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Evening star., 1949-01-15
Letters to The Star
Disabled Federal Employer Pli8ht


TO the Editor OF The Star:
It already has been recognized by many of
your readers, and by some politicians, that
no greater injustice has been done to any
group during this inflationary period than to
the totally disabled Government workers still
dependent on what In 1927 was supposed to be
compensation for injuries received in line Of
duty. But 1t now is clear that very great
injury has been done to the whole country
by this deliberate sidestepping of response
bility
Forget for the moment the already injured
and consider the scientist or engineer the Gov
eminent now is desperately trying to enlist and
hold in its service with promises and hopes OF
higher pay. "The very safety Of the country
perhaps of civilization, Is involved" Good, 30
far! The man gets 5000. $4,000, perhaps
even $4,000 a year. He may be in the naval
or military defense, or work in atomic energy
when an accident occurs. He becomes blind, or
otherwise incapacitated for earning a living.
Compensation. $4,000 q year9
No, the maximum Is $1,39795 q year; that is
$3.85 day. Try to support a family and get
along on this for the rest OF your life, Mr..
$15,000-a-Year. and you will understand why
men do not jump at Government jobs, espe-
cially at risky ones, in peacetime!
My advice to prospective Government en-
ployes is: Before you take q job, find out just
what your compensation would amount to in
case of injury. II 1t seems unfair-say 90.
and act accordingly.
To present Government employees I say: In
vestigate your compensation rights now, and
write your Senator and Representative now,
and talk to the leaders of unions Of Federal
workers.
To the Government. insist: If you want
permanent, loyal workers, especially in danger
Gus work. let them be assured Of honest real
compensation in case of injury; and remember
compensation is not charity, but Is intended to
replace natural right, that Of suit for damage
That every shoulder Is needed at the wheel
now is shown by the fact that last year one
of the very few evident agreements between
President Truman and the 80th Congress was
on the principle that irrespective OF justice or
the effect on the efficiency of civil government
and the military, small group OF disabled
compensationers OF presumably little political
power safely could be ignored.
DO you remember President Truman recon-
mending that the disabled Government COM
pensationers could get along; that the next de-
preston eventually would rectify the high cost
OF living (during the last great depression the
compensation payments were reduced, actually
reduced is per cent?? And the leader OF
Senate committee for personal reasons letting
die in committee a satisfactory and just bill
already passed in substance by the House?
Forty million dollars month Is not too much
for an air lift to help our former enemies in
Berlin-but 100000 total a year has been
regarded as too much for our disabled Govern
ment workers!
A TOTALLY DISABLED GOVERNMENT
RESEARCH ENGINEER.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
The Secret Rink

Where spread, last spring, tairy ring
OF meadoD grasses green,
A nee pool lies, meath Utntsr skies
A disk of silDer sheen.
By fescue tall concealed from all
Who mock at elfn schemes,
Its mirror ice q paradise
For tiny runners CLEANS.
And ah, ne kno,u, as tofsps OF snoD
In scroll and scalIop spread,
There broUnies skate, Dho cannot Datt
Till mortGls are abed!
HAROLD WILLARD GLEASON.
Evening star., 1949-01-15

page-one news story pointing out that what
happened in the Georgia trial could happen
here Gin New York; and in most other parts
Of the United States" The story said that
the preponderance Of common law, statutory
law and judicial opinion in this country u that
juror may be called ~ . witness, give his
testimony and then return to the Jury box to
help decide the case"
The paper cited Section 4l3 Of the New York
Code of Criminal Procedure as sanctioning
such procedure and quoted a century-old de-
cision of the New York Court Of Appeals
People vs.. DohrinN As declaring ut is settled
that juror may be witness on . trial before
himself and his fellows, first being sworn As 4
witness besides his oath IS q juror" In
vestigation SHOWS" continued the article. that
the same question has been raised in many
other States and in Hawaii and that, lacking
= statutory prohibition, rulings have been
the same as those In New York" r. c.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Labor and Capital Partners

To the Editor Of The Star
All are agreed that labor and capital func-
tionally are partners in the performance OF
public service Our industries provide the
essential products on which we must live. We
may refer to our industries as private bust
ness" or free enterprise" But no matter
what we term them the twin production and
distribution industries do perform public,
rather than a private, function. In the last
analysis. neither capital nor labor can be
allowed the freedom" to disrupt the now
lines Of continuous production and distribution
of the necessities Of our living.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
No Sympathy for Germans

