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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-02

| 0'Banyoun's
Observations
Those who missed the first per-
formance of ''The Man Who Came
To Dinner" will have to elbow
their way into seats to see it at
the Roxbury Memorial High
School Auditorium, Friday. the
9th, as all who saw the initial
performance will be there to see
it again. Just take look at the
stars in the cast, under the di-
rection of Ralf Coleman, assisted
by Neal Mason, and you will
know why this repeat perform
ance will be sell out, and be
wise and get your seats early.
The event we have all been
waiting for is coming Thursday,
Apr. Z in Mechanics Building
the annual Musicians Ball and
Show. Your favorite bands and
entertainers will appear through
out the evening, and you know
the talent of Local 535, plus ma
tionally famous guests. See YOU
there,
Lionel Hampton, in person, and
his famous orchestra appearing
in Symphony Hall, Sunday. Abr.
10, will furnish a choice morsel
to the lovers the modern in per-
cussion.
Monroe Mason has written the
lyrics to an opera built around.
Crispus Attacks, and they are
interesting and fascinating The
development Of his brain child
will be well worth watching.
And Of course the Women's
Service Clubs sponsored snraor.
ance of the sensational new and
beautiful soprano, Adele Addison.
viii undoubtedly draw to Jordan
Hall on Palm Sunday afternoon.
Apr. 10, a large and fashionable
audience, Not only will nu-
sic lovers come to enjoy a de-
lightful program but race-spirited
folks will be there to accord the
young singer cordial greeting.
The superficial seems to at
tract more than the real. / am
a kind Of Daniel in regard to
singing American songs to AM
erican audiences, but I am here
again. I have seen so many
aspiring singers who have start
ed for grand opera and the con-
cert stage, when they would
have been far more serviceable
In their church choirs, singing
small concerts to their friends
and admirers, getting their ears
and voices trained so that they
could sing and trying to master
their own language. 7 don't
blame anyone for aspiring; but
I do deplore the fact that SO
many waste big money trying to
do something for which they are
absolutely unfit, and finally end
ing up in oblivion. That seems
to be one Of the traits Of human
nature We judge ourselves, and
feel that we are not appreci-
ated when we don't 60 big. NV
latest experience was with a
pupil who had a faulty ear. and
was unable to sing a tone after
I struck it on the piano. She
said that the piano was out of
tune. Can you beat that7 She
needs fundamental ear training
bu size is spending coolies of
money with teacher of lang
uages who must know that she
can never get anywhere with an
ear such as sac has. Well, as
the old man said w..en he
watched parade in which his
son was marching, "They were
all out of step but Jim" Be
patriotic. Learn and sing the
American language. And don't
taink you can do eve: ytlhing that
you hear over the radio, or in
Symphony Hall.
c.''s~ -ss or ~NH
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-02

MINOR LEAGUES are not
push-overs. They are graded
according to class. Some leagues
are class D; they grade up to
B, A, double and triple A class.
The top minor loops are the
Pacific Coast. the American AS
ISOLATION, and the International
leagues. About 30 per cent Of
sepia stars are graded to these
top leagues. I consider the Col
ored leagues no lower than class
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-02


THE PARK and City leagues
are good places to start in play
ing organized baseball. There
are definite rules. exact sched-
ules and a uniform procedure
in good pail parks. Players learn
to team" with ether boys Of
other races. creeds and colors.
This is also true on schoc. and
Legion clubs. Unless a boy learns
to team with other players" he
might Just as well quit baseball
80 %s !"
BUCKY HARRIS, former pilot
of the Red Sox, the Senators,
Yankees, and other Major clubs,
is now managing the minor
league Coast San Diego pad es
Bucky has inherited, colored
catcher, Johnny Ritchey, who
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-02
Boston Baked
By MADE KOUNTZE

With any kind of luck,
III be up there in the 20
game winning bracket"
SATCHEL PAIGE.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-02

ST. LOUIS BROWNS made the
most startling introduction OF
colored players without previous
minor loop training. The pur-
pose Of this act is still a ques-
lion; whether it was for a profit
or a pennant. The former be-
lief holds here. In view of their
snany restrictions, the sepia
stars exhibited a proven talent.
They revealed the high caIibre
Of Colored leagues.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-02
O'BanyOun's
Observations

