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Evening star., 1949-09-06
The Bay Bridge-A Stort

Washingtonians share with their Mary
land neighbors of this vicinity deep
interest in progress on the bridge to be
built across Chesapeake Bay. They will
help pay for 1t and its construction will
bring them closer, by many hours, to the
ocean and the lovely countryside OF the
Eastern Shore.
tt is gratifying news to most of them
that Governor Lane and the State Roads
Commission have taken the decisive step,
In the face of another court battle, that
means an early beginning on actual bridge
construction. Contracts were awarded last
week for the substructure of the bridge
items totalling more than SIS million in
a tremendous undertaking now estimated
at more than $41 million.
A few days before, suit was filed in
Marylands Circuit Court which seeks to
snjoin the State from proceeding with
the bridge and attempts to revive the
issue of tunnel VS.. bridge as the best
means Of crossing the Bay. Maryland
was given fifteen days to show cause why
It should not be enjoined, and the argu-
ments will doubtless include estimates OF
the relative cost of tunnelling under the
Bay and bridging it. This IS the second
attempt, through court action, to prevent
the bridge onstruction-based largely on
the objection of shipping interests.
But Maryland, defeating an earlier court
move, has burned its own bridges behind
It in going ahead with the letting OF
contracts The legislature, in authorizing
q bond issue for a bay crossing, properly
left the means Of crossing to be decided
hv the engineers. These convinced the
Evening star., 1949-09-06

O. What is an atoll?-O. r. "A.
A. The term denotes a ring-shaped coral
island or islands, inclosing lagoon christ
mas Island is the largest aton IN the Paclnc.
being more than 100 miles around.
O. Does concentration produce Wrinkles
in the forehead?-V. c.
A. wrinkles may be the result Of intense
concentration. Most muscles in the oooy
are attached to the bones. But those gov
erning frowning and laughter end IN the
skin. These muscles are so closely related
to concentration and thought that they re-
act spontaneously. This produces concen-
tration scowl, with its attendant Wrinkles
and crow's-feet. Thus continuous froWn-
ine breaks down the elasticity Of the skin
and the wrinkles become permanent.
@ Who controlled the early slave trade
into the Americas?-J. A.
A. The Portuguese had monopoly on
the trade because of their explorations on
the West Coast Of Africa beginning in 1442.
The English went into the slave trade IN
1862. when Hawkins took slaves to
Hispaniola.
O. What is the membership Of Alcoholics
Anonymously. T. O.
A. According to q recent statement by
civilian w." co-founder Of the organiza-
tion, the membership was $4,000 early Id
1949.
Q. What grass is used to make grass
rugs?-A. D. w.
A. It is q wirelike grass produced in only
= three localities in the world. It grows wild
in the marshes which dot the prairies ir,
Minnesota, Wisconsin and the vicinity OF
Winnipeg, Canada.
@. Are there any States which grant die
vorces specifically for incompatibility? -
G. J. r.
A. New Mexico is one State which in
cludes incompatibility among its grounds for
divorce. Grounds for divorce are set by
statute.
Evening star., 1949-09-06

10 the Editor Of The Star:
Your views on "(Bus) Music Haters," in
Saturdays Star, were fair as far as they
went: but you left much unsaid.
First. this Is compelling people to listen
to music (sic) whether they wish it or not.
In the case of my neighbor. can call the
police to put q stop to the nuisance. I
have no such liberty on the bus.
Second, people differ widely in their choice
of music as they do in politics and religion;
and 1t is as unfair to force q real music
lover to suffer through saxophone meanings
and shrieks, as 1t would be to force Luth-
eran to suffer through Mahometan mono
logue or q Single-taxer to have Socialist
lecture shouted at him.
I draw your attention to the fact that
what is good in itself is not desirable at
all times, and that the bus or streetcar rider
who wishes to plan his days work on the
way downtown. or say his prayers, or read
his mail, is being treated unfairly He has
his own radio, to which he can listen when
he wishes, and he can listen to what he
wishes. On a bus or streetcar these rights
Of choice are denied him.
The bus rider wants just one thing from
the bus: Transportation.
G. w. ASHLEY.
Evening star., 1949-09-06
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
of fact By writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau, 316 Eye St ne washington 2, D e.
Evening star., 1949-09-06
Sees Campaign for Separation
OF Church and State Open to Question

