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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
Einstein in the News

A handful Of extraordinarily gooo
u,athematicians may understand wnat
Dr.. Einstein Is trying to say IN MS latest
theory, and they may be able eventually
10 prove or disprove the validity OF MS
strange and supercomplex formulae. AS
for the rest of US, though, 1t Is useless
to pretend that the whole business Is nov
far above our heads at the moment. Inc
only thing that is even slightly compre.
hensible about it is the fact--as reporteo
IN the news storiesEtflat II 1t turns out
to be right, then mankind Will nave
tremendously important new key 10 the
secrets of the cosmos and that TINS Key,
In due course, will open the way to great
new practical discoveries revolutionlzlng
life.
Yet. even though it is thus incompre-
hensible to practically all OF us, the news
papers have placed the story on the front
mage and printed an accompanying illus
tration showing a few Of the Einsteinian
formulate, which look bit like chicken
tracks in the snow. And the strange
thing is that it all seems to be rather
exciting, no matter how abstract and non
understandable it is. Why? The answer
can be found not only in the fact that
some of our top-notch scientific reporters
have managed to impart an inkling OF
the theory's possible significance, but also
In the fact most of us have learned to
Sit up and pay attention to DR.. Einstein
whenever he speaks out on matters OF
this sort. It makes no difference whether
we can follow him or not What we re-
member, and what causes us to listen, Is
that when he was similarly unintelligible
back in l905-in his first discussion OF
relativity-he gave the world a concept
that helped, among other things, to bring
on the atomic bomb forty years later.
That concept was expressed in the
formula Enc" What 1t theorized was
that all matter had locked up within it
self energy which, II released, would be
equivalent to the mass of that matter
multiplied by the square Of the velocity
Of lieht. The correctness of the equation
was demonstrated by the explosion OF the
f,rst A-bomb in July of 1945. OF course,
that is not the only thing that has come
as a result of Einstein's abstract thinking
In 1905. but It is more than enough to
explain why newspapers Of today-unlike
those of that day-give him plenty OF
space when he advances new formulate.
It is measure .of the man-and OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
Old Grist Mill

1t stands tree-shadoped, dro,0sing By a
stream,
Which once had turned its n,uSstDe
1Dooden toheel #
TO furnish ,Dater po,per. As In a dream
1t sees again the trickling golden meal
Fall from the grooves and hears the
cl1nktng roar
As levers are released and stone on stone
Repolves;; silk-soft dust on nails and
floor
Soon settles and each one no,0 claims his
0tDn.
For ne,os and gossip for the ,oon,en folks,
As UeH as grist, the settlers often tdrrted;:
No,o picturesque. in memory 1t eDokes
A saner time sohen life pas for less
hnrried;;
A nations heritage from yesteryear,
Trail blazing landmark plich ,uas once
held dear!
INEz SHELDON TYLER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28

proven themselves beyond any doubt on the
embattled seas. such as Captain Burke.
Also the word leak" as applied to Captain
Crommelin's statements to the press, open
and authorized, hardly describes the facts
I happened to read David Lawrence's ar
ticle on the same subject, pointing out the
possibility of violation of article 80 in Sec
retaries johnson and Matthews reconvening
Of the Naval Board without presidential
authority and wonder if Mr. Sager felt bet
ter or worse after realizing what the impli-
cations of an analysis such as Mr.. Law
rence's Of this event might lead to-
MRS. " FB.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
New House of Commons,

