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Evening star., 1949-08-19
Businessmen's Business

Much of the criticism of the old Wash
ington Community Chest and Council of
Social Agencies came from the business
mems associations, particularly in South
east, Northeast and Southwest Washington.
The criticism became one of the forces
behind reorganization and development of
the present United Community Services.
It is gratifying to note that the Fedora
ton of Businessmen's Associations has
voted now to support the coming campaign
of the Community Chest Federation. With
single dissenting vote, the federation
has adopted resolution that recognizes
the forward steps" already taken by the
United Community Services. While put
ting the federation on record as continuing
to work for other desirable changes, the
resolution promises full cooperation in the
1949 drive.
That is commendable step on the part
of the Businessmen's Federation. Success
of the Community Chest Federation drive
should be the concern of every man who
does business in Washington. The intelli-
gent course to follow in this respect, is
to make every effort toward that success
while continuing to work within the
United Community Services for such
organizational changes as may seem wise
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time when the average expectancy will
bo wall ovor Inn voors

a time when the average expectancy will
be we'll over 100 years.
Like progress in most things, progress
in the field of longevity creates problems
of it's own. In few decades, there prob
ably will be considerably more than
100000 Americans aged over IS, which
means that the Nations social security
load will steadily increase. Further, the
older people, becoming proportionately a
larger part of our overall population will
be more powerful political factor than
they are now.
Our increasing longevity thus promises
to exercise a significant influence on the
future of the Nation. Taken together with
the possibility that our population may
double to total of 0O00O,000 in the next
100 years, it is one of the most important
reasons why the era ahead seems destined
to. be a time of deep adjustment and
change, socially, politically and economi-
cally The more we multiply, in short, and
the longer we live, the more complicated
our society is likely to become.
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Agreement on Recreation

A memorandum agreement between the
Interior Departments Park Service and
the District Recreation Board, approved
by the board yesterday, is about seven
years late in coming to pass. 1t will be
some time before all it's terms are made
effective. But it marks, on paper at
least, the beginning of what should be
new deal in local recreation.
Congress intended that the Recreation
Board, created in 1912, should plan for
and control all local recreation. Under
the board more progress has been made
in development of local recreation than
ever before. But the Interior Depart
ment's Park Service has not been willing
partner in the undertaking. 1t has held
on to certain of it's properties, such as
the golf courses, the swimming pools and
other facilities in the parks, preferring to
deal with its own concessionaires. All of
these except the swimming pools, are now
covered in the agreement with the Recrea-
ton Board.
The Importance of such an agreement
Is illustrated by curious development in
connection with plans for the sesquicen-
tennial. The Park Service has agreed to
make land available for the sesquicen-
tennial buildings at the foot of East
Capitol street. The surprising thing about
that agreement is that it was made with
out the Recreation Boards knowledge.
Common courtesy If nothing else, would
have demanded that the Recreation Board
be consulted.
For the area in question, although
under Park Service Jurisdiction has been
developed by the Recreation Board for
softball, baseball and soccer fields. As
many as $50 teams have been using the
area this past summer. The reclaimed
land involved was developed with Lanham
Act funds, largely as the result OF the
loss of play areas in. West Potomac Park,
taken over by the Governments perma-,
nently Temporary" wartime buildings Its
Joss is no small thing. Alternatives might
have been suggested had the matter been
discussed with the Recreation Board in
advance. Failure of the Park Service even
to notify the Recreation Board is only
too indicative of its lack of any real con-
Germ for local recreation. This demon
strates the advantages of local board
devoted exclusively to protecting what
we have in recreation and looking for
every opportunity to expand 1t.
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World Conservation Conference