Sees Campaign for Separation
OF Church and State Open to Question
70 the Editor Of The Star:
Separation of church and state seems to
be an expounded issue these days. There
seem to be certain self-styled individuals and
organizations whose aims are creating
bigotry chsnneled prejudices and enmity
between different creeds.
This country Of ours weathered storms Of
all kinds throughout its history. Our fore
fathers foresaw from past experience and
endowed for the individual with RESPONSE
bilities and ensuing privileges. We have been
led and fostered by men and women Of all
creeds and countries. Yet now wedges are
being readied to set man against man.
First they Gust who are they?) call for
separation Of state and religion. What do
these certain men amongst US mean by
separation? Do we not enjoy that now? Or
are they implying that such q movement Is
under way, and what proof do they have?
Or Is this campaign Of theirs fox hunt
without fox while they originate subtle
subversion?
church but let there also be distinction.
Render unto Caesar what is Caesars and
unto God what is Gods" We need only look
about us in the world today to see how ruth
less man-made atheism has created new
blood-god. Wherever it exists the state is
supreme. The individual is anonymous.
soulless, part of q supposedly classics
society, There is no further aim In this life
for him but to exist, If possible.
Z. Let us do justice to our fellow men to the
hest of our ability under the fatherhood OF
God. And let us remember the purpose we
were created for IN this world.
J.F. SCHWE1,
rynitnd nkates Navy, n. n. M. 9.
Evening star., 1949-09-06

of all varieties Of animals and birds. but of
clean" animals.a and birds Chose suitable for
food and sacriflce) there were II Of each
species (not seven only, as many suppose)
but "seven-seven," or seven and seven" :"
seven males and seven females, "the male
and his female"
The Star editorial writer is correct in as
suming that the ark was slightly crowded"
And what about food for the thousands and
thousands Of animals, birds, reptiles, and so
forth. many Of them meat eaters, for more
than q year? And what about drinking
water? The ocean should have been saltier
than before, following the deluge. Could
they have carried some millions of bottles
Of coke? II so the man who finds the ark
might get rich through returning the
empties.
Search me, wasn't there.
JOHN A. SIMPSON.
Evening star., 1949-09-06

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
Drtter, although 1t is permissible for
a ,Driter knoUn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1949-09-06
Expressed Disapproval of Invaders
OF Married Mems Prerogative
To the Editor Of The Star:

It's very seldom that bother you with my
thoughts, but see so many instances Of mis-
carriage Of justice in your fine newspaper
that am moved to protest to the Attorney
General and to the public.
In Iowa, young man Is tried for killing
the rival for his wife's affections Convicted
he is sent to prison for 70 years, or some other
outlandish period.
Here In the District, q one -armed man
no doubt beside himself with anger resent
ment and anxiety, assaults q two-bit rest
aurant helper who has tried to make of with
his wife. In the ensuing argument and
lights. the husbands father -in-law is killed
The wife still refers to the other man as her
"boy friend" and seems to indicate she will
marry him as soon as justice puts her hus-
band behind bars for good
What kind Of a world is it in which these
atrocities against married men are committed
in the name of decency? What a travesty
both on the sanctity of mans home and q
mans rights. The fellow in st. Louis and
Iowa who invaded DR.. Rutledge's prerogative
(no matter what the provocation) had no
right In law or in any moral code ever formu-
lated by man to anything but contempt and
punishment from society. But Dr. Rutledge
serves the time and his wife goes free.
Likewise, what Is to be done to the home
breaker who, perhaps through lies and
cajolery, made the one-armed mans wife
want to leave him-while the one armed man
was away working to make a living for her
and their children? What will we do to this
viper-give him a Government pension for
stealing workingmans wife?
LARSTON D. FARRAR,
Evening star., 1949-09-06
Letters to The Star
Readers Continue Discussion
OF Radio in Buses and Streetcars