The two chambers of Congress are not
the only legislative halls now being redone
Britain's House OF Commons is being re-
built for next autumn's session. Sir Giles
Scott has been working for five years on
plans for meeting place which shall be
modern in every respect, equipped with all
the latest gadgets provided with all the
up-to-date conveniences. The new audi
forum is to be free Of echoes, air condi
toned, heated through steel plates in the
floor. Members are to sit on TERED benches
The press will be accommodated in a gal
lery over the Speakers chair. Everything
that will conduce to the comfort OF the
House will be supplied.
But this is not an unexampled novelty.
Just little more than a century ago Sir
Charles Barry was chosen as the best OF
81 competitors for the privilege Of con-
structing parliamentary buildings to serve
as lasting substitutes for an edifice burned
down in 1884. He chose the richest late
Gothic style and produced on the bank OF
the Thames at Westminster composition
which never has lacked for critics yet
generally has been popular with the people.
The structure includes eleven courts, 100
stairways, 1,100 apartments. Three massive
towers crown the design-the Clock Tower
or Saint Stephens, the Middle and the
Victoria It is in the first of these that
Big Ben, the largest time-keeping device
of it's kind in the world, does business
day after day and night after night
The length, however, rather than merely
the lift OF the Barry creation is what
pleases the average beholder. On the
Thames side the Houses Of Parliament run
$40 feet and seem even longer as seen from
across the river. A similar illusion dis
tinguishes the interior corridors and as
sembly rooms. Some Of these appear
endless The old chamber OF the House,
destroyed by German bombs on May 10,
ls41, really was smallish hall-only Is
by As feet in area and crowded with furni-
ture. But 1t gave visitor On impression
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
Thinks New Owners of Transit Co.
Bought With Their Eyes Open
To the Editnr of The Star.

Thinks New Owners of Transit Co.
Bought With Their Eyes Open
To the Editor of The Star:
I note the discussion being carried on re-
garding the fare increase for the Capital
Transit
I would like to be clarified on one point.
The persons who recently purchased this
transportation system are good business men.
They have been able to raise very sub
stantlal sum to buy the Company and would
not go into such venture without knowing
that it was good investment paying salts
factory dividends.
How is 1t. then, that at this early date
(when they knew before making the purchase
that labor increases were inevitably they
find that they have lemon on their hands?
do not believe that they are entitled to
any increase in fare They purchased the
Capital Transit system with their eyes wide
open, they knew they were getting good
buy when they bought it, and !, can see no
excuse for prodding the public any more with
fares that already are higher than they
should be.
In good many cities they would have a
Ioop-car down F and up q for the benefit Of
the shoppers for about q nickel. Here they
do not want to take advantage OF that extra
money they easily could make. They prefer
to have the people walk rather than to collect
reasonable fare for economical shopping.
J. ]. DAVIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. When was the agreement made between
the United States and Canada for the con-
struction Of the St. Lawrence River water
way?-G. E. G..
A. The United States and Canada signed
treaty on July 49, 1882. for q st. Lawrence
Seaway and Power Project This treaty pro-
vided for a deep waterway of about 1850
miles from the Gulf Of st. Lawrence to
Duluth. Mimi, which was to be available to
seagoing ships. This treaty did not go into
effect because the United States Senate did
not provide the necessary two-thirds major
tty required to ratify treaties During World
War1u the plan was discussed once more and
the two countries signed an agreement to
carry 1t out on March 10, 1941. This agree
ment was. however not approved by the
United States Senate.
@. What was the inscription over the
tomb of Tutankhamen which predicted the
death of those who opened it?-B. D. B.
A. MacDougal in his book on hoaxes says
that there was no inscription over the tomb.
The words are said to have been as follows:
Death shall come on swift wings to him that
touches the tomb of Pharaoh.
@. Who are the Campbells in the song
1.-THE Campbells Are Coming?"-H. T. K.
A. 1.-The Campbells are Coming" is sup
posed to have been composed, on the impri-
sonment Of Mary. Queen of Scots at Loeb
Leven in 1867. Perhaps the tune may have
been the Campbells' quick march for two
centuries. Probably the song was written
about IT'S on the breaking out Of rebellion
in the reign Of George I, when John Camp
bell, Duke Of Argyle, was made the Com
manding Of1cer Of His Majesty's forces in
North Britain, and the principal means of
its total suppression. The Campbells are q
famous Scottish family.
@. Are the Indians correctly spoken Of as
aborigines?-R. O. N.
A. Aborigines is term used to refer to
the earliest known races Of q country, those
found at its first discovery. The Indians
are therefore correctly termed the aborigines
of America.
@. Please describe the appearance of the
metal uranium.-H. O. M.
A. Uranium is white, resembles silver in
appearance and. like silver, furnishes on ex-
posture to the air. It is much heavier than
silver. one-inch cube weighing over half
pound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28

of dimensional nobility. A dozen stained
glass windows helped to achieve an effect
of grandeur. In the evening glass panels
in the ceiling Illuminated the chamber.
Each of these features was "the latest
thing" when Barry's buildings were under
construction His present successor is
following a good tradition. So long as
what he is doing harmonizes with the
portions OF the over all design not dam
aged by the Luftwaf1e everybody should be
satisfied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
Asks Why Jews Are Leaving
Libya for Israel

