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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05
Lewis Browne

At f1fty-two Lewis Browne should have
found life sweet. It seems pity that the
threat of blindness, not in itself a COM
pletely intolerable affection, should have
driven him to self-destruction. Probably
there were other motives for his suicide.
He was a man of an extremely sensitive
nature, and those who knew him we'll were
aware that he suffered acutely from the
turmoil of the world around him. A natural
sympathy for humanity at large drove him
to work for needed reforms, but the slow
pace of progress discouraged him. He
wanted results promptly, and they did not
come.
Mr.. Browne, born in London and brought
up in Portland, Oregon, already was a
matured personality when he decided to
enter the Jewish ministry. He studied at
the Hebrew Union College and at the Uni
versity of Cincinnati, then went to Yale.
In 1920 he was rabbi of the Temple Israel
Congregation at Waterbury, Connecticut.
H. L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis aided his
literary career, but it was to Hendrix
Willem van Loon that he owed his earliest
success. Stranger Than Fiction" was a
history of the Jews in the Van Loon man
ner, illustrated with drawings by the author
as was the case with THE Story of Man
kind" the Van Loon imitation of H. G.
Wells Outline Of History"
Better, however was Mr.. Brownies
achievement in This Believing World"
review of the religions of mankind along
comparative philosophical lines. "The
Graphic Bible" followed, then biographies
of Heine and spinoza, several novels, an
Interpretation of Christian history and an
attempt to explain in popular terms the
mystic meaning Of the phrase 1.-THE Chosen
People" Each of these volumes was at
tractive in peculiar, individualistic way
Mr.. Browne was distinctively himself. His
productions were difficult to classify They
were aimed at the masses, yet they were
esoteric. People bought them, read them,
were Influenced by them, but 1t may be
doubted that Mr.. Browne really was COM
pretended. He was in the world, yet not
of it,
Arthritis may have had something to do
with his final gesture. No longer ago than
1941, he said: II doubt whether can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05
Puerto Rico Attuins Autonomy

With the Inauguration last Sunday OF
It's first elected Governor, Puerto Rico, our
largest and most populous insular depend
ency, attains virtually full self-govern-
ment. That was certainly appreciated
by the Puerto Ricans themselves, who
celebrated the event with marked
enthusiasm.
The new Chief Executive, Luis Munoz
Marin has behind him career distin-
guished alike in politics and literature. A
quarter century ago he was well-known
member of the literary and artistic colony
in New Yorks Greenwich Village. Later,
he returned to his native island where he
became the leader of the Popular Demo-
cratic Party which won a sweeping victory
in the elections last November. His
candidacy for the governorship had been
made possible by law passed by our 80th
Congress rendering that office elective
instead of appointive by the President of
the United States. However, this step had
been foreshadowed when, two years ago,
President Truman appointed the first
native-born Governor, Jesus T. Pinero,
whose term of office has just been con-
Guided It should, of course, be understood
that Puerto Rico has long had its own
elected Legislature and is represented in
the United States Congress by an elected
Resident Commissioner. The change to an
elected Governor thus comes as the logical
elimination in steady political evolution
toward full management of the islands
own affairs.
The relations between the United States
and Puerto Rico form gratifying chapter
in the annals of colonial policy. The con-
nection began just over a half a century
ago, when Spain coded the island to us as
the result of the Spanish American War Of
1898 At that time this relatively small
island with an area of only 3,4O0 square
miles-less than twice the size of Delaware
was sleepy and very backward Spanish
colony, its population being then triie
over 100000. Today 1t is almost 100000.
This rapid increase seems to be the basic
reason why, despite modernization and the
economic benefits of its American connec-
ton, widespread poverty and low living
standards persist. The population has
tended to outgrow the islands natural
resources. To alleviate these economic and
social evils is the leading plank in the
program Of the new administration, which
has formulated an ambitious program of
industrialization to supplement agriculture
as source of livelihood.
In the background stands another issue
that of the Islands eventual political
status. Despite more than half century
of the American connection, the island
has not, in the deeper sense, become
"Americanized." Clnging to their Spanish
language and culture, the Puerto Ricans.
have developed a distinct self-conscious-
ness tending toward nationalism. This
movement has various shades, ranging
from desire for full statehood within the
American Union to demands for outright
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05
;Sofety Is More Than q Slogan