The event we have all been
waiting for is coming Thursday.
Apr. . in Mechanics Building
the annual Musicians Ball and
Show. Your favorite bands and
entertainers will appear through
out the evening, and you know
the talent of Local 5s5, plus ma
tionally famous guests. See you
there,
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-02

Lionel Hampton, in person, and
his famous orchestra appearing
in Symphony Hall, Sunday, Apr.
10, will furnish a choice morsel
to the lovers the modern in per-
cussion.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-02

Monroe Mason has written the
lyrics to an opera built around.
Crispus Attacks, and they are
interesting and fascinating. The
development Of his brain child
will be well worth watching.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-02

Varsity uniform without previ-
GUS minor league polish and the
opposing N. L. sluggers nearly
batted his ears of. Mr.. An
tonelli of Boston has had the
same experience. Whether this
experience has hurt, remains to
be seen. Bankhead was sent to
gain polish with st. Paul Of the
American Association.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-02

DANNY BANKHEAD was
rushed into a Brooklyn Dodger
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-02

may be slated for the Cleveland
Indians. Harris. who knows ball
players, says Ritchey should be
ready BY 1851.
Evening star., 1949-02-24

rather than in mental institution. The
same consideration should sway any mere
pronouncement of his highest achievement"
by one critic or group of them
But their own talk of values is made
meaningless when a group of modern writer's
make semipublic award to poet indicted
as traitor during war threatening the very
existence of society they still can call
"civilized" The fact that the Bollingen
Prize need not be granted at all in any given
year adds to the confusion.
In view of the difficulties which modern
poets already face in winning public interest
IN their work. it is doubly unfortunate that
the Bollingen award has come to muddy
the waters. The prize poet" is either man
suspected of treason or one who is of un-
sound mind! The publics reaction to this
dilemma cannot help but be a further eS-
arrangement between modern poets and
potentially attentive reading audience.
ADRIENNE KOCH
w. MCNEIL LOWRY.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
The Real Failure

Judging from the recent election in
which he polled only an insignificant per-
centage of the vote, Henry Wallace does
not speak for any important segment of
the American people. 1t seems desirable
nevertheless to keep the record straight
with respect to his more fragrant mis-
statements of fact.
Judging from the things he says, Mr..
Wallace continues to trust the Russians
and believe in their good intentions. He
is not shaken in this faith when top
leader of the French Communists calls
upon them to welcome and support the
Red Army if it should occupy France. He
does not dissent, and probably agrees,
when Soviet Marshal Bulganin accuses the
United States of wanting war with Russia.
1t is Mr.. Wallace's privilege to think this
way if he wants to. 1t is also his privilege
to oppose such projects of this country as
the European Recovery Program and the
North Atlantic security pact.
But Mr. Wallace oversteps the bounds
when he says that the recovery program
has failed, that the security pact project
will fail, and that the only way to peace ID
Evening star., 1949-02-24

arrogance of Grass materialism and bigotry
they lift the grand ideal expressed by
William Morris: Fellowship is heaven and
lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life,
and lack of fellowship is death, and the
deeds that ye do upon the EARTH it is for
felloWship's sake that ye do them"
But fine words are not needed. All that
really is required is silent commitment
developed in each human heart to live
without hatred and without malice. It
may not be easy, yet it is possible: it may
not be accomplished in day or even in
week, yet it is feasible AS the President
puts it, Let us join as united people to
serve with diligence that brotherhood
which springs from the Fatherhood of God
and which offers true glory to our Nation
and hope to all mankind"
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Unintended Compliment

