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Evening star., 1949-04-21
Propaganda and the Law

The Department of Justice has come q
cropper In its first criminal prosecution
under the much -heralded Federal Regula-
ton of Lobbying Act.
A year ago the Justice Department
obtained an indictment against the United
States Savings Il Loan League. According
to some administration propagandists,
this organization practically has the Con-
gress in its pocket. But when the indict-
ment had to face the test Of court chal-
lenge 1t was found to be fatally defective.
After hearing arguments, Judge Edward
M. Curran ruled that one count was so
vague that it was meaningless, and that
the two others failed to charge any crime
In other words, either the Department of
Justice did not know how to draft the
indictment properly, or 1t lacked the evi-
dence upon which to base a charge that
would stand up in court.
Judge Currans ruling, OF course, is not
a final one. The Justice Department has
the right to seek a new indictment, or it
may elect to proceed In some other way.
In any event, 1t will be interesting to see
what Is done.
There is a ring Of phoniness about the
campaign against the lobbyists. For years
almost every group of any consequence
that is for or against particular piece
of legislation has engaged in what is
loosely described as lobbying. But this
administration saves its invective for the
business lobbyists. The labor lobbyists, for
instance, can threaten and browbeat Con-
gressmen in their campaign for repeal of
the Taft-Hartley Act without drawing a
word of complaint from the administra-
ton. The same thing goes for any other
pressure group whose aims happen to CO.
incide with those of the party in power.
It Is only when some business lobby raises
its head that the propaganda artists would
have us believe that the foundations of the
Republic are being eaten away.
Fortunately, however, 1t is one thing to
shout from the housetops, something else
to make a case stick In court. And this
is why 1t will be interesting to watch the
future course of the complaint against the
Savings & Loan League.
Evening star., 1949-04-21
Stephen S. Wise

Rabbi Stephen s. Wise was world
figure He would have been man of
universal importance even II he had not
been Jew or minister or an orator or an
organizer His gifts of mind and spirit
were so dynamic that 1t is safe to say that
he was bound to excel in any field in which
But he chose to be what he was, and his
choice was justified abundantly. Before he
died, many of his objectives had been at
tanned. Others still are in process of de-
velopment-with their ultimate success
assured.
In order to understand how much DR..
Wise achieved, 1t is necessary to recall the
human scene as 1t was when he began his
work half century ago. Liberalism was
unpopular then. The Free Synagogue was
a radical innovation when he started 1t in
1907. An independent Israel seemed only
pious aspiration at the moment when he
founded the Federation of American Zion
lists. He helped to set up and was the
principal administrative officer of both the
American Jewish Congress and the World
Jewish Congress when they were little more
than ardent hopes. In these and many
other movements he was an authentic
pioneer. The fruitfulness of his labors
now is history.
OF course, his efforts occasionally were
wasted on relatively inconsequential causes
Like II. g. Wells he lived to look back on
a number of activities with a philosophic
smile. DR.. Wise, in common with numbers
of his contemporaries, had ample expert
ence with blind alleys. But he learned
from them. AS the decades passed, he
mellowed and sweetened in his views. Yet
he never parted with his courage. Up to
the last he still was glad to support
unpopular reforms. He knew that they
had tendency to prosper despite dificul-
ties, provided only that they were basically
humane.
What the future will say OF DR.. Wise
may not matter very much. He belonged
to his own generation. was one OF the
master builders of his own time. His
contribution ought to endure among the
best. He should be remembered in COM
pany with Jane Addams, Jacob Riis, Luther
Burbank, Ben Lindsey, Booker T. Wash
ington and william Allen White-aH
prophets whose dreams were realized in
terms of human welfare without consid-
Grafton of arbitrary distinction between
groups
Evening star., 1949-04-21
theological A-Bomb?

In Belgrade several days ago our State
DEPARTMENTS library of information added
a Sears, Roebuck mail-order catalog to the
literature 1t makes available to any Yugo-
slav who drops in wishing to read some
thing about America Shortly thereafter,
according to our Embassy there, residents
of Marshal Tito's capital focked to the
place In droves and formed lines clear
around the block while waiting to get a
look at the catalog.
Nor we're they satisfied with Just looking.
On the contrary, great numbers OF them
wanted to buy many OF the Things tney
saw. So they went to the bank to convert
the equivalent of So in Yugoslav currency
the legal limit per individual-into dollar
drafts, but the applications swamped the
bank and the drafts were therefore banned.
The catalog thus stirred up desires that
could not be fulfilled. At the same time,
however. as is the case with all such mail
order books, 1t gave its viewers fascinat-
inr cross-section of the thousand-and-one
readily available commodities and creature
comforts that help explain why the aver
age American has the highest standard OF
living In the world.
Such an eye-opening experience can
hardly fail TO impress anybody behind the
iron Curtain who has been constantly ex-
posed to propaganda about the economic
and social misery OF Americans under
the aimperialistic. warinongering capi-
talist system. In Yugoslavia, where the
Soviet Union Is doing everything possible
to prevent Tito's heretical Communist re-
gime from supplying the people with
Evening star., 1949-04-21
Ambassador Kirk and Russia

