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Evening star., 1949-09-21
DeyuIuution Politics

The agitation from Conservative and
Liberal quarters for parliamentary
review of the British Labor governments
decision to deyalue the pound is not the
real measure of the political risk taken
in that step by Sir Stafford Cripps and
his associates.
It would be fine thing If the opposi-
ton parties were to rise above partisan
ship and join with the Labor government
in supporting the necessary decision to
devalue But the game of politics is not
played that way. Just as would be the
case in our own country, the political
opponents will grab for whatever advan-
tage they can get, or think they can get,
from the embarrassment OF the govern
ment, and never mind the fact that the
Conservatives or Liberals, had they been
in power, would have had to do pretty
much the same thing that the Laborites
have done.
The real threat to the Labor regime,
however, comes not from opposing polit-
ical sources The danger turks in the
reaction of the highly organized British
workers, whose votes put the Labor party
in power and who are equally capable OF
wrecking both the party and every pros
pect for British economic recovery.
The British government hopes that
devaluation of the pound will bring down
the prices of British goods to a point at
which they can be sold for dollars in a
competitive market. Price is the i'm
portant factor, and if devaluation is not
to be failure prices simply must be held
down At the same time, however, de-
valuation will bring a rise in living costs
for the British worker-not much of a
rise, perhaps, but certainly some increase
And this is the source of the real political
threat to the government.
There was very strong pressure for
higher wages even prior to the devaluation
announcement. This is certain to be
enormously increased by an advance in
living costs. Sir Stafford has said that
there must be no wage increases. But if
unions in essential industries resort to
strikes or slowdoYns in enforcement of
higher wage demands, what will the gov
ernment do? If ityields in any substantial
degree, the fruits of devaluation are
thrown away and Britain's economic situ-
alton becomes utterly hopeless. If it uses
the weapons at it's disposal, perhaps in
adequate in any event, to break wage
Strikes then the government puts its
political head on the chopping block
In word, the Labor government, having
done the right thing, is threatened with
destruction, not so much by its political
opponents, but at the hands of its own
rank-and- file. And the next few weeks
will reveal how serious this threat is
going to be.
Evening star., 1949-09-21
On the Right Track

Federal. District and Virginia authorl-
ties in agreeing to confer here on 1urls-
dictional problems affecting the Potomac
bridges. have set sensible pattern lot
settling similar jurisdictional problems IN
other fields. Jurisdictional mlSunoer-
standings in the past have led to policing
confusion in fringe areas not only at orldge
approaches but elsewhere along the Vr-
ginia side of the river. At times virtual
"no-mans-land" seemed to exist as Jar
as police patrolling and inVestlgatlon
activities were concerned.
Special legislation has resolved some OF
these difficulties in the Pentagon ana
National Airport areas, but dlHerences
still exist over responsibilities of Federal,
State and District police and other officials
In certain places The Virginia approach
TO Key Bridge is a good example OF
friction generating situation. Originally
Nirginias jurisdiction extended to high
MMater mark which once was well inland
from the present shoreline. But fills for
the Key Bridge abutment and for the
new George Washington Memorial Park
way, which will pass beneath the Virginia
end of the bridge, have moved the water
line far north of its ancient location. The
SDistrict has undisputed jurisdiction over
The bridge, proper, the Federal Govern
ment owns and presumably will police the
new parkway and, somewhere near the
Virginia end, Arlingtons jurisdiction
begins.
1t is obvious that, with the near
completion of the parkway, an agreement
should be reached regarding policing of
the Rosslyn Circle and underpass. To
have more than one police force operating
on this network Of winding roads would
be absurd Definite limits should be
Established on the operating Jurisdiction
sof each police agency, lest another mo
pman's-land" develop there And there will
probably be sjurisdictional questions t be
Settled at the Virginia approach to the
new Fourteenth Street Bridge.
In an effort tor bring about better
Coordination of police and other govern
mental activities in disputed areas on the
Virginia side Of the Potomac, Virginia
has organized the Interstate Cooperation
Commission. This is voluntary move in
the right direction-a move in line with
Maryland Representative Sasscer's plan
for congressionally authorized interstate
commission to study tax utility and other
problems of the whole Metropolitan Area.
The need for interjurisdictional co-opera-
tion and coordination concerns not only
Federal and State authorities but every
county and municipal organization in the
Greater Washington region.
Evening star., 1949-09-21
. sAnqIo-Americun Balkan Policy