Convincing evidence of the value OF
year-round trafic safety education, en-
forcement and engineering Is to be found
LII the Police Departments tabulation OF
traffic deaths in 1948. The records show
that sixty-seven persons died in traftic
accidents during the year-the lowest
number of automobile victims since 1928.
II was Ave less than the total for 1947
ahd half the all-time high in the sudden
death" days of 1884
What makes the 1948 record even more
Impressive Is the fact that fewer persons
were killed despite the growing number
of automobiles on WaShington's congeSted
streets. The conclusion is unacceptable that
the continuing campaign by police, traffic
officials, highway engineers, automotive
associations and safety organizations is
paying dividends of the most profitable
sort-dividends in lives saved and injuries
prevented. Press, radio and the movies
also have played a part in making drivers
and pedestrians alert to the dangers of
carelessness and recklessness in using the
public thoroughfares.
II five lives can be saved in year, there
is reason to hope that more could be saved
by redoubled efforts. An analysis of the
statistics reveals that ffty-two of last
years victims were pedestrians. This
suggests the ACCESSIBILITY of concentrating
more attention this year on the pedestrian
problem-one that involves education of
both drivers and walkers, supplemented
by whatever additional safety signals, lanes
or other devices are needed to protect
pedestrians from automobiles. The high
percentage of fatalities from bus and
streetcar accidents (36 per cent? also
should be matter of special concern to
traffic and public transportation authori-
ties. There should be no relaxation,
meanwhile, in other phases of safety
work, particularly among the younger
generation.
AS traffic increases the need for ever
greater caution increases correspondingly.
Every life saved during the coming year
adds to the accumulated proof that safety
campaigning, however trite and repetitious
It's slogans and warnings may sound to
some persons, produces results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05
Spiritual Promised Land

To the Editor Of The Star:
In a communication recently published in
your columns, certain statements were made
backed by quotation from prominent Pro-
testant clergyman Of our city, to the effect
that the Bible is unmistakable authority for
the claim that Palestine belongs to the people
whom we know as Jews.
With no intent to add fuel to the fire of
Zioniem but to give the Scriptural view of
who are Jews, as the New Testament defines
them in the most comprehensive sense, make
this brief statement
The Christian position is that the Old Tesla
ment must be read in connection with its
sequel, the New Testament. The Old Testa-
ment is basic and yet largely symbolic, due to
its preparatory character. 1t is, in parts, al
most kindergarten in its speech. Such terms
as "the Promised Land" "the Ark of the Cove
nant," "the House OF the Lord" (meaning the
Temple at Jerusalem), Chosen People," and
many such phrases are but symbols of spirit
ual realities to be understood when the sequel
to the Old Testament appeared.
We now read: "He is not Jew who Is one
outwardly, but he Is a Jew that is one in
wardly and circumcision Is that of the heart"
Ron. 1925, 81 Know We not that they who
are of faith, the same are children of Abra-
ham?' Gal. SD. More particularly: If ye
be Christs, then are We Abraham's seed"
(Gal. 1920.
It would seem plain in the light Of such
expressions and since God is no respecter Of
persons, that the Chosen People Of God are not
from arbitrary choice, although the Hebrew
people were that as symbolic Of what fuller
revelation would explain. The Promised Land,
therefore, is not little strip of country $50
miles long and 40 miles wide, largely desert.
but spiritual Land of Promise, where Abra-
hams seed like the sands of the sea In multi
tude" may have an eternal homeland! Let
people view zionism as they will, but let no
such literal and limited interpretatio Of Scrip
ture 60 unchallenged In q day such as ours.
JOHN o. KNOTT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05
Questions Thut Need Answering