President Truman has chosen Vice
Admiral Alan G. Kirk to be Ambassador
20 the Soviet Union at time when the
success of the Marshall Plan, the signing
of the North Atlantic Treaty and the
failure OF the Red blockade of Berlin have
all combined to lend plausibility to reports
that the men of the Kremlin are not too
happy about their position In the cold war.
Particularly as regards Berlin, where tneir
actions have backfired on them, they are
said to be trying to think up face-saving
disengaging maneuver. If so, then 1t is
conceivable that Admiral Kinks mission
to Moscow will lead to substantial easing
Of current tensions.
But the easing, If any, will depend
primarily on Russia. Like his predecessor,
General Walter Bedell Smith, Admiral
Kirk-who has done q good loo as
Ambassador to Belgium and Minister to
Luxembourg during the past three years
can be counted upon to carry out his
important new assignment with f1rmness
and tact. That Is to say. he can be
counted upon to make clear to the Soviet
dictatorship, Just as General Smith did,
that the United States is as resolved as
ever not 10 let uluAI, eAiACoe, AoASS Va
anything else make 1t waver on matters
involving basic principle, its clear rights,
or its own and the rest of the free worlds
vital interests. In short, if there is yield
Ing to be done, 1t will have to be done
by the Kremlirl, for nothing less than
change for the better In Russian policy
can bring about a change for the better
In the gravely strained relations now
existing between East and West.
In addition to the diplomatic talent ne
has displayed In Belgium and Luxembourg,
Ambassador Kirk has certain other quail
fcations that equip him admirably for the
difrcult task thus confronting him IN
Moscow. Those qualifications are good
temper, calmness, mental alertness and
q marked ability to handle heavy response
bilities wisely and well in tense and
critical moments when 1t is all too easy
TO lose ones head-traits that distinguished
him In the key naval role he played at
the landings in Sicily and the cross
channel invasion of France during the
hot war with the Axis in Europe.
Needless to say now that Admiral Kirk
Is moving up as Ambassador to the front
line of the cold war, those same traits
should stand him In good stead. II the
men OF the Kremlin are still intent on
waging q battle of nerves, they VIII nnd
him q very tough target. On the other
hand, If they show some clear evidence OF
Evening star., 1949-04-21

Concerning Religion The srxs witness
John Fossetf. said that hall Q year n~!ogw
st Richard Frestons hcgse he nsc sroSeu
with IQmhrcxc corcernsng Jesus Chris Say
irE His resurrection proved that Ne VAS
more than a man. as did also his miracles.
To the first. Lumeroao answered that His
disciples stole Him away: and TO the second.
that the miracles might be cone with
sorcefy.
Charses Finally Dismissed.
The account continues in ihe archives.
Richard Preston did testify that about tlne
or July last. coming from Thomas Thomas
in company with JoSiax Cole and the Jew
doctor. known by the name O. Jacob Lun-
broso. josias Cole asked Lumhruzo whether
the Jews did look for a MexSsss. and Lam
broso answered YES. Then Cole asked hlu
how did He tour Saviour do all His miracles
And Lumhrozo answered him tha, He did
them BY magic art Then Cole asked him
how His disciples did do the same miracles
And LQmorozo answered. He taught them
His ART
Or. Lumbrozos defense vas also recorded.
Ii was:
He said he had some talk With these per-
sons, and willed by them to declare his
opinion. and by his profession a Jew. be
answered 70 some particular demands they
urged. and as 10 that Of miracles done hy
magic. he cited Moses and the magieisns
OF Egypt. But he said nothing scofangly. or
in derosation Of Him Christians acknowledge
for their Messias."
On this evidence he was held for the next
term of the court on a charge that carried
the death penalty. Fortunately for him
Lord Baltimore about this time succeeded in
getting Cromwell 10 restore his proprietor
ship Of Maryland. Lord Baltimore directed
that the charge be dismissed and Lumbroso
given full citizenship.
In its attempt to continue the haleyon
days of the early colony when Catholic and
Protestant lived and worked together in
peace the Act Concerning Religion" de-
clared:
And whetreasl the inforceing OF the con-
science In matters OF Religion had frequently
fallen out to bee of Dangerous consequence
in those common wealthes where IL hath
beene practised. And for the more quett and
peaceahle government Of this Province and
the better to pserve mutual love and amity
amongst the Inhabitants thereof Be IT there
fore also by the Lo Proprietary with the
advise and consent OF this Assembly Or
deyned g. enacted except as In this psent
Act Is before Declared and sett forth
That noe person or psons whatsoever within
this Province or the Islands Ports Harbors
Creeks or Havens therevnto belonging pro-
Tossing TO believe in Jesus Christ shall from
henceforth bee any wales troubled molested
or discountenaced for or in respect OF his
or her religion nor in the free exercise
thereof within this Province or the Islands
therevnto belonging nor any way compelled
to the beliefe or exercise OF any other Re-
ligion against his or her consent"
Evening star., 1949-04-21
Chesterbrook, Va.
Favors a Better Way"
Than vivisection

