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Evening star., 1949-07-11
The Housing Program

If it lives up to the claims Oh Its
supporters, the compromise housing bill
which now awaits the Presidents sigma
ture-Will have an economically and So
cially wholesome effect on the future life
of the Nation. A large number OF builders
and real estate men have bitterly opposed
it, but their arguments, according to lIS
advocates, have been based on false
premises. If that is so, then the program
authorized by the measure is likely to
result in a good deal of healthy progress,
during the next few decades, in field
where there is certainly very clear neeo
for construction on an extensive scale
The two most important features OF the
bill have to do with slum clearance and
low-cost housing. AS far as slum clear
ance is concerned, Congress has author
lied the Federal Government to extend
$500 900 900 in direct grants and $1,0O0,-
100000 in Understanding loans to help
communities get rid of blighted areas,
the communities themselves paying two
thirds of whatever the total outlay may
be. AS for low-coSt housing, the bill is
aimed at enabling local authorities to
build 10000 units within the next six
years. To that end it provides for Federal
subsidies-up to a maximum OF $308 8,O0O,-
900 a year for 40 years-to cover the
difference between what the projects cost
and the amount of rent the tenants can
afford to pay
Critics of the bill hold that it will
ultimately cost the country anywhere
from $16,OOO,O 900 to $4,000 00O, 900;
that it will lead to far-reaching Federal
Intervention in local affairs; that private
industry can meet the current demand
without Government help; that the pro-
gram will endanger free enterprise in the
field, and that it is not only economically
unsound but also socialiStic. In reply,
It's supporters insist that it will actually
cost in the neighborhood of $10,OOO,OO0,-
600; that the law carefully assigns the
dominant role to the localities; that pri-
vate industry is definitely unable to do
the job all by itself, and that the whole
undertaking, far from being socialistic or
q menace to free enterprise, represents a
wise long-range investment promising to
pay rich dividends in terms OF contracts
for independent builders, economy-bol-
stering employment in construction actv-
tiles, and enduring social betterment for
a large segment of the population.
The fact that thoughtful legislators like
Senator Taft have voted for the measure,
after helping to shape it on the basis of
a careful study of the situation, may be
taken as evidence that it's critics have
exaggerated its potential weaknesses and
overlooked the strong points in its favor.
The strongest of these points is the simple
fact that during the past decade blighted
areas have grown more blighted and the
construction of new low-cost housing has
Jagged far behind our population increase
of 100000 since 1910. In the circum-
stances, there certainly would seem to be
ample Justification for the program just
enacted by Congress-
Evening star., 1949-07-11
New Greek Cabinet

The parliamentary crisis in Greece pre-
cipitated by the recent death of Premier
ThemistocIes Sophoulis has apparently
been solved BY more than two-thirds
majority, the Chamber has voted support
for new Cabinet headed by Premier Al
exander Diomedes. This is a continuation
of the coalition arrangement between the
Populist and Liberal parties, under which
the Liberals, though the less numerous
group get the Premiership and other port
folios.
This is essentially middle of -the-road
Government. The current opposition
comes from the extremist parties on both
left and right, the chief dissident groups
being the leftist Social Democrats and the
ultra nationalist group headed by Napo-
leon Zervas. 1t should, of course, be un-
derstood that the Communists are not
represented in the Chamber, having boy
cotted the elections which chose the
Chamber and being virtually outlawed for
their connection with the rebels.
The new Premier fills the moderating
role formerly played by the deceased
Sophoulis. Although his background is
more financial than political, Mr. Diomedes
is generally respected for his personal in
tegrity and sound economic views. Like
Sophoulis, he thus represents the moder-
ate wing of the Liberal Party, but has been
able to reconcile the somewhat un-
apenable wing led by sophocles venizelos.
Upon Sophoulis death, Mr.. Venizelos
aspired to lead the Liberals, but was un-
able to come to terms with the Populists
and their leader, Constantine Tsaldaris.
On the other hand, Tsaldaris was unable
to form an all-Populist Government, not
only because of parliamentary technicali-
ties but also because such Cabinet would
have alienated much support from the
public and would have been unfavorably
regarded by the United States, which is
giving Greece such vital support. The
choice OF Diomedes is compromise that
looks promising, alike at home and abroad
The program announced by the new
Premier is essentially that of his prede-
cessor 1t emphasizes intensified warfare
against the Communist.led- rebels. zcopa;
Evening star., 1949-07-11
Aqed Primo Donna