OF Radio in Buses and Streetcars
TO the Editor Of The Star:
Your editorial. THE (Bus) Music Haters'
shocked and surprised me. Evidently you
do not have to depend upon the Capital
Transit Co. for transportation and are not
familiar with the type of horrible stuff
rammed willy-nilly into the ears OF COM
muterS or you would not refer to 1t as
music. I have not yet heard anything on
q street car or bus that rightly could be
termed music. Personally fail to see why
a bus should be considered an appropriate
place for radio broadcast at any time.
and why quiet, peace-loving citizens should
be tortured by such noise. In a country
founded upon and dedicated to the prin-
ciples Of freedom, surely one ought to have
the right to choose the place, time and
kind OF radio programs one listens to.
Being forced to listen to loud so-called
music Is bad enough, but the other stuff Is
an eutrage-blasts Of dreadful advertising
and reports Of the time and weather over
and over again in the course of short ride.
I am not a misanthrope and I've never
been unkind to any one. don't hate sun
shine, flowers and Christmas. but would
like to ride peacefully to work. undisturbed
by q squawking radio, and I think the
transit company ought to be concerned with
giving better service to the people rather
than in making profits by radio advertising.
ETHEL MCMILLAN.
To the Editor of The Star:
Why such strange editorial in re African
violet lovers and those who do not like bus
music as you do?
don't pay fare to listen to advertisements
via some music. If this is forced on the
public, at least fares should be reduced.
object to the totalitarian procedure of fore
naSSpnQPrS listen n the of a
radio program. What about the rule that
passengers are not to speak to the driver?
Radio blaring must be as annoying to the
drivers as to the passengers and take their
minds of their job. In New York City you
will note they are no longer able to inflict
their radio programs on the public.
FED UP.
Evening star., 1949-09-06
Tells Why Negroes Suffer
From Emphasis on Race
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
NJ B. A., recent letter writer. said: 1T
indeed is regrettable that quarrels among
the authorities should have deprived both
white and colored of the use of their SWIM
ming pools"
But think the regrettable thing is that
50 many people fail to realize that Negroes
are people with all the traits and character
istics, good or bad, Of other people. They are
no better nor any worse.
AS for the theaters in Washington, there
used to be many not just one We enjoyed
the good shows and fine concerts in them
until an inferiority complex took possession
Of few people in key positions. As sop
to their complex they gradually shut the door
on all colored Americans who were their
mental equals and enjoyed the same cultural
activities. Foreign speech or dress admitted
one to public entertainment, recreation or
eating places in spite of the shade of skin
or disinterest in the welfare of this country.
It is strange that M. B. A. wonders who is
behind this concerted and carefully planned
rebellion?" We used to ask that same ques-
ton when doors which had been open were
shut quietly on us or slammed in our faces.
M. B. A. says The race was making steady
and splendid advance" That is when old
Jim Crow started to change things in the
District Of Columbia. After Negroes gave
Lnelr Llme ana enOrCS 10 nlgner educaC1On,
and desired to be something other than
laborers. and managed to move into houses
with modern improvements, they became
repugnant to some people who thought
Negroes should stay in what they called
their place"
As for colored people preferring the COM
pany Of their own race please let us not mix
the issues. When it comes to visiting friends
are preferred to strangers. But in going to
q theater 1t is the show which attracts U.s.
The audience is not the attraction. In SWIM
ming pools, it is the convenient location and
attractive facilities we consider. not the
stranger persons.
Most people are self-respecting, though
some are not: but race has nothing to do
with it.
You say. The Negroes are being used as
catspaws." They always have been used
as catspaws. In war or in peace. in politics
or labor unions. it is always the same; use
them for catspaws when it Is expedient.
As to racial tension all oyer the country
what can be expected Of q people when their
race is the only thing considered and that
is made synonymous with crime? To be
mentally, morally and financially straight,
gets you nowhere, if yon IRE colored If we
always are looked upon as reprehensible
Negroes. why should we try to be decent
people and good citizens? ]. B.
Evening star., 1949-09-06
Nv THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. What is an atoll?-O. F. A.
A. The term denotes ring-shaped corai
Island or islands, inclosing lagoon. christ
mas Island is the largest atoll in the Pacific.
beinp more than 100 miles around.
Evening star., 1949-09-06