The discussion about the Balkans be-
tween Secretary of State Dean Acheson
and British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin is officially described as mutually
satisfactory exchange of views" This is a
welcome indication that a common Anglo
American policy may be evolved to deal
with the dangerous possibilities in that
Seething area. At any moment an "inci-
dent" could be the decorating spark to
widespread conf1agration. In addition,
the Balkan imbroglio will inevitably be
aired before the U. N. General Assembly
which convenes tomorrow, and Washing
ton and London should be automatically
prepared for what may there transpire
Although the entire Balkan region is
danger zone, the two most perilous sectors
are Yugoslavia and Albania. The indica-
tions are that the two foreign ministers
had no difficulty in establishing an
identity of views concerning the YugoSlav
sector. Both governments have already
shown by their actions that Tito should
be discreetly encouraged in his quarrel
with the Moscow controlled Cominform,
but that our backing should not be such
as might provoke Soviet Russia and its
satellites to actions which could be ir-
revocable
Albania is a more difficult problem.
Under it's ebullient Communist dictator,
Enver Hoxha, this tiny yet highly strategic
country has become the Balkan stormy
petrel From the Corfu incident down, the
Hoxha regime has acted in defiant disre-
gard of international comfy. Its most
hagrant offenSe has been it's open harbor-
ing and aiding of the Communist Greek
guerrillaS, which makes impossible a gen.
uine ending of the Greek civil war This
has been exasperatingly shown in the
recent Grammos campaign. Had the Alba
nian border been closed, the guerrillas
would have been wiped out AS it was. not
only did the bulk of them escape across the
frontier, but the U. N Special Committee
states that Albanian soldiers entered Greek
territory and covered the guerrillas retreat,
which also was aided by artillery fire from
Albanian SOIL ~
1t is small wonder that the Greek gov
ernment has intinated that it meditates
taking unilateral action by sending it's
troops across the border and cleaning out
the guerrillas in their Albanian refuge.
Such step, however, would entail danger
.ous possibilities. Even though it might be
technically justified under the u. N.
Charter provision permitting members to
defend themselves against aggression, -
as the Greek government contends q
Greek incursion into Albania would un-
Evening star., 1949-09-21
Lost Photographic Files

The finding OF forty-four Mathew Brady
plates in a barn in Owego New York.
raises again the question of what has
become of photograph files of the period
following Brady's time. Any relics of the
great Civil War camera artist are likely
to be valuable. The collections of them
in the Library of Congress and the Ma
tional Archives belong to the Nation.
Other accumulations are in private hands.
But where are the plates of the men
who succeeded Brady as Photographic
portraitists? There were many first-class
limners practicing at the time of his death
in 1896. Some of them resided and worked
in Washington about half a century ago.
w. H. Stalee, for example, had a studio
at 1107 F street Northwest. Reproduc-
tions bearing the names of Boyce and Rice
appeared in The Star. Dr. William Gray
talented amateur, lived and made pic
lures at the Chevy Chase Club There
was local camera club, and it held
exhibitions annually. Frances Benjamin
Johnston, then as now resident of the
District of Columbia, went all the way to
Italy to take Admiral Deweys photograph
on board the Olympia.
Meanwhile, John Carbutt was working
in Philadelphia, Joseph Dabbs in Pitts
burgh, Cramer and Norden in st. Louis.
Each of those masters left at least a few
plates. But where are they? Perhaps
Miss Johnston knows. Possibly other
artists or their kin can help to locate
the lost negatives. Barns or attics much
nearer to Washington than Owego, New
York, may contain whole treasure troves
of such material. II they cannot be re-
trieved for financial profit, at least it would
be worthwhile to salvage them for historic
and cultural purposes. The Library of
Congress quietly has been gathering a
specific archive of American photography.
1t has the file of Dr. Arnold Genthe and
portfolios Of beautiful prints by Pirie Mac
Donald, Antoinette Bryant Hervey and
other gifted lens operators. These should
be added to Systematically and with the
deliberate intention of creating in one
| place 4 single overall deposit OF camera
Evening star., 1949-09-21
Strong, Silent Men

