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Evening star., 1949-02-27
NepuI Emerqes

Nepals application for membership in
the United Nations has an especial Signlfl-
canoe, in that it denotes the spread OF
the ideal of worldwide cooperation for
the attainment of peace and security, even
In remote and sequestered parts of the
earth Nepal, for instance, asked admis-
sion to "the organization to which the eyes
and hopes of all right-thinking men in
the world turn today as the inspired body
which is striving whole -heartedly to control
the scourge of war"
Nepars readiness to participate actively
In the United Nations, with its attendant
rights and responsibilities, reverses its ira
ditional policy of aloofnesS from the outer
world. Hitherto, it has been a typical
hermit nation, forbidding access or travel
to foreigners. This was possible because
of Yts geographical isolation. Lying under
the southern shadow of the mighty Hima-
1aya Mountain range and sundered from
India by rugged, jungleclad hills, Nepal
is difficult of access and has deliberately
avoided improving such communications
as do exist.
The country is inhabited by mixture
of Mongoloid stocks akin to the TibetanS,
overlaid by a dominant aristocracy of
Rajput Hlndus who took refuge in Nepal
two centuries ago from the Moslem con-
ouerors of India. Those warike Rajputs
gave the state it's military character and
likewise modified the countrys original
Buddhism with the Brahman faith.
Nepal is notable chiefly for it's famous
mercenary soldiery, known as Gurkhas,
which served the British rulers of India
so Loyalty and efficiently for nearly a
century, Even after the termination of
British rule over India, Gurkha detach-
ments are still carried on the roster of the
British Army This unusual connection
arose in the mid nineteenth century, when
the ruler of Nepal aided the British in
putting down the great Indian mutiny
Rewarded munifcently by the British for
their services the Gurkha troops stayed
on and became a permanent feature of
the British military establishment. Such
a career gave a congenial outlet for the
warlike propensities of the Nepalese and
was embraced by its ambitious youth from
generation to generation.
However, foreign service did not imply
the penetration of foreign ideas. Returned
to their homeland with their savings and
honors, the Gurkhas resumed their isolated
life, supporting the national tradition OF
Jealous independence and rigid exclusion
Substitution of an independent for Brit
fish India as their neighbor has inevitably
modified Nepars position and foreign pol
icy This is presumably one of the reasons
for its change of attitude toward the outer
world, evidenced not only by application
for membership in the United Nations but
Evening star., 1949-02-27

the world grow more intense and inescap-
able. Strength anywhere must be put at the
disposal of weakness anywhere. That is the
essence of brotherhood. This does not mean,
of course, that our emotional reactions are
to be the same to all humans. Some are
attractive to us. Some at their present
stage may repel us.
do not have the same feeling for the
drab little sparrows out there in the yard
searching for their daily bread as I have
for the yellow and green and blue parakeets,
with their gorgeous wardrobe. who are chat
tering like buSybodies and looking at me
quizzically with Saucy eyes as this Is being
written. But care and concern for these
bright-plumed members Of the household
do not interfere with family efforts to be
neighborly to all the birds which seek sus-
tenance at our door. though they may have
winged their way for thousands Of miles.
The God whose bounty feeds us notes the
fall Of a sparrow. None OF His creatures
can drift beyond the circle of His loye-or
of ours, If we are worthy to be called the
children of God.
The highest authority on brotherhood de-
clares, If a man say he loves God, and
hates his brother, he is a liar. This COM
mandment have we from Him, that he who
another in this fundamental sense means
sincerely to desire his highest good. We
dare not do anything else with anybody else
unless we are to injure, if not destroy, our
own precious. delightful selves of which
we think so much.
The love that is at the heart of brother
hood is the active desire for every individual
member of the vest human family to become
the best that it is in him to be.
Untold millions this week will begin the
annual lenten journey reverently following
the wounded footsteps of Mans Best Man.
as He goes steadfastly on to u1alefactor's s
cross. rather than betray and deny the prin-
ciples which were the very breath of His
white life. He lay down the law of brother
hood for all the ages as He declared that
life can only be made safe for all if neigh
borliness is practiced without consideration
of space or race, and if love of our neighbor.
thus interpreted equals love of oursef.' The
law is the only defense against the split
atom.
All unfairness, injustice, exploitation, de-
mails to others of abundant life. is but stor-
ing up the grapes of wrath by the bias
phemers of brotherhood. An enlightened
brotherhood alone can usher in that great
and glorious day when
Nation with nation, land with land,
harmed shall live as comrades free;
In every heart and brain shall throb
The pulse of one fraternity"
Evening star., 1949-02-27
Annual Daylight Sowing Ruckus

