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Evening star., 1949-07-21
Queer Views on Stock-PiIino

Senator Elmer Thomas, Democrat, OF
Oklahoma evidently has some odd ideas
about the Importance of military stock
piling. His comments to the press In
connection with his efforts to cut stock
pile appropriations indicate that he could
benefit from some indoctrination on stra-
tegic materials in scarce supply.
The Senator, who Is chairman of the
Senate Subcommittee on Military 'Appro-
priations, was quoted as telling reporters
that "at time when we are at peace"
it seems "cockeyed" for the National
Munitions Board to contend that the
country needs $3Ia billion stock pile of
strategic materials But the whole pur-
pose of military stock-piling is to build
up in peacetime supply of the things
which the Nation will need il war
strikes Strategic stock piles cannot be
built up in wartime because the items
which compose them are the ones which
are not available in this country-at least
in the amounts required to win the war.
1t would be cockeyed policy indeed which
restricted the National Military Establish
ment to wartime stock-piling.
Senator Thomas also indicated doubt
as to the need for storing large amounts
of certain materials in the strategic list.
He told reporters a one-year supply would
seem adequate in peacetime." But Con-
gress would be wise to accept the con-
sidered judgment OF our military experts as
to the materials needed and the amounts
necessary to give reasonable degree Of
security. Unfortunately, there is no assur-
ance that another war would last only
year. We would be taking grave risk If
we limited our stock pile of chemicals
metals and other selected materials to a
one-year supply.
The really serious thing about Senator
Thomas interview, however was his star
ting indiscretion in reading to reporters
confidential military list of items In
short supply with the amounts on hand
and the estimated needs. It is just that
sort of information that foreign spies are
sent to this country to obtain, by whatever
devious means they can devise to do So
That is why details of our strategic stock
pile have been guarded so carefully in the
past Why Senator Thomas should have
disclosed such secret data Is beyond
comprehension.
Evening star., 1949-07-21
CHICAGO Comes to Washington

The newspaper world has been buzzing
with runors for several weeks over the
possible sale of the Times-Herald. The
rumors put the Washington Post in No. l
position as the prospective purchaser. But
the facts confirmed last night in the brief
announcement from Col. Robert r. Nc
Cormick, editor and publisher OF the Chi
cago Tribune, represent the more Logical
elimination of the evolutionary process
which began nearly twenty years ago when
the late Mrs. Eleanor Patterson began
editing the Herald for William Randolph
Hearst.
Mrs. Patterson was large owner OF the
valuable stock of the Tribune Company,
owner of the Chicago Tribune, New York
Daily News and the newspaper syndicate
operated by those two papers, Her hold
tngs in that quarter enabled her to pur-
chase the Herald and the Times from Mr..
Hearst ten years ago. Her merger OF the
papers and their subsequent twenty-four-
hour operation, under her direction while
she lived and under the ownership and
direction of the seven employees to whom
she bequeathed the paper, has been
profitable operation.
The circumstances which produced the
sale OF this property to the Tribune Co.
undoubtedly involve the tax problems
arising In connection with so large an
estate as that left by Mrs Patterson, listed
in probate records as exceeding SIS, 900.
other considerations, such as the person.
alities, age and previous experience OF the
seven Times Herald beneficiaries may have
Influenced the decision to sell. And hqui-
dation undoubtedly was made more COM
plex by the fact that substantial part OF
Mrs. Pattersons fortune was represented
In the tightly held and highly valued stock
Of the Tribune Co., not easily to be disposed
Of on the opsn market.
The sale, therefore amounts to return
Of the Times Herald to the parent cor
poration represented in its original pur-
chase. 1t completes an "axis" that now
includes newspapers in the three most
important cities Of, the country-Chicago,
New York and Washington. 1t is going to
produce interesting effects in the local
competitive picture of Washington jour
nalism, and marks one OF the most sig
nifcant newspaper combinations in his
tOrV.
Evening star., 1949-07-21

