Evening star., 1949-01-10

tllc cAtcLt Ol iIdkluS 1utuIe errors IHOTc COStly
to the careless. We acknowledge the fallbilty
OF any human endeavor and want all the news
both good and bad that we can get This mis-
take could have been avoided and knowing
the liability steps will be taken to see that it
does not happen again.
If such an operation were prescribed for me-
my attitude would be unchanged. Other con-
siderations weigh much more heavily than the
possibility Of physician working on the wrong
| side ROSHAN W. DYAR
Deplores Neglect of China
| To the Editor Of The Star:
The Star has given an extremely well-con-
ceived and accurate estimate of the China
situation in its Sunday editorial, Outlook IN
China 1t Is certainly clear-despite the end
less volumes of propaganda still pouring out
| of the leftist whitewash factory-that the Com
munist Party will close no time In its attempt
to impose Red totalitarianism on the whole of
China, destroying its independence and con-
verting it . =. into puppet of the Kremlin" )"
1t is particularly great tragedy, therefore
that the Republic of China has been brought
to this disastrous condition by the action and
| inaction of the United States Government.
Despite official utterances that we support "a
free and unified China the administration
|
Kai-shek to take in the Red -columnists
and give them strategic government posts. In
stead of giving thanks to the Generalissimo
| for steadfastly refusing to submit to these
suicidal demands, many of our officials still are
sniping at him and the heroic resistance move
ment which he heads.
The United States has made many promises
Of aid to China, including the materiel needed
to equip eight air force groups. All these COM
| mitments were broken by us, largely on the
ground that the Chinese rejected the Com
| munists we were trying to promote to top JOBS
In Chang Kai-sheks government
Now that China Is faced with Red totali-
| tarianism" we throw up our hands in mock de-
| spair and wall about the pity of 1t ALL But we
! do nothing. The exclusive concentration on Eu-
ropean aid is a serious threat to our security,
because we are leaving our vital Asiatic flank
completely uncovered Gen Macarthur care
| fully has pointed out that the American posi-
tion in China will be untenable once the Krem-
lin has established control over China. If we
have a reasonable cause for bolstering Euro
pean countries-most of which long ago would
have collapsed if they had faced an equivalent
of the Japanese Communist invasions of China
then we have an even more significant cause
for preventing the collapse of Nationalist
Stain wears different face in Asia from his
aggressive mien in Europe The old adage
about all the eggs in one basket should find
useful application here.
In the light of these facts, it Is particularly
disturbing that the administration has ignored
the pleas Of Madame Chang and Ambassador
Koo for help, even If 1t Is only definite policy
statement to the effect that we are wholly in
sympathy with the Republic of China in it's
fight against Soviet-sponsored aggression. After
ALL even Stain should be pleased with such
an utterance from the President, because he
too, pledged moral and material support to
the Nationalist government of China when he
persuaded President Roosevelt at Yalta to
| make deal without Chinas consent for
postwar Russian control over Manchura
EMMANUEL S. LARSEN.
Appreciation of Senator Vandenbera
To the Editor OF The Star:
am Democrat of the Democrats. Brought
up in the shadow OF THE War" and remem-
bering the colossal theft of Tlden's presidency,
yield to no one in my allegiance to our party;
but I believe first in justice and right
Therefore, protest against the Democratic
set-up OF the new Senate Foreign Relations
committee Why should We have eight mem
all fairness this should not be done.
If there is no way out by reconsidering on
the part of the man or men who appointed the
committee the Democratic members of that
committee should take matters In hand and
elect Mr.. Vandenberg chairman In that posi-
tion he has shown himself great leader and
statesman. He carried through the plans for
Europe in a way that few Democrats could
possibly have done. AS mark of appreciation
and courtesy, he should be continued in this
work, precedent or no precedent.
MRS META FOLGER TOWNSEND
Lenoir, N c.
Warns of Caterpillar Invasion"
To the Editor of The Star:
1t soon will be time for those pests the tent
caterpillars. They build their tents in the
trees and bushes, where they hatch and grow
into brown caterpillars from an inch and a
half to two inches long. They climb down and
overrun our yards and gardens. and crawl
around the lower walls Of our houses. The
loathesome things creep over the street, here
in Arlington, and make our otherwise beauti-
full roads and driveways hideous. I hope the
proper department of the Government will take
action early to prevent those repulsive cater
pillars from appearing this year.
EMILY S. HoRAN.
Chiropractors Said to Bar Themselves
To the Editor of The Star:
Arthur Baalson, in his letter of January T.
persuasively poses the question: Why not in
cude the chiropractor in a national health
insurance program?
We are informed that chiropractic is the
second largest healing science, with millions of
patients. 1t is subtly implied that something
the doctors may be doing to the people" may
account for our Nations health deficiencies
Cooperation between doctors and chiroprac-