No Sympathy for Germans
TO the Editor of The Star
After reading the letter to The Star, signed
by Otto Durholtz, could only repeat the saying
in reference to the royal family Of the Bourbons
They never learn and never forget
The plight of the. so-cslled. German ex-
pellees," under other circumstances could be
regrettable and perhaps even deserving cer-
tain amount of sympathy. but Mr.. Durholtz
squawking about racial discrimination against
such freedom loving. miltarism- hating and
Justice -adoring German "expellees," who can
not get priority to our free America, leaves
one entirely cold. EUGENE ESTEN.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Why Government Is Costly

To the Editor Of The Star:
Dorothy Thompson seems to think 1t is
cheaper medical service when furnished by
the Government. But it usually costs more
when the Government does anything. We had
sidewalks built in Urbana, ILL.,, by pri-
vate contractor that did not cost half as much
as those which the city built, and they were
better sidewalks. Theodore Roosevelt said
President could get himself reelected or ap-
point his successor simply by using the Post
Once as q political machine. 1t is easy to
see why President Truman was reelected with
50 many people on the Government payroll.
MRS MARTHA c. HUBBARD.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Favors Art in Festival Aura

To the Editor OF The Star:
Recently Life magazine carried an article
about the pursuit Of happiness. and one OF
the things mentioned was the museum OF art
IN a large city such as Cleveland, Ohio. The
director spoke about humanizing the museums,
and making them more attractive to the
public
This beautiful city Of Washington has its
share of fine museums and other such types Of
interesting buildings and works of art. How
ever they are 50 cold and dead in exterior
appearance that people are repeled. It's ex-
hsusting to visit, let's say the Smithsonian In
stitution; and one is fortunate to be able to
get o glass of water, let alone cup of coffee,
In any Of the buildings.
People are people, and they feel strange in
the cold, lifeless art galleries.
The writer Is not advocating making over
our museums into cafes and cafeterias with
wired musicj but that's the sort OF place a
great many people like to relax in, and If they
could view 4 great work OF art or Lindoerghs
plane at the same time, so much the better.
Don't you think the people who created this
great wealth of treasured material were
people of vitality and vigor. and don't you
think they would shudder If they could see
where we have inferred their creations? They
were surrounded by merry crowds of people
eating, drinking or Just sitting and chatting
in congenial surroundings.
Take our Mall for instance. What place
of beauty! But do people in Washington see
1t very often or do visitors see it? You could
walk the length of the Mall any day during
the week from the Washington Monument to
the Capitol and you would be hard put to
find one pedestrian.
If that Mall were in New York City, it
would be alive. The authorities probably
would have bride path the full length of
it and path for horse drawn carriages with
open tops which would be filled with sight
seers moving along that beautiful expanse at
all hours. Every honeymoon couple probably
would have the Mall ride on their must"
list when they arrived to visit this city of
hidden beauty. RICHARD T. BOWE.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Cheap Houses Just That
To the Editor OF The Star

To the Editor Of The Star:
With the cost of home construction what it is
today, many people want homes, but when
they find the houses they want they find their
cash on hand is not enough. Therefore, they
are forced to buy cheaper houses. That is
where they can really get stung. for cheap
house really can be cheap.
Now and then you read or hear of low-cost
houses being built. If you are interested, you
had better get there early, so you can see the
material with which they are being constructed.
Il looks to me like they are about to throw
the code book away. F. H. P.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
For Sound REORGANIZATION