Outstanding among questions which
need to be answered regarding the tragic
DC-3 plane crash at Seattle Sunday night
are these: !. Is the authority of the control
tower at large airports sufficient to give
adequate protection to the public? q Was
the existing authority vested in the Seattle
air controller used to its proper extent?
Preliminary reports indicate that the
pilot of the heavily loaded charter trans
port may have been confused as to how
much discretion, If any, he had been given
by the tower for takeoff. This uncer-
ta1nty could have arisen because the warn
1ngs given under such circumstances as
prevailed at Seattle are considered to be
only advisory" Under Civil Aeronautics
Administration regulations the controller
has power to shut down an airport when
weather or other emergency conditions
require such action, but, say officials, he
can only give advisory warnings If the
airport is open. 1t is then up to the pilot
to make the final decision
In the Seattle case, however, a CAA
inspector was quoted as saying that the
advisory warning" from the control tower
about minimum weather" conditions was
tantamount to an order against taking off,
But the transcript shows that the towers
warning" also was followed by clearance
for takeoff. If such warning" was more
than advice, if it actually amounted to an
order prohibiting the pilot from taking of,
the regulations should make that plain,
so that every pilot will understand it be-
You'd any possibility of doubt. Certainly
the published transcript raises a question
as to just what the tower was advising"
or ordering" There should be no room
for confusion when lives of passengers are
at stake.
And even If the tower at Seattle lacked
full authority to render more than an
advisory opinion in the absence of a shut
down order, the public will want to know
why, if conditions were so dangerous as
to justify two warnings "tantamount to
an order" the airport was not closed down
until the danger had passed. Such shut
down presumably would have saved four
teen lives on this particular occasion. A
strengthening of air control authority and
a proper exercise of it might save a lot of
lives in similar future emergencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05

will upon the white people, retaliation is in
evitable, and the gains of less than 100 years
will have been lost.
On the other hand II full acceptance is
earned, then 1t will come in its normal time,
and it is toward that end that the colored
people should work. There is every evidence
that this is so: Levi Jackson, one lone colored
boy on the Yale football squad, unanimously
was elected to captain his team: Paul Robson
was given fame and fortune because of his
acknowledged talent in the field of entertain
ment; William L. Dawson is the new chairman
of the important House Committee on Expend-
itures in Executive Departments. One could
60 on and on.
These men all have earned acceptance and
have received it on the basis Of their individual
merit and not because they were members of
discriminate d-against minority race So it
will 80 in time with all colored people. AS they
work for their individual advancement in edu-
cation and culture, their efforts will receive
full recognition and they will be accepted and
rewarded on their merit-not because they are
black or brown. 1t Is just as inevitable that
II they attempt to force their will upon the
majority and secure advantages not individ-
ually earned, but gained through persistent
minority agitation, then they will have for
feited their own democratic right to dscrim-
mate and their progress will be backward.
Let's stop pushing. and showing, and crowd
Ing, and work to earn full acceptance. 1t will
come in time. WILLIAM NJ WEBER.
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Questions and Answers

@ ~ s gsns ,ree EEen4 Str
Please inclose three g, cents for return postage
Q. What is the largest river in the world
measured by the volume of the flow of water3
Is it the Mississppi?-T NJ A.
A. The Mississippi River is the largest by
considered as the fourth largest in the world.
Plata Rivers.
@. Is the quality of granite and marble used
by the Government for grave markers for de-
ceased veterans considered to be good?-L. C. r
A. The Department of the Army says that
American white monumental marble and light
gray granite, both of high quality and meet
ing high specification standards, are used in
the gravestones
@. Does any city use fluorescent lighting for
street illumination?-M. T. H.
A. The business district of Spartanburg, s. c.,
Is being lighted by 104 fuorescent lights WAL
terboro S. c., is also installing fuorescent
street lights in It's downtown area. The fuo-
resent tubes give four times as much illumina-
ton as the old type lights for the same amount
Of current.
@. What is the largest crowd that ever
attended a major league baseball gamer
B. J. Mem.
A. The largest paid attendance for q major
league game was So 288 at the october 10, 1948
Worlds Series game in Cleveland. The largest
crowd to attend a regular contest was 827s1
at the double-header between the Athletics and
Indians at Cleveland on June 20, 1913.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05
Publicity Harmful to Patients