Little boys who started to school last
week have already made district attorneys
out of their mothers, even as their fathers
before them. When they wander home in
the afternoon, hot irons will not loose
their tongues about the days events. If
they are badly mussed up, mother may
conclude from circumstantial evidence
that they have been in fight, and if she
asks exactly the right question, she may
get a detail or two. Little girls, on the
other hand, are hardly in the door before
they are rattling off full budget of
kindergarten gossip, with complete cover
age of fashion notes and teachers mood.
Junior, meanwhile, has glided off to his
room and collected his football. When
asked where he is going he says tersely,
out" When he comes back and she in
quires where he has been, the answer Is
Around
AS he grows older, Junior becomes even
more noncommittal about his affairs. He
may hang on the telephone half the night
with some high-school charmer and fol-
low her around like puppy dog, but
when mother, who by this time has learned
to be casual, begs for description of the
enchantresS, the most she gets is, ooh,
she's all right, I guess" Mother recon-
structs his life from overheard tele-
phone conversations, unguarded disclo-
sures from his companions and stray bits
OF information from the occasional woman
who has that rare thing-a communica-
tive son.
1t is hardly necessary to repeat here
what Wordsworth said about the child
being the father of the man. Close
mouthed Junior eventually marries and
begins to drive his wife wild by failing to
report messages and happenings, by SEEM
Ing utterly incapable of relating what was
worn and what was said at gatherings he
attends alone. Women have long re-
garded this taciturnity as studied affec-
tation, cultivated by men to confound
Womanly curiosity. But when her small
son, scarcely out of crib, appears as a
member OF this conspiracy of silence, most
women begin to wonder if it is not after
all, the nature of the beast.
Evening star., 1949-09-21
Fuwn at the Woods Edqe

Dark eyes, frightened and eager, come
close Come cloSer,
Thin, s1oitt legs, at each step braced for
flight
See, here is bread in my hand, tpould not
hurt you.
Come out of the high pine shade and the
needy shadows,
Come near me into the light.
Mild eyes, torever begging at door and
,DindoD, 90 -.
Body groaun heaUy and sluggish NTH my
rich food,
What help can giue tuho promised neuer
to hurt you? Nj
Be lean with the Ag1atness of ferns, the
thin tart of berries 81
Be tree-go back, 90 back to. the high,
sharp 1oood
HORTENSE ROBERTA ROBERTS.
Evening star., 1949-09-21
Differs With COIumnist
On Voting Against Mothers
To the Editor of The Star:

If the voters of Pennsylvania turned
down Mrs. Coffey in the recent election in
that State merely because they preferred
men to mothers in politics, as Lowell
Mellett suggested in his column Of Sep
tember 18, then those voters certainly must
have strange way Of reasoning.
I know this: If mother who stood for
the policies believed in, and particularly
such fine mother as Mrs. Coffey is de-
scribed as being, should come up for office
against a man who bitterly opposed those
policies, as Mr.. Saylor did in his campaign
speeches, would give my vote to the mother
every time. In fact. I feel that would be
a Ounce If I didn't.
Personally, do not think Mrs. Co1ey's
defeat can be attributed to the fact that
she Is q mother. I think her defeat came
from the fact that the voters In hsr section
Evening star., 1949-09-21
Letters to The Star
Gives Opinion on Agitation Among Negroes
Against American Freedom

Against American Freedom
To the Editor of The Star:
AS Southerner who has had lifelong as
sociation with his Negro fellow citizens, I
read with approval The Stars editorial on
the Paul Robson incident.
I sincerely hope that our Northern friends
do not blame Mr.. Robesons offensive dis
loyalty on the Negro race, for the Negroes,
in my opinion, are Overwhelmingly loyal to
our country and appreciate the fact that,
along with everyone else, they have more
freedom and a better chance here than
they ever had anywhere else in recorded
history.
For quarter of century past the Com
munists have been at work among the Ne
groes of our country, North and South, to
promote discomfort and disloyalty. and to
create in their minds the conviction that
they are mistreated and imposed upon. They
have had help from a radical element Of
the Negro press and from their fellow travel
lers in our Government at Washington as
well as in the governments of various cities
and States where the politicians sought their
votes in doubtful elections
For one, do not believe that the great
majority of Negroes, left to themselves, have
any desire to mingle socially with the whites.
alleged social leaders among them seem to
have taken different attitude
On the other hand, some white politicians.
as well as many magazine editors, newspa-
per writer's and radio commentators lend
themselves to the Communist line of agita-
ton. The farther they are removed from any
actual acquaintance with the Negroes, the
more they harp along the Communist party
line.
There are in the United States between
140 and $50 million native born loyal Ameri-
cans. Their ancestors, they and their sons
and daughters have had good deal to do
with all our wars, including the last war.
and they naturally resent any one, black or
white, getting up Communist meetings whose
purpose is the overthrow of our government
this under the guise of concerts, picnics or
parties. 1t Is refreshing to note that the Jew
ish Veterans organization of Virginia recent
ly passed resolutions endorsing the action
of the New York veterans who protested the
Robson meeting
Russia has only handful of Communist
agitators in our country. Its purpose is at
tempting to create disloyalty among Negroes
as it attempted to do during World War
II. That purpose should be plain to all
sensible Americans. SOUTHERNER
Evening star., 1949-09-21

