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Evening star., 1949-05-16
Contends for Naasegregstsd Rale
In MANAGEMENT Of Golf Courses.

70 tas Batter Q. rss star
Question J. whether the District o. CO.
iumoia Recreation Board shall operate tire
public goa courses in The District o. Colun-
bia which are now under the jurisdiction CT
the Department OF the Interior hAS nothing
20 do with Question ? whether the present
golf course eoncessaoEa!re. s G ISofrer Co.
shall have his contract renewed.
Charges Of mlsmAnagement have been pre-
ferrec against NJ. Leofaer. and !. IS proper
that any renewal Of the Leofneg contract
should await the outcome Of the inyeStlza-
ton into such charges now IN progress The
Department o! the Interior always can find
mother concessloralve. The difference be-
tween the Department OF the Interior and the
District OF Columbia Recreation Board Is one
OF principle. not personalities
The Department OF the Interior IS commit
ted 10 an integrated nonraclal recreation
policy. The District OF Columbia Recreation
Board operates its recreation programs on a
raciaIly segregated basis AS a move 10 build
up public pressure on the Department OF the
Interior TO turn over operation OF the golf
courses TO II. the Recreation Board has an
nounced II is willing 10 operate the go.
courses on an unSegregateo basis. while re-
tanning segregation IN its other activities
This is a morally inconsistent position.
which argues against the golf courses being
Is no law commanding the Recreation Board
20 conduct It's activities on a segregated
basis. II so. the board could not legally offer
TO operate the golf courses as unSegrega ated
The rule OF segregation is a rule adopted
by the board itself. and the board cannot
consistently conduct its operations on q half
and-haf segregated basis any more than
this Nation could live half f-slaye and half
Tree. The board should have the courage 10
face and resolve this inconsistency before
asking for an extension OF Jurisdiction
The Department OF the Interior as a Fed
eral department has a paramount responsi-
ollity TO see that the national. and now inter-
national. policy of nonsegregation is carried
out IN every activity and public area over
which 1t has either immediate or ultimate
control. The department is performing
national duty and protecting the good name
and prestige of the Nation before the pre-
domlnanty nonwhite world. when it insists
That. as condition 10 turning over the golf
courses TO the District of Columbia Recrea-
ton Board, the Recreation Board as a Fed
eral agency created by Congress should first
resolve to eliminate racial segregation not
only In the operation OF the golf courses, but
IN all recreational activities under its control
CHARLES H. HOUSTON.
Evening star., 1949-05-16
Neysu McMein

One of the truly great women OF her
time, Neysa McMein personified versatility.
She was coincidentally painter OF dis
tinction, musician, an author Of short
stories and plays, a gifted hostess and
conversationalist-bot as talker and
listener-not excelled by any contempo-
rary Self-made, she came up from
obscurity the hard but gratifying way. Her
success was based on merit. She was
skilled in the delineation of character,
portraitist of rare capacity and power.
For at least twenty-five years, she set a
style in dress and bearing for thousands
of girls who were the lovelier on that
account.
Miss McMein's associates contributed to
her celebrity by making copy" of her, but
she owed them little as compared with
their debt to her example Of performance
Nobody labored more earnestly than She
Her goal was to picture natural strength
and grace, and she strove tirelessly for
perfection equal to her inspiration. Scores
Evening star., 1949-05-16
Condle for 81. Valentine
Eshrnnru from fhf calensa,

koH February from the calendar
Fails like star across the ms1ry iaHd
And noae the soovld. 6srs6sd fteo and sso,
warders the highways lightly. haHd ~
hand.
The yeiIosrfnc spn abots the casters rss9s
Peers high ard earle! Ga me aaBs
cycsr tonf.
spayrous are iosd. tEaporfaHt. gstcs 10
peck
Al straus beneath ihs notss Of hsskv
sonc.
The brfndle coss. Etid-eyed. fgrns fa6ses
roreY,
Her bea elanks in the iaas sil ssssias
fhYoaph
The amkspayd lad bscosass the fHkp Sos ~
70 m-fte ~sAs rose 10 red ne sAetss b1as +"
Such susst snrentaon sempess fhs 6sn
year.
Thsn buvn eaaAie fer ST peiswtsns
gho, By timsty miracle. fysasfosszs
The hs6rfa faint food 10 streams S
fs1abied Rfas. LEILA JosKA
Evening star., 1949-05-16