Her fraiZ old hands tuned in the radio,
And presently the overture began
Twelve hundred miles a,oay, 1ohere long
ago
She had so often sung. NotD sound
could span -.
The distance as she travelled back the years
To stand once more on the tanatltar
boards
And hold the spotlight, while repeated
cheers
Spelled in the great ouation man accords
The gifted tew. The curtain rose, and she
Was one 1oith every singer on the stage,
Reliving euery note in memory, ~
Until tie music s,Dept a,Day her age y
And she yegan to sing her role; and then,
She ,pas dark -1pinged Brunhilde once again.
s- HuDEGARDE WALLS IOHNSON.--
Evening star., 1949-07-11

depends upon the opportunity for develop
ment accorded to the individual"
OF course, we cannot all make fetish
of personal iaolation as Henry David
Thoreau did at Walden Pond, and we can
not all be Wat Whitmans, celebrating
ourselves exclusively. There inevitably
must be some coercion, some compromise,
in a world as ciowded and competitive as
that in which we have our being DR..
Garbett knows that as we'll as anybody
What he wants 10 be sure about is that we
are not de-humanized in the alleged
interest of humlnity.
Evening star., 1949-07-11
IndividuuIism Still Important

Dr. Cyril Garbett, Archbishop of York,
is by no means the first commentator to
remark that there is abroad in the world
a tendency to lump people in masses. The
Founder of Christianity Himself preached
individualism, and all branches of the
universal church have repeated His in
struction in that respect. A like observa-
ton also may be made with regard to the
Greeks, Socrates and Plato, and to the
Romans, Seneca and the elder Pliny.
Whether one chooses for his philosophic
background the Scriptures or the secular
Classics, the principle of personal inde-
pendence is part of ones inheritance.
But the Archbishop specifies modern
bureaucracy as the source of such phrases
as "the average man" and "the common
man." and he may be correct in his attribu-
ton Karl Marks dictum: From each
according to his abilities, to each according
to his needs" certainly is gesture in the
direction of RECOMMENDATION, and Nikolai
Lenin left no room for nonconformity in
his declaration that liberty is 80 precious
that it must be rationed." Yet the trend
within the experience of living generations
probably would have been in the direction
of integration, even If these radical ideol-
ogists never had written.
In the United States, in any case, there
was a movement toward class formations
in the earliest days of the republic. Men
developed schools of thought on public
questions, and adherence to those patterns
soon became a custom, if not truly a
necessity. 1t was against this fashion of
group dogma that Thomas Jefferson pro-
kinson: II never submitted the whole
system of my opinions to the creed of any
party whatever, in religion, in
philosophy, in politics, or in anything else,
where am capable of thinking for myself.
Such an addiction is the last degradation
of free and moral agent. If could not
go to heaven but with party, I would
not 60 there at ALL"
DR.. Garbett undoubtedly would agree
with the Sage of Monticello The Arch
bishop specifically deplores the notion that
| people can be dealt with "as If every one
were so alike that distinctive and individual
| characteristics were mere eccentricities
which can safely be ignored" He would
find an ally, too, in the great mathema-
| tician Albert Einstein, who as much as
any contemporary may claim to speak for
systematic science when he insists, as he
tdid in 1888, that: "Any power must be
| the enemy of mankind which fenSlaves the
individual = whether it arises under
Fascist or Communist flag" because
!. AL that A valuable in, human society
Evening star., 1949-07-11
Double Standard
For Canadian-BOrn Americans.

