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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-24
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-19
Dads Urged to Soft-Pedal
Their Halloween Exploits
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
With the approach Of Halloween and our
communitys past experience with 1t as
somewhat of q nightmare and headache, we
might we'll take stock at this time.
Insofar as children are concerned we
know they are great imitators. Dad and
other adults in the family quite frequently
portray a vivid picture Of their escapades
as kids in observance Of Halloween, but
usually conclude by saying: But don't let
me catch you doing anything like that"
Rather silly isn't it?
Furthermore, we give public presentation
to that which is expected in the way OF
antics and vandalism on this annual occa-
sion. Then we say to the youngsters: IF you
behave yourselves as you should, we will give
you apples. cakes, etc., and maybe even ice
cream" How nice. The kids are away ahead
Of us at this point.
For at least the past ten years we in the
Washington Boys Club have been develop
ing Halloween as local "Mardi Gras' for
youngsters, leaving out the traditional acts
Of vandalism Of past generations. The
results have been as you might expect as
time at our clubs and the neighborhoods In
which they are located are quite free from
vandalism.
The money we spend for repairs might
well be spent for real fun. Headaches high
blood pressure and hot tempers could be
spared. CHARLES M. FYFE
Executive Director, Boys Club Of WASH
ingtCn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-19
New District JUDGES

Those who would like to believe that
demonstrated merit should be, and is, the
controlling consideration in the selection
OF a Federal judge will be disappointed in
Tuesdays announcement from the White
House. There will be less disappointment,
and perhaps none, among those who are
reconciled to the role that political con-
siderations usually play in these matters.
In selecting James R. Kirkland, a Re-
publican, for one of the three newly
created vacancies on the District Court,
the President has chosen well. A resident
of the District since childhood Mr. Kirk
land has had long and varied experience
at the bar and in many collateral activities
in the community He has acquired the
background in local legal practice and in
local affairs which judge of the District
Court ought to have, and he can be ex-
pected to add strength to an overburdened
trial bench.
The two other nominees are Mrs Burnita
Shelton Matthews and Charles F. Nc
Laughlin. Mrs. Matthews, the first woman
to be named to the District Court, has
practiced law here for more than twenty
years and she was among those recon-
mended for appointment to the bench
by the District Bar Association. Mr.. Nc
Laughlin is former Democratic Congress-
man from Nebraska who was defeated for
reelection six years ago. Since then he
has served on the American-Mexican
Claims Commission and in the Indian
Claims Division.
Friends of both of these nominees speak
highly of them and of their qualifications.
It would be difficult, however, to form
worthwhile opinion as to the kind of
judges they will make from what is known
here of their careers at the bar. Like
many other judges, their regulations will
be made after, not before, they take their
places on the bench. To all three,
The Star extends it's congratulations and
wishes them every success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-19
The Cabin Revisited

Hon. bright and still the loDely rtuer lies,
A sheen of light beneath thegnoondav
sun;
Hoso sohtte and dazzling to the narrowed
eyes,
These beaches ,Ohere the singing ripples
run.
The little cabin stands among the trees
With trumpet Dtnes and holly at the
door, * - Z
But no,0 the bouohs breathe lonely n,elo-
dies 5F@ >
And sed0e reclains the pathway to The
shore.
The old dock falls to drittwood no,o. me
sail '.=-. .as'sgt5s q
Comes tacking IN or launching Nth the
tide, go
For years haze Dritten "Ftnis' to- the 9als
OF boys adventures at the, ioatvsids.
Those unforgtten days liue on IN me
Like. echoes of lost felicity. iii
NEZ BARCLAY KIRBx.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-19
The Balkan GuerriIIus