One OF the most constructive ana nopelul
aspects of the United Nations is the work
being done by group OF subsidiary
organizations dealing with relatively non
political and non-controversial matters
of common interest to all mankind, such
as health food, and the development and
conservation of natural resources. The
latter field is the subject of the Scientific
Conference which has Just convened at
the U. N. center at Lake Success, New York.
Here, distinguished assemblage OF scien-
fists and technicians representing forty
four member nations of the U. N. are
meeting to discuss and study variety of
problems in this field, the aim beingtto
elaborate a program of international
action on a global scale.
The urgent need for such action and the
possibilities for effective endeavor were
alike stressed by the addresses delivered
at the opening session of the conference.
Present and contingent dangers were
pointed out by Fairfield Osborn, president
of the Conservation Foundation, who
sketched dark picture of "our plundered
planet" with its vanishing forests, eroded>
soils, failing water supply and fireplace
able mineral resources within sight OF
exhaustion. All this depletion, facilitated
by modern scientific techniques, co-exists
with an explosive upsurge" of human
increase that has doubled the worlds
population in the past century and may
result in over 3,OO0,0O0,000 inhabitants on
an already overcrowded globe by the year
1000 AID. Such a situation, unless remedied
by applied scientific knowledge, would
render illusory all hope of worldwide
peace and stability.
However, it was precisely those remedial
possibilities that were emphasized by other
speakers, notably by Secretary OF the In
terror julius A. Krug and U. N. Secretary
General Trygve Lie. Secretary Krug
promised the help of the United States
in conservation and development measures,
especially in backward countries, along the
line indicated by President Truman in his
celebrated Point a" proposal, and went
on with the optimistic statement that
"there is not the slightest question in my
mind that scientists and engineers can
find and develop food, fuels and materials
to meet the demands of the worlds in
creasing population with greatly i'm
proved standard of living" In similar
vein, Trygve Lie told the delegates: "If
we could really put science and technology
to fuller use in peace as we did in war;
I believe that no one could predict the
world population which our resources could
support, or the rise in >the average stand
ard of living that would be possible"
- Such are the two facets of problem
vyb;ch M informed nerson can doubt is
basic to our time and still more to the
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Best-Kept Secret

There is merit in President Truman's
recommendation that judgment OF his
military aide be suspended until after
General Vaughan has told his story to the
Hoey Investigating Committee. Like any
one else, General Vaughan is entitled to
his day in court, and he should not be
adjudged guilty without full opportunity
to present his defense.
There is equal reason, however, to re-
frain from prejudgments of innocence,
and this is point which the President
might keep in mind.
Last week, after the Tanforan race track
disclosures, Mr. Truman rose up to defend
his aide Nothing which had been brought
the general. And again this week the
President seemed to be appearing in the
role of counsel for the. defense. He COM
planned that General Vaughan's case was
being prejudiced by the disclosure of
testimony adverse to him, while the favor
able testimony, given to the committee
in closed sessions, was being kept secret.
Perhaps this Is so. Members of the
investigating committee, smarting under
the implied rebuke in the Presidents
remarks, have made public at least a
portion of the closed-session testimony,
and there certainly is nothing in it that
is favorable to General Vaughan. STILL
there may be more. One is tempted to
the conclusion, however, that If the de-
velopment of the atomic bomb was the
best-kept secret of the war, the evidence
favorable to General Vaughan is the best
kept secret of the postwar years.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Scene: The Palace