For Canadian Born Americans.
To the Editor of The Star:
The writer waited for long time, but it
finally happened.
My parents moved to Canada and lived
there for about two years during which
time I was born.
Election officials and others never ques-
toned the citizenship of my father or my
self, but when applied for job as build
ing guard was considered an alien and re-
quired to take out citizenship papers (seven
years in the Army did not count)
Now the son of former President who
also was born in Canada is admitted to be
eligible to be President of the United States
and he will not be required to take out citi
zenship papers. Can anyone think of any
thing more asinine?
If my father had been a Millionaire or
big shot politician or both never would
have had my citizenship questioned, even
if had been running for President.
THE GOOSE TOWN GROWLER.
Evening star., 1949-07-11
Urges More Convenient
Shopping and Banking Hours


Some one. several nights ago. suggested
a very practical idea of great convenience
to the multitude-that of closing stores on
Monday instead of Saturday, which would
give the salespeople just as long a week.
end. The stores would profit greatly. as
Monday usually is slack day-whereas
Saturday is the only day on which the
many many thousands of Federal and Dis
trict workers have to do shopping.
My suggestion has been, for long time,
for banks to follow the same procedure.
AS it stands. one must take time off from
work to do any banking whatsoever Even
half day on Saturdays was great con-
venience. I might add that. while there
we're many objections from salespeople anent
the Thursday night opening, they do not
work more hours as the stores do not open
until after noon; and, in fact, have heard
many salesgirls approve of it. as they then
would be able to make dates for Wednesday
highland housekeepers certainly can al
ways use morning at home. H. L. H.
Evening star., 1949-07-11
Chiunq's Philippine Trip

GenerallSSlmO Chlang kal-SheKS re-
ported arrival in the Philippines for
conference with President Quirino natu-
rally arouSes lively speculation as to what
the meeting may portend. Chang, the
top man in what remains of the Chinese
Nationalist Government, is pledged to
resist the Chinese Communists to the
uttermost. President Quirino is equally
fortnight against the Reds in general,
and has repeatedly urged during recent
months an anti-Communist alliance of
Pacific countries as an answer to Red
imperialism"
The logical inference is that the forma-
ton of such an anti-Communist front
will be discussed at the scheduled confer
ence between the two heads of state. Such
an alignment could presumably count on
a sympathetic response from other Asiatic
leaders President Syngman Rhee of the
South Korean Republic has already in
dorsed the idea, while regimes like those
in Siam, Malaga and Indonesia, all at
grips with Communist inflltration, should
likewise be favorable. There can be no
doubt that the Red victories in China
have sent a wave of apprehension
throughout the Far East and tend to rally
all native anti-Communist elements there
to envisage common action against the
common danger.
The chief difficulty against translating
individual inclinations into mutual per-
formance is lack of both armed strength
and potent leadership. 1t is generally
thought that the formation of an anti
Communist Pacific alliance similar to the
Atlantic Pact could come about only
through the sponsorship and support of
lomacy has shown marked reserve on
the idea, for reasons that can be easily
imagined Our implementaion of a
Pacific alliance would involve commit
ments on gigantic scale, in addition to
those already taken on in Europe and the
Middle East. Whatever the future may
bring, so heavy an increase in our foreign
burdens is not something lightly to be
contemplated at the present juncture.
While Communist plans may thus
form an important part in the current
conference between Chang and President
Quirino, it is likely that more immediate
considerations will be discussed. One OF
these is the future course of Chang him.
self. The main remaining Nationalist
stronghold is the island of FormoSa, which
lies due north of the Philippines and only
$50 miles away. At present, Red attack
on Formosa is impracticable because the
Nationalists still control the approaches,
alike by ca and air. Yet this situation
may not last indefinitely, and the fate
of this neighboring island is of major
interest to the Philippine Government.
There is even the possibility that Chang
and his supporters might take refuge in
the Philippines if their position continues
to deteriorate. The Philippines are geo.
graphically closer and certainly more
reliable politically than any other van
tage-point in the Far East for Nation
alist government -in-exile."
These are some of the inferenceS Sug-
gested by the Chang -Quirino conference.
They must naturally remain speculative
in character until the results are officially
disclosed. But a common attitude and
interest on the part of the participants
should 60 far to insure mutual under
standing.
Evening star., 1949-07-11
Bitterness Between Civilians
And Military In Peace Time DeplOred