found Il necessary 20 centred ecosugnaes TIE
state thinking II this matte - rs4sh
So4ncsT Than that e the rwsengt.i Ind ac1As
whose opinion Is controlled Win mans net-
ma! aspirations Tecaced ay university train
ing from q thirst fer truth 70 tAe sssa an
Ing o. opinions There IS every reason ie sX-
pect that tire state FOR rs cwn preservation
All! De forced 10 establish AT opinion cen
tgol bureau. There are definite tore~A-rEFsgs s
Of such necessity "
The PoSg-May s The Vatican pAper
said that communism sgsogn Of IS athe gN.n.
would be less unChTlSt4an than capitalism,
Catholicism long has considered e&p3t4l-
ism 3 cancer q, least IS much san against
nature as artificial birth eontFol. The VAt4-
can paper sA3d
The StRr-May g. lay osrcers ef ST
Anne c Asbestos Catholic Church. fFcrn
which provincial police yesterday iorcie,F
removed so striking asbestos plant ~ofEegA
today charged the police with eosnmi;t4ng
pro!ane acts The Strlkers' unions are al
nliated with the Canadian Catholic Confed-
Grafton OF Labor, One union had been 1kIng
the church basement as a meeting place
The parish priest said. The strikers ate
merely hghtlng ior the doctrines Of the
Roman Catholic Church
EOLTOS +. SMALL.
Evening star., 1949-05-16
Warfare in the Arctic

Ever since tension developed between
Soviet Russia and the Western Powers,
the Arctic as potential battle-ground has
engroSsed the attention of American,
Canadian and British strategistS. Both
the United States and Canada have
enormous stretches of Arctic territory and
wide frontages on the Arctic Ocean.
Beside the danger of raids by long
distance bombing planes taking the short
route over the North Pole, there was like
wise the possibility of air-borne troops
landing at remote and uninhabited points,
establishing bases, and forming the spear
heads of larger land operations.
These problems required extensive prac-
tical research, since the requirements Of
Arctic warfare were almost unknown. To
gain the required knowledge, joint
Canadian United States experimental sta
ton was set up in 1916 at Fort Churchill,
situated on the wind-swept barren lands
along Hudson Bay. There, during each
winter season, select bodies of troops and
appropriate equipment have been sub
mitted to q variety of tests under the
supervision of military and scientific
specialists. Every conceivable phase OF
the problem was thoroughly worked out,
from housing and field shelter to wind
resistant clothing and equipment designed
to perform properly after being soaked"
by intense cold.
The results Of the third winter in this
experiment are now being assembled, and
while the precise data are naturally top
secret, some general conclusions are avail
able For us and our northern neighbors
one deduction Is eminently gratifying. 1t
is that large-scale warfare in the Arctic
regions of the American continent is an
impossibility. There can be no movement
or deployment Of armies. corps or diyi-
sions; perhaps not even brigSdes. Any
Evening star., 1949-05-16
Disappointing, But

The President has made two points clear
In his report to Congress on United States
participation in the United Nations during
194S. The first is that this country has
given all-out support to the organization
and intends to keep on doing so. The
second is that the U. n. has been dis
appointment up to now because it has
fallen far short of fulfilling the hopes 1t
raised at the time OF its founding less than
four years ago. sz
It Is hardly necessary, of course, to elabo-
rate on the disappointing aspects Of the
situation. Primarily because of Soviet
policy, 1t has been obvious for long time
now that the U. N. has been beating its
head against stone wall in its effort to
establish an effective system of global CO.
operation and collective security. Hence,
for the sake of their own safety and eco
nonic well-being, the United States and
like-minded nations, acting within the
framework of the Charter have been
obliged to undertake such far-reaching
measures as the Marshall Plan for Euro
pean recovery and the North Atlantic
Treaty for mutual defense against agrees
sion.
These measures, however, cannot accu-
rately be described as evidence that the
United States has abandoned faith in the
United Nations. On the contrary, they are
in keeping with the Charters principles,
and though their immediate aim is to cope
with the world organizations current
weaknesses, they may well have the long
range effect of making that organization
genuinely strong by persuading the Rus
slams that there is more to be gained
through cooperation than through OBJ
structionism In any case, as the President
has emphasized In his report our country
by the active lead it has taken to put
the machinery of the General Assembly
and the Security Council to work on a
number of key issues-has amply demon
strated its earnest desire and persistent
hope that the U. N will ultimately function
with success, regardless of past and pres
eht discouragements.
Moreover, in promising continued all
out support for the organization, the Pres
ident has offered additional assurances
that the United States is as Arm as ever
In It's resolve to make the U. N. work. That
is a measure of the kind of abiding, COM
nonsense faith that every member should
have, even though the record has been
disappointing to date. No country can
afford to think or act otherwise After all,
the United Nations-which is still in the
toddling stage, but which, nevertheless,
has already accomplished much good
must either be maintained and strength
ened or our divided world will drift willy
nilly toward catastrophe,
Evening star., 1949-05-16
Would Go To Work house
In Protest Against Sales Tax
To the Editor OF The star:


This is one time something can be said
n praise OF a Southern Senator. Olin Johns
ton OF South Carolina is leading a minority
struggle for equity. not only 10 prevent n
Soak-tne- poor nuisance tax in this voteless
Capital, but to substitute a tax on LIQUOR
and other luxury items where II belongs
also would like TO suggest a measure Of
my own; surtax on rentals collected from
suostandard housing, TO throw share cs
the burden on those responsible for stun
conditions and also TO discourage this form
OF profiteering.
am implacably opposed TO method Of
taxation whereby the highest actual per
centases are slapped onto the small pur-
chases OF the poor-and / will 20 TO Deco
guam before III Cooperate with a thing like
that where I can't vote More power TO
Messrs. Johnston. Morse. Flanders and their
colleagues If they can defeat this undemo-
cratic and un-Christian attack on the poor
mans emaciated pocketbook
JACK FLODN.
Evening star., 1949-05-16
leadership In Democracy
Makes No Claim of InfailiblIity
the Editor of The Star.

40 Inc Eal altof OF ne star
Democracy Is the work Of free men In q
democracy the door Of leadership Is always
open TO competitive talents from all classes
Democratic leadership is better equipped by
natural endowment and training than dc
tatorial leadership because the latter Is a
closed unit and static. Moreover. democratic
leadership makes no claim TO infallibtiity
while dictatorial leadership proclaims Itself
infallible.
1t is practically impossible TO rectify errors
under dictatoral leadership because II
admits no errors. Not so under democratic
leadership. Because OF competitive leader
ship In democracy. 1t is q simple matter
TO rectify errors by changing leadership and
policies.
Democracy. therefore. Is the work OF free
men, while dictatorisi leadership. beyond
doubt, is the work of evil men.
HARRY DANIELS.
Evening star., 1949-05-16
Arlington Farms Needed
By Girls Who Came In Wartime


Arlington Farms should be kept open fer
the Government girls. ! came 10 Washington
as war worker IN June lesS and have
been living at Arlington Farms since oeto-
Der. ls47. II appears To ali OF Us that this
project Is very much needed for lis girls
When came TO Washington. the girls who
came here 10 do MAR work were promised q
good place TO live But now what is asked
OF US but 10 leave our comfortable quarters
at Arlington Farms and so out and live in
places that are not At for respectable girls
After We left our homes and families TO
come 10 Washington TO help 10 win the war
Is this the reward We get? The least that
can be done for US tor our service 10 our
country is 20 give US decent place 10 live
specifically continued occupancy at Arlington
Farms. VIRGINIA McCuLIOCH.
Evening star., 1949-05-16
Health Insurance To Meet
Potentially Disastrous EMERGENCIES
% III. Editor Of The star:

To III. Editor of The star.
In The Star, May g. William M Werber
has written TO criticize certain comments Of
mine april 2sl approving DR. Mattingiys .
health insurance plan april al.
am heartily In accord with the general
principles expressed by Mr.. Werber ! de-
piore as much as he the trend towards a
spend as-you-go manner OF life. trend
that unfortunately appears to be on the
increase. / endorse as emphaiicaliy as he
the need for each Garner TO have a con-
sistent, thrifty, savings plan TO take care
OF the necessities OF life and to assure as
FAR as practicable independent provision for
those later years. / was taught thuk from
my earliest childhood. have always so prac-
ticed. and still do. Mr.. Werber has assumed
the opposite.
In my letter. one thing / wished 10 bring
out was that all the health policies ! could
nnd are so written as 10 fritter away the
premiums paid In. by providing q few dol
lars beneft for this. and q few for that for
all kinds OF minor accidents and illnesses.
The thrifty individual. the kind whom Mr..
Werber and ! approve and desire 70 be,
should be able to pay the doctor or hospital
In ordinary cases. barring only some ex-
ceptionRl misfortune or hardship. On the
other hand. the most industrious. thrifty
and saving person or family may easily
enough fall short of having funds 10 meet
what DR.. Mattingly aptly described az
health risks that upset all family budgets. .
and this means families OF average not
exceptional. prosperity. These are the risks
that may deprive one Of his bread. rs stated
in my letter.
Nearly everyone who owns q car has
learned that II his car insurance covers al
manner Of damage his premium rate 10 high:
II. however. he insures himself. NJ II were.
up TO certain hgure. his rate ts lover. Ths
same principle ought 20 be applicable 70
health insurance. Have q policy In which
the minor risks are not covered. and let the
premium be devoted only towards the major
ones instead Of squandering IL on q multi
tude Of ineonsequentlai benefits.
DR.. Mattingiy and others vino thought
fully have considered the question. have
pointed out that this very same piifau exists
in any government aIl-inelusise health In
surance plan. and he. In that letter Of April
2i. makes constructive suggestions which, II
adopted. would prevent the disaster tnss
would meet the all-inciassye plans. Hts plan.
tacitiy assumes that each person should Be-
sufficiently proyident ard thrifty 10 Dc able
to meet all except the worst health rls-
fortunes. II Is my ovn belief that either
the Government. or regular. commercial.
health insurance companies could dras Up
q plan or policy along these Lines. 10 nn .
need not nlled todsS, W. r. J.
Evening star., 1949-05-16
Echo OF Judicial Proceedings
In Gloucester County Schools Case

TO the EdItor OF The Star:
Don't you think your criticism OF judge
Hutcheson. in your leading editorial on
May 5. with reference to the fines imposed
upon the school authorities OF Gloucester
County Va, for failing, during the past
~ months. to make any progress In provid-
ing equal school facilities for white and
Negro children was rather harsh?
Other methods of carrying out the courts
mandate having failed. and particularly
after the citizens decided against a bond
issue to finance new facilities. was II not
the obligation of the school authorities to
divide the existing facilities proportionately
between the races?
WHITE MAN FROM GEORGIA
Evening star., 1949-05-16
Letters to The Star

Letters fo~ p&e'sca:acz ~as; eea-
ne yts-sfars a=9 address e. fss
tc~s.er. elthe@gh I: Is rer-vtxs;A.e fss
sTE:ey k-osr. g. RE Stsf - Gst
G mowa &c r!&~ss Please ef BRIT
Evening star., 1949-05-16
art" Upper Case and the Other Kind
Discussed by an Appreciator of Both


Discussed by an Appreciator of Both
To the Editor OF The Star:
Good for H. r. Bradford and his taste In
art particularly his defense OF his taste
loWly though 1t be. Also a slap on the back
to Zins for his taste in art. and the defense
of his taste. A most excellent controversial
topic. Lord knows. it is about time that
something OF cultural nature appears in
The Stars letter column
My interest in Art with a capital Al
dates back to shortly after World War I.
so Mr.. Bradford has me in years OF study
I wonder what would have happened II he
had turned to Art after the 1918 New York
Armory Show? Perhaps. no other date mot
even the invention OF the caiendar) 80
clearly divides one era from another
l studied for two years under a teacher
who looked on that even as the end of the
world. the Gotterdammerung of Art, never
could understand why he was SO excited
I still can't understand It, was fascinated
by George Bellows. then in his prime MY
art teacher grudgingly admitted that the
Tornado from the Mid West had talent He
even went along with CeZanne and wasn't
too bothered by Degas Renoir. Gaueuin.
Van Gogh, even Matisse. He admitted that
Maxfield Parrish was production line stuff.
and Sargent highly talented copy cat"
But Picasso and his pal. Braque. and their
poodle, Rouault. threw him into a dither.
The Cubists especially some of the works
of Picasso ("Ma Jolie," for instance which
found intriguing. he thought silly. He
couldn't see Picasso with a binocular. So
with the Primitives. I lost contact with him
before Abstract came into full flower. Sur
realism would have caused him TO blow a
gasket. and the modern extremists would
have curdled his liver. But he was a true
Artist with the capital A. born 80 years
too soon and too many miles from Paris
He insisted that art. like music. great
poetry and great drama. must be an emo
tional experience. and not just something
that pleased the eye and tickled the senses.
He made his living by painting and draw
ing illustrations for periodicals and painting
portraits and by teaching an art class But
he engaged in Art with capital Al at
night after his daily stint OF art aower
case "a') assignments. He never mixed the
two: one was Art. medium OF self express
sion the other art. q means Of making a
living.
His views on art appreciation made sense
that is why can appreciate Mr.. Bradford's
views and those OF Mr.. Zins. And that is
why can appreciate Picasso through his
Cubist period. and his later sketches and
line drawings. and why can tolerate teven
II can't appreciated his more recent work.
Perhaps. later generations viii call 1t
Picassos senile period.
Incidentally, II Mr.. Bradford win take a
squint at current advertising and periodical
art 1SEP included he will notice that II
has been influenced by modern trends
pastel shades impressionism abstraction
even cubism. All that remains. Is the rigid
rule Of perspectives. However. this. TOO. is
succumbing in the quality magazines. Next
the SEP and the LHJ. Then the newspaper
ads. And then-DaI. Miro. Baxiotes and
Max Weber IN art. lower case.
GNo ]. SIMI
Evening star., 1949-05-16

