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Evening star., 1949-03-16

the Bible. But he also was a merchant
conscious of the demands Of the economic
principle of quid pro something for
something" The fusion of the two major
interests of his life gave him rich oppor
tunities of service, and he made the most
of them.
A great sales organization and many
institutions OF. religion and fellowship
reflected his devotion. Thus Mr.. Everett
Influenced the whole Washington COM
munity, and his name will be held in
honor here accordingly.
Evening star., 1949-03-16
Western Movie in Church
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The world today is crying Peace, Peace.
when there is no peace" jeremiah. villa.
There is no peace, saith the Lord unto the
wicked" Isaiah, xxxxviii22.
Yes, people everywhere are crying for
peace and they all wonder why we do not
enjoy that peace.
There are many reasons why. one of them
being that some so-called ministers are per-
mitting everything in the houses of God but
the old-fashioned unadulterated truths OF
the Word of God.
Just recently there appeared in one of our
local papers picture of a group of young
sters enjoying a movie-a Western given by
and in Mt Vernon Place Methodist Church
defy the minister of the church to prove to
me that the church of God was called to
perform the work of Satan. This Is one OF
the MANY reasons why we are not enjoying
ROLAND w. JARVIS.
Evening star., 1949-03-16
MIR. Morgan's Activities

TO the Editor Of The Star:
I observe in your editorial page person
who signs as an Intended Victim" asks
question as to what the qualifications are OF
Thomas Phillips Morgan jr. as a. civic
leader and obviously this person has not
heard Of Mr.. Morgan before.
Mr.. Morgan has been manager Of the
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York for
a quarter of a century. He is a member of
the Committee of One Hundred of the
American Planning Association and of the
Parking and Taxation Committee OF the
American Automobile Association. His ac-
tivity in the Community Chest has been that
of chairman Of the Special Gifts Committee,
chairman of the Budget Committee, men,
ber of the Finance Committee and vice
president. He served as chairman OF the
Transportation Committee of the 1949 1nau-
gural Committee and in previous Inaugural
Committees Mr.. Morgan has been secre-
tary of the Washington Horse Show and the
proceeds were for the benefit of Children's
Hospital. He has served as secretary
treasurer of the Inter american Horse Show.
which was established for charitable pur-
poses in Washington For 10 years Mr..
Morgan was chairman of the Floor and Re-
ception Committee for the Roosevelt Birth
day Balls, which was in the interest OF the
drive against infantile paralysis. He now
is chairman of the Special Events Commit
tee for the March of Dimes campaign. His
interest in polio victims is one of his chief
interests.
Interested in Orchestra Campaign.
Mr. Morgan has served on the board OF
the National Symphony Orchestra and he Is
a member of the Steering Committee. He
was general chairman for the drives for two
years He is an active member of the United
Nations Club. For the past 10 years he has
participated in the Cherry Blossom Festival
and was chairman of the Pageant and Coro-
nation Committee for years Two years ago
he was general chairman of that committee
and that was the greatest of all Cherry
Blossom Festivals.
Mr.. Morgan is now member OF the Box
ing Commission of the District of Columbia
and the work of that committee speaks for
itself Mr. Morgan was Chairman OF the
District Day at the Worlds Fair in New York
and at San Francisco representing the City
of Washington and heading large delega-
tions for the District of Columbia. He is
member of st. Thomas Episcopal Church.
National Press Club, University Club. United
Nations Club Oldest Inhabitants, st. Adams
Tennis Club, American Business Association.
the Capitol Heights Citizens Association,
and has been a member of the Washington
Board of Trade for Is years.
j. A. KAMEROW.
Evening star., 1949-03-16
The Solemn, Sad Irish.