This sultry noon the Empress Butterfly
Floats regally among her fatterers.
Beneath the gilded arras OF the sky,
They stand In little clumps. The yello,D
tnrs
Worn by the empress ,oilt Dame Mig
nonette
WHO'S old and traiU and little Princess
Phlor,
SQuirming IN pantalets OF pink georgette,
T,oirIin9 parasol OF hollyhock.
Str Cockscomb, on the other hand, ap-
proUeS
Most heartily her n,ajestys attire
And Dice persa. Gracefully she nloues
To,Dard that pelDet gentleman. A spirs
OF Canterbury Bells cannot resist
Tinkling legato ,Ohile the Iouers kiss.
JOHN NIXON, Jr.
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@. Do moleS have eyeS?-O. l.. II.
A. All moles have eyes but they are rudi-
mentary in size and are sometimes almost
entirely covered by skin and fur.
@. Has the presiding officer of an organi-
zation the right to vote in the election OF
officers?-W. G.
A. The president, or chairman, Of a club
has precisely the same right to vote as any
other member. If a member Of the assem-
bly, he is entitled to vote when the vote is
by ballot (but not after the tellers have
commenced to count the ballots. Accord
ing to Roberts Rules of Order, 1t is a general
rule that no one can vote on a question in
which he has direct personal or pecuniary
interest. Yet, this does not prevent a MEM
ber from voting for himself for any office
or other position. as voting for delegate
or for a member Of a committee.
O. What Is the real name of the bird
known as the Laughing jackass?"-O. F. C..
A. The kookaburra is popularity known
as the Laughing jackass" because. instead
Of singing, 1t enits raucous laugh. The
bird is a member of the kingfisher family
and a native of Australia. Because of its
curious cry and strange habits it is con-
slant source of wonder.
@. Is the earth's crust affected by the
gravitational pull of the moon?-M. Med.
A. It is believed that the crust of the
earth yields to the producing force
exerted by the moon to the extent per-
haps nine or 10 inches. The rise and fall
is as large as this only for places where the
moon passes directly overhead, that is, for
places in or near the Tropics For places
in the northern United States the rise and
fall would be only half as large. The sun
produces a similar rise and fall not quite
half as large as that due to the moon.
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Living Longer i.

The average life expectancy of Ameri-
cans continues on the increase. Owing to
steady improvement in the control OF
ses-particularly those of infancy and
childhood-today's newborn in this country
can look forward to living 66.8 years, which
is almost two years better than the prewar
figure.
This gain-which. represents total in
crease of almost Is years over the national
average of a century ago-covers the two
sexes and all colors. When sex and color
are considered separately, according to the
Office of Vital Statistics, it is found that
the white female can hope to live 706
years-or more than five years longer than
the white male, whose expectancy is 652.
Similarly, the non-white female can look
forward to 619 years, as against only 579
for the non-white male.
Wholly apart from the marked disparity
between the whites and non whites-which
has been gradually narrowing-the over
all average, regardless Of sex or color, has
been constantly growing. The upward
trend, moreover, is almost certain to con-
tinue. New drugs, new discoveries, and
nOptQ-loT new duFduCcS III Iuc tIedtLieLe
of degenerative diseases and the control
of such major killers as cancer promise to
keep the figure rising. Thus, it is by no
means inconceivable that Americans born
a century from now will be able to expect
better than 91 years OF life, gaining Is
years over us, Just as we have gained Is
over those born in 1s4s. indeed, according
to some scientists, it is at least theoreti-
Evening star., 1949-08-19
The House GumbIes