Than Vivisecti0n
To the Editor Of The Star:
Referring to a news item in The Star Of
April Is, feel indeed should be heart
less If did not add my earnest protest to
those sent to the President against the re-
quest of the doctors for approval OF bill
to compel the District poundmaster to make
the defenseless creatures In the pound VIC
tins of the cruel and utterly inhumane prac-
tice of vivisection.
The purported justification Of this iend-
ish practice is the alienation Of human SUI
ferirg. There Is a far better way. but. un-
fortunately the medical profession has not
vet awakened to recognize 1t.
The Bible generally is accepted by the
Christian world as evidence OF GODS love
and law, operative In human affairs. and
many-es especially Christ Jesus-have proved
that its technique can be made practical.
One of the Ten Commandments is Thou
shalt not KILL" which certainly includes the
implied command, Thou shalt not torture.
I have not found anything in the Bible
that prescribes or even iustifies the practice
of torturing our animal friends-who are
Gods creatures. too-as means OF curing
our ills, which usually are the result OF DISC
pedience to the law OF love which Is God.
I myself-and I am sure many others feei
the same way-far rather would suffer or
die than live at the expense OF innocent
defenseless animals who would not. II they
could be guilty OF such barbarous practices
MANY people all over the world are awaken
ing to realize that TO prevent or cure human
Ills they must purify human thinking.
JOSEPHINE q. ADAMS.
Evening star., 1949-04-21
Dector's Charges Compared
With auto Manufacturers


Your correspondent. Impatient Patient.
seems to feel that the medical profession
should reduce fees at least 10 per cent.
Well. all know Is that paid 81 300 for
The same make car that cost me only $500
In 1910. nov have to pay ssS for the same
type Of apartment that cost me el5 In 1910.
pay SIS for the same quality suit Of clothes
that cost me s3S In 1870. We pay s7.5o an
evening for reliable baby sitter. We could
get the same service for 81 m evening In
1910. Oh. could so on and on. But 70 get
% the point what would like 70 say is that
vhen We call our doctor or pay visit 70 his
nice, his charges are exactly the same NOS
they were In 1870.
Why be sore at the doctor7 He puts In more
me. and he costs less than any other need
ae have today. Why not put in more tisti-
led grfpe against the automobile manufae-
urer who gets more than twice rs much for
not nearly 10 good car as he produced in
! 1s09 Or demand that the grocer brfnT the
sost OF food more IN line with those prswar
icess
want 10 70 frrtner7 Then why not grips
about the IS 900 900 repair JOB being done on
,e white Hccse and the proposed 5000
900 sesuuicent<nnial celebration bsiiidin9S7
The cost Of those projects comes out cf the
pocket Of each and every one Of ~. tnfisidsnE
impatient Patient % vel % me-
n. q. BARNEA
Evening star., 1949-04-21
This and That
BIZ Charles z. TrdceDeu