It rather looks as though Philip Muir
rays comment on Senator Taft'S re
treats and concessions" with respect to
labor legislation has not achieved It's
desired effect
The CIO president has not said precisely
what he intended to prove by his reclta-
ton of eighteen particulars IN Whlch,
according to him, the Ohio Senator has
changed his position on the Tatt-Hartley
Act. But one is left to draw the inference
either that Senator Taft does not know
his own mind, or that he has admitted by
indirection that the Taft-Hartley Act is
no good.
It will seem to most people that Mr..
Murray has proved something quite diff
ferent. Assuming that his listing OF
Senator Tafts retreats and concessions"
is accurate, though it is by no means Ger
tain that the Senator would 60 along
with that assumption, the most that has
been proved is that Mr.. Taft is willing to
change his mind and admit the change
when experience and new facts have con-
vinced him that an original position was
in error If the most favorable interpreta-
ton is put on what Mr.. Murray says, there
still is nothing to suggest that Senator
Taft has in any way abandoned the basic
principles in the law which he sponsored
The essence of those principles is that both
management and labor should receive
equal legislative treatment, and that both
should be required to conform to certain
standards of responsibility. Senator Taft
has not departed from these basic prin-
ciples What he has done is to indicate
willingness to accept certain changes and
notifications which experience has led
him to believe would be desirable. And
when Mr.. Murray attempts to indict him
on those grounds, the indictment becomes
something of an unintended compliment.
We might be making more and better
progress with new labor legislation if all
the parties to that debate were as willing
as Senator Taft to come out and say they
had changed their minds on certain points.
One example which comes to mind is the
case of the labor leaders who have been
saying that the statute is slave labor
law and that its enactment spelled the
ruin of unions. But this time those gentle
men must know that they were talking
nonsense, and it would be at least refresh
ing to have them come right out and
say So
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Brotherhood Week

At first glance Brotherhood Week may
seem only piouS sentiment. But on closer
examination the vision which it represents
is seen to be an imperative. This country
cannot survive merely as an accidental
melange of hostile minorities. If demo-
cratic civilization has any dynamic what
ever, it must consist of voluntary will
ingness to cooperate. Basically, as Pres
ident Truman has said, "the real problems
of the world are those of human relations"
and the principle of mutually is all the
solution available.
This can be set forth in terms of religion
and science; it can be demonstrated as a
practical axiom in every field of human
effort; it has been proved again and again
in the crucible of history. Cali men are
created equal" in their aspirations, their
hopes and their constructive desires.
The influences which divide men are
misunderstanding, misconceptions, mis-
apprehensions of reality. Fascism and
communism alike are fallacies because
their motivation is group or class interest.
Both seek the benefit of only faction as
distinct from the generality of people.
The sponsors of the current Brotherhood
Week program are not dreamers They
are men and women who have learned in
the hard school of experience the lesson of
fellowship and tolerance. Like the Hebrew
prophets and the Founder of Christianity,
Saint Francis of Assist and Shakespeare,
Washington and Lincoln, they believe in
the efficiency as well as the spiritual bene-
faction Of mercy. Against the greed and
Evening star., 1949-02-24

for the United States to sit down with
Russia and negotiate in spirit of willing
ness to make compromises and accommo-
dations on both Sides
1t is not true that the recovery program
has been a failure. 1t may yet fail, of
course but the present evidence, including
the efforts of the Russians to sabotage it,
is that it is achieving good success. The
security pact has not even been written,
so it is at least premature to write it off
as failure.
But there is one thing that has been a
failure, clear and demonstrable failure.
That is appeasement of Russia, or, as Mr.
Wallace puts it, the making of compro-
misses and accommodations in the hope of
getting along with Russia. That has been
tried. We have made many, too many,
compromises and accommodations in the
hope that this would be the way to peace.
But we have learned that this has pro-
duced only bad faith on the part of the
Russians, and a constant grabbing for
more.
Mr.. Wallace can talk as much as he
pleases, but the people of this country are
through with appeasement They have
seen that it is failure, and they said so
in unmistakable fashion last November.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
He Is Still Undesirable

The reason which the Government gave
for deporting Fritz Kuhn to his native
Germany in 1945 was that he was an "un-
desirable alien" And that is a perfectly
valid reason for continuing to exclude this
still offensive former Bundist and ex-
convict from the United States.
Herr Kuhn has had the effrontery to
announce an intention of regaining Amer
lean citizenship, now that he has been
freed by German court after two years
of imprisonment. He had been convicted
by q Bavarian Denazifcation Court on
charges of being major Nazi offender.
But America does not want him back We
had our fill of the clustering, strutting
would-be American fuehrer during the
years before the war when he was preach
ing Hitlers vicious doctrines to his heiling
cohorts here. Even his followers became
disillusioned when he was caught stealing
money from the organizations treasury.
After serving more than two years in
New York prison for larceny and forgery
he was denaturalized in 1912 on the ground
that in seeking American citizenship in
1884 he had fraudulently subscribed to the
oath of allegiance.
Having obtained citizenship through
) fraud, says the Department of Justice, he
never really was an American citizen. He
is indu1ging in nonsense when he talks of
"regaining" what our Government con-
tends he never had legally Bluntly, Amer
lea does not want Fritz Kuhn as either
alien or citizen. Germany can have him
permanently.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Small Boy, Wide World