To the Editor of The Star:
With reference to letter written by
civilian in The Star of July regarding the
present food situation at the Pentagon,
Civilians VS.. Brass I can only say that in
stead of arguing which mess offers the best
variety of food the writer should be eternally
thankful that he is fortunate enough to live
in a country that can supply him with
choice of four or five lunchtime dishes re-
pardless of the cost or surroundings.
In wartime the United States Army and
civilian personnel worked together on
friendly basis and under adverse conditions,
but now it is most discouraging to read prac-
tically every day of some jealousy or bitter
ness existing.
If the civilian employees have cause for
complaint, it should be directed elsewhere
and not against the senior members OF the
armed forces.
DIsGUSTED BRITISH WIFE OF A
TINITEn z2TAITS ARMy MAJOR
Evening star., 1949-07-11

dence in the United Nations. cooperation
with the American mission, and strict ad-
herence to Greek obligations under the
Marshall Plan. In so far as the Diomedes
Cabinet is able to carry out this program,
it can expect the continued support of
the Chamber, a favorable reaction from
the public, and endorsement by its foreign
backerS
Evening star., 1949-07-11
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

Q. Is there record of the first words
spoken by Lafayette when he landed in this
country?-J. McC.
A. According to Lafayette's Memoirs"
(Volume One. page 16) published several
years after his arrival in the United States
on June 49, 1777. his first words on touch
ing the land of this continent were an oath
to conquer or to die with the American
cause.
O. If an object were dropped from the
top of one of the tall buildings in New York
City would it fall straight down to the
ground?-G. D. M.
A. An object dropped from the top If
tall building would not fall straight down
but sWerve to the east few inches because
of the earth's rotation towards the east.
The amount of DETECTION in inches at the
ground would depend on the time taken by
the object in falling.
@. What vitamins are contained in milk7
H. D. H.
A. Milk contains all the known vitamins.
O. Did William I receive the sobriquet
"The Conqueror' after his successful in
vasion of England in 1066?-W. N. D.
A. William was already named 1.-THE Con-
queror' when he invaded England. He had
received the surname after suppressing
revolt of mobiles in Normandy early in his
reign, and winning several other victories.
@. What Is the name given to the drip
cup that is used in candlestick to catch
the candle grease?-C. R. E.
A. The drip cup with an opening in the
center for holding a candle is known as
bobech.
@. Where was Mary Queen Of Scots
buried?-G. v. E.
A. Her embalmed body lay for five months
unburied and then was laid with great state
and reverence in Peterborough Cathedral.
In 1912, it was removed to King Henry WIS
chapel in Westminster Abbey. to sumptu-
GUS tomb erected by her son James vi.
Evening star., 1949-07-11

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
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10riter kno,Un to The Star to use
nom de plume Please be brief.
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Questions and Answers

A reader get the answer to any question
Of fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau, 3l6 / Street NE, Washington 2, D. C.
Please inclose cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1949-07-11
Raises Question About Group
Scheduled to Profit From Housing Act

Raises Question About Group
Scheduled to Profit From Housing Act
To the Editor of The Star:
While Congress is mulling over the pro-
posed public housing program, some of us.
who will have to pay the bill, are wondering
which particular group of our worthy citi-
zens is to be elected as future occupants.
It can't possibly be our slum dwellers; they
are too poor and would need to be sub
sidized.
1t surely can't be our working class (mostly
unionizeD because they enjoy excessively
higher incomes.
Could it possibly be that, at long last. the
white-collar class is going to be rewarded
for it's patience and faithfulness?
Or are our legislators becoming con-
science stricken and chicken-heartede enough
to provide cheap homes for our landlords,
who stand on the brink of eviction?
ALICE M. HEINZ.
Evening star., 1949-07-11
Disagrees With Editorial
On Citizens Right to Federal Job