When St. Patrick's Day rolls around. most
of us indulge an age-old myth. This myth
has it that the Irish people dance jigs, smoke
clay pipes, commune with leprechauns and
banshees. They are laughter-loving and
imbued with an inexhaustible sense OF hu-
NOR They refuse to take life seriously and
are a good bit like O'Mally in the comic
strip.
Much of this might be true. Yet, If you
can judge people by its outstanding writer's
and public figures we can see that this Is
not necessarily so. Who can imagine De Va
lera dancing jig? William Butler Yeats,
Irish poet and winner of the Nobel Prize,
was not precisely a song-and-dance man.
Edmund Burke, Of Dublin Irish family.
perhaps Englands greatest statesman and
writer on public affairs, seems unrelated to
pixies Bernard Shaw, also Dublin 1rish Is
distinguished for his rapierlike wit rather
than his sense of humor. Oscar Wilde, also
a Dubliner, whose family helped organize
the Gaelic League, authored comedies, but
they were comedies deeply charged with
social satire. Sean OCasey and James
Joyce, both Dubliners, are bitter. In our
own country Eugene O'Neill, Americas FORE
most playwright, is of Irish stock on both
sides His work is characterized by somber
study and completely etched in shadow.
Using Irish writer's as yardstick by which
to measure a people doesn't quite add up
to the myth of the carefree stage IriShman
we conjure up on Paddy's Day. Perhaps
Gilbert Chesterton was right when he spoke
of the Irish as race the gods made mad,
whose wars are merry and whose songs
are sad, HELEN HERBERT PECK.
Evening star., 1949-03-16
Stars, Men and Atoms 7
Curious Inversion Noted
In GreenIund's Weather
Warm Billiards Come From North,
Cold Sweeps Up From South
Rv Thomns R. Henry

NARSARSSUAK, Greenland. Mar. 16.-
Here warm blizzards come from the north
and cold weather sweeps up from the south.
This curious inversion is one Of the major
features Of Arctic weather which Air Force
forecasters must take into account in any
predictions.
Narsarssuak lies at the southern foot Of
Greenlandis 800 000-square-mile icecap. Air
masses coming over the worlds largest is
land from any direction. but chiefly from
west or east. follow the slope Of the ice and
rapidly are lifted from sea level to the eleva
tion of the interior. which Is approximately
5000 feet. On the way up the air Is cooled
and all the moisture squeezed out Of it.
Over the center Of the icecap the cold air
mass builds up like an iceberg in the sub
stratosphere until eventually its weight is
such that it can no longer remain stable.
Then it spills over rushing down over
the rapidly descended surface Of the ice with
velocities which may be as great as 100 miles
an hour.
Pressure Increases.
AS it comes down. pressure increases ac-
cording to the ordinary gas laws Of physics.
This definitely raises the temperature-at
least 80 degrees from the top Of the icecap to
sea level. 1t is heated further by the friction
Of the air molecules rubbing past each other
at such great speeds.
AS result, q blizzard whose air may have
had temperature of 80 below zero when 1t
started is quite comfortably warm by the
time it hits Narsarssuak. On the other
hand, there is nothing to warm the south
winds which come in at set level across the
stormy North Atlantic
The warm north winds are q major factor
in the astonishingly mild climate Of this
soldier settlement at the top of a South
Greenland ford, only degrees south of the
Arctic Circle. whose average temperature last
winter was better than that of most cities
in the United States north of the Hudson
River.
Snow Storms q Peril.
The astonishing Sparsity of snow also Is
explained by the extreme dryness of the air
sweeping down off the polar cap. All pre-
cipitaton has been squeezed out of it long
before it reaches sea level. Terrible snow
storms aloft, at an altitude Of a mile or
more, are among the major perils of air
navigation, and the forecasters must con-
stanlly be on the lookout for them.
Warm winds out Of the north are the
rule. but there are occasional exceptions
the so-called catabatic winds. These come
when circulation over the icecap has been
stagnant for days at time and the ice
has had chance to cool the air above it.
Then Narsarssuak can expect really cold
weather for two or three days.
That is one reason. the forecasters say, for
the present exceptionally cold winter. There
haven't been enough northern billiards and
the place has been as cold as Des MoineS
or Chicago.
Evening star., 1949-03-16
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. On what American railway do trains
keep to the left? r. c. S.
A. The Association of American Rail-
roads says that the Chicago and North
Western Railway has. trains which run on
the left-hand track in double-track terri
tory In tracing the origin of this custom an
article in Railway Age states that the popu-
lar rumor attributing it to London finan-
ciers who refused money for the railroad
unless it was run English style is false. The
real reason is that the original stations on
the old Galena road happened to be located
on the north side of the line. When double
tracking of this line was started in 1855
ltself an unusual circumstance, the second
track was added to the south of the original
pair of rails to avoid moving the stations.
But since the main function Of the stations
was to shelter passengers waiting for trains
bound east to Chicago, the management de-
cided to operate its railroad left-handed.
All subsequent additions to the railroad
were similarly arranged.
@. Where was st. Patrick buried?-M M.
A. His place of burial is not known.
According to legend. when st. Patrick died
several towns requested the honor of bury.
ing him, and since no decision could bs
made his body was placed in a cart drawn
by four white oxen and finally buried in the
place where they stopped their ambling. The
town of Downpatrick grew up around the
spot, and stone inscribed "Patric' marks
the supposed grave Some authorities, how
ever, claim that st. Patrick died at Saul and
was probably buried there.
@. Were Negroes counted in the first
census?-G. M.
A. According to the Bureau of Census.
the colored population was enumerated in
the census Of 1870.
@. When was the California ham and
egg" measure voted on?-H. T.
A. The so-called ham and egg' pension
bill was last voted on in California in 1899.
It was defeated by vote of approximately
974,0O0 for and 1,143,670 against The bill
was also referred to as $3.50 every Thurs
day."
@. What makes an apple turn brown after
it has been peeled and sliced?-HF.
A. When an apple is cut, a substance
called "tyrosin' is released which combines
with oxygen in the air to form dark pig
ment. 'melanin." This is what gives the
cut surface it's brown color.
Evening star., 1949-03-16
Senator Byrd's Decision