In his capacity as chairman of the
| bipartisan Commission on Organization OF
the Executive Branch of the Government
former President Hoover has made q
timely appeal to Congress not to place
undue restrictions on the forthcoming
effort to reorganize the Federal admins
tration in line with the commission 8
recommendations.
The appeal-contained in a letter to
House Speaker Rayburn and Senator Nc
Kellar, president pro tempore of the
Senate-asks that President Truman be
granted broad powers to act upon the
commissions findings, which are to be
submitted to Congress during the next
thirty days. What Mr.. Hoover is espe-
cially anxious to avoid are legislative
exceptions of the kind that have seriously
hampered all past efforts at governmental
reorganization.
According to Mr.. Hoover, the commits
sion after almost eighteen months of
exhaustive study-has found that the
country is paying heavily for numerous
deficiencies in the executive setup and
that great improvements can be made
In the effectiveness with which the Gov
ernment can serve the people If its organi-
zation and administration are overhauled" ;"
In Mr.. Hoover's judgment, however these
provements-designed to increase eff
cheney and cut down costs-probably can
be achieved "only If the Congress re-
enacts and broadens" dtalics supplied)
the Reorganization Act OF 1945.
The key word here is "broadens" The
act of 1945-which expired last March 81
empowered the President to submit
reorganization plans to Congress and to
make them effective within sixty days
unless a majority vote in both houses
vetoed them in the meantime. Mr.. Hoover
would retain that veto power, but the new
legislation he has in mind would be
broader" In the sense that 1t would not
contain the Limitations or exemptions"
that characterized the authority granted
to Mr.. Truman in 1s45-restrictions greatly
hampering or forbidding altogether any
changes in the status of numerous
agencies.
AS the history Of governmental reorgani-
easily avoided. congressman who have a
special interest III d FeQeTdl agency OT
project, or whose constituency has a
special interest in 1t, naturally do their
best to protect it from being reorganized
out of the picture. If the executive branch
is to operate as efficiently and economi-
cally as possible, however, that attitude
must yield ground to the larger interests
of the Nation. For 1t Is true, as Mr.. Hoover
says, that "once the limiting and exempt
ing process is begun, it will end the pos
sibility of achieving really substantial
results"
Under the best of circumstances, of
course, it is not going to be easy to
effectuate thoroughgoing governmental
overhaul But Mr.. Hoover, speaking for
both himself and his commission. is more
than persuasive when he says that a great
deal can be accomplished If there are no
unnecessary restrictions. As for the danger
of unwise reorganization plans, he counts
not merely on the sound exercise of presi-
Dental discretion, but also on the power
of Congress to veto anything 1t dislikes.
That certainly would seem to be 4 SUM-
cient safeguard.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Twenty.Minute- Meters

o the EdItOr OF
In reference to the 2o-minute parking
meters around Washington's downtown Sec
ton, think they are joke A man hardly
can accomplish his errand in such short
time 1t cost me s305 for overstaying by
few minutes Is it possible the District needs
such fast revenue? Then, why not make all
meters Commute ones? 1t is hardly possible
to concentrate on ones business without
getting the meter jitters."
MILTON j. BRANDON.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Jurors as Witnesses

To the Editor Of The Star:
The Stars editorial Friends on the Jury"
on the acquittal of . white man accused OF
numbering Negro in Georgia, commented that
the calling of two jurors as defense witnesses
was permissible under Georgia law, but 1t Is
not calculated to inspire confidence In the
quality of Georgia justice when a racial angle
is involved" If you meant to imply that the
taking of testimony from jurors is peculiar to
Georgia justice" you are mistaken.
On the same day that your editorial ap-
peared, the New York Herald Tribune carrie
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Labor's Demands Criticized

70 the Editor Of The Star:
In Saturdays Star Walter Wockhausen con-
demns your newspaper corporation reaction"
to President Truman's soak business" mes
sage The chiselers of the laboring class (or-
ganized labor want bigger social security, free
medical treatment, q restraint on price in
creases caused mainly by labor's unreasonable
wage demands, and = Government cowardly
enough to accept their orders.
They don't want to pay for anything they
can get free. But, unfortunately, the labor
gang and President Truman are going to dis
cover that when you kill the goose. she lays
no more golden eggs.
Labor and socialism already have wrecked
stable government in Europe and Britain.
Those countries are existing today on our char
ity. ANDREW w. LARMAN.
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1949-01-15

has been the subject Of numerous discus
xons between military authorities and
representatives Of press and radio Ger
tainly the code legislation urged by the
National Military Establishment Is reason
able and essential without 1t we run
continuing risk to security of the gravest
Sort
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Brief Sermon of Imitation

Two things to remember: /. You can't have
high wages and low food prices. 2. You can't
collect any taxes the consumer does not ulti,
mately pay. r. E. WENZEL.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Sees Unions Above Law

OSSS OHlOnS AoONS La"
To The Editor Of The Star:
They seem to be trying to get up law for
the henefit of the labor unions. But it is a
waste OF time to try to do that because the
unions want to be above all law. They do not
want any law that can be applied to them.
WILLIAM MACKAY.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer to any question NJ
fact by writing The Evening star 1nformston
Please nclose three (3l cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Complicated Tax Returns

To the Editor Of The Star:
Several years ago the late President Franklin
D. Roosevelt, sensing the wrath Of the people
over the Bureau Of Internal Revenues dicta-
torial power and threats to the people in gen.
eral, issued instructions to simplify income
tax return blanks and 30 reduce chaos Today
there Is q tendency to get back to the old
school, This year nobody can make 4 return
without red tape. Had you noticed the trend?
e. H. A.
Evening star., 1949-01-15