Taken by itself, the announcement by
the self-styled government" of the Greek
guerrillas that it is stopping military oper-
ations is happy development. 1t would
seem to assure harried Greece at least
temporary respite from desolating civil war
and will facilitate the economic recon-
struction so desperately needed there.
However, the attendant circumstances Of
this manifesto should temper optimism.
In the first place, the rebel regime an
nounces that the cessation OF hostilities Is
merely Temporary" and that its armed
forces are kept In being. The Greek gen.
eral staff estimates that between 10000
and $4,000 guerrillas are in Albania, to say
nothing of an indeterminate number in
Bulgaria Their harboring by the Albanian
and Bulgarian governments is, of course, a
fragrant violation of international law, but
there appears little that can be done about
It. So these organized forces remain
potential threat, not only to Greece in
particular but to the general peace of the
Balkans.
It is widely believed that those Greek
rebels are destined for new duty as part
of concerted guerrilla action on the part
of all Moscow's Balkan satellites against
Yugoslavia. There is much to indicate
that such campaign, on the Greek model,
will be launched in the near future In
that case we may see Yugoslavia's borders
inf1ltrated by irregular formations of AL
banians, Bulgarians, Greeks, Hungarians
and Romanians, perhaps reinforced by
international brigades" composed of
Communists drawn from still other lands
This would be sort of undeclared war
engineered from Moscow to overthrow the
recalcitrant Tito government of Yugo-
slavia
Such maneuver, though repugnant to
accepted standards, would be In line with
traditional Balkan practice. The troubled
Balkan peninsula has for centuries been
a center of guerrilla tactics. During the
long Turkish domination, free spirits
among the oppressed Christian minorities
took to the hills and waged intermittent
warfare against their Turkish oppressors
These patriotic bigands were the heroes
of their co-religionists. When the Christian
Balkan peoples progressively threw of the
Turkish yoke and became independent
nations, their rival nationalisms were
waged by guerrillas as well as by their
regular troops. The classic guerrilla land
was Macedonia, where partisan organiza-
tons fought each other as well as the
Turkish authorities
The coming of communism to the
Balkans has added another variant to the
guerrilla pattern. The Turk has gone.
But within each Balkan state there is a
grim clash between Moscow-backed Com
munists and nationalist elements who still
think in patriotic terms. The final twist
to this complex has been the quarrel be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-19
Tribute to q Good Citizen

The Board of Education has made a
good choice of name for the elementary
school to be erected at Fourth street and
Mississippi avenue Southeast. It is emf
nently appropriate that one of Washing
tons new schools should be named for
the late Rabbi Abram Simon. The District
school system has never had more de-
voted friend and advocate than DR.. Simon.
1t owes much of its prewar progress to his
foresight and leadership.
Thrice president of the Board of Educa-
ton, DR.. Simon worked untiringly over
a period of many years to improve Wash
ington's schools. Despite the pressure. Of
his religious and welfare activities, he
found time to plead the schools cause
with an eloquence and persuasiveness that
helped to bring results. He strove to pro-
vide better classroom facilities, better
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-19
What Purpose Is Served?

A pertinent question was raised again
at the Commissioners budget hearing yes
terday. Do they serve any useful purpose?
Under the system, OF many years stand
ing, it is difficult to believe that they serve
any purpose whatever, insofar as the size
of the budget is concerned The citizens
have available the pipe-dream estimates
by the department. heads, which are made
without the slightest reference to available
revenue And they are invited to testify
without any precise estimates of the
amount of money that the Commissioners
can spend So the hearings are more or
less farce, as far as concerns any ntelll-
gent consideration of how given sum
of money can be most wisely spent.
The citizens participation in budget
making from now on is even more farcical.
When the Commissioners complete their
budget, its size and what it contains are
a state secret-not revealed until sent to
Congress When the appropriations sub
committees commence their hearings, the
proceedings are conducted behind closed
doors. Not until the appropriations bill
is reported from committee are the citizens
acquainted with what 1t contains. So,
except for the brief opportunity to appear
before the Commissioners and talk in gen.
ordinations about principles OF sound
Judgment and economy that should guide
the shaping of the budget, with emphasis
on some things that some citizens espe-
eially desire, the rest Of the budgeting
process is a cut-and dried process from
which the citizen and taxpayer Is
excluded.
But when all that is said, there does
remain a modicum of usefulness in the
Commissioners hearings. For that reason
they ought to be continued. Citizens who
take the trouble to prepare case are able
sometimes to convince the Commissioners
of the merit Of undertakings which other
wise might remain unnoticed. There Is
at least the opportunity to demonstrate
community interest in definite needs. And
II more citizens took the time and the
trouble to attend the hearings and argue
their cases, the usefulness Of the purpose
they serve would In that respect be
increased.
That the hearings do not serve more
useful purpose may be the result Of in
difference on the part of too many
people willing enough to "let George do it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-19
Dire Results Predicted
From Rockville Property Reassessment

