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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-13

Four veterans in The Stars
composing room today were en-
joying their retirement, with the
junior having served the paper for
% years. Each Is around IS years
of age.
The four are: Harry Kendrick,
with 43 years service: s. Howard
Fleming, with 80 years; w. j.
Baker. with 81. all printers, and
Charles L. Bieber, machinist,
with 20 years service.
Mr.. Kendrick, IS, worked In a
New York job shop and learned
his trade there. Fond of all kinds
of sports, he now plans to enjoy
hunting and fishing and working
in his garden. He intends soon TO
get a new car and drive out TO
the West Coast.
A widower, MFR. Kendrick has
two daughters and one grandchild.
He lives at 580S Broad Branch
road NV.
Plans Gift Of Invention.
MIR. Fleming, IS, said he intends
to spend some time with his minia-
ture theater, which. he operates
with magnets. He also plans to
offer to Gallaudet College, the
school for the deaf. his silent
reader" for comparing the proof
and copy at the same time. with
out the need of copy holder, who
ordinarily reads aloud to check the
accuracy of copy and proof. Mr..
Fleming said he patented this
some time ago and plans TO offer
1t free. The device. he said, Is
arranged so that the eye can fol-
low both proof and copy at the
same time, close together,
Born in Baltimore, Mr.. Fleming
worked on the Baltimore Sun, the
Baltimore Americafl. the New
York Times and the New York
Mail and Express before coming
here. He also was employed for
time at the Government Print
ing Office. 4
Mrs Fleming pointed out he
worked on the present site Of The
Star Building for 81 years. for he
was employed by the printing
plant of Judd 81 DetWefler, Inc,
before the newspaper took over
that site for the annex to Its
building at Eleventh street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV. He
lives at 3418 Twenty-fourth street
NE, is married and has one son.
o Justice Department lawyer.
Fishing in Bakers Plans.
A summer cottage at Shady
side, Md, and fishing will occupy
much of the immediate, future of
Mr.. Baker. 81. He has just re-
turned to Washington from a trip
to New Orleans and Florida. Mr..
Baker and his wife live at CIT K
street NE. They have a son and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-13

daughter. Mr.. Baker Is q ma
tive of Washington.
Mr.. Baker and Mr.. Fleming
worked together at the Judd g.
Detweiler plant.
Mr.. Bieber, IS. plans to work In
his garden. go fishing and enjoy
his television set.
Born in Philadelphia, Mr.. Bic
Der worked on several Philadel-
phia newspapers before coming to
Washington. He also was en-
ployed on the Baltimore Sun and
In Scranton, Pa, before he Joined
The Star in 1920.
Mr.. Bieber and his wife live
at 423 Rittenhouse street NV
He has five stepdaughters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-13

% source Of hitter tnterunacn
strife over the years ard the
cause Of countless strikes On rew
construction projects.
The present case involved the
installation OF generators In q
new power plant near Los An
geiex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-13
INLRB Issues Ruling
I'm Machinery Dispute

The National Labor Relation.
Board handed down its FIRST ruling
yesterday In the han-century-oic
turisdictional dispute between the
AL Carpenters Union and the
independent International Associ.
alton Of Machinists over the In.
stalIation Of machinery In new
construction projects.
The board ruled that the as.
signment of work as between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-13

Four veteran employees of The Stars composing look
the latest edition of the paper with which they have been
associated for than generation They 1eft right
Harry Kendk 43 service Baker 81 Charles
L. Bieber, 20 years. and s. Howard Fleming, 80
Star Staff Photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-13
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Evening star., 1949-01-29