To the Editor OF The Star:
1t seems to me that gross mistake is being
made by exposing through the press a serious
mistake made by seemingly well-quaified and
conscientious men of medicine. We all know
that by the law Of averages mistakes undoubt-
edly will occur in this field as we'll as others,
despite every possible precaution taken.
The welfare of every patient under medical
care is influenced greatly by the confidence and
faith the patient feels in his doctor. If doubt
creeps in, the speedy recovery of a patient is
jeopardized. Therefore. it seems to me that
to expose this error in such public manner
serves only to shake the faith and slow the
recovery of every patient. We cannot begin
to measure the adverse effect such q report
Is having at Glenn Dale.
Would it not be more ethical to handle such
matters within the professfons
ELEANOR DUERKSEN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05
Wage Increases Opposed
To the Editor of The STAR

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t would be much wiser if instead of raising
both high and low level pay in Government,
Congress discouraged all increases both in and
out Of Government. line must be drawn
somewhere and I think, in view of the per-
sistent inf1ationary trend, it would be good
idea if Congress drew the line beginning in it's
own backyard. Imitation Is like raging fire;
the more oil you pour on it, the more it burns.
Experience will show us, if we will look at the
record, that the cure for high prices does not
lie in boosting prices, but in equalizng prices
with earning power. HARRY DANIELS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05

possibly live long enough to write all the
books for which I already have titles"
These surely were the words of man who
did not want to die.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05
Constructive Alternative Wanted

NOlSu uSllFc fAllCIHdtlN w dnlGu
To the Editor of The Star:
THE Hope-Aiken Farm Bill defeated the
Republicans" said Senator Russell recently
And why not? Based on acreage allotments
regimentation) and benefit payments (neces-
stating higher taxation), it offered no i'm
provement over New Deal methods, yet went
only three-fourths as far in supporting farm
prices as previous New Deal legislation
Unless the Republicans can offer the public
constructive alternative to RECOMMENDATION and
high taxation that will do more for everyone's
prosperity than New Deal statism, they are
sunk. Absence of a dynamic of its own is the
mark of dying party. Actually, the Repub-
lcans have had plenty of constructive ideas
offered to them but preferred to follow the
Trojan Horses in their midst.
If President Truman wishes to show graft
tude where gratitude is due, he will reserve his
choicest appointive plums for Messrs. Dewey
Aiken, Hope and other me- tooers, for they are
the ones who elected him. r. B.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05

a Connecticut farmhouse fire tapped SO
gallons of hard cider. At late hour the
volunteers were being brought under
control.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,oriter, although it Is permissible for
,oriter kno,Dn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05

Racing driver of the year" turns out to
be one of the Indianapolis 500-mile crowd,
instead of the parking-lot De Palma who
backs at 90 mph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05

A couple of the new DDT-proof house
flies were talking it over. It's funny
about people. Three years after the atomic
bomb, they're still around"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05
Our Government the Best

OuT DtSt
To the Editor Of The Star:
Regardless of whether or not we approve of
our Governments foreign policy, its domestic
policy or any other undertaking or stand which
it may or may not take, it is by far the best
government the world has
Regardless Of our political feelings, this past
election has shown that the people of this
country vote as they please, with no guns or
ration cards held over their heads to sway them
So in reverence to those we left on foreign
battlehelds and in tribute to a great Nation
and great people. let us be thankful that
we're here. we're living better life than most
other people and, God giving us strength, we
will continue to do so. TAPS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-05
Security Viewed as Enemy