Templeton Jones. expert tumbler. had an
other one the other day.
And, of all places. In his office.
Right at his own desk he fell with bang.
He wouldn't have believed 1t If 1t hadn't
happened to him.
He has been reading, as all people have,
of accidents in homes. 5t1 tS'ttI
Most accidents" the man on the radio
said, with booming voice. occur In the
home"
Honestly, In the back Of his own mind.
Jones rather doubted that statement.
He was willing to admit that many acci-
dents do happen at home.
People fall down cellar stairs. babies drink
I've and other awful things, old people fall
in kitchens, and many other terrible things
happen.
They happen. too. In flash. sometimes.
because toy has been left on step. some
times because the person involved never
knew that one shouldn't plug In light
with wet hands. for instance.
All these things. and many more, happen
In homes but still they did not convince
Templeton Jones that most accidents hap
pen there.
The roaring trafic, he believed is still
q more likely place.
One Of his own bad habits while waiting
at street corner to cross is to start think
ing about something. then suddenly step out
without looking.
There are many things one can do. Jones
knows, to safeguard ones self at home and
abroad from the usual sort of accident.
But
He knew, too, that one can do little If
anything about the really sudden accident
that takes one unawares.
That was what happened to him at his
Office desk.
A loose caster in his chair did 1t.
/. AS Jones sat down the caster came out and
the back of the chair went down.
The Jonesian legs went up in the air. and
over backwards he went.
His head struck the radiator In front of
the low window.
There was Templeton Jones, man Of affairs,
rolling In heap on the floor.
He rolled over to the left, skinning his
elbow Gas he found out later, getting cuts
here and there on his hands.
He lay still.
After ALL fall after 50 is different from
a fall before.
Jones didn't leap up.
He didn't feel like leapIng at all
He lay still for few seconds, feeling
his head.
No lump, no dizziness. thank heavens.
And no one came into the room.
He wondered what would have happened
II the window had been open and he had
gone clear out.
Eight floors to the street
Jones pictured the discovery Of his open
window, the wailing of the ambulance. the
struck eyes and voice Of some of his asso-
ciates.
There would have been three theories
cne that he jumped. one that he was pushed
out and one that he fell by accident.
The first two schools Of thought. he real
led witt, q slight shudder. would be pre-
ponderant. And wrong.
Jones managed to scramble TO his fees.
tThat's another thing one doesn't do 30
easily after 501
The window was safely shut He hadn't
gone out. after ALL He was just shaken up
4 bit cut and bruised. but safe
He thought about that man on the radio
who had been talking about accidents.
MAYBE" said Templeton Jones TO him
self. rubbing his bruises. maybe the guy
was right. After ~"
Evening star., 1949-04-21
BY THE HAsKIS SERVICE

O. When and by whom was thr Sauit Etr.
Marie Canal built7~~D. II. e~z
A. The first canal was built on tbs
Canadian side OF the river by the North.
west Fur Company IN 1919. A tow path
Was made along the shore for oxen 70 track
the bateaux and canoes through the upper
part Of the rapids. The lock. excepting the
timber noor and miter siils. was DESTROYED
in 1915 by United States troops from Maeki-
nae Island under command Of Major
Holmes Tie first shipping canal. knoxn IS
the State Canal, Ras built On the American
side of the river from 1859 10 1855. Capt,
A. canfield. Typographical EnEineeFs, U. -,
Army. made the original survey. Charles sT.
Harvey was superintendent Of the constFses
ton.
O. Ia there any simple home method q
making childTens elotninw firepTnof7~-T. 81
A, Although there Ia no known method
of freprooflns that is completely sAtssfse-
tory. children'a clothing teofton. Faycn.
ETC. can be nanaeprcofed 70 reduce ne
hazard In the following way: In two sailors
OF hot water dissolve one pound OF cTysfsie
line borax and ID ounces Of eurtc acid. ~
the material 70 be fiameproofsd requires =
starched finish. add little prepared ssAFr1
% the formula. Let the mixture cool M .
room of ordinary tsrfperat1re. then place
the dry fhnrfe IN II. Sef thst ~ p@1ta =
the material are wet with the solution AltFf
10 or rs minutes OF soaking. wiring out teas
goods, not too strongly. by hand. Aiioz -
material To dry. and press II with 60
cool iron. Tne material sfscsiif nps -
surtnkied before ironing. and shoSild tnsss-
fore be watched 20 that IL can De apFFd
lust before IL is completely Cry, III sxtfa
moisture must be applied. do not spTtnks.
Spread q thin dry cloth Over tlae material.
place q thin damp cloth upon The dry CO.
and iron thus. Tne process u not pfgns ut
but must be renewed after earh aunnes
O. Which saTns was fnFsnsea -
basketball or footnail7-~H, ,. IL
A. Football was not luvsnsed. ~ esdsK8
gradually from early Greek and EaW
r.nes. ri waa tn 1914 prohibited oT iaN -
England ard TIRE Rsme as 80 kncx = -
0rss PLAYED ID fhe middle 1861 AmerarAN
fooebau dates h&rx TO 1878. Dssxss bah -
Invented n 1891.
Evening star., 1949-04-21

q sincere desire for more friendly relations
With the free western world, they will
fnd him receptive and sympathetic. In
the last analysis, after all, 1t Is up TO
them to determine whether the present
situation Is to get worse or better
Evening star., 1949-04-21