Agreements Act, with overwhelming
bipartisan backing, have been written into
legislation as standards to be followed in
the years Immediately ahead by every
country taking part in the European
Recovery Program. More than that, in
terms of the far future, their practical
application is one Of the economic essen
tials of an enduring world peace.
The last point can hardly be disputed.
Unless international commerce is made
to flow back and forth in reasonable
volume, there can be little more than cut
throat competition for markets, retaliatory
tariff walls, unemployment caused by
dried-up export outlets, and similar fric-
tions which in the past have played a
large role in breeding war Our reciprocal
trade program is designed to reduce that
danger to minimum, and it should there
fore receive resounding congressional
support
Evening star., 1949-01-29

respect and the witnesses called before 1t
have the same right to protection as If
the proceedings were taking place in
court of law" That statement was indica-
tive of the general attitude of the tribunal
throughout the difficult inquiry. Thus, the
rights of witnesses of defendants and all
concerned were safeguarded and the dig
nifty of the proceedings was maintained at
all times. Members of Congress interested
in improving our own congressional inves-
tigation procedures would do well to study
both the London and Ottawa cases..
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Peace and Reciprocal Trade

, Congress will be doing constructive
thing if, as expected, 1t re-enacts the
reciprocal trade program in substantially
its original fornl-namely, as first adopted
in 1894 and subsequently renewed for
three-year periods until the Republicans,
with the help of few Democrats, attached
restrictive amendments to it last June.
Those amendments did not destroy the
program, but they did weaken it. They
did so, first of all, by renewing the four
teen-year Trade Agreements Act for
only single year, instead OF the usual
three-a fact giving the world some reason
to doubt the future of the undertaking
after next June. Beyond that, they made
the measure less effective by delegating
special powers to the Federal Tariff Com
mission in the sense of obliging the Presi-
dent to submit detailed explanation to
Congress whenever he deemed it advisable
| to reduce rates below levels fixed by the
commissioner arrangement tending to
complicate the negotiation of reciprocity
.pacts.
j. The need for such changes in the
soriginal law was never demonstrated
when the Republican, dominated Both
.Congress. adopted them AS it had operated
from; 1884 until the restrictive revisions
were made, the Trade Agreements Act
while giving the executive branch broad
area Of flexible power to lower tariffs in
exchange for concessions from other coun-
, tries, provided for escape clauses and other
safeguards amply protecting our industries
! from serious injury through cheap COM
petitive imports. For fourteen years this
setup worked satisfactorily, with no sig
nif1cant complaint from any quarter, and
/, the Justification for last June's amend
ments has yet to be shown.
. Indeed, the justification is so hard to
! find that there seems every reason why
, Congress should now restore the act as
. 1t was in the beginning, renewing it for
/ a three-year period and removing the
cumbersome and essentially unnecessary
provisions regarding the role of the
Federal Tariff Commission. In April, our
Representatives will be in Geneva, Swift
zerland, to negotiate with thirteen addi-
tional countries for an extension of the
reciprocity program. Favorable congress
sional action in the meantime will 60 far
! toward proving that the United States
. as the worlds chief advocate of reciprocal
trade-is intent on practicing what it
breaches in order to stimulate mutually
enriching flow of world commerce.
No one-Democrat or Republican-who
supports our overall foreign policy can be
consistent and still oppose our reciprocity
operations, which have long been an
integral part of that policy. Thus, for
example. the principles Of the Trade
Evening star., 1949-01-29
6. O. P. Family Row

One Is entitled to suspect that the note
,of harmony" on which the Republican
injecting in Omaha ended is more apparent
than real The bitterness of the debate
lover the retention of Representative Hugh
,Scott, junior, as national chairman, and
1.-THE closeness of the vote by which he
Iheld on to his post. suggest that the breach
within the Republican high command Is
mot something that will be bridged over
lin day.
l. But there is nothing novel in this coun-
Try about political family rows. They are
:common to all parties, and, generally
speaking, politicians are endowed with
.something akin to genius when it comes to
sclosing ranks and, oStenSibly at least, pre-
tsenting a united front to the voters when
lelection day rolls around. In all probable
sity the Republicans will manage to achieve
.this sort of unity before the congressional
telections of 1885,
To the outsider, however, the real ques-
ttion raised by the Omaha fracas is not
whether the Republicans will be able to
ipull themselves together, but whether they
Twill be able to evolve political program
THAT will appeal to the voters. On this
score, there is not the slightest evidence
!of agreement, present or prospective.
/; The Omaha meeting raised the remark
able spectacle of national political gath
ering that had not one good word to say
for the man who has twice been its presi-
Dental candidate. Even Mr. Scott, hand
picked by Governor Dewey for the national
Craftsmanship, felt obliged to disclaim any
Dewey allegiance, and the anti-Scott fac
ton, numbering almost half of the National
COMMITTEE, was openly and loudly hostile
to Governor Dewey and everything that he
shas stood for.
7. But if the program laid down in the two
dewey campaigns, such as it was, is to be
abandoned, to what will the Republicans
turn? bid for policy making position
by COP minority in the Senate, the So
.called young liberals" has been .squelched.
1.-THE Republican Old Guard formed the
ghard core of the opposition to MI Scott
lat Omaha, and look at the list Of his
supporters does not reveal any identif1able
political pattern. Yet the last election
showed that the informal farmer-labor
coalition forged in the Roosevelt days Is
still voting the Democratic ticket. 1t would
seem that the Republicans, in order to win
la national election, must attract sub
sstantial portion of Shis vote, but there is
nothing in the picture now to suggest that
they have any formula for doing it.
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Bonuses and Pensions