Mon c. Wallgren, one-time Representa-
tive, Senator and Governor of Washington
has failed of Senate approval as chairman
of the National Security Resources Board
because Senator Byrd did not think he
was the man for the job.
With the twelve other members of the
Armed Services Committee dividing along
party lines, Senator Byrd's vote was
decisive. This means that the respon-
sibility he assumed was q large one, and
the decision undoubtedly difficult.
There were numerous factors which
might have inclined the Virginia Senator
toward favorable vote. One was the
generally accepted doctrine that the
President is entitled to broad discretion
in selecting his executive aides. This
concept gained weight in Mr.. Wallgren's
case from the knowledge that the Pres
ident was expressing something of a
personal preference. A further factor
was the tradition that Senators, as a
matter of courtesy, lean toward approval
of former colleagues when they are named
to public posts
But these considerations were not
enough to outweigh Senator Byrd's belief,
possibly based in part on his relations
with Mr.. Wallgren when both were in the
Senate, that the latter Is not qualified
to handle the heavy responsibilities that
would devolve upon him as chairman OF
the resources board.
If this represents his considered judg-
ment and he says 1t does, then Senator
Byrd did the right thing in voting to table
the nomination. The Senate, If 1t dis
agrees with his judgment, can bring the
nomination to the floor for action by a
majority vote to discharge the committee.
Perhaps this will be done. But the people
whose welfare is at stake have a right to
expect that every Senator who may vote
on that question will search his conscience
and vote his convictions. The post to
which Mr.. Wallgren was named is too
important to permit of decision dictated
by politics. partisan or otherwise.
Evening star., 1949-03-16
Would Exempt Small Owners

To the Editor of The Star:
Why doesn't the Rent Commission exempt
all small home owners, so they can have
a little something to live on and have con-
troll over their homes. Instead, they have
to put up with all kinds of abuse and get
nothing in return on rent. We are not
against certain rights of the Rent Commis-
sion, but we do feel we should have living
out of what we have struggled so hard for.
I hope there will be some change in the
Rent Commission for small landlords and
especially for those on retirement
B. j. B.
Evening star., 1949-03-16
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
totiter, although 1t is permissible for
a ,oriter kno10n to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1949-03-16
Questions and Answers

A reader get the answer to any question Of
fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau. 316 street NE, Washington 9 D. c.
Please inclose three t3) cents for return postage
Evening star., 1949-03-16

Even If nothing comes of interstellar
space ships, the very conception illustrates
the effect of comic books on the unin-
formed scientific mind.
Evening star., 1949-03-16

If the ball-point pen is just now becom-
ing a live item in Soviet merchandising,
can the Helicopter beanie be far behind? :?
Evening star., 1949-03-16