Letters TOR publication must bear
the signature and sddrsss Of the
,orttsr, although It Is permissible for
a ,oriter knoton to The Star to use
a nom de plume. Please be briet.
Evening star., 1949-01-15

The remarkable thing is that the small
defenseless country in Europe can be
seat of far-fiung empire-after the manner
of the vast holding company, operating
with only desk room and a phone.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

Q. Why are banks not permitted to accept
United States Savings Bonds (Seres E and g.
Is collateral?-C. M.
A. Banks are not permitted to accept United
States Savings Bonds as collateral because Of
the inherent nature of these bonds, which are
for thrift and savings Since they are non-
transferable securities they are not suitable
for use as collateral by banks.
Q Was Pat OBrien, motion picture actor, \
student at the University of Notre Dame?-
HI
A, Pat oBrien was never a student of Notrs
Dame. The popular notion to the contrary
was probably brought about by the fact that
he portrayed Knute Rockne on the screen in
the motion picture "Knute Rockne-AN Amer
lean"
O. Please explain how the pckoff play
worked that Lou Boudreau used and worked
out for the Cleveland Indians in the 1948
Worlds Series.-B. H.
A. The Sporting News says that the Cleve-
land Indians pickoff play. as executed by
Manager Lou Boudreau and his pitchers, is a
well rehearsed maneuver depending on perfect
timing. 1t starts when Boudreau flashes the
signal for the play to the catcher. who relays
it to the pitcher The manager and the pitcher
then start counting silently to themselves:
"One-and-two and d-three-and-four." On the
count of four, the pitcher wheels and throws
to the base; on the same count, Boudreau
breaks for the bag to take the throw, arriving
at the right splt-second to catch the runner
of base.
@. How much shorter In stature is q man ut
go than at 30? Do women shrink as much as
men?-H W. @.
A. The United States Public Health Service
says that the exact amount of decrease in
height depends upon the body build Of the
ind NJ hA NH I'M mi
that develop as he grows older. The average
person is anywhere from u inch to " inch
shorter at night when he goes to bed than he
is when he arises In the morning. A rough
approximation would be to say that perhaps
the average person Is from u inch to Y inch
shorter In stature at age 60 than at age 30
The height of women shrinks proportionatsly
as does that of men
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-08-12
SOCIAL e PERSONAL
ST. PAUL

MrS Annie McGavOck Miller and daughter Lillian Nc.
Gavock of Nashville Tenn arrived in me city Wednesday
August 10 to visit with their and brother Aaron Mcav
ock While here they viii be the house guests Of Mr.
Phil Freeman, s57 Iglehart Ave-
Mrs Constance l. Graham of AGA Carroll Ave- win leave
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-08-12
Twin City Flashes

By Charlotte PWtoss


Wen again naturally you what that
50 what say get right with III
hooup the Cain and Nelson
Bager who became Mr. and Mrs last Monday evening also hear
petat wedding rings that
but then what wouldn't look good It had ten diamonds IN III
CongrAtulatonsl
HoO-up couples Enn girls
wedding Sunday st. James AN
Church This the double wedding Of this type for quite
time Congratulations also In order for these two couples
Say gals have you seen ths lovely ring that Louise Cufi
dlspayingS h nnei WHO'S the lucky man. h4endyf
Chuck shelton just trip chicago
Wright Claudia returned 10 Boston the Clifford Pertests
AGrs william going mentioning
John In Minneapolis just returned from trip north
Minneapolis really getting their an Of
and the fuhest get from home little
park in Minneapolis (smie)i
That surprise party you
Bessie Ellis Some Of the
merry" Saturday night
Bradford l. Roberts Julian Dodson Leroy Elliot Sterling
Robinson and Mr. Thomas Adams Mrs LILLIAN
Marshall Mickey Moore Edward Hicks Jerry Tuckery and Mr. and
Roberts the host and hostess for the
sion. 1t really was a very lovely affair
Birthday Greetings order for LeatiCe DOdd and
extra special bated greeting to mother who
weIL let's just say she had n birthday August 6th.
Get Hughes very in
Hope you're up and around again AL and soon tool
A. setting their wedding date
probably within the next couple Of months Don't tell
anyone told you though!
we If going Mary Shirley
better get wggIe until around
here and about,
I remain,
Charlotte Of course"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-08-12
SOCIAL re- PERSO MALl