The bonus forces are at 1t again. Their
immediate objective Is passage of a pen
sions- for all-veterans bill introduced in
the House by Chairman Rankin of the
Committee on Veterans Affairs. Their
long range goal is legislation extending
outright bonuses to veterans, regardless of
age and extending additional benefits in
the way of loans and other Federal assist
ance to former GIs. The drain on the
Treasury would run into billions If any of
the pension or adjusted compensation"
bills were to pass.
Hearings are being held by Mr., Rankin's
committee on bill which would have the
effect of giving veterans of World Wars
and II pension benefits similar to those
awarded Spanish American War veterans.
There are about 18,00o,0 900 OF these poten-
TALLY eligible veterans. 1t is estimated that
the plan would cost from three to five bill
lion dollars by 1859. The pensions would
go to two classes of veterans-those OF
any age who suffer nonservice- connected
disabilities and those who, whether able
bodied or not, are sixty or older. The
SiXty-year-olds would receive pensions of
$50 month and this would jump to $50 a
month on the sixty-fifth birthday ami
versary. These pensions would be paid in
addition to any other benefits the veterans
might be receiving for service connected
ailments.
The pension proposals have the active
support of the American Legion and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. But pensions
are only part of the legislative program
being pushed by veterans organizations.
Mr.. Rankin has introduced a VFW-spon-
sored bill calling for adjusted pay" of So
day for service in this country and 81
day for foreign service. Representative
Pace of Georgia has offered bill upping
these payments to 81 and IS, respectively
The World War bonus, also called ad-
tusted compensation, was at the rate of 81
and $l.25 day, respectively. The esti-
mates of cost range from fifteen billions
upward.
These various pension and bonus schemes
have no relation to the obligation of the
Government to take'proper care of its war
disabled veterans or to help former service
men readjuSt themselves in college or BUSH
ness. AS Nation we have been diligent
In extending disqualification benefits and
disability pay to men injured in fighting
for their country. In addition, we have
provided educational advantages, voca-
tional training, housing and business loans
and other benefits for G1s 1t is right that
the Government should take reasonable
measures to aid those whose college or
business careers were interrupted by the
call to service
But to ask the Government, In addition,
to pay pensions or bonuses to all who
served in uniform. regardless of the nature
of their services, is to threaten the Nation
with bankruptcy. Congress should consider
fully the consequences of such raids on
the Treasury before voting on the various
veterans bills which will come before it
this session. =
Evening star., 1949-01-29
A Fair and Effective INQUIRY