Repeal" OF the Taft-Hartley law by
changing its name recalls repeal in an
earlier guise, when Gus took down the
speakeaSy screens and Joined the neigh
borhood Disbursements association,
Evening star., 1949-05-16
Questions and Answers

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Evening star., 1949-05-16
By THr HaskIN SERVICE.

Q Please name the fiys largest general
hospitals IN thc United States.-~ A.
A. According 10 the American Medical A..
sociation these are as follows Charity Hos
pital. New Orleans. 34a0 beds. Ios Angeles
General Hospital. Los Angeles 9+sa bcda
Cook County Hospital, Chicago $3.50 BIRDS
Bellevue Hospital New YORK ao&s beds
Kings County Hospital Brooklyn. 7so9
beds There are o great many larEs Ped
eral and State mental hospitals with hed
capacities far exceeding the largest Of any
OF the general hospitals Many of thesr hos
pitalk have bed capacities OF some $500 20
I 900.
O. Has the value OF the Thirty pieces of
silver" paid 10 Judas for the betrayal oi
Jesus ever been computed in American
money! q,
A. There are varying estimates of tbt
value OF the thirty pieces of silver paid tn
Judas for the betraysl oi Christ. AecoFdinE
TO some Bible students they acre sheksis oi
silver, each equal to about 60 cents. Tt4e
Westminster Bible Dictionary estimates TIE
amount as ai95o. an ordinary price foF a
slave.
@ What Ia the basic rAw material for max
ing paper How has the per capita use oi
paper in the United States changed IN fs'
cent years7~-s w, H.
A. Wood pulp ia the basic raw material
for paper In 1899 The PER capita eonsutnp
ton Of paper Vas 90 pounds year In 1881
It was 24s pounds and in isaT. about s$e
pounds Paper Ia THE most widely Gsed
commodity In the world.
@ Is Manhattan Island completely t8y"
rounded by water what Ia It's srea7-~J V.
A. Manhattan Island IL i2ts milsa lona
and 2ts miles wlde Al ia widest poin, II
consists OF i4,2ii acres. The stand -
formed by the East. Hudson and Harlem
Rivers.
@ Is il recorded that Sir walter Rals!Eh
smoked q pipe before eoang TO the seas~
fold9~~Ls l.
A. Writing OF this in 1870 John Auhrey
says. He took q pipe o. tobacco LITTLE ne'
fore he vent 10 the seaffold. wharn soras
formal persons were scandallxsd At bat ]
think twas well and property doFss. To sett3e
his spiyita" RalsiKh 10 credited wlth having
populsrszed pipe smoking in EnHlsnd after
1855.
Evening star., 1949-05-16
Quotes News Stories In support
OF Criticism Of Catholic Church

Quotes News Stories In support
OF Criticism Of Catholic Church
To the Editor Of The star
In justification of the alarm with which
many view what they regard as the Roman
Catholic Churchs constant effort TO control
governmental functions, permit me 10 bring
together portions Of three recent news
stories:
serted In his inaugural address that univer-
sity education, by eliminating religion in It's
teachings. has brought education TO o point
where opinion Is the end product Of uniyer-
sity training today. :. II lis not surprising.
then, 10 note that states have found II nee
essay to control opinion exactly ss they
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-03

ANCHORAGE, R)-Col. Bernt Balchen returned by plane to FL mendorf Field late Saturday after a trip to Norway via the North Pole, Washington, D. C., and Great Falls, Mont.
 Total elapsed flying time was 6712 hours.
 Balchen said the trip was made to gather weather information and other data to help the 10th Rescue Squadron, which he heads, in it's work.
 More similar trips are contem- plated, he said.