To the Editor OF The Star:
have just read your editorial supporting
Judge Holtzoff's ruling. well reasoned and
soundly based" that citizen of the United
States has no constitutional right to be
public employe but may be declared unfit
for employment entirely on the basis of the
fact that he exercises rights guaranteed
him by the Constitution, and excluding
consideration of the qualifications which
normally would determine his eligibility (e. G.
how we'll he does his work..
Such a citizen is forced to support the
very Government which disqualifies him
for doing what every American has a right
to do. say this is inequitabe. 1t also is
negation of the spirit in which our republic
WIS founded.
Here is a man who does his Job well,
but cannot hold his job because he ex-
pounds an unpopular political viewpoint.
I doubt that it was the purpose of the
Founding Fathers to establish a Govern
ment. the purpose of which was to perpetu-
ate itself. They saw the function of the
Government to support the will of the
people, and that alone. If the case had
been otherwise. the clauses protecting free
dom of thought and speech would have
been quite differently worded.
If this man were free to withdraw his
support from the Government, to secede
with his real estate, and to give no support
and receive no benefit, then l can see the
logic in Judge Holtzoff's argument
However. since this man is not free to
secede. and since he must support the Gov
ernment to the same extent as any ether
citizen, then wherever public funds are
concerned he must be entitled to his just
and equitable share, Notwithstanding the
fact that he is so completely American that
he is unafraid to express an unpopular
political view.
I believe it is puerile to contend that the
imposition of economic sanctions by the
Government in such a case is not an abridg-
ment of the freedom of speech. Whether
this abrdgment results from the act of an
official or from an act of Congress may
affect the legal. but certainly not the moral,
issue. THEODORE D. PERRINE.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-04-06
The TheOCrat

Zion, Illinois!" of course. And
even though you'll probably
never be that imaginary con-
testant and win a huge prize,
you can find real "prizes" of
economy and quality every
time you shop in this outstand-
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For instance, you can fit
every youngster in the family
from baby Larry, just start
ing to walk, to Nancy, starting
her senior year in high school
in the stores new Youth
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Center. Career girls and home
makers will find the newest
spring fashions by the coun-
try's leading designers. Men
will discover handsomely tail
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ings at down-to-earth prices.
And the whole family will find
everything imaginable for the
home from canned goods
for the pantry shelf to a new
television set for the living
room.
To raise your shopping I. @.
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HOW HIGH IS YOUR
SHOPPING l. O.?
READ THIS AND SEE!

How high is your shopping
|. g.? For instance, what if a
radio quizmaster asked you
what is the only department
store between Chicago and
Milwaukee where you'll find
a complete selection of every
thing from foods to fash
ions -. under one roof"
Your answer would be "The
Zion Department Store in
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Wednesday, April 9Th, 1919

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-21
H. TREFzCAR IS HAULED
 BY GRIZZLY
Guide with Hunting Party dt Yakutat Flown South
 for Treatment

SEATTLE, June 21.-tR-The grit ty determination to play dead" as a 600-pound Alaska grizzly beal mauled, chewed and bit him pro- bably saved the life of Hardy Trefz- ger, who was attacked by an enrag- ed hruin near Yakutat, Alaska, or Sunday afternoon.
 Trefzger, 67, of Alderwood Manor Wash, was flown here to a hospital early today for treatment.
 He suffered multiple decorations on the head, back and legs, and a possible fracture of the right fore arm, attendants said.
 Trefzger, retired United States Commissioner and Marshal at Yak utat before moving to Washington state several years ago, was serving as guide for two hunting parties about 90 miles from Yakutat, he said. He was preparing to break camp" and return to the outside when the attack occurred.
 An ardent photographer, he haC gone a short distance frcm the camp in an attempt to take some pictures when female bear witt three cubs attacked him. He firec one shot, but it failed to halt the animal and he fell to the ground and feigned death. / The bear maui ed him, bit and clawed him.