l have been reading the letters about the
radios IN the Capital Transit buses and
streetcars. but hadn't paid much attention
to them except to think the whole thing
is downright silly. until now Mrs. Mary E.
Shaw criticizes Capital Transit for several
other things as well as the radios She
cites their "sins of omission" in not stating
the number of complaints they have had
about various things but I'm inclined to
think she evened the score when she said
1t was impossible" to find bus or streetcar
without radio. That simply is not true
I don't know anything about how many of
them have radios and care less just don't
like to see statement that know is false
pass unchallenged.
was in D. c. August 8, for the first time
In months and spent the day riding street.
cars in various parts Of town. Not single
one Of them had a radio in it, I also spent
good deal Of time walking up and down
E, F and G streets, between Twelfth and
Fourteenth, and saw numerous cars going
up and down F, q and Pennsylvania ave-
nue., as well as Fourteenth street, and none
Of these had radios. If they had. and If
they make as much noise as some Of your
correspondents say they do, I'm sure would
have heard them.
I really don't believe they would seriously
distract a drivers attention anyway, no
matter how loud they were, if he is the
right kind Of driver. If he isn't, he
shouldn't be on the bus anyway I know,
because drove a bus for the Arnold -op-
Grated lines for about year during tho
war. and after a driver learns to cope with
the distractions offered by = large percent
age Of the public he meets, nothing as in
significant as radio is going to bother him.
We have radio in our car. and when
am concentrating on my driving, simply
don't hear it.
incidentally, most Of the people who are
against the radios give me the impression
for something they don't want. have no
idea, Of course. how obnoxious the advertis-
ing is because haven't heard it, but they
have the same privilege I exercise. II
am annoyed or disguised with the "blurbs"
or singing commercials, just don't buy
the stuff they advertise If can avoid it.
But without some advertising, how would we
know where to get things or which is best?
And their claims must be essentially true or
they would either 60 out of business or run
afoul Of the law, or both.
The main thing object to in any radio
advertising is the constant, breathless repe-
tition Of the same thing over and over, every
few minutes. It gets tiresome. don't mind
some Of the singing commercials too much,
unless they are used to defile q beautiful
piece Of music. That ruins the music for
me after have listened to the commercial
q few times, because when hear the music
In concert or on program, I also hear
that cbad" word goes here) commercial
I sincerely wish there were some way to put
stop to that. MRS. JOHN PERSON.
Bluemont, Va.
Evening star., 1949-05-22

E0A &lbthF fo1 u gFt yDNA SM
h~tHe you Eaye this place"
As tins Is beIng written the
nna,er has the beginnIngs OF a
nrw ear made from bone and
Cartilage and skin from his o~n
body. The xxk will take about
sax moutfs, then this prisoner
~ill have real. complete. fe-sh-
and blood ear What's moro,
says DIR. Pick, his hearing
which was impaired by the
accident should he totally
restored.
The making OF an ear Is diff
cult and complicated. The sur
geon takes the necessary cMti-
lage from the patients own NIB.
carves It so that 1t viii fit into
flaps OF hairless skin. The sur
geon sews and splints it and.
after healing has taken place, it
becomes Irving appendage II
the surgeon has done a good
job, it will in time resemble a
normal. nature grown ear.
DR.. Pick, however. readily
comedies that the methods for
making an ear still are more or
less in a trial stage NO one yet
has succeeded in doing the job
as well as nature did in the FIRST
place. he says.
~xaAI1s-Uoss's Pete
WE VISITED Stateville and spent
a day talking to officials and
prisoners. Here are some close
ups of the psychological and
physical changes that have taken
place in prisoners who have been
operated on by Dr.. Pick:
They used to call Pete Saddle
Nose" He's So. a husky. gray
haired man who looks younger
than most 45-year-olds on the
outside. Up to January %. l947.
when Pick operated on him for
more than two hours, this man
had a circus clowns nose, a
Crano de Bergerac toboggan
slide that ended in a massive and
tragic puff-ball of flesh. Sure,
it bothered me-" he says. Il
never looked in a mirror. I knew
what I'D see"
But now his nose u fairly
straight, neither lsas nor
short, and SO normal you
wouldn't glance at it twice.
Pete has just been discharged
after 20-year stretch. He went
out with a trade. tailoring. which
he learned in the prison clothing
shop. About his early life he is
Evening star., 1949-05-22
NEW FACES NEW LIVES
Ce~fsnss<d tro~= psss Ass