Taxpayer Gives Further Exposition
OF Views on Paternalism In Government
To the Editor Of The Star:
Your cutting of my letter against the Bar
den bill gave Laura Pollock wrong conclu-
sions. For her information, Taxpayer is one
of 10 children, has ~ nieces and nephews.
and has lost count OF the number Of grand
nieces and nephews. and also is making ar
rangements to adopt . child. Taxpayers
books as well as the nieces' and nephews'
school books were paid for by their parents,
and all Of them are in very moderate finan-
cial standing. They are Catholics.
Taxpayer has worked 80 years in the Gov
ernment service and still is too young to
retire even at reduced annuity. Taxpayer
is against paternalism in Government for
any group. Leave that to the Russians.
Taxpayer Is no "babe- the woods" when
it comes to Government spending. and be-
lieves that paternalism should only be used
during great depressions to make the wheels
turn.
What you get when the Government takes
over your personal problems is dictatorship
by a majority which is no improvement on
q personal dictator.
I'm not against books bought by the States
for those in particular State who really
are poor, but buying books for all school chill
dren Is part of the responsibility Of being q
parent. I'm not against education, but I
might remind Miss Pollock that it is often
our highest educated children that come up
for treason. TAXPAYER.
Evening star., 1949-07-21
Doubts Presidents Advisers and
Supports Congressmen Favoring Economy

Supports Congressmen Favorins Economy
To the Editor Of The STAR
The Presidents recent radio address on
the present condition Of the country would
give the impression that everything is al
right and that we have nothing to worry
about-that just little deficit spending on
the part Of the Government is all that Is
needed to keep us on an even keel.
The writer. for one, is sorry he can't be-
lieye this. 1t sounds too easy and simple
against the background Of these unsettled
times. It causes one to wonder II Mr. Iru-
man, himself, really believes it and If so, how
he "gets that way" He certainly Is in
better position to know than the rest OF US.
Can 1t be attributed to the advice he gets?
II 50. maybe Senator Byrds proposal to quiz
his advisers is timely one. We. OF course.
would like to believe the President and feel
that we could trust the course he Is trying
to pursue and give it our full support.
But with the political flavor OF his utter
ances and his record for spending In mind,
we are Just left without confidence. Let US
hope that Congressmen will be made to feel
that they have the united support OF the
people in their efforts toward economy IN
Government. Let all good Americans rise up
and make themselves heard.
Evening star., 1949-07-21
After the Circus

White kangaroos, the clouds leap dotcn
the sky, i.
The elm, tree Is tail, pale-green giraffe;
Haystacks are red-bro,on elephants lun-
bering BY, II
The pump, monkey ,oith credky
laugh. -r4
No,c the old plop horse is a magic thing
Because gay cloud-girl is riding hs'r
In rosy tinsel, lightly rollicking. az
And the big tractor, once so stoltd, grim,
Is rhinoceros snorting on chain, ,,,s-
The earth inside the chicken 'y1rd
becomes .. : x4.
A sleeping panther Just this nsomsntEIai2
Dotrn in his cage; the sctrd ss pdsnte6
drums,
Ths boy himself, Hon-tansr bold, -
Ths old vdyd dog, q lion, III broom 6xdsy0td
1EATRICN raw.
Evening star., 1949-07-21

does not intend to throw away his stake
in the future OF America in exchange for
communism or any other ISM
Most certainly, the views expressed by
Jackie Robinson were not the views of a
second class" citizen. Any one who will
take the trouble to read his statement will
come away with the firm impression that
this colored American Is a citizen of the
fret rank
Evening star., 1949-07-21

Real Religious Freedom Held
To Be Exemption From ANY Authority"
To the Editor of The Star:
The World Council of Churches has closed
its sessions in England with call to all
Christians to resist totalitarian encroach-
ments on their religious faith.
The Roman Catholic Church has issued
4 declaration that all Catholics who at the
same time accept communism automatically
are accommodated.
Both these organizations act on the con-
viction that the religious faith OF CHRISTIAN
believers should not be under the Jurisdlc-
ton or control of civil government. That,
they declare, is religious liberty. And they
call for the full exercise of religious liberty
everywhere in the world and for every
person. Religion, and the manner OF ex-
pressing it, are not to be hampered by civil
government.
They are right. That is religious liberty.
But that is not the whole Of religious liberty.
It is only part.
The religious convictions Of Christian be-
levers, and the rights Of individual con-
science. are no more under the jurisdiction
and control of the church than they are OF
the state That is the other part Of true
religious liberty.
Genuine religious liberty includes not
alone full and perfect freedom Of religion
and faith from prohibition or interference
by the state; it covers also full and perfect
freedom Of :. the individual believer from
prohibition or interferences, or jurisdiction.
in the matter Of religion or faith, by the
church.
Communistic governments which have
prescribed, or interfered with. or attempted
to exercise jurisdiction over. the religious
belief and practice Of individual Christians
have not encroached upon the jurisdiction
Of either the World Council OF Churches or
the Roman Catholic Church. These matters
are no more in their jurisdiction than that
Of the state.
When communism attempts 70 exercise
turisdaetaea evse and eoatRoa ths zelistses
Evening star., 1949-07-21
Proposes Improvements
At Water Gate Concert
70 the Editor OF The Star:


Inasmuch as the Water Gate concerts
are something of civic activity in our town.
I would like to offer these suggestions for
the benefit of art-loving audiences:
/. Raise the stage to feet so that
action can be seen by those occupying chair
seats on the roadway. AS 1t is now, the sale
of tickets in all but the first rows of chairs
is a cruel joke. At last Fridays performance
my family occupied 90-cent seats. During
the first act, we barely were able to see
Madam Slavinskas head; during the second
act, with the barge raised by the tide, we
were able to catch q glimpse of her hips.
What ballet! No legs! No feet
2. Check over the amplifying system and
readjust microphone location to eliminate
the harsh metallic quality Of the music. The
reproduction was decidedly bad; can get
better fidelity on my 12-year-old radio and
out of some well-worn records.
With the opera scheduled for early August,
immediate steps to rectify the above-nen-
toned defects should be In order. L. s.
Evening star., 1949-07-21

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
1oriter, although it Is permissible for
,oriter kno,on to The Star to use
a non, de plume. Please be briet.
Evening star., 1949-07-21
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASk1N SERVICE.
Q. Please identity the statue in the out
field of Polo Grounds. New York;. c. Il,
A. There is a stone monument in thS
outfield ut the Polo Grounds near the club.
house with q tablet commemorating Capt.
Edward L. Grant. who was Harvard grad
uate, star third baseman Of the Giants. Hs
was killed In action at the Argonne Forest,
October S. 1918. He was . captain IN the
307th Infantry Of the 77th Division. -
Q. What is the Illinois Dram Shop Act"t
r. H. s. o.
A. The Illinois Dram Shop Act is an acf
to protect the public from the sale Of liquor
to intoxicated persons. The law provides
that q tavern keeper can be sued for in-
juries received as a result Of the actions
of an intoxicated person to whom he had
sold liquor.
Q. When pilgrims returned from Cant4r-
bury, what objects were they permitted 70
take with theme. B. -.
A. In the same way that q pilgrim to
Rome obtained little pewter or lead efigies
of IS. Peter or Paul, 50 the Canterbury
pilgrim returned from his journey carrying
bells and also flask containing few drops
Of the blood Of st. Thomas q Beckett. 49,.
Q.-Which Is faster, the human eye or the
camera?-J. K.
A-The Better Vision Institute, Inc. says
that it Is impossible to give any definite
answer to the question as to which is faster,
the naked eye or . camera eye, and how fast
it may be. Each eye registers differently.
Vision is an Interpretation Of . stimulus to
the retina by ray Of light, and q person
with slow reaction misses many retinal stirn-
uli and therefore has sluggish vision. On ~
other hand, q camera Is constant In its hhd-
ings. split speed shutter would probably
be found to be much faster than the eye, II
. consistent comparison could be made.
Evening star., 1949-07-21

Back in the home town, 4 miss who
showed up with q sunburned stomach
would have been tanned elsewhere.
Evening star., 1949-07-21
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
Of fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau, 316 Street NE, Washington .. D. c.
Please incloss cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1949-07-21
Raises Question Of Health Risks
At Local Swimming Pools