We hear great deal about how anxious
Congress is to free itself of the picayune
details of legislating for municipality,
the District of Columbia. Yet when there
is test of sentiment on this question, the
reverse seems to be true and Congress
seems. very anxious to hold on to these
details. .$fsl
:. The daylight saving bill is case in point.
Public sentiment in Washington is over
whelmingly. in favor of daylight saving,
despite the clamorous dissent of those
who regard it as an imposition on the
human race and as dangerous meddling
with the prerogatives of the Lord. Metro
politan centerS all over the country follow
daylight saving and there would be con-
fusion worse confounded If it were not
followed here.
The sensible thing to do, of course, would
be to adopt the legislation already passed
by the Senate and to give the Commission
ers the authority to order daylight saving
every year. Congress still would retain
ultimate control and should there come a
time when daylight saving is plainly
against the interest of the people here
Congress could Immediately withdraw the
right of the Commissioners to act
The alternative is to renew the daylight
saving legislation each year, to repeat the
tiresome rigamarole of introducing the bill,
holding the perennial debate on its merits
in committee hearings and having 1t clutter
up the legislative calendars Of both House
and Senate until it is approved and signed
by the President.
But that, as shown by the House District
Subcommittee action, is the alternative
that has been chosen. 1t is a. ridiculous
waste of time and effort. Perhaps the
House District Committee itself will adopt
the Senate bill, grant the Commissioners
permanent authority on daylight saving
and suspend the annual ruckus. That
would be the sensible course. 1t is not
always the sensible course that appeals
to our legislators, however.
Evening star., 1949-02-27
The Thorez Incident

What the French would call "lAffaire
Thorez" is not only having intense reper-
cussions within France itself but also pre-
sumably indicates Communist policy else
where in Europe, engineered from Moscow.
Maurice ThoreZ, outstanding Communist
leader in France, made statement several
days ago which, though cannily worded
with an eye to evading legal prosecution,
seems to be an incitement for French
Communists to side actively with the
Soviet Army in case it should enter France
in the course of war between East and
West
Broadly speaking, Thorez was merely
affirming a tenet that has always been
implicit in Communist doctrine. A true
Communist everywhere swears higher
loyalty to the cause Of world revolution
which is incarnated in that Red Father
land, the Soviet Union-the kernel of an
eventual worldwide confederation OF
Soviet Socialist Republics.
Nevertheless, in countries not yet under
Communist domination, this overriding
allegiance hitherto has been seldom openly
stressed. For obvious tactical reasons, it
has been deliberately obScured by evasion
or double talk so as to misead the gen.
eral public and hold marginal fellow
travellers" in line Thorez' fortnight state
ment tears away this mask of hypocrisy
and exposes the genuine Communist for
what he iS-a spiritual alien to his native
land and a potential traitor In case OF
war with the Soviet Union.
Since Communist spokesmen never act
on their own initiative but always under
specific instructions from the Communist
international, run from Moscow, Thorez
provocative pronouncement must denote
an important development in Soviet for
elgn policy. The astute minds in the
Kremlin undoubtedly realized the difficult
ties such an unmaSking would make for
the French "Comrades" already under
heavy fire from their compatriotS and
obviously losing ground in France. The
National Assembly has formally con-
demned Thorez for his statement while
the Queuille government has promised to
take legal action against the Communist
Party for this and other recent provoca-
tions. Nevertheless, the French Commu-
mist high command answers defantly and
is obviously closing its ranks by purge
Of its less resolute members
One reason for such provocative tactics
could be an all-out Red campaign against
Frances formal adhesion to the Atlantic
Pact. Yet provocation is so apt to boomer
ang that other reasons justifying the risk
may lie behind The Thorez affair thus
contains implications of distinctly dis
quieting nature.
Evening star., 1949-02-27