Friday, August pTotly appointed party given hy
the Booker Washington study Club for thu members and
their guests The tables beautifully decorated with hp
cOOrs and flowers Of the club predominang Games play
ed with al guests winning prizes The onOftOwn guests
Mmes Rehaooa Jones of BOTTOM Mass Nm Llayd Waller a
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-08-12

went an operation there Monday,
August /. Her condition Is re-
ported to be improving.
Mrs. John G. Few. e4s Iglehart
Ave. was luncheon guest Tuesday.
August 3, Of Mrs. Eva Behsle, At
the St. Paul hotel
Miss ROsamOnd f. Miller,
daughter of Mrs. Josephine Miller.
81 St Adams, recently made the
honor roll at Rasmussen Business
College in st. Paul. Miss Miller Is
taking a secretarial course, which
win end in january. After that,
she plans TO take a civil service ex-
animation.
The CFispus AttuclCs Home As
ISOLATION win meet Tuesday, Aug.
10, at 8 o'clock at Halle 9. Brown
community house. An members
are urged to be present. Mrs. La
Ear Howard is president and Mrs.
Jean Waters is secretary,
The Twin City Forty club win
give their annual club basket pic
mic at Powderhorn Park in Min
neapolis Sunday, August 14th.
Games win be held and prizes win
be given the winners. J. e. John
son is president Of the club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd A. Brown
of Brooklyn, N. Y. is in the city
for a Today stay visiting rela-
tives. He is the son Of Mrs. Mary
F. Brown, TOT Iglehart Ave; the
brother of Harry s., Foster A,
and William Mckinley Brown and
Of Mrs. Crystal Burgess. He IA
the houseguest Of Mr.. and Mrs,
Foster A. Brown, s92 Rondo Ave,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-08-12

e Wares Resort n Pine River
MINI.
nErs. Imcilla hGcDufly and soma.
Roosevelt AKA Frankiin. 900
Bryant Ave. NO. ieit Sunday.
August Z for q Ten day visit n
otrlnwa. Iowa they wiIi visit
relatives and friends
Mrs. Arthur RoyHter and her
two children Coventry and nayri
a Austin. Texas arrived II Min
neapolis August 2 20 spend q
month. while hera Mrs. Royaltr
WIN WHIT with her parents ~. and
Mrs william A Wormley, 800
Fourth Ave. So. and her aiAter
Mrs Paul s. curry. si1S COLUMBUS
Ave. Mrs. RoystsE wah aisa ac-
companied BY Mas Gertrude COL
Inns, a sophomore II riiiotson Coi-
lege where Mrs. Register teaches
art.
AErs. Lloyd Wnlhsr 81 chicago.
IN. Is the house guess q IN. and
Mrs william WalSer, S8ie Fourth
Ave. So. MA walker. who q ne
uister-ln-Iaw 81 Mr.. Walker hsn
visited IN the clsy for one weels
and plans 70 visit here another
week. she was accompanied hora
BY friend. 1srs. Percy Allen Of
chicago who left for her home
after one weeks giat
Mr. and AIrB. Raynond noyd o.
Danville, m and Mr.. and 1kra Roy
ahavaru 81 nloomington. ~ were
dinner guests Fsday. August 3 81
the home Of Miss Eanlcs Lever
eta, a006 climtcn Ave. 90. They
were also entertained 81 4 tgi.
light picnic saturday night
August . By Miss Leverstts.
AErs. nerniue slnaghteK o. Jel-
fsssonviile, Ind. was the dlnnel
guest u Mr. and ms. Augustus
Owens. 5000 canAon Ave. 60 pi-
day July 80. Mrs. Slaughter vas
stopping AZ che home d Alr
0eosss Bsnin. e.. sszg Fourth
Ave. 50.
Mm Oistha A1cQuerzy. tof8
clinton ave. 50, lett Thursday
August 4 for 0lencoe m whore
nhe VIII resume her work AFTER
one months vncation vlsiting her
parents, Mr. and AGlo Morton
AEcQuerry and caher sllntitss and
faehda.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-08-12
TOUfo Bonnie Amies Enjoy
Monnheimer Collection

Members and friends of the
Toute Bonnie Annie club were en-
tertained last Friday, August 5,
by a member Of one Of the pio-
neering families Of Minnesota.
Miss Elsa Mannheimer, who en-
tertained the club in her home at
436 Holly Ave-, spoke briefly TO
the visitors had showed them q
display Of collections she had
gathered for many years.
Miss Mannheimer spoke to the
group on the importance Of the
flower in home decorations. Then
she showed them her collection
of antiques, china, glassware,
paintings, furniture and miniature
reproductions Of different articles
and events.
Most Of the miniature repro
auctions Miss Mannheimer made
herself. and her unusual collection
of antiques consisted Of a varied
amount Of articles.