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
priter. although 1t Is permissible TO,
a writer knotpn to The Star 10 use
nom de plume. Please be brtef.
Evening star., 1949-04-21
Social Insurance
Limited TO Real Needs


Tragic stalemate threatens a much needed
social insurance program unless intelligent
leadership separates wise national policy
from partisan politics. Stalemate means both
parties default in their pledge to provide
low cost. prepayable insurance against bank
rupting health needs.
The present debate Is whether national
health insurance shall be compulsory or vol
untary. This is not the basic isSie. The
real issue is whether social insurance shall
cover all possible health needs or shall be
limited TO those which upset all family
budgets.
Total coverage of every health need will
impose an inevitable bureaucratic paternal-
ism. To provide 1t. we must accept the regi-
mentation of the completely planned econ
omy. It's eventual cost win mean more than
financial insolvency. II will mean servitude
for the doctor and undeserved disappoint-
ment for the patient. Blank checks payable
upon unlimited demand are q self-adduced
absurdity.
II we limit social insurance to coverage OF
health risks that upset all family budgets,
we remain a free people. This would be
solvent self help based on the sound insur-
ance principles Of risk-sharing and cost
spreading. This limits social insurance to
the possible and the urgently needed. Ex-
perience points to childbearing. catastrophe
illness and malignant disease as the costly
health risks which upset the stoutest family
budgets. To insure these would be wise ma
tional policy. Safe and fruitful childbearing
Is our only sure guarantee Of national sur
vival Protection against catastrophe IN
ness viii help every worker and homenaker
to greater productiveness. Mercy TO the VIC
tim Of malignancy gives conscience TO social
insurance. Insistence upon unlimited COW
erage In social insurance viii divide our
people. Social insurance against health risks
which are costly to all win leave Us united
people. THOMAS z. MATTTNGLY. NJ d,
Evening star., 1949-04-21

one inspected the rooms for rs and gave an
OK. on them, Miss Naissnith and her Ink
are typical Of those who expect the Govern
ment to support them and think for them.
and some day when the Government does
do their thinking for them hope they viii
realize 1t Is their own fault.
LOUISE B. SHELTON
Evening star., 1949-04-21

"Soviets soon to make movies that
smell"-item. And before setting up any
ludicrous claim that it invented them, let
Russia study the weaker halves Of our
double bills
Evening star., 1949-04-21
sharp Retort Given
To Arlington @Farmer'

To Arlington EAFmeA
To the Editor of The star
Yes, Helen Naismith definitely should 60
back home when Arlington Farms Is closed
The biggest mistake the Government made
was In bringing her to Washington In tnf
first place. Did she have special guar
over her home back home"a
I came to washington In 1885 along Wit
several thousand other men and women an
we we're ION our own" from the day VI
received the Government confirmation tele
Grams until the morning We reported 70
duty as directed. II was up TO us 70 haN
nlares located in which to live. And ther
was q housing shortage In Washington then
too Every apartment building In town naf
the same story. "a long waiting list /" no US
to take your name. At the time was i
years old.
But we rang doorbells. We answered ADJ
In papers. we consulted the room service OF
tse YWCA. and then we made an inspection
az the rooms ourselves. No one forced u
% taxa any room We didn't want but 10
Evening star., 1949-04-21
Questions and Answers

faet by tntlns Ths Esentns hsss tafsEmatisf
Burssu, ala ] street NE Wsshansssn y g
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-01
} MERCHANT SHIPS
 DENIED AID; HELD
 IN SHANGHAI PORT

WASHINGTON, Oct. l -lR- Adm. Louis Denfeld, Chief of Naval Operations, declined today to pro- vide American naval intervention for release of three United States merchant ships held at Shanghai by Nationalists gunboats.
 Denfeld, replying to a request from the owners, wired that you will appreciate that the employ ment of United States naval forces under the present circumstances is not in accord with United States government policy"
 The Isbrandtsen line of New York, which operates the three merchant ships, said the answer to the Nationalist blockade" of Com- munist ports-which this country doesn't recognize-is to give Ameri- can merchantmen protection by warships.
 We have asked for escorts in the past and we trust the (State) De- partment will provide protection in the future" the lines owners said