Dire Results Predicted
From Rockville Property Reassessment
To the Editor Of The Star:
cannot help but write a few lines in con-
nection with the reassessment of property
in the Rockville neighborhood. The Star
Of December 10, 1948, reported that we face
an per cent rise. My rise was from $2,650
to $5,400, or more than double. After pro-
test, it was reduced to $3.50. There have
been no improvements to the property or
its surroundings since last assessment AS
the property ages the value should decrease
Another member of my family owns our
home farm which has been abandoned as
farm land for over 80 years. It has grown
up in scrubpines and broomsedge, truly a
piece OF wasteland. The assessment on it
has increased more than eight times
The owner of a neighboring farm suffered
likewise and they are both being forced by
our State to sell, their taxes actually being
more than their income.
Several other friends in town report their
taxes have doubled. This is an alarming
condition which fear will bring dire results.
So. although in some isolated cases per
cent rises were made, the consensus in this
neighborhood is that the rise is greatly in
excess of that.
WILLIAM F.. ROBERTSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-19

tween the Stalinist and Titoist brands of
communism, each striving to implant sedi-
tious fifth columns" among its rivals. For
the frantic "purges' now going on within
the Moscow satellites indicate latent
"Titoism" there, presumably nurtured by
the Yugoslav government with familiar
methods of infiltration. And this, in turn,
stimulates Moscow to step up it's efforts
to crush Titoism at its heart by disguised
intervention through irregular penetration.
The question naturally arises as to how
much further this veritable witches caul-
dron of reciprocal conspiracy, sedition and
irregular warfare can simmer without
boiling over and endangering the peace,
not only of the Balkans but of Europe and
the world as well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-19
The Real MonopoIists

The John L. Lewis proposal for united
union front to raise $2,5O0,OO0 a week for
the striking steel workers seems to have
fallen on barren ground
The response of Philip Murray, president
both of the steel workers and the CLIO,
was prompt, If not exactly to the point
Mr.. Murray said that he favored unity Of
labor action against "the monopolists and
financial interests" but he did not quite
say that he accepted the Lewis offer to
help the steel workers. Instead, he turned
the proposal around and put his main
emphasis on the willingness of the steel
workers to help Mr.. Lewis striking miners
There was, however, no hemming and
having in the response of william Green,
president OF the AFL. He said that he
would have nothing to do with the Lewis
project. This may have been due to the
fact that the AFL was expected to put up
nine-tenths of the money. Or it might
be attributed to the Lewis Murray habit of
insulting the AFL president whenever 1t
suits their fancy to do so. But in either
event, If Mr. Green will not go along that
probably Is the end of the matter.
This must have been expected, however,
and it may suit Mr.. Lewis purposes. The
UNIV president apparently did not con-
suit either of his opposite numbers before
publicizing his offer, and this leads to the
suspicion that it was more of grandstand
play than bona fide proposal. Thus, if
this was bit of interunion politics. If
MI. Lewis really was making a gesture
toward the rank and file of the steel
workers, he may have accomplished what
he set out to do.
There will be those, however, who will
take a different view. Mr.. Lewis has
$500 coal miners out on strike. It is
not quite clear what the strike is all about,
but he talks great deal about the distress
OF the miners. Yet, and without even
consulting the miners, he does not hesitate
to promise a quarter of million dollars
week OF their money to the steel strikers.
NOR Is Mr. Murray to be outdone. Equally
generous with other peoples money, he
assures Mr.. Lewis that the steel workers.
who will soon be wondering how to feed
their families, stand ready to come to the
aid of the striking miners.
Granting that this exchange between
the labor bosses is not to be taken too
seriously, it nevertheless suggests one con-
clusion. If the President and the ATTORNEY
General and the Congress are Interested
in real monopolies, they might take a look
at the labor setdp. A great deal of time
is spent, and rightly so, in roofing out
business monopolies. But there is nothing
In business or industry which compares
with the monopolies of the mine workers
and the steel workers. Nor is it at all
likely that there is an industrial titan
alive today who would dream of being as
free and easy with other peoples money
as are MeSSrS Lewis and Murray
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-19
HEAVY Chatter