fathers house at DUPONT Circle only recently
was wrecked to make room for an apart.
ment building.
The Star on February %, 1899, said edi-
torially: washington views with pleasure
the patriotic enterprise
Continental Hall of the Daughters OF the
PIonned the american Revoiu.
the erection of Continental Hall in this
city. The project is in line with many 9TH
ers some already accomplished, others under
way others only in contemplation. which
tend to nationalize the Capital still further,
by causing. to be permanently represented
here all varieties of national organizations
and impulses. 1t is as logical proposition
as could we'll be devised. To erect here, in
the city bearing the name of the great Con-
tinental, and dedicated to the uses of the
Government which he helped first to create
and then to administer, a structure in the
name of the patriotic women of the country
is indeed appropriate. The accounts of the
enterprise thus far rendered are most en-
couraging" Finally completed in 1910 the
edifice referred to was designed by Edward
Pearse Casey of New York and cost more
than $500,000. Certain undermining altera-
tions now are in progress
dispatch from Vancouver British Co.
lumbia, printed in The Star Of February "a.
1899, related the remarkable
Won finish of bicycle race at Syd.
put n;ed ney, Australia. The course to
be Travelled was i mile. Fifty
contestants were entered. The prize was
MAGNIFICENT cup. While 10000 people
watched -" young James Somerville passed
under the tape a winner and dead man
= Physicians who examined his body
said he must have had an attack OF heart
failure on the last lap" Percy Cliff. second
to reach the end Of the course. collided with
Somervilles wheel almost at the final mo-
ment. shooting the machine dorward)
like O rocket Z
Evening star., 1949-02-27

You'll have more time to pay on new
automobile, if well-informed private creolt
man doesn't miss his guess. Ihls man.
washington veteran, foresees compromise
in the tussle between the Federal Reserve
Board and Representative Patman Demo-
crat. of Texas over installment credit con"
trols. He predicts the board will ease install
ment conditions now permitted and will IN
turn get its authority extended, perhaps per-
manently Present authority. due to expire
June 80, lets the board Ak terms as 1t sees tt
Right now it requires one-third down pay
ment on an automobile. with 10 months TO
pay o balance of over $1,000 and l5 months
for balance less than $1,000. Mr.. Patman
wants pay-off time extended to "a months
or more.
Evening star., 1949-02-27
Service Puy and Politics

Representative Short, Republican. of
MASSACHUSETTS has put his finger on one
of the reasons why Congress usually has
dealt more generously with enlisted men
than with officers in the matter of pay.
Speaking as politicians and Congress-
men, he said in commenting on the
pending military pay bill, I'VE have more
.privateS than generals in our districts"
1t is about time that Congress con-
sidered this problem in all its serious
aspects without regard to politics. A nom
alitical civilian commission has so con-
Evening star., 1949-02-27
Dough

Democrats expect to bank about $600,000
from their Jefferson-JackSon dinners, which
will run we'll into April. The take from the
record breaking dinners addressed last
week by President Truman may hit $350.000.
Chairman ]. Howard McGrath says the
National Committee wiN split receipts with
State organizations in many cases.
Evening star., 1949-02-27

the years or doomS-
day is on the cal
endar.
In the primer Of
human survival "a"
is for atom, with
which man may de-
stroy himself and
his planet. "B" is
for brother h ood
through which man
may yet make earth
the radiant garden
of his fairest dreams,
as he harnesses the
atom to the chariot
of his upward prog
Evening star., 1949-02-27
Small Fry Taxes

Certain children with small incomes, who
can't qualify as dependents on l94S income
tax returns, may help their dads by making
the dependency rating next year. The law
now provides that any one with yearly
income of $500 or more cannot be claimed
as a dependent. But the exemption allowed
the taxpayer for a dependent is $500 A
bill has been introduced in the House to
allow a close relative who earned less than
$500 to qualify as dependent. If approved
by Congress, this will mean saving to
some taxpayers of more than $100.
Evening star., 1949-02-27
Spring WOrrieS

NEW YORK-Signs Of spring are worry
ing some retailers. Will customers resume
their old buying habits? Wartime easy
spending dwindled late last year and in
January and February 1t took concentrated
price cutting to lure people into stores. Dur
ing the coming Easter shopping period bar
gain prices aren't usually stressed. but will
customers buy without price concessions?
That is the test as merchants see it.
Evening star., 1949-02-27
Pakisfan Industry