In voting to cut some $5SO,0OO,0O0 from
the European arms program, the House is
gambling with the security of the Western
world. 1t is gamble which promises little
gain as against the risk that is taken.
The President had asked for 81 ,160, $780,
600 to begin the rearmament of Western
Europe, the undertaking to be spread over
tWo-year period. The House has chopped
that in half, at the same time providing
the curtailed funds should be used over
a one-year period.
On the surface, this may appear to be
innocuous, since an additional appropria-
ton could be made a year from now
which, in effect, would supply the same
total fund over two-year period. The
trouble with this is that it prevents any
long-range scheduling of the arms pro-
gram, for there can be no certainty as to
what the House may do year from now.
AS Speaker Rayburn said, the mood OF
yesterday was reminiscent of the pre-
Pearl Harbor days. There are those who
can remember that day in 1941 when, with
our friends in Europe staggering under the
Nazi onslaught and with the disaster OF
Pearl Harbor but a few weeks off, the
House failed by only one vote in an effort
to scrap the selective service system. The
argument then was: We are not in danger,
so let us wait and see what happens.
Yesterday the same argument ran through
the debate: Let's wait and see what
happens.
This is an attitude which flies in the
face of the best advice which could be
brought to bear on the question. Our
military and diplomatic officials have been
unanimous in urging the Importance Of
adopting the full program as quickly as
possible. General Marshall, who is beyond
suspicion of partisan interest, firmly in
dorses that view. But the House would
have none of it. With the Republicans
voting almost solidly in its favor, the
cut was made and a sensible proposal to
make up the deleted half in provision
for contract authorizations, which would
have permitted long-range plans to be
made was trampled in the stampede.
One especially fallacious argument has
been advanced in behalf of the fund cut.
1t is said that there is no evidence that
Russia is preparing to attack Western
Europe, and therefore, no reason why we
should not move slowly in the rearmament
effort The obvious trouble with this argu-
ment is that if Russia were preparing to
attack, it would be foolish to attempt to
rearm the West For nothing contem-
plated in this program could stop the
Russians If they were preparing to march,
we would simply be throwing away our
arms and money by investing them in
the defense of Western Europe.
The immediate hope in this program is
that, taken with the Atlantic pact, it will
serve as a deterrent to Russia. Perhaps
it would not be an effective deterrent.
But as we water it down, as we show
disposition to waver and hesitate, its
effectiveness as deterrent force certainly
will be diminished. This is the gamble
that the House is taking, and with little
real prospect of any gain. 1t is foolish
risk, and it is to be hoped that every
effort will be made in the Senate to win
acceptance of the two-year plan, on the
basis, at least, of half cash and half in
contract authority.
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Rescue Squad Praised
BY Grateful Mother
To the Editor Of The Star: !,

have often read In The Star about the
rescue squads and how they are always help
ing those that are really in need Of help.
would like to add my praise. Last Saturday.
August 6. my small son suddenly was taken
ILL., and the doctor couldn't be reached. The
Brentwood Rescue Squad ambulance, called
in the emergency, was at the door within
five minutes. Then they took us to the hos
pital. Now I realize the value Of these won
derful men who are always ready to serve.
MY very deepest thanks to them.
MRS. VINCENT H. DUBNSKY.
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Scolds Senator for Delay
OF Military Pay Bill
To the Editor of The Star:

Of Military ray Dill
To the Editor of The Star:
The tactics of two gentlemen of the Sem
ate have effectively prevented any considera-
ton of the military pay bill. Both Senator
Flanders of Vermont and Senator OMahoney
of Wyoming can see no reason to take up the
bill at this time although they lost no time
in approving pay bill for themselves re-
Gently With 100000 service people and
their dependents scanning the newspapers
daily for some signs Of progress in connec-
ton with the bill, it only seems fair for them
to know that the above mentioned gentle
men stand between them and their hopes of
getting out Of the red. I'd like to suggest
that every serviceman and his family sit
down and write these gentlemen and let them
know that service morale is dipping more
every day. with bills rising and pay actually
falling. We know the war is over but today's
serviceman is tomorrow's wall Of flesh to hold
back the Russian hordes
If you want decent Army, Navy or Air
Force. pay them decent wage and stop
playing politics with national security
Messrs. Flanders and O'Mahoney are the
best friends the Russians have in sabotaging
morale in the armed forces.
JOHN A. NORTON
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Objects to Criticism of Givers
OF Gifts to President and Family