To the Editor Of The Star:
According to an article In The Star Of
December II. $50 of total of 682 Jews in
Misurata. Libya, suddenly have closed shop
and departed for Israel and the remaining
70 will do likewise shortly It was stated
that the Jews Of Misurata had settled there
before the Arabs and that relations were ex-
cellent even though Arab-Jewish riots oc-
CURED in Tripoli in 1915.
Why then have they chosen to leave this
rich, well-watered farmland to migrate to
Israel, where unemployment is a problem
and there supposedly is no room for the
original Arab Inhabitants, much less for i'm
migrants? Were they not citizens of Libya
after several hundred years residence or
was their allegiance always elsewhere?
SOCRATES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
Denies Farmers Want
Government Subsidies

To the Editor of The Star:
Whoever wrote the letter to your paper
signed "City Slicker' accepts misconcep-
ton OF what constitutes the so-called farm
problem and the desires and attitudes of the
farmers. as manifested by altogether too
many members of Congress-
II the City Slicker were to come to the
Middle West and 60 with me to farmers
and find one farmer who wants subsidies
as part Of the fair price for his products,
we will print the name of that farmer in
stud horse type in our paper for the reason
that for years have never been able to find
one.
What kind of idiots does this man think
the farmers are to believe for moment that
they can xepend upon appropriations from
Congress for fair return for their products?
1t is fact that there are interests in
Washington that want to continue subsidies
because they believe that in that way they
can control the farmers
Not only do these people not represent
the farmers, but are the object of very
definite antipathy and rightful resentment.
These farmers have participated in II cleo
tons of men to represent them namely, the
county AAA and then PIMA committees
However, these county committees have not
been allowed even to make suggestions as to
the farm program.
For example, in the particular PIMA dis
trict nine counties this year asked for a
certain conservation practice but the re-
quest was not even forwarded to Washing
ton. so far as they know.
Election without representation is as OBJ
noxious as taxation without representation.
The farmers evidenced their feeling in re-
jecting Republicans who voted for the Aiken
law, and no better fate awaits those who
supported the Brannan Plan.
w. R. RONALD
Editor, the Daily Republic.
Mitchell, s. Oak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
Reviews Definitions of Words
"GIamour" and Beauty"


"Glamour" and Beauty"
TO the Editor Of The Star:
Lady Aston made some remark about
people following the movie stars In their
fashions and suggested that 1t definitely
was not good.
This brought forth. so says the press,
prompt response in which the movie gals
defended the tools of their profession and
spoke firmly of their good Deeds their
gifts to the poor and their constant efforts
in good causes" Some added that a dis
play Of the body beautiful was a glad sight
in this sad old world.
We grant all that, and also the fact that
Lady Aston does not need any help from
this corner, but how typical that the Holly
wood residents and many others miss the
import of her words!
In speaking, she does not refer to the
good deeds or the truly beautiful bodies,
but to the fact that the movies are per-
haps the greatest manufacturers and mer-
chants of glamour
Did you ever look in the dictionary and
see what glamour means? 1t means
magic, enchantment-a deceptive or al
Turing charm"
Now take look at beauty: If the. movies
really peddled true beauty maybe Lady AS
tor would not have spoken. Beauty-"that
quality or combination of qualities which
gratifies the eye or ear, or which delights
the intellect or moral sense by its grace and
fitness to the end in view
If we contrast the two important words
fitness" and deceptive" we can see that
there is difference between beauty and
glamour. NJ J. H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
Mr.. Mellett and Mr.. Stokes
Appreciated As Reporters
tn the Edifnr of The Star.

long have desired to thank you for bring
ing to the reading public Of Washington two
newspaper columnists whom most admire
Lowell Mellett and Tom Stokes.
They are not quite alone as survivors OF
an age Of greater reporters than now are
common; but they are all too rare. That
their views frequently are at variance with
the editorial policies of The Star C1ot to
mention my own only adds further proof
of the willingness of The Star to give COM
plete coverage to its readers.
HAROLD H. BUCKLES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
Commends Mr.. Names Article
On Protestant Unity Conference

Thank you for the excellent article by Cas-
par Names in The Sunday Star of December
10 about the Protestant Unity Conference
held in Greenwich, Connecticut. I am happy
to see that Protestants still are aware Of
the growing threat of the Catholic Church
against our American Protestant freedom.
The great service which DR.. Paul Blan-
shard has rendered in his recent scholarly
work is something all Protestants should be
grateful for PHILIP j. PEASE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28

Letters TOR publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
1oriter, although 1t is permissible for
a Drtter knoaDn to The Star to use
nom de plume Please be briet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
Says Founding Fathers Stated
That Men Are Entitled To Life
To the Editor of The Star.