To the Editor Of The Star:
In the recent discussion Of the status Of
city pools, your paper reported statement
Of the Northwest Council Of Citizens AsSo-
Citations which provokes question that goes
deeper than the one Of whether Negroes
and whites should be allowed to swim
together.
The council requested that the Recreation
Board maintain its policy of segregation
because Of the greater incidence OF tuber-
culosis and syphilis among colored residents
Of the District.
Their letter to the board stated: 1T is the
position of the Northwest Council Of Citizens
Associations that among the foremost duties
Of the government Of the District Of Colum-
bia is the protection Of the health OF Its
citizens and the prevention Of the spread
Of readily communicable and transmissiols
diseases"
Are We to infer from this observation Of
the council that patrons Of municipal pools
subject themselves to contracting disease?
Are the centers, as the statement suggests,
so carelessly run that they are pools OF
contagion? Or has this argument been ad-
vanced because Of its emotional power to
strengthen the barrier Of segregation? :
I agree with the Northwest Council OF
Citizens Associations that the protection OF
health and the prevention Of the spread OF
disease are among the foremost duties Of
our city government. But segregating the
races Is not q very adequate means OF better
ing conditions. It would appear that q more
selective means Of dividing the clean from
the infected could be employed than the
mere separation Of races.
Healthy persons Negro and white. demand
sanitary bathing conditions. Are we being
given them by the operators Of the SWIM
ming pools? Healthy persons want to run
no risk Of infection from germs OF either
white or Negro i'll. DOROTHY BOGAN.
Evening star., 1949-07-21

CONVICTIONS ana pr8ctlceS OF no1VlQual Do"
levers. that is not only denial and viola
tion Of relisious liberty. It is also totali-
tarianism.
When the World Council of Churches and
the Catholic Church attempt to exercise
jurisdiction over and control the religious
convictions and practices Of individual be-
levers, that, too. is q denial and violation
OF genuine religious liberty. It is also
totalitarianism.
Genuine religious liberty Is freedom from
the exercise of any authority, by either
church or state. in matters of religion or
faith. CARLYLE B. HAYNES.
Calls for Break in Relations
With Russia for the Worlds Benefit
To the Editor Of The Star:
The Communist-dominated Czech govern
ment has created, with deliberation and
malice aforethought, situation which de-
mands immediate action by the United
States Government.
The Roman Catholic Church is the i'm.
mediate target, but the faithful members
OF other religions surely will be doomed, If
the maniacS In Moscow succeed in their
present plot against the largest single group
of religious people in Czechoslovakia.
Thousands and thousands of Catholics
now are faced with making a momentous
decision. many of them with large families
Will they defy the ultimatum from Moscow,
with the resulting torture and suffering that
may be expected? Our answer is: Yes, and
especially so, If they are given immediate
moral support by the American people,
Citizens Of this country will want to do
something and to do it quickly. The only
way they can take action effectively is
through official channels.
These officials, from President Truman
to the newest elected member of Congress,
also are faced with tremendous decision
Will they take the ball which Moscow has
kicked in their face, and run with it, or
will they run away from 1t?
These officials should remember that
President Roosevelt on November is. 1888,
declared 4 renewal Of normal diplomatic
relations between the United States and
Soviet Russia, after many conferences with
conferences apparently had convinced Presi-
dent Roosevelt that Russia had become 4
civilized country and was capable and de-
sirous Of associating in an honorable and
businesslike manner with the other countries
of the world.
Since 1888, Russia entered into illicit
relations with Hitler, and subsequently was
almost annihilated by the German Army.
Russia would not exist today, If it were not
for the aid and assistance received from
this country.
Diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union
should be severed by President Truman i'm
mediately and decisively. for the good of
the people Of the world
JOHN r. HnLYARD.
Evening star., 1949-07-21
Another Critic Arises
To Challenge Kyra Petrovskaya

An0tner Critic Arises
To Challenge Kyra Petrovskaya
To the Editor Of The STAR
have been reading The Star for many
years and always have admired the high
standards to which you adhere in your news
paper. For this reason you can imagine my
surprise when I came roAyDate With
Stains Son." by Kyra Petrovskaya, printed
In last Sundays This Week magazine.
Because Of my interest and respect for The
Star. want to voice my objections against
the printing Of such an obviously exaggerated
and melodramatic piece Of nonsense. Miss
Petrovskaya's article rings 70 false that it
insults the Intelligence Of your more dis
corning readers. However. disturbing as this
is. my real objection is Of more serious
nature. MY Date With Stalin's Son." aside
from being absurd. can be most injurious to
writer's who are trying to bring to the Amer
ican people an honest and realistic picture
Of the Russian way Of life. since the extreme
tactics used by such writer's as Miss Petrovs-
kaya usually backnre. These misguided
authors unwittingly find that they have
presented the Communists with q golden
opportunity for assuming the role Of vindic-
tive accusers.
I have read similar articles with regret
but I am particularly disturbed about en-
eountering one In supplement to The Star
A DISAPPOINTED READER.
Evening star., 1949-07-21
State Department Minority
! Blamed for Covering Up Mistakes