To the Editor of The Star:
Shakespeare, the greatest psychologist of all
time. puts these words in the mouth of one of
the diabolical characters who lured that bloody
and ambitious Scot, Macbeth, to perdition:
Security is mortal's chiefest enemy"
Now your correspondent, o. c. L., in the
December 81 issue of The Star, innocently
enough expresses that same sad state of mind
in his suggestions to forget about commu-
nsm."
But neither o. c. L. nor millions of other
honest people realize that such forgetfulness
Is the chief weapon and the most potent drug
that the unprincipied world gangsters known
as Communists can use in breaking down all
resistance to their mad scheme for the complete
destruction Of Christianity and democratic
government and ideals.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty"
...,t l.. A. PALMER.
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Evening star., 1949-10-10
Conferees on Federal Pay
will Meet Tomorrow

Today's scheduled meeting Of
House and Senate conferees on
Federal pay legislation has been
postponed a day due to the death
last Saturday of Senator Miller,
Democrat, of Idaho.
Senate conferees said that as a
mark of respect to their late col
league the meeting was postponed
until tomorrow.
The conferees have disclosed
that they have reached a tentative
agreement on the top-bracket
measure and expect to reach final
agreement quickly tomorrow. After
accord is reached on the top
bracket measure, the conferees
plan to take up Immediately the
reclassif1cation pay measure for
the Governments $4,000 classi-
fed workers,
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Chinatown Celebrates
Independence Day

T With pops and bangs of fire.
cracker strings and plenty OF
poppy-seed cakes and almond
cookies for all, Chinatown today
is celebrating independence Day.
Highlight Of Double Ten Day,
the anniversary Of the overthrow
of the monarchy in China in 1911,
will be tee given by the Chinese
Embassy. 49,.
But the noise and excitement
began last night in the area be-
tween Fifth and Seventh streets
NV. when a loudly painted lion
zig Tagged from sidewalk to side
walk. E
The man-powered beast was
grabbing at paper money which
had been hung from doors of
various business buildings. The
bills which were thrust between
its gaping jaws will be used to
aid the present Chinese Nation
alist government. ..<
George Moy. secretary Of the
On Leong Merchants Association
and unofficial mayor of China
town, explained that the lion had
become a familiar solicitor of
funds for various Chinese relief
programs.
While functioning as q bank,
the lion also marked the eve of
the observance of the beginning
of the Chinese Revolution.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Gallery Schedules Talks
On Picture Of Week

The National Gallery of Arts
"picture Of the week" is Canelet-
to's "A View of Venice" this week,
and it will be the subject of
daily talks by Miss Elizabeth
Puckett, decent at the gallery.
Talks will be given at 1890 and
2:30 pm. and on Sunday at 2::30
and $50 pm. Also, at 1880 am.
today through Saturday, there
will be special tours on techniques
of decorative craftsmen conducted
by Miss Margaret Bouton. decent.
There will be a lecture by Miss
Puckett on the aboriginal art of
Spanish America at 4 pm. next
Sunday in the lecture hall. It
will be accompanied by a motion
picture, Treasure Trove of Jade, -
made by DR.. Matthew Stirling and
the National Geographic Society
Also next Sunday the National
Gallery Orchestra, Richard Bales
conductor, will give concert ir
the East Garden Court. Dorothy
Parrish, pianist, will give the first
Washington performance of Fin
ney's concertine for piano anc
strings.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
DR.. Mary {. Terrell
To Be Honored Oct. II

DR.. Mary Church Terrell will
be honored with a dinner October
II given by the National Associa-
ton Of Colored Women at the
YwCA, Seventeenth and K streets
NV.
DR.. Terrell was the associations
first president, serving three terms
from 1896 to 1901. Since then she
has served as honorary president.
DR.. Terrell, author of "A Colored
Woman in a White World" is the
widow Of Robert Heberton Ter
rell, first colored Judge Of the Dis
trict Municipal Court.
Mrs. Terrell is being honored by
the association for "her courage
GUS stand in the fight for human
rights"