They used to be called adolescents, and
their mothers worried about them a lot
and hoped they would make 1t safely to
their twenties. Now, however, they are
known as "teen-agers," term which does
not begin to suggest the agony and in
tenSity of 1t all, and it has been officially
acknowledged that they live in world
all their own. They have their own Ian
guage their own fashions and their own
oracles. But this diplomatic recognition
does not seem to have cleared up their
two greatest and most persisting prob
lens. The half-grown are still racked
with uncertainty as to when to kiss and
what to say.
On the kissing question, they are unani-
mouSly urged by their consultants in news
papers and magazines-as indeed by their
mothers, whose advice they do not greatly
prize-not to make it habit. But when
it comes to conversation, the directions are
positive and dynamic. None of this trivial
chit-chat about weather. so favored by
aimless adults, will do in the. under twenty
set. Only the verbal blockbuster is con-
sidered the proper opening gambit. re-
cent bit of counsel to teen-agers quoted in
The New Yorker suggested that the PROM
bound maiden should bring her escort
sharply to attention by asking him if he
knew that more suicides are committed
on rainy days than sunny ones. Presum-
ably this jolts him so effectively that he
will finally be betrayed into mentioning
his hobby, which is most devoutly to be
wished for. The emphasis on hobbies is
something that rather battles the family
since they have generally assumed that
as far as avocations 60, the girls stop with
the telephone, the boys with eating.
Anyway, presumably the conversation
swings along gaily once information about
stamp-collecting or woodcarving has been
ferreted out. Teen-agers apparently start
out by coming firmly to grips with the
basic verities and then slacken of into
the everyday direct reversal of their
elders approach to the tete tete It is
just one Of those things that makes them
appear more battling than they really are.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-19
Reader Rebels Against
F0rty-H0ur Law