To the Editor Of The Star:
The bland Air Force press release featured
in all Of the papers Of March IA harkens one
back to the days in 1941 when the English
and ourselves were proclaiming Pearl Har-
Dor and Singapore impregnable.
Our B-36 bomber is beyond the reach of
anything the Russians possess, indeed. We
hope 50, but who can say for sure? Not even
the Air Force, even though they may believe
It.
Let's not get back to the old line of thought
that our planes Notifications, war plans.
etc. are unbeatable. Rather let's hope they
are, and strive for improvement in the event
that they are not.
JOHN G. IRWIN.
Evening star., 1949-03-16

war in 1898. It can happen again, and this
time it might be fatal to the entire Nation.
We cannot legislate against these evils of
free speech and still have freedom Of speech.
but the leaders in radio and press, and the
people themselves can make such irresponsi-
BILE talk so unpopular that the perpetrators
voluntarily will cease. BRO. FRANK.
Evening star., 1949-03-16
To the Editor of The Star:


commentator has announced over a
popular broadcast that the Air Force had
Just released list of 10 cities of the U. S.
s. r. which would be bombed in event of war
with Russia A few weeks ago well-known
columnist wrote that some authorities felt it
might be better to have war with Russia
right now and get vt over with. Several
times a week commentators here and there
broadcast their rawlings on "cold war" and
military operations to incite and infame
millions of radio listeners
Yet the most responsible military authori-
ties tell us that in the next war everybody
will be losers The destruction and social
upheaval will be such that neither side
can win.
We pride ourselves on being the most ad
vanced country in the world. Yet we throw
good judgment to the winds in such an i'm
portant matter as international peace, and
in the name of free speech permit the most
irresponsible and infiammatory statements.
We permit the perversion and commerciali-
zation Of that foundation of democracy until
it has deteriorated into personal license,
rather than liberty. Those other essentials
in the democratic process-common sense
and good judgment-are forgotten.
Nobody would think of calling his neigh.
bor names and threatening him unless he
expected to provoke q fight. Does not the
same simple principle hold in our relations to
our international neighbors? Perhaps there
is some diplomatic master mind who ap-
proves these irresponsible rawlings as part of
the "cold war;" but If there is. he has strayed
so far from simple. human principles that he
is dead wrong. The American people allowed
themselves to be talked into an unnecessary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
Womun's Purse Seized
BY Two Young Thieves

Miss Margaret E. Beck, AZ, Of
1701 Massachusetts, avenue NV,
early today had her pocketbook
containing $12 grabbed by two
youths as she was walking near
her home.
Police said the boys, both col
ored and about Is years old, ran
into an alley.
In another theft about am.
today, Wing M. Moy, 63-year-old
Chinese of Gil H street NV, was
struck on the head by a woman
companion near Canal and G
streets S.W., police said, and
robbed Of $125. Moy was treated
for q cut to the scalp at Gallinger
Hospital and released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28

foundation reads like the pages of
an American history book: The
original code message that told
of the victory at Santiago Bay,
Commodore Thomas Truvtun's
book on navigation and part Of
the log of his frigate, the Con-
stellation; the general order book
of the U. s. F. Independence. In
cluded in the collection are nearly
1000 fine prints depicting ship
ping in the 10th, 18th and 18th
Centuries, given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Ferdinand Eberstadt.
From such historic material
and through additional loans. 1t
Comdr. Edward M. Davis, III. mu-
scum director, will select small,
choice exhibits for the museum
to bring into vivid focus the
separate aspects and moments in
American maritime history.
From week to week. Washing
ton tourist and old resident alike
may slip into the little museum
for a few moments or hours with
history. Perhaps the mere mar
tial will stand In imagination with
John N. Morrison on the deck Of
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Sib|ey Hospital Left
Fund for Cancer Case