Each small bro1on boy ,DtH rediscoDer earth
And Without thinking recognize the north
OF everything aDhich makes 1t a1hat 1t Is.
Pebbles and ponds and grass and frogs are
his
And every tree from root to topmost leaf
Is made for him to clinab-this sure belief
Cannot be shaken By his bark skinned toes
Or twenty tunables-and small boy knoaOs
The feel of feathers, fur, and pointed claaos
And acor1,s and persinanaonS and red haspS.
For him there is no need to understand:
He simply reaches out Nth open hand
And finds the earth right at his jtngertips
And oreets 1t aDith 1Dhistle on his Hpsi
ANOBEL ARMOUR.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Cot Likes Rot

When a respected paper like the New
York Herald Tribune says 1t knows of
cat which has adopted a rat, one has to
assume that the story is true. But it is
an assumption which has very unsettling
effect.
OF course, we are living in topsy- -turvy
world. Not many of the old verities are
left for the survivors of the horse and
buggy age, and one has come to be sur
prised at nothing. Still, it has always been
possible to cling to the comforting thought
that some things will remain as they were.
This is no longer going to be possible if
we have reached the point where cats like
rats, and vice versa. That would be too
much, and one hopes that the Herald
Tribune is going to see this thing through.
1t ought not to be content with one-day
sensation, for there may be more here than
meets the eye. Perhaps this is an abnor-
mally willy cat Instead of pouncing upon
rat, as has been the way with cats of
our experience, it may have hit upon q
new technique. Perhaps it has been lis
tening to the news from abroad and has
decided to see what can be done by
winning rats confidence and lulling it's
fears before gobbling it up. If that cat
has been telling the rat about the right of
free choice-Watch out, rat!
Clearly, the Herald Tribune has a fur
ther obligation to it's readers They will
want to know what happens to this rat
which likes and trusts cat If the rat
is still alive week from now, then any,
thing can happen and probably will
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Miss Smedley's Own Reactions

TO the Editor OF The Star:
I am greatly indebted to you for your
editorial of February II on the Tokyo spy
case IN which you referred to the charges
against me as outrageous. Your just and
powerful editorial had much to do with the
Army'S retraction OF the charges.
1 have just heard radio broadcast from
Tokyo which stated that the whole case was
part of a struggle within our War Depart
ment over the Transformation of Japan into
war bastion. One of the advocates of the
baStion theory is Gen. Willoughby, chief
of MacArthurs G2, who, the broadcast said,
is preparing for new attack.
In other words, am caught in the cross
fire of conflicting groups, in our War De-
partment. I find myself under darkening
storm clouds, target of conflicting forces
of great power. The first attack swept away
much of my health and my meager life
savings. What else do the advocates of the
bastion theory seek? Is it my life? If so,
what good would that do them afterwards?
Up to this time I have been a rather
obscure citizen of whom you perhaps never
heard until this whole thing broke like
storm. 1 feel like minor character in a
Greek tragedy, accidentally selected bY fate
for destruction. I admit that my attitude
may be subjective, yet I find it difficult to
feel otherwise since it is myself that is
involved.
I could not understand Gen. Willoughbys
attitude until looked him up in who's
Who" now understand the philosophy"
behind the Tokyo spy case. 1t is not Amer
ican but Prussian. AGNES SMEDLEY.
Editors Note: Miss Smedley is the Ameri-
can author who was described in the recent
Army spy report as "a spy and agent of the
Soviet government" The report later was
disavowed by the department as contrary
to Army public relations policy" Gen. Will
loughby also protested release of the report.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Appreciation of a Good Barber
To the Editor of The Star:

People die and the world goes right on.
But when a man dies who never uttered an
unkind word. who never answered back, who
always was faithfully at his post even when
ILL., who was loved almost to the point OF
alteration by his family, we should pause to
pay our respect.
Such a man was Joseph Pugliese. for many
years my barber. The world is better be-
cause Joe lived in it; and many. including
myself, are stronger because we knew him.
WILBUR LA ROE, Jr.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
1Driter, although it is permissible for
1Driter knoWn to The Star to use
a nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1949-02-24

Science perhaps feels it just can't stand
still; but we thought the old-fashioned
unimproved atomic energy was pretty
good.
Evening star., 1949-02-24

Baseball is good slavery if you can get it.
Not only is Joe Di Maggie to be paid
100000 year but they let him play out
doors all afternoon.
Evening star., 1949-02-24

Whenever you're in the dumps, look
around. 1t was in one such that a New
Jersey man found $500 in rain-soaked
cardboard box
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question u
fact by writing The Evening Star, Information
Bureau. 916 street NE, WASHINGTON 2, D. c.
Please nclose three 49, cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1949-02-24

Time flies-and at supersonic speed, it
now seems. A column of current birth
days lists John D. Rockefeller the younger
for goodness sake-as IS.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

O. Is it practical to use mixture OF
anthracite and bituminous coal as house,
hold fuel?-F. o. S.
A. A mixture of anthracite and bitumi"
nous coal is quite practical at any time.
according to the Bureau of Mines. A mix
ture as high as $3.50 may be used.
@. In using the titles Reverend" and
Honorable is it necessary to use both the
given and surname?-K. E. r.
A. These titles should not be followed
Immediately by a surname. The correct
form is the Reverend John English or the
Reverend MIR. English; the Honorable James
Gordon.
O. What is the symbolism Of the cross
with two cross bars?-M z.
A. The cross with two cross bars forms
a part of the heraldic arms of a patriarch
and is carried before him in professions.
In the Greek and Russian churches form
of suppedaneum Support for the feet) is
represented as oblique The reason given Is
the legend that one foot of the Crucified
One, when suffering was drawn higher than
the other.
@. What are the requirements for be-
coming a cadet in the United States Air
Force?-N. E. E.
A. Men accepted Tor Air Force aVlatlon
cadet training must be between the ages Of
20 and 26A years, with two years of college
education or the ability to pass equivalent
examination, and must possess high moral.
physical and personal qualifications. The
aviation cadet program provides IL months
of flying. academic, and military training.
Graduates receive pilots wings. a commits
sion as second lieutenant in the Air Force
Reserve and assignment to three years Of
active duty. Outstanding graduates imme-
diately receive commissions in the Regular
Air Force. All other graduates have an OPP
portunity while on active duty to qualify
for one of the Regular commissions offered
each year by the Air Force.
O. Who is the composer of "Hora Stac-
cato?" Is it Heifetz? j. P. go
A. "Hora Staccato' is not an original COM
position of Heifetz. The story is told that
on one of his trips through Europe, he heard
Rumanian violinist play this number.
Heifetz was so impressed by its beauty that
he Immediately wrote down the music. in
order that he might add it to his own reper-
toire "Hora Staccato" Is credited to q
Rurnanian composer whose name is Dinicu.
Evening star., 1949-02-24

Probably no utterance of President
Truman has aroused more speculative
interest than his proposal for aid in the
development of economically backward
countries throughout the world
Evening star., 1949-07-16

hindrances" in Argentina and OBJ
served that independent papers
there "have endured during the
last 10 years various difficulties,
pressures and even violence"
Summing up the situation in
Argentina, the report said: With
out exerting prior censorship,
there is a resort to indirect means
to impede the printing of a pub
lication or to prevent its dis
tribution."
Rationing Held partial"
Government rationing of news
print in Argentina was "anom-
alous and partial" the report
said. 1t observed that various
newspapers had suspended be-
cause of inability to get news
print or because of government
regulations Of various types.
The report pointed out that the
government of Panama recently
announced the lifting of censor
ship there last spring and said
the Bolivian press enjoys nat
ural guarantees" and is permitted
to criticize the present regime.
The position of the press in
Cuba, the Dominican Republic.
Peru, Venezuela, Guatemala. Ell