Blamed Tor covering Up MlStaAcs
To the Editor Of The Star:
Allow me to express my appreciation OF
Constantine Browns column in The Sunday
Star in which he emphasized the fine coop
Grafton and mutual respect that existed be-
tween Senators and Cordell Hull when the
latter was Secretary Of State. The New Deal
martyred Mr.. Hull
It would seem Of late that the Fair Deal
minority in the State Department are play
ing domestic politics. There's little "bi-
partisan" foreign policy when, unknown to
Republicans, Fair Deal extremists. or what
have you, attempt to pull fast ones.
New Dealers and Fair Dealers in the State
Department seem to be engaged primarily in
covering up the mistakes Of Teheran and
Yalta. Our bipartisan policy evolved from
the idea Of doing what was best for our
country and the world. It never was to be
New Dealish or pro-Communist. Nor was
it to be an opportunistic policy. appealing to
fellow travellers.
I am sure Mr.. Acheson's contortions must
leave our Latin American friends bewildered.
Let us remember: Stalin's aggression was
condoned at Yalta and Potsdam.
JOSEPH A. GROURKE.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-13
Swedish Press crticizes Withholding
Of Nobel Literature Prize This Year

wrote: 1.-The distribution of the Mo-
bel Prizes, especially those for lit
erature, has often been criticized
abroad, where it has been remark
ed that those making the awards
have been much too conscious of
the geographical aspects when
choosing winners. This criticism
is perhaps to some extent justified,
and If the Academy would depart
entirely from this tendency it
would stand to it's benefit. An
ideal American candidate will be
available next year. He is Will
liam Faulkner, novelist with dy-
manic power, who is as yet the OBJ
ject of some debate in his native
country"
An article concerning the Nobel
Prizes by Irving Wallace, which
was published in the American
weekly Golfers" for November
., and continued in the issue for
November ~, has Won attention
in the Swedish press. 'Morgon-
Tidningen" quotes Wallace's state
ment that the Swedish institutions
have been anti-American in lit
erature, pro-German in science,
anti-Russian in both literature and
science, and pro-Scandinavian in
everything" This opinion is prob
ably not altogether justified, the
paper adds. although there may
be some basis for it. Some Swe-
dish writers have gone farther in
dissenting with Mr.. Wallace.
At ceremony in the Stockholm
Concert Hall on December 10. the
anniversary of Alfred Nobers
death, the 1949 winners received
156, 2s9 kronor (about S30,00O) for
each prize.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-13

than one occasion the intrigues
of competitors or the confluence
of unpredictable circumstances
threatened to rob him of the fruit
of his life's labor.
Peace and Progress Through
Science
But Alfred Nobel was not only
an inventive genius. Ever soloci-
tous of human welfare, he COM
bined the outlook of a poet with
the romanticism of an out-and-out
idealist. Although no recluse, he
lived in modest seclusion, absorbed
in his work. He has been de-
scribed as one of the worlds great
est optimists, an irrepressible en-
thusiast who believed that human
happiness could be attained by
scientific progress and that endur-
able peace would ultimately re-
place the atrocity and horror of
war. BY creating prosperity and
happiness for all mankind. the tri-
umph of science would finally
bring humanity to such a high
level of civilization that the only
war it needed to wage would be
the war against poverty and dis
ease.
Alfred Nobel was keenly inter
ested in the world peace move
ment. During a succession of
years, for instance, he kept up
regular correspondence with one
of its best known champions. Ba-
roness Bertha Won Suttner. and
in the course of this exchange of
opinions he expounded ideas close
ly resembling those which subse-
quently formed the fundamental
principles of the League of Ma
tons
The final clause of Alfred No
bells last will reads: Il declare
it to be my express desire that.
in the awarding of prizes. no con-
sideration whatever be paid to the
nationality of the candidate. that
is to say, the worthiest shall re-
ceive the prize whether he is a
Scandinavian or not" Thus. the
Nobel Prizes are international in
the truest sense Of the word. There
is no doubt but that they also
fittingly serve the donators aims
of promoting and encouraging the
forces at work for a better world
for man to live in. j..