That Men Are Entitled To Life
To the Editor Of The Star:
What is all this quibbling over natural
rights? Hasn't any one ever read the Dec
laration of Independence? The "inalien-
able rights therein enumerated, to life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness, are
the natural rights Of man.; guarantees
against the power of the State are contained
in the Bill Of Rights.
Obviously, nature does not protect her
creatures rights" but gives man the capa-
city to develop conscience which will cause
him to suspend the natural struggle long
enough to use his reason, with which nature
frequently has endowed him. BY reason
OF being dominant in the animal kingdom,
he has been able to perceive that carrying
out the struggle to the point Of survival of
the fittest' is unnecessary, and that "sur-
vival of the fit will suffice
The extreme reactionary position really
is embodied in the Swiss legal code. which
states explicitly that no rights are guaran-
teed to non productive individuals. In other
words. Swiss must work to earn his ma
tural" rights: otherwise, the state will not
endeavor to protect his liberties It is in
teresting to note that Switzerland has had
to depend on all the rest of Europe to give
her citizens the high standard of living she
now enjoys. I do not think that large.
Independent country which aims toward
world leadership can afford to let her citi
zens die natural deaths in large numbers,
through lack of protection.
There Is question whether the right to
work is not also one of mans natural"
rights. If not working means to starve. Our
founding fathers stated in so many words
that every man is entitled to life, by reason
Of being born in human shape.
DONALD T. SIMPSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
Inquiries About Possible Visit
OF Delius to Washington


OF Delius to Washington
To the Editor of The Star:
Does anybody in Washington know any,
thing about Frederick Delius? There is
q chance that he was here about IS years
ago. At least he must have passed through
the city on his way from Southern Virginia
to New York in 1886 or 1887. He had been
in Florida. growing oranges. Then he had
tarried for at least q few months at Dan
vile. teaching music. French and German
at the Baptist College there. The Rich
mond Times-Dispatch recently endeavored
to pick up traces of hin1-without con-
spicuous success.
Yet Delius was man who left his mark
wherever he Travelled or rested. Like Sid
ney Lanier, he was possessed Of memora-
BILE gentleness Of manner and kindness Of
bearing that people remembered. Born Of
German stock at Bradford in Yorkshire.
England, he was heir to the harmonic cul-
ture Of two civilizations; and his endow-
ment was q power In his life and in his
work. If it was not aggressively forceful. so
much the better. He was methodist very
close to nature. His six operas generally
are bracketed with Wagner, but his touch
Is not so heavy, not so demanding on listen
ers.
The question which the present search
Ao1 DC1ioo udCd ltdlly ldISeS WQdG WIS
the influence of America upon him? He
saw quite a lot of it. along the Atlantic
seaboard from the st. Johns River to Long
Island Sound; and he was very receptive.
His "Appalachia" does what Dvoraks New
World" does-rehects the basic, elemental
music of our portion of the planet Old
slave tunes. still heard In Virginia to-
bacco factories. echo in his score. In Sea
Drift" and particularly in "A Song Of the
High Hills" he was painting our native
scene In tones Some critics think he was
indebted to Walt Whitman.
man so receptive likewise was bound
to be man who was measurably impressive.
II he resided in Washington even briefly,
ne may have left tangible, discoverable
clue to his stay. Perhaps men and women
still are living who recall him personally or
remember hearing him spoken of by their
immediate seniors. It is conceivable that
ne left some scrap of writing which might
be rescued. Even the smallest, least con-
sequentlal relic might be important, il
only as guide to something larger, more
signihcant. Delius is well worth looking
Tor. and DR.. Harold Spivacke of the Music
Division OF the Library of Congress would
be glad to hear from any one who develops
any trace of his American experience.
ALDEN WARD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28