The British once more have shown that
they can conduct highly effective investi-
cations into the integrity of public servants
in an atmosphere devoid of any witch
hunt aspect and consequently with full
public confidence and respect The latest
good example of democratic justice in ac-
tion has been presented in the long and
thoroughgoing inquiry just completed in
London by the so-called Lynskey Tribunal
This tribunal, authorized by Parliament
last October, has charged two government
officials with accepting gifts in corrupt
manner and has cleared eight other public
officials of any wrongdoing AS was the
case with the Royal Commissions investi-
cation of Russian spy ring in Canada,
the London tribunal evidenced as much
concern with protecting the good names of
the innocent as with exposing the guilty.
Seldom has London been so stirred as
when rumors arose impugning the integrity
of Junior Government Minister John w.
Belcher, Director George Gibson of the
Nationalized Bank of England and other
members OF Parliament or government
of1cials Taking cognizance of the reports
Prime Minister Attlee obtained permission
of the House Of Commons to appoint the
Tribunal of Inquiry, composed of Justice
Sir George Lynskey of the High Court of
Justice and two prominent lawyers. The
tribunal was completely nonpolitical More
than million words of evidence were
taken during twenty-five days Of investi-
cation.
The hearings those in Ottawa in
the spy case-were covered exhaustively by
the newspapers. However, as with the
Canadian report, the Anal 40,000-word re-
port, published as governmental white
paper" goes to considerable length to
analyze the testimony and to evaluate It
as to reliability. Although much sensa-
tional testimony was given by "stateless
alien," Sydney Stanley, the tribunal de-
scribed Stanley as "a man who will make
any statement whether true or untrue, If
he thinks that 1t is to his own advantage
so to do" Stanley's charges regarding
large cash bribes paid to officials were
found to be groundless The tribunal
found, however that Belcher and Gibson
had been given wine and other relatively
small favors in return for influence to be
welded in behalf of the givers.
| At one time, when the tribunal felt that
newspaper comment had become so specu-
lative as to border on contempt of court,
Justice Lynskey warned press and public
that this tribunal has the same right to
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Parents and Juvenile Crime

The disclosure of the extra-curricular
activities of some forty teen-age boys in
the Bethesda Chevy Chase area illustrates
a point made the other night by District
Court Judge Holtzof before the Society of
Natives. Judge Holtzoff voiced concern
over the increasing number of teen -agers
haled into court and declared that parents
must share the blame for this situation
Lack of parental care and training is the
ultimate and basic cause of crime" he
said, adding that the delinquents come not
only from homes of underprivileged fami-
lies, but from those of the well-to-do
A police officer who investigated the
series of thefts of tires and tools committed
by motor -scooting boys ranging in age
from fourteen to sixteen reported that
most of the boys were from homes which
lacked nothing in the way of comforts If
there was anything really inadequate about
these homes, he said, it was in the field of
parental supervision. The best evidence
of this inadequacy was the fact that the
boys appeared to be able to ride their
scooters at all hours of the night and to
bring home stolen tires, electric drills and
other articles without arousing suspicion
at home, their parents expressing shocked
surprise when pieces of loot were traced
to their own garages or Easements.
This was not gang operation in the
usual sense OF that term, according to
investigators. 1t was a case of follow
the-leader," with one or two boys showing
the others how easy it was to pick up tires
or other equipment for their scooters. The
fact that 1t proved relatively easy, also, to
escape parental detection and discipline
undoubtedly contributed to the spread of
the illegal activities. AS Judge Holtzoff
commented in his speech, schools and
churches must do their part in fighting
juvenile delinquency, but they cannot do
the whole job. The major responsibility
falls on the parents, too many of whom
nowadays are more concerned with busi-
ness affairs or social activities than with
what their children are doing after school
hours
Evening star., 1949-01-29

OF the South to have protection against the
centralization of power in the Federal Cow
ernment in Washington.
Ihe present administration now advocates
1olloW-the-leader policy" This, I believe,
shoula depend upon just where the leader
"oulo take us. From where I sit it would
appear that we are heading toward the loss
OF 1ree enterprise, which threatens to destroy
our freedom, economy, religion, homes and our
system of government itself.
May we prayerfully trust that the constitu-
tional democrats and Republicans once again
will save us from this tragedy?
NORTHERN DEMOCRAT
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Park Police Polite

To the Editor of The Star:
Police brutality and rudeness in Washington
are so well known that The Stars effort to
commend the police has a ludicrous angle
True, many of the Washington police are
courteous, but the exceptions are so numerous
as to call for comment
watched the inaugural parade, and saw
at least two instances where policemen were
rude to citizens. In one case a citizen hap
pened to step over the line and the officer
wasn't satisfied with ordering him to get back;
while the offender was trying to get back, the
oficer pushed him back
Washington police present strange contrast
to park police, who almost are invariably
courteous. Only few months ago we had the
case OF Washington policemen brutally beat
ing citizen over some trash in the street.
That could never happen in the park police
They are really trained to be courteous to all.
not bullies RAYMOND B. TAYLOR.
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Letters to The Star
Favors Study of Controllers Office