TO the Editor Of The Star:
1t does not take q philosopher to realize
that the faith our forefathers had in this
Nation Is being distorted by human corrup-
ton into the opposite Of everything they
ever advocated.
Under the Stars and Stripes millions are
now conditioned to accept humbly, thank
fully and without protest share the-work
law passed in the days of the depression.
With the national debt over 255 billion, the
price of everything gone up beyond reason,
innumerable protests on the high cost of
living. we still retain this stupid law that
destroys stability and productive capacity.
It is not for the workers to protest against
the forty hours; the very insolence of pro-
test is in itself form Of treason. So cor
rupted by laziness and deluded by false
promises. they remain silent. To the selfish
union leaders, the unpatriotic politicians.
and the third-rate statesmen, this ought
indeed be a joyful occasion. It manifeste
their victory in preparing millions in this
land Of liberty for dictatorship and slavery.
JOSEPH MCBRIDE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-19
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. Which are the greatest rivers Of the
world from the standpoint Of the volume
OF water they carry?-F. I. N.
A. There are no accurate figures available
for purposes of comparison, hence any such
list of rivers is subject to revision From
available estimates the following list has
been compiled: Amazon and La Plata
Parana (South America, Congo (Africa),
Yangtze-Kiang (China), Ganges-Brahma-
putra dndia), Mekong Southeastern Asia).
Mississippi Missouri Omitted States,
Mackenzie Canada, Nile egypt, st.
Lawrence Canada, Volga %. s. s. r..
Q. Why do members Of the London Stock
Exchange call attention to an intruder by
calling out fourteen hundred?"--G. C., M.
A. The cry fourteen hundred" already In
use In the late 18th century, goes back to
the days when the stock exchange had for
q considerable time only 1899 members. Be-
fore that time an intruder, If discovered,
was likely to have his pantaloons removed.
@. How many times has Mt. Mckinley
been climbed?-S. E. w.
A. Mt. Mckinley has been climbed six
times The first person to make the ascent
was Archdeacon Hudson Stuck who took
nearly three months to reach the top in
1913. The 20.30o-foot mountain IS the
highest peak in North America +"
Q. Was Carnegie Hall in New York en-
dowed by Andrew Carnegie?-U. NJ. G.
A. The construction Of Carnegie Hall re-
suited from chance meeting in 1887 be-
tween Andrew Carnegie and Walter Dam
rosch on board ship bound for Europe.
Carnegie was on his honeymoon and became
so interested in the idea that he gave nearly
100000 towards the building. He did not,
however, endow it.
@. When the famous Blondin crossed the
gorge at Niagara Falls by walking on tight
rope, how thick was the rope?-G. S. G.
A. Blondin used a two-inch rope which
stretched for nearly half mile across the
chasu1. Blondin was Frenchman whose
real name was Jean Francois Gravelet He
was billed as the Worlds Outstanding
Funambulist." 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-19
Poll Tax Ballot Viewed AZ
"B0oby Trap" for Virginia Voters

To the Editor Of The Star:
A more careful reading and consideration
Of the proposed amendments to Virginia's
Constitution and the question as put to the
voters, as well as the commissions report
to the General Assembly, would reveal to
you that the proposals are completely
unacceptable to the people Of Virginia.
The very question posed to the voting
public as stated on the ballot is horrible
mistake, in that it asks of the voter: Shall
certain sections Of the constitution, which
sections provide for the elimination Of the
poll tax as a prerequisite to voting, be
amended? Obviously the full implication is
that the Constitution now provides for the
-.:nination of the poll tax and "yes' vote
indicates the desire Of the voter to amend
a condition not now existing. This mistake
is acknowledged by the Attorney General
but in spite Of such acknowledgment re-
mains as such on the ballot.
The proposed amendments would require
each person registered since 1908 to renew
such registration each year. The commits
sion recommends three methods Of annual
registration, subject to acceptance by the
General Assembly. Cd BY voting in gen.
eral election within the preceding year.
CD BY payment Of all taxes. (3) BY per-
sonally registering four months CLIO days.
prior to an election.
1ao VIC SOtAAS POk0Aat&OAA Va <a4AA1St VIA
fluctuates from 10000 to 5000 majority
of the participants will be forced to adopt
either of the last two methods. Method two
requires the payment of all taxes, includ-
ing payment Of capitation (also known as
polD tax which is provided for in the
same amendments. Its payment would be
a prerequisite to annual registration under
method 2-or an establishment Of a re-
quirement which the amendments profess
to eliminate.
The third method-personal annual regis
tration-would be most oppressive. Does not
the editor Of The Star realize that in the
recent record-breaking primary, with per-
manent registration in effect, less than 20 per
cent of the potential voters participated?
This 20 per cent participated in the election
without also having to personally register
four months prior to the election. How many
less would have performed both?
The amendments would permit the Gen.
eral Assembly to prescribe tests to be met
by applicants for registration. The actions
of the Legislatures of certain States which
have made difficult or impossible the regis
tration of certain voters, have been lam
basted by The Star. and yet 1t agrees with
a proposal which would permit the same
to occur in Virginia.
The constitution of the State of Virginia
should contain provisions protecting the
citizens of the State from the actions of the
Legislature. These amendments have the
very opposite effect: They restrict the voter