Now they're saying European recovery
would get along faster II it weren't ZOE
the Europeans. On the other hand, VISIT
ing lecturers have nothing against Amer
lea but Americans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28

scientific nature Of our age-that he wins
front-page headlines when he plunges into
cosmic mathematics and energies with
ideas that virtually nobody can make
head or tail of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
Questions and Answers

4. reader can get the answer to any question
q iact ey wrttins The Evening Star Inform alton
Evening star., 1949-01-27
Party Will Aid Family
In Landover Hills Fire

A benefit party to raise funds for
the family of John A. Hamer, SO,
Landover Hills, Md, fire victim, will
be held at pm. Monday at the
Star Hall, Rhode Island avenue next
to the streetcar terminal in Mount
Rainier.
Proceeds will be turned over to
the widow. Mr.. Hamer died last
Friday night at the Prince Georges
General Hospital from burns suf-
fered II hours earlier while rescuing
his two sons from a fire in their
home at APO Fairfax street.
The two children, Allen, 7, and
David, 4, still are confined to the
same hospital from burns also re-
ceived in the fire.
The party will be sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Brentwood
Volunteer Fire Department. The
Landover Hills Volunteer Fire De-
partment, of which Mr.. Hamer was
an active member, also has estab-
lished Hamer Memorial Fund to
aid the family.
Evening star., 1949-01-27
ADVERTISEMENT.
How Dr.. Edwards
Helps Folks Who
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For years, DR.. F. M. Edwards, a
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Olive Tablets are strictly all vege-
table. They work on BOTH upper and
lower bowels and clean waste from
entire intestinal tract giving you
complete satisfaetton. 15t, 30e and 60s.
Evening star., 1949-01-27
Births Reported
From the D. c. Bureau Of Vital Statistics. ;,

Jack and Catherine Austin, boy.
Owen. and Mae Baynes, boy.
Ragner and Virginia Benson. boy.
William and Helen Bishop. boy,
Albert and Margaret Blacher. girl,
Paul and Hilda Boyer, boy.
Glenn and Ella Brier, girl.
William and Constance Brooks, boy.
Vincent and Ceiine Burke. girl
Herbert and Elinor Byrd. Soy.
Shelby and Mary Currie, girl.
Bruno and Ursula Fisallo, boy.
Sam and Alice Floyd, boy.
Morris and Helen Friedman, eirl.
Corado and Concetta Gienechini. girl
Richard and Anna Gordon, boy.
George and Elizabeth Graber, girl.
John and Mary Gurick, girl.
Lowell and Molly Hattery, girl.
James and Hilda Hutton, boy.
William and Mary Jefferson, boy.
William and Arlene johnson. boy.
Edmund and Bonnie Kennedy, girl, a,-,
Ernest and Mary Krausman. girl. D.,
Walter and Eleanor Markwood. boy.
Henry and Lois Massengill girl:
Vincent and Ann Mazzello. girl.
Willis and Lauretta McHenry, boy.
George and Beatrice Meloon, girl.
Thomas and Freda Moore, girl.
jorge and Eva Mora. boy.
Edward and Wanda Moran, girl.
Patrick and Florence Noon, boy.
Joseph and Mary Peppler, girl.
Agamemnon and Katherine Perros boy.
Charles and Mary Perrygo, boy.
John and Mary Porter, boy.
Curtis and Ruth Prior. boy.
Edward and Marjory Ragland, girl.
Grover and Lucie Riddle. girl.
Howard and Nancy Rutherford, boy.
James and Jean Schafer, boy.
Richard and Violet Schlaugh, boy.
James and Betty Scott. girl.
Irwin and Virginia Secord, boy.
Oscar and Marianne Sells girl.
Joseph and Wanda Slotwinski, boy.
John and Doris Smiles. girl.
Fred and Dorothy Smith. eirl.
George and Hattie Smith, boy,
Woodrow and Sarah Storey, girl.
John and Anne Taylor. boy.
Woodrow and Jessie Tolson, boy.
Joseph and Lillian Valoris, girl.
Sidney and Elizabeth Wagner. girl
Joseph and Patricia Wade. boy.
William and Mary Webb, girl.
James and Helen Williams girl.
David and Dorothy Wright, girl.
David and Marion Adams, girl.
Leo and Oretha Cole, girl.
Thomas and Eula Richmond, boy.