Favors Study of Controllers Office
To the Editor of The Star:
1t was disappointing to read in The Star
that Controller General Warren objects to
having his powers and duties studied by the
Hoover Commission. Like many other students
of needed reorganization Of executive depart
ments l have felt that the greatest service
the Hoover Commission can render is to learn
and tell the truth about the Controller Gen
erals duty to tell what's wrong with executive
spending.
Where the bookkeeping is done and by whom
seems of trif1ing importance compared with
the Controller Generals power and duty to
discover what the books and other spending
records show should be done to stop wasteful
spending. When the budget act was planned
and discussed before its passage, it was the
controlling rather than the accounting of the
Controller General from which vast savings
and efficiency gains were expected. If the
Hoover Commission magnihed the need for
controlling and constructive recommending by
the Controller General it will put both execu-
tive and Congress within reach OF public
pressure for efficiency and economy.
WILLIAM H. ALLEN.
Evening star., 1949-01-29

To the Editor Of The staE
Reading the headlines I felt shock and grief
to learn OF the Rev. DR.. Peter Marshalls sud-
den death. had the honor and pleasure of
hearing him several times. His sermons pray
ers and speeches should be published in book
FORM The receipts from the sale of this VOL
ume should be given to his family or toward
the drive to build the new church on New York
avenue. JOHN E. PARASKEVAS.
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Tribute to DR.. Marshall

we are most Of us very inarticulate, but we
common people-who unknown to Dr. Peter
Marshall, the great preacher, have listened
TO his Words-are grieving over his passing, too
we come from all parts of the United States,
sometimes without taking our membership
and support away from the small churches
we have left behind us. So in this way we re-
main strangers in strange city. The people
closest to our hearts are the spiritually guided
men whose words find a responding chord in
our lonely hearts. VERNA s. ALLEN
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Bv THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. How many calories are there in a stick
Of chewing gum?-C. D.
A. There are between 8 and 10 calories In O
standard stick of chewing gum.
@. Is the word "telecast" accepted as the
correct term for teevision broadcast?-C. E.K
A. There has been considerable discussion on
this subject, but the word "telecast," or "tele-
casting" Is widely used.
Q. How many gallons of gas does 1t take to
warm up also to get into flight B-29?-W. D.
1t takes approximately 200 gallons Of gas to
warm UP and put B-29 into fight.
O. What animal was supposed by the ancients
to have the ability to see through the thickest
of walls?-E. D. G. ,--s,
A. Greek and Roman legend attributes such
powers to the lynx, whence the epithet lynx
eyed"
O. When did Lake Placid N. Y, become
winter resort?-D. o. H.
A. Melvil Dewey, author of the decimal sys-
tenn of library classification, discovered" Lake
Placid while hunting in the Adirondacks for a
place free from hay fever. He bought land
there in 1895, and established the Lake Placid
Club.
@. How many gallons of water pour over
Niagara Falls in year?-L. o. E.
A. About one and quarter million gallons
of water pour over Niagara Falls every second.
This is equivalent to about 40 billion gallons
year. -s.
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Questions and Answers
Bv Gould Lincoln

reader can get the answer to any question of
fact by writing The Evening Star information
Bureau 81 Eye ST. NE. Washington 2, D. C,
Please enclose three (3l cents for return postage
Evening star., 1949-01-29

The Soviet government adheres to the
principle of noninterference in the in
ternal affairs of other countries" SAYS
Gagman Vishinsky, who only needs a
sketch artist to get into the panel comic
game,
Evening star., 1949-01-29

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
'or'ter, although it Is permissible for
1pr1ter knoDn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1949-01-29

II Britons go through with the building
OF new Mayfower, to be sailed across
the ocean, we shall have more to say this
time about letting our future ancestors in.
Evening star., 1949-01-29

The later returns on DDT are less favor
able. Seems the wonder insecticide was
rushed onto the market before they got
the bugs out Of 1t.