Sibley Hospital will receive the
bulk of $4,000 estate for treat
ment of poor cancer patients,
under terms of a will filed in Dis
trict Court yesterday.
The estate is that Of Mrs. Bertha
Elizabeth Hartung, who died De-
cember is in her home. 4510 Four
teenth street NV. She was rs.
and the widow Of Henry Hartung,
q Government employe.
Her will specifies the hospital
will receive the residue of the
estate, after certain other be-
quests are taken care Of. The
money is to be used to set up a
room for the treatment OF worthy
and INDECENT" persons who suffer
from cancer.
A. $4,000 trust fund is to be
set up for her brother, Leslie c.
Schmidt, of Buffalo, N. Y. from
which he is to receive an income
Of $85 a month, with the body OF
the trust being used If necessary.
Mrs. Hartung also left $4,000 to
each Of two nephews and three
nieceS
Others to benefit under her will
include the Augsburg Home for
Orphans and the Aged at Pixies
vile, Md, $500; the Ladies Aid
Society of Trinity Lutheran
Church, $500, and the Ladies
Guild Of the Episcopal Church of
the TRANSPORTATION, $500. Altar
ney Paul B. Crome1in was named
executor Of the estate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
Agriculture EmpIoye to Retire
After Million Miles Committing

there for the Agriculture Depart
ment here and it is dark when he
gets back to Baltimore.
He acquired the nickname
Mule" during his youth because
of his willingness to tackle any
job, regardless of how hard it was
Fellow employees in the Public
Buildings Service viii give a fare
well party to Mr.. Barley at /
pm. t>morrow. It was arranged
by Roy L. Swenson, PBS district
manager. and Joseph A. Velardi,
PBS superintendent Of the Agri-
culture Buildings Group.
Born near Cambridge, Md, MIR.
Barley learned sailmaking and
after being in business for himself
In Baltimore, he entered the Fed
eral service as a sailmaker at the,
Washington Navy Yard. In 1922
he was transferred to the Agri-
culture Department shops. There
he specialized in making awnings
and Venetian blinds and miscel-
laneous jobs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
,torc Navy Treasures Arriving as Museum Is Reoded for Ma
By John M. Kouffmonn

The drama of ITO years of
American naval history soon will
be unfolded in an old Washing
ton carriage house, realizing the
Naval Historical Fundation's 20
year-hope for a little gem" OF
a museum.
Behind historic Decatur House
on Lafayette Square. decorated by
the bright sign, "Truxtun Decatur
Naval Museum" the carriage
house is being transformed into
a carefully planned, quiet exhibit
ton hall. It's displays will be
select; its atmosphere, intimate.
And as workmen set beams and
mix plaster to prepare the museum
for March opening here the STIR
ring records and relics of nearly
two centuries of American Naval
history are coming to the founda-
ton from all parts of the country.
There are diaries and documents.
old prints. ship models and deco
rations, Commodore Truxtun's
beautifully wrought pocket pistols
and Secretary Of War Henry
Knox's first order for United
States war ships in 1794-vessels
that Should combine such quail
ties of strength, durability, swift
ness of sailing and force as to rem
der them equal, if not superior,
to any frigates belonging to any
Of the European Powers"
Heralding the opening Of the
museum in March, the foundation
has received nearly IS separate
donations of historic material for
the museum and has added some
$50 names to it's membership
roster that now stands at more
than 900. The foundation now
owns about $4,000 documents per-
tanning to Naval history, which
are on permanent loan to the
Library of Congress.
Although many of its members
are naval officers, the Naval His
torical Foundation is a private or
ganization, founded in 1926 to SAL
wage the vanishing sources of
our maritime history and tradi-
lions" and to unfold dramatical-
ly and educationally the potent
history of the country's maritime
DEVELOPMENT"
For years the foundation plotted
a slow and uneventful course,
acquiring records and documents
and memorabilia of maritime his
tory to save them from destruc-
ton. Last year came the oppor-
tunity to establish the naval
museum.
Mrs. Truxtun Beale, owner of
the home built by Stephen De-
catur with prize money won in
the Barbary Coast wars, offered
the foundation the mansions car
riage building. located behind the
house on H street. Rental for so
years is 81.
Then came the question OF A.
nancing reconstruction of the
dilapidated building, for the foun-
dalton is supported by annual sub
scriptions. The Newport News
Shipbuilding Co. fired the opening
shot of a Embarrassing campaign
by making contribution to be
matched by 700 other firms Of all
kinds and individuals throughout
the country. The needed $50. 900