KARACHI, Pakstan-Pakistan is fast, de-
veloping the industries for which it has
abundant raw materials. At its establish
ment last year the country had virtually d
world monopoly on jute. but no jute mills;
abundant fine quality cotton, but not tex
tile mill. Now it has two jute baling and
pressing Arms with a capital of $l,200,00o
and one cotton mill capitalized at $4,000, 900,
among SO new major companies.
Evening star., 1949-02-27
Movie.Video

NEW YORK-Movie Producer Hal Roach
predicts about one-third of future television
programs will be on movie film He's turned
his entire Hollywood studio over to making
films for teevision. Mr. Roach flgures the
remaining two-thirds will be split between
live shows and sports and other special
events.
Evening star., 1949-02-27

also by the establishment Of diplomatic
relations with the United States.
At any rate, Nepal is abandoning its role
as hermit nation. While its emergence
may be qualified and gradual, its uncom-
promising aloofness is clearly over.
Evening star., 1949-02-27

e A woman correspondent, long suspected
here of Soviet ties is now bounced from
Russia as an American secret agent. Ever
for the misunderstood sex, it constitutes
8 new high.
Evening star., 1949-02-27
Poor Fish

LONDON-Europe hardy Arctic Ocean
fishermen are worried. The Arctic is getting
colder. The fishermen don't mind more ice
and snow but the fish do. They're ap-
parently moving to warmer waters some
where. The British government has fitted
out a ship with echo-sounding devices to
find out where.
Evening star., 1949-02-27
Balloons

BRUSSELS, Belgium.-The Gordon-Ben"
nett balloon race will be renewed this Sep
tember, starting from here. So far Belglum
has entered three balloons, Holland two, Italy
one. France two, United States two.
Evening star., 1949-02-27

It's a Down East justice who finds that
poker playing by women is not crime
Other judges have gone further and held
it isn't poker.
Evening star., 1949-02-27
Spires of the Spirit
The Teeth of Brotherhood
All Mankind Akin Despite the Influence
of Unfairness Injustice, Exploitation
By the Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, D. D., Lin. D.
the Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, D. d., Lit. D.

The bright banners of Brotherhood are
floating in the free air across a free land.
Brotherhood has been the word of the week.
It must be the word of all the weeks and all
Evening star., 1949-02-27

The trick is to get away from imitation,
but not too far-just enough so S. bill
is again worth something in American
money.
Evening star., 1949-02-27

Although state of growing unemploy-
ment is pointed to by the analysts, some
ST 100000 are still on the job. The populace
is not yet seething with rest
Evening star., 1949-02-27
The Budget

Here's the guess of one White House
insider on the way spending will finally
shape up for the year beginning July !:
When Congress has finished its work the
outlay will be Just about what President
Truman asked-$41 900. .00o,0 900. Congress
probably will trim of billion or more. but
Evening star., 1949-02-27
Free Riders

The Civil Aeronautics Board is making a
quiet investigation of the free-ride practices
of a small airline which operates to some
vacation areas easily reached from major
Eastern cities.
Evening star., 1949-02-27
AOo>AAAo Are Noted Here and Abroad
(1v the World STAFF of the Associated Press.l

the cuts will be cancelled later by new
cost item-rearming Western European
nations.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Wan Horn Attempted
To 'Hamstring' Mine.
Fund, Bridges Says
by the Associufsd Press

CONCORD, N. H., Aug. 30
Ezra Van Horn, operators trustee
of the United Mine Workers well
fare fund. was accused Of lob
structionism" last night by Sena-
tor Bridges, Republican. OF New
Hampshire.
Senator Bridges, neutral trus-
tee, charged Mr.. Van Horn tried
to "hamstring" the fund.
He made the accusations in
reply to MIR. Van Horns charge
that the New Hampshire Senator
and UNIV President John L..
Lewis had set up an "unsound"
fund. Mr.. Lewis is the union
trustee.
Senator Bridges said he was
proud" that he voted with Mr..
Lewis to make the fund effective.
Fund Called Humanitarian.
when Van Horn blocked every
move to aflow the fund to func-
tion," Senator Bridges said, Il
voted with Lewis to break the tie
so the fund could do its job"
He said the fund is IAN entirely
non political and humanitarian
organization filing dreadful
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Boy, 9, Saved as Father
Pulls Off Burning Shirt

