now States
Therefore the foundation upon which the de-
cision in the California case rests does not ap
ply anywhere along the Atlantic seaboard, with
the exception of Florida.
In contradistinction, the Federal Govern
ment became the owner of all fast and riparian
lands in Florida by cession from SPAIN to all
such lands in Alabama and Mississippi by ces-
sion from France; to all such lands in Texas by
conquest and treaty; to all such lands in Cali
fornia by conquest and treaty and to all such
lands in Oregon and Washington by occupation,
while it was the purchaser Of Alaska. Conse-
quently, whether the United States retains its
ownership of riparian lands in any of the States
created out of territory which it acquired de-
pends entirely upon the terms of the act of
cession by which the several States were created
and admitted into the Union. They may all be
similar to California and again they may differ.
NELSON B. GASKILL
Russian Scientific Journals
To the Editor of The Star:
In the final edition of the March issue Of
The Star, Thomas R. Henry has two apparently
contradictory contributions On Page AS, in
his interview with DR.. Edward U. Condor. he
writes, Or Condor " on recent visit to
Oak Ridge, Tenn. saw issues of fairly recent
nh IN, 10 library
The Russians die give out full details of the
synchotron, potentially the most powerful OF
all atom smashers, some time before the idea
evolved in the United States
Then on the editorial page, Mr.. Henry writes
under the heading Science Finding Exchange
With Russia Is One-Sided": Apparently nc
Russian journal dealing with researches in the
vital sciences of physics and chemistry of q
later date than December, 1946 has been re-
ceived by Washington, although reasonably up
to-date files OF American journals have been
sent to Moscow"
What want to know is: Did DR.. Condor
see Russian physical journals published subse-
quent to December, 1916? If he did see them
at Oak Ridge Mr.. Henry should make more
extensive survey of Washington scientific in
stitutions. HILLIARD H. GOODMAN.
Harvey's Story Appreciated
To the Editor of The Star:
I have read with much interest the article
about Harvey's, written by John Clagett Proc
tor and published in The Sunday Star.
I, for one, am greatly appreciative OF this
article because I went to work in Harveys II
1907 for Mr.. Harvey's successor, Joel Hillman
and I am SO familiar with all the facts con
tanned in Mr.. Proctor,s article that lvet
them all over again as read it.
knew Mr. Harvey very well, for he con
tinued to be the host at Harvey's even afte
Mr. Hillman bought it from him. In fact. n
continued on as host until his death.
JULIUS LULLEY.