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
,Oriter, although it is permissible for
a 1Uriter knoUn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1949-09-21

Now it's a steel company that offers a
prefabricated houSe-one that can be put
up in less time than it takes purchaser
to reach the cor else'' clause in the
mortgage
Evening star., 1949-09-21
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.


G. When did Edgar A. Guest write his
first poem?-G. r. B.
A. Edgar Guest wrote his first published
verse December II, 1885,
@. In what city is the steep hill that
long has been regarded as test of the hill
climbing ability OF automobiles?-G. T.
A. Filbert street in San Francisco is re-
garded by many engineers as real test for
automobiles. It is one of the steepest city
streets in this country.
@. At what age do abilities begin to de-
cline?-V. I. S.
A. Thorndike, in writing of the abilities
OF men, has said that as a rule mans
achievement rises till the age of 40, holds
level till 54 then falls, but only slowly.
until 70.
C. H. A.
A. Gen. Gorgas died on July 4, 1920, in
London, where he had gone to study plans
for investigation of the yellow fever situation
in West Africa. King George conferred
a decoration upon him while he was on his
sick bed, and a state funeral in ST. Pauls
Cathedral was ordered after his death.
@. What is the distance across the British
Isles between Lands End in England and
John O Groats in Scotland?-J. Mem.
A. 1t is 603 miles in a straight line and
approximately 900 miles by road. This is
the distance between the southwest and
northeast extremities of the island. John
de Groots house had doors and an oc-
tagonal table to solve the question Of
precedence between John and his seven
brothers.
@. Please name some of the exports from
this country before the Revolutionary War?
IT. S. L.
A. Exports from this country to Europe
and the West Indies in 1853 included rice,
tobacco, whale oil. soap, candles, potash,
pearl ash, flour, salt beef and pork, rum,
pig and bar iron. manufactured lumber
products, brick. butter, cheese, lard, picked
oysters and naval stores
Evening star., 1949-09-21

His eyesight failing, King Gustav OF
Sweden switches from rabbit to elk hunt
ing The Indiana character who shot the
schoolhouse by mistake for red squirrel
will understand.
Evening star., 1949-09-21

Gone is the panhandler of another day
who was not above soliciting dime. One,
met up with this morning, mentioned his
dollar gan
Evening star., 1949-09-21

are becoming fed up with the "nebulous
nonsense" Of the Fair Deal administration.
Woodstock Va j. j. SPERRY.
Evening star., 1949-09-21

There is talk of raising cotton in On
tario, of all places. This, incidentally. is
another locality the Brooklyn writer of
Dixie songs has not yet visited.
Evening star., 1949-09-21
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the to any question
of fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau, 316 Eye St. ne, washington 2, D. C.
Please inclose three (3) cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1949-09-21

A local miss sets off to college with,
among other things, fifty-five clothes
hangers and two books.
Evening star., 1949-09-21
Further Comment on Appointment
OF Minister to Luxembourg

To the Editor of The Star:
Realizing the difficulties Mrs Mesta has
had trying to find a soft and tasty bite of
her recent political plum, I am wondering
if she will be able to keep from swallowing
the pit completely or will she give up while
still in the first stages of choking?
G. SULLIVAN.
Evening star., 1949-09-21
Says We All Pay for Road Damage
Caused BY BOxcars on Rubber
To the Esditor of The Star.