vzg,r Il don't know. ] pzt
knocked around. " he says Did
MT have much sense. g,sesk !
couldn't get a job that meant
anything not with a schnoxz
like mine
You get the idea that wher-
ever he went he was cast in the
role OF clown. that he fenced of
the stAres and smokers with
forced laughter. It's not hard to
see why he's in Jail. He was still
IN his twenties when he decided
that he would have to USE a pss-
TOD to get what he wanted from
life.
>sI'u Uevsx - A~eks
FoR two years | was ON the
heist (armed robbery" he said.
Then | got caught and | went
down for ten-to4ife." In or out
Of jail his nickname. Saddle
Nose" stuck. In 1912 he got his
name on DR.. Picks list. A month
before he was to be operated on,
DR.. Pick went into the Army.
~fou can believe this or
not but I'm glad l didn't get
out during that time," Pete
said. Even though it was five
more years in Jail. it was worth
waiting. See. know what woulda
happened - the same thing all
over again. ida been back. Now
IN never be back. I got a trade, l
got more sense - and l got a
schnozz that looks like everybody
else's. Docs a wonderful guy"
The pitcher on the prison base
ball team is a genial, six-foot-
seven-inch. 25Opound Negro
whose shoulders are as wide as
those of two ordinary men He
is Stateville's Babe Ruth,
Satchel Paige and John Henry.
A Home-Run Hitter
LAST season he hit ID home
runs. some of them over the g.
foot gray stone wall, 800 feet
from home plate. A jagged red
scar seesaws from his forehead
down his nose and stops at his
upper lip. DR.. Pick started work
ing on the scar last year and has
now removed part of it. Smiling
broadly, the prisoner told us:
There amt no hurry about get
ting it fixed up. Got a Iotta
time"
How much?" we asked.
One hundred and ninety-nine
years."
Another of DR.. Picks patients
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Evening star., 1949-11-20
Jesse Stuart Runs.
Away From Himself
THE THREAD THAT
RUNS so TRUE
BY Jesse Stuart. (Charles Scrtb.
ner's Sons; $3.)
Reviewed by
SAM EASTMAN

The author Of Man With a
Bull Tongue P1ow" and 'Taps for
Private Tussie" has written q de-
tailed account of his experiences
while teaching in rural Kentucky.
In a great many respects 1.-The
Thread That Runs So True" Is a
much poorer work than anything
Jesse Stuart has written before.
The many predicable obstacles
and situations which the author
faces In the poorly equipped.
backwoods schoolrooms are pre-
sented to the reader in an almost
purely reportorial manner-un-
garnished, f1rst-person observa-
tions. There fingers here only the
barest essence Of the richness in
style and thought that marked
Mr.. Stuart's earlier successes.
There is still the same clear
descriptive power Of his previous
works. but this fails to compensate
for the sparse reader interest
which 80 often characterizes q
book Of this sort. The day-by-day
recital is little more than the
|unsupplemented framework OF
what could have been another ex-
cellent example Of Stuart's re-
gional writing.
Evening star., 1949-11-20

than offense. Submarine develop
ments are to be watched. They
well might prove the deciding
factor in another world struggle.
DR.. Bush brings into his dis
cussion a factor that has too little
place in war thinking. although, in
the long run. it probably is the
most important element - cost.
The last war was sometimes re-
ferred to as "the engineers war" !"
The next may well be the "ac-
countants' war;" for the greatest
enemy will not be arms or dis
ease but waste of resources and
eventual bankruptcy.
Concerning the scientific aspects
Of war, DR.. Bush is probably the
best informed individual now liv-
ing. He knows altogether too
much to venture far in forecasting
the new pattern in which nations
will claw at each others eyes and
contents himself with warning
that q new world struggle must be
avoided. He feels that it can be
If democracy makes wise use Of
its heritage.
The book Is recommended read
ing for every officer in the Army
and Navy and-most especially
the Air Forces. ......