An Arlington man pulled a fam
ing shirt off his s-year-old sor
with his bare hands yesterday.
The boy, Thomas Straub, was ir
satisfactory condition today al
Arlington Hospital. He suffered
burns on the neck. right arm
shoulder and hands. His father
Walter Straub, was released after
treatment for burns on both
hands.
Mr.. Straub, proprietor of the
Barefoot Market, 1885 Columbia
pike, Arlington, said Thomas came
running into the store with his
shirt aflame. While customers and
relatives watched, Mr.. Straub tore
off the boys shirt.
Mr.. Straub said the boy must
have spilled lighter fluid or paint
on the shirt. He said Thomas had
been playing with matches.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.@* A


need in the hazardous and dan
gerous coal industry"
II certainly have not agreed
with everything John L. Lewis has
done in running the United Mine
Workers." he added. That is
none of my business"
He said that court action Mr..
Van Horn brought on three occa-
sions to suspend the fund was "the
type of obstructionism" he and
Mr.. Lewis had to contend with.
Cites Confidence in Plan.
Van Horns do-nothing attitude
forced me to vote with Lewis" he
added, otherwise no welfare work
could have taken place"
Senator Bridges expressed con-
fidence in pension plans such as
the UNIV welfare fund. and
added he would take ANY amount
of personal and political abuse to
help it function
There is no use running de-
batting society in Washington
while miners die at the bottom of
pits in Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia, Illinois and other States, "
he said.
THE blocking of pension funds
is the best way to bring COM
munism and socialism that
know Of"
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Howard Actors Embassy Guests
Prior to Sailing for Norway

were extended by DR.. Mordecai
Johnson, president Of Howard
University, during the reception.
Among the three directors &C
companying the student group is
James w. Butcher. jr., assistant
professor of English at Howard.
He has been awarded a Federal
grant to study dramatic art at
the Central School of Speech and
Dramatic Art in London. The
award to Mr.. Butcher was made
under the Fulbright Act.
A native of Washington, Mr..
Butcher received his bachelors
degree at the University of Illinois
in 1882, his masters degree from
the University of Iowa in 1941 and
has done graduate work at Co.
lumbia University. He has been
with the Howard Players since
1894.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
BasiIica Is Reconsecrated
After Italian S Death Leap
ey the Assoeiofed Press

VATICAN CITY, Aug. 30.-St.
Peters Basilica was reconsecrated
last night after a young Italian
hurtled ITO feet to his death from
the walk around the inner dome.
The dead man was identified as
Luigi Galafate of Rome. His body
landed near the gold-encrusted
high altar before praying pilgrims.
The massive doors of st. Peters
were quickly shut and Vatican
.gendarmes stood guard. -Four
hours later, st. Peters was recon-
secrated, in keeping with custom
involving desecration Of holy
places.
Msgr .Loene Gromier, canon of
the Altar of st. Peters, performed
the ceremony. He poured holy oil
on the high altar near where the
body fell.
An italian lawyer committed
suicide in a leap from the inner
dome last November II.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Record Grapefruit Prices
Predicted After Hurricane
By the Associated Press

6t me ASSOcioTe0 FT8SS
LAKELAND, Fla, Aug. 30.-A
citrus industry expert predicted
record grapefruit prices this sea-
son because of the heavy blow the
hurricane dealt Florida's supply.
II think we will see the highest
priced grapefruit year that has
ever been recorded" said Frank
Seymour. secretary Of the Federal
Citrus Marketing Agreement Com.
mittees.
The price situation is bound to
be very good" whether crop loss
is Is or As per cent. Robert c.
Evans, general manager of ths
Florida Citrus Commission. said.
Some sources are forecastins
grapefruit will open at 81 to S. .
box wholesale, on the loading plat
form. They think those prices
will hold up throughout the season
if too much fruit is not thrown on
the market at any one time.
Mr.. Evans set a preliminary loss
estimate at 100000 to 10000, 900
boxes of grapefruit. The crop was
expected to produce about 81, 3,000,-
900 boxes before the hurricane