Our country has the finest system of ma
tional, State and local highways in the world
for the moment. say "for the moment
because this towering investment, represent
ing literally billions Of dollars Of tax money.
willfully is being destroyed by an increasing
number of truck operators who heap on
payloads far In excess of legal highway
maximums.'
This practice is Stunned by legitimate
operators, but the fact remains that there
are many violatprs who are willing to de-
stroy our highways. Samuel c. Hadden.
chairman State Highway Commission of
Indiana, warned recently: "A greatly aug
mented and still increasing number of heavy
trucks and trailers, operating for long dis
tances. is destroying our roads faster than
we can find money to replace them. y
Thomas Macdonald, United States Com
missioner of Public Roads, estimates that
this year alone it will cost taxpayers around
two-and-a-half billion dollars to reconstruct,
patch up and maintain highways battered
beyond the point of safe use. All OF this
cannot be blamed on heavier r-than-legal
trucks, but whatever their share, the damage
they cause is a form of larceny OF your
tax money. When trucker deliberately
overloads, he is law violator. When he
damages our highways because of this il
legality he is stealing money out OF my
pocket and out of the pockets of every
taxpayer in your community, your State
and in the Nation.
It appears to me that like the liquor
industry, which found self-regulation long
range blessing, it might be wise step for
reputable truckers to crack down on those
shabby colleagues who are giving the in
dustry a bad reputation highway engineers
a headache and taxpayers reason to de-
mand sharp toothed legislation to limit
weight loads Of these boxcars on rubber.
Yonkers, NY. JOHN c. CONOVER.
Evening star., 1949-09-21

art production. Photographers them
selves obviously can be most helpful in
the development of the inclusive collec-
ton. Their relatives and friends also
can aid.
Evening star., 1949-09-21
Would Reduce Grants To Colleges
Rather Than Throw People Out of Work

Would Reduce Grants To Colleges
Rather Than Throw People Out of Work
To the Editor of The Star:
For the school year 1918, which is the
last year for which reports for colleges are
available, the amounts of Federal money
received by seven colleges were as follows:
University of California --- $33, ,102044
Columbia University (over) 100000
University of Chicago 1894 ,346
University of Illinois, 7,772.334
Ohio State University 2,677,359
University Of Minnesota 6,024058
University of Wisconsin, 231005.
Total l------- $86,S01, ,146
Would 1t not be wise and Just to reduce
those amounts rather than throw men and
women out Of work to economic?
EUGENE A. MORIARTY.
baltimore, Md. -
The Nome nugget., 1949-03-07
Survey Will Chart Alaska Coast

1 SEATTLE, tF) - The United States coast and geodetic survey fleet will leave two west coast ports April IS for its annual chart ing of Alaskan waters and opera ton of shore parties from Bristol Bay to the Alaska-Canada boun- dary in the Arctic.
 Five vessels will leave from Seattle and one from San Earn cisco.
 Tn addition to the ships, shore parties in five separate units will go north from Seattle in commer- cial airplanes about May 1.
 Capt. Jack Senior of the Pacific Northwest district for the survey, said II chartered planes will be used for transporting survey pal ties to the field. He said the en- tire Arctic project will be in charge of It. Comdr. H. A. Paton. The operation along the west coast of Alaska from Bristol Bay to Kotzebue Sound will be under su- pervision of Lt.-Cmdr. J. H. Brlt- tain.
 The primary purpose of the geodetic and photogramme r c surveys to be performed by shore parties is to establish horizontal and vertical control essential to mapping the interior of Alaska and charting the coastline, Senior said. Photographs will be taken from the air and reduced to map by specially designed stereoscopic plotting instruments, he said.
The Nome nugget., 1949-03-07
Sentence l9 For Mass Murders

BERLIN, (P)-Gen. Lucius D. Clay approved today the sentences of 19 Germans convicted of the mass murders of more than one million persons mostly Jews.
 Thirteen were sentenced to die.
 The defendants were convicted by an American war crimes court at Nuremberg in April, 1948.
 The case of one defendant, SS. Lieutenant Heinz Schubert, who was sentenced to death, is still un- der consideration.
 Execution of the death sentences was ordered stayed pending ac- tion by the defendants on peti- tions filed with courts in the United States.
 The defendants were leaders of the so-called Einstaz-Gruppen, created at the direction of Adolf Hitler and SS. Chief Heinrich Himmler in May, 1941, shortly be- fore the German attack on Russia. Reports of the activities of the Einsatz- -Gruppen showed they ex- ecuted their victims without trial either by mass shooting or by gas sing them in special built trucks or vans.
 The approved sentences includ- ed two of life imprisonment. The others ranged from 20 years to time already served.