10 the Eoitor OF Inc star:
Something should be done about the smear
artists who go so far as to question the pro-
priety Of any gift any individual might care
to make to the Chief Executive or any mem
ber of his family.
It has been traditional from the beginning
to shower the President currently in the
White House with tokens of respect, honor
and gratitude. Our Thanksgiving Day has
been one occasion for showing our apprecia-
ton to God for earthly blessings and almost
invariably the President receives one or more
turkeys on this and other occasions
Our Constitution guarantees our rights to
"the pursuit of happiness" These rights
end only where the next fellows begin. Seem
ingly there are dead souls to whom it never
has occurred that it makes some people happy
to give gifts.
Any right thinking person should rejoice
that our President. who has done and is doing
good job, is becoming increasingly popular
and his wife is making an excellent First
Lady, as she is well loved among women for
her sincerity and genuine goodness. Under
the Constitution any who attack them with
out cause can and should be dealt with and
controlled as anti-Americans.
DIsGUsTED.
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Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
1oriter, although it is permissible for
1Uriter kno1Un to The Star to use
q nom de plume Please be brief.
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brought here and put in positions where they
can issue tyrannical Misunderstanding our
own properties; and apparently the citizens
of Washington are unable to form an orga-
nized resistance to them.
We all know that even person like Sec
retary Krug never ate with, drank with,
played golf with. or swan with Negro unless
it was for political advantage, yet, in his
effort to be in with an organized minority,
he tells the unorganized majority of white
people in Washington that they must do so
or they will be guilty of discrimination. I'm
proud to plead guilty to such charge
WASHINGTON BORN.
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future of the human race. It will be
interesting to discover what this confer
ence of qualified specialists will determine
during the course of their deliberations.
Evening star., 1949-08-19

Politicians Regarded as Dictators
Catering to Minorities
To the Editor Of The Star:
Poor. helpless. voteless Washington! Poll
ticians. who never have been elected to q
position % high ~ town dog catcher, are
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Northern Ireland Prefers
Independence without Compromise
To the Editor OF The Star:

In the British-Irish dispute. Ireland main
tains only the above two are involved; North
ern Ireland rejects dictation from both. The
people OF Northern Ireland insist on guiding
their own destiny. FRED HAMILTON.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
Moved to Protest BY
Execution of Eugene James


Execution of Eugene James
To the Editor Of The Star:
On Friday last, the great State of Mary
land achieved a most signal triumph, a
masterful achievement that should re-echo
down the centuries, rivalng the most sordd
practices of the crudest periods of the Mid
die Ages.
The victim of this unequal contest was a
giant. half-Wit, mentally sick Negro who was
sorely in need of psychiatric aid.
We shall not discuss any of the details of
the case as to the justice or injustice of the
punishment meted out to Eugene James.
But We must confess that in our judgment
it was one of the most brutal, bungling,
ghoulish, sadistic executions of all time.
The records of the past clearly prove that
capital punishment is not a deterrent to
crime; the roots are much deeper. Capital
punishment unquestionably is unscriptural.
inhuman, vindictive, contrary to every New
Testament concept of justice and mercy
Wreaked almost without exception upon the
helpless. underprivleged, poverty stricken
segment of either race, especially those of
a minority group.
II the present mode of execution is per-
mitted to remain because of the complacent
attitude Of the citiZenry of this great State,
at last resort the S. p c., A. should speak
out, entreating and beseeching the General
Assembly to outlaw now and forever that
archaic, inhuman. ungodly relic of a back
ward age, the old wooden gallows, and
grant condemned criminals at least the
humane treatment accorded to dying in
mates of the animal pound.
EUGENE WILLIAMS.
Evening star., 1949-08-19
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. Do moles have eyes?-O. L. R.
A. All moles have eyes but they are rudi-
mentary in size and are sometimes almost
entirely covered by skin and fur.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-06-18
Purchase New York
Resort House

Mr.. and Mrs. Stinson Everett OF
NYC recently purchased a $4,000
boarding house IS miles from NYC
in the Catskill Mountains widely
known as the center of the resort
section of N. Y. state. Mrs. Everett
is the former Mrs. Annie Mae
Hughes of Miami. Her mother Mrs.
Laura Vickers resides at 1854 NV
10Th ave. in Liberty City. Her uncle
and aunt is Rev. and Mrs. Lewis
Perry also of this city. Mr.. Everett's
mother, Mrs. Mamie Everett, lives
in Burlington, N. j. His brother
Rev. Homer Everett lives in FIT.
Lauderdale, Fla. and is pastor of
New Jerusalem Baptist Church in
Hallandale, Fla.