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Milford chronicle., 1949-10-21
A Photo Finish Fan

WESTBURY, N. Y.-P)-Walter
S. Gibbons has one of the toughest
jobs around a trotting track. He
is the secretary at Roosevelt Race
way and has 1000 horses on the
grounds.
Saddest hour at the Raceway is
IL a. m. The condition sheets are
ready at that time for the once
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-21

over by the drivers. Standard state
ment at that time is:
boy, my horse is in this race
awfully tough"
This has been going on regularly
during the 152-night meeting.
Best testimony to the expertness
of Gibbons classification of PAGERS
and trotters is the photo finish. The
word photo" has been appearing
at least once each night at the long
Island track.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03

defects Of the existing setup. He also
would have the Government 90 slow at
this time In any drastic cradle to grave"
expansion of the social security program.
Meanwhile he urges further development
of state-a systems, as q means Of pro-
viding wider coverage and OF reducing
the financial burdens Of the Federal Gov
eminent in this field.
And Mr. Hoover thinks that thorough
going study of the social security response
bilities of the Government might reveal
better ways Of financing and administering
social security. The shortcomings Of the
present program cited by Mr.. Hoover GER
tainly Justify determined efforts to fnd
more perfect system. Perhaps Mr..
Hoover would be willing, now that his re-
organizat ton task Is behind him, to under
take such study for Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
Paying for Social Security

Former President Herbert Hoover has
called public attention to weakness of
the present Federal Social Security sys-
tenn that too often is ignored or CLOSED
over or explained away with double-talk
This weakness lies in the fact that the
system as now operated involves the threat
Of multiple taxation in obscure ways.
The extra taxation prospect arises from
Governments decision to use the surplus
Social Security trust fund, amounting to
about ten billion dollars, to pay current
general expenses of the executive estab-
lishment. As security for this borrowing
the Government has deposited its bonds
with the trust fund. But, as Mr.. Hoover
pointed out In letter to Chairman Dough-
mittee, these debts to the trust fund
eventually must be repaid. The money
inevitably will come from the pockets of
the taxpayers-many of whom already
have contributed to the Social Security
fund through payroll deductions and
through increased prices resulting from the
passing on to the consumers of employers
payroll taxes.
Still another tax burden is foreseen as a
result of the upward trend OF benefit pay
ments in the next few years, even without
enlargement Of the program. Up till now
the collections from payroll deductions
and payroll taxes have exceeded benefits
paid out. But the surplus gradually will
dwindle until 1t may disappear altogether
in another five or ten years. Thereafter
a deficit can be expected, amounting ul-
timately to about SIT billion q year. ac-
cording to Mr. Hoover's estimate. This
deficit will have to be met out Of general
taxes.
Mr.. Hoover takes vigorous issue with
the contention In some quarters that, be-
cause the Social Security contributions"
20 into q trust fund and are disbursed
without necessity Of congressional ap-
preparation, the contributions are not
taxes and the payments are not Federal
expenditures They are Just as much
a burden upon our national economy"
Mr.. Hoover wrote Mr.. Doughton, cas- any
other tax or any other Government ex-
penditure."
But Mr. Hoover does not argue for aban-
donment of the system as now constituted
nor is he against reasonable expansion
of the program. He is, however, against
any further expansion Of the trust fund
and in favor OF placing the whole pro-
gram on pay-as-you-go annual basis.
This would eliminate the double-taxation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
Qualifications for q Judge

Judge Fay Bentley's continued illness
suggests the appointment of another
Juvenile Court judge. Legislation author
izing such action is now pending in Con-
gress. Qualifications for a Juvenile Court
Judge thus become important.
One of the pending bills requires that
the appointee must have been a member
of the District bar for at least five years
preceding appointment, and have
knowledge of social problems and pro-
cedures and an understanding OF child
psychology" Another bill sets forth no
qualifications.
Some qualifications, undoubtedly, should
be written into legislation to determine
eligibility. But the chief qualification
should be that the person selected Is the
best person available for the job. Demon
strated experience in dealing with the sort
of problems that face Juvenile Court
Judge should 60 long way in determin-
ing that eligibility.
Some of the women's organizations are
reported to be insistent that the Judge
be a woman. A woman may make an
excellent Juvenile Court Judge. But an
excellent Juvenile Court Judge need not
be a woman. About So per cent of the
cases In this court affecting children over
IA years old concern boys. OF about
5000 cases affecting parents, only four
concern the mother, practically all OF
them involve the father. If sex is to be
a determining qualification for Juvenile
Court Judge the appointment of man
would seem to be more logical than the
appointment of woman.
But sex should not be the ruling quail
fication. The ruling qualification should
be all-around fitness for a judicial posi-
ton which calls for wisdom, experience
and an adequate legal background If
qualifications other than these become
predominant, we are not apt to have a
very good Judge of Juvenile Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03

country as a whole that would do violence
to the projects principles.
II there Is to be an agreement, there
fore, basic changes must be made in
Soviet policy. Given that, then the world
will be able to hope for an overall
European settlement that could pave the
way for satisfactory global peace.
Otherwise the cold war must continue
indefinitely, getting worse rather than
better. In short, though the lifting Of the
Berlin blockade will be cheering. optimism
will have to be restrained until ensuing
events, such as the Foreign Ministers
meeting clarity the Kremlins intentions
Right now it seems prudent to keep ones
fingers crossed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
Moy Day of 1949

The first of May, this year, emphasized
trend that has long been evident. That
trend Is the increasing isolation Of the
Communists In virtually all free countries
from the rest of the community, including
the nom Communist left wing" The
rival parades in New York City were
paralleled by such dual demonstrations in
cities of many lands. In Britain, no
political demonstrations were permitted,
though Communists attempted to defy the
ban i'm London and clashed violently with
the police. OF course, in Moscow, through
out the Soviet Union, and in its satellite
states the Communists had 1t all their
own way, exalting the coming world
revolution and lambasting the war
mongering' capitalist world to their hearts
content. As usual, Moscow was the scene
of mass review of Soviet military might,
the chief attraction being flights of new
Jet planes.
The history of May Day as political
and theological sounding board dates back
more than half a century. The Inter-
national Socialist Congress held at Paris
in 1889 set May as an affirmation OF
revolutionary working class solidarity"
the first demonstration being scheduled
for 1890. From then on, in most countries
OF Continental Europe, the beginning Of
the vernal month was literally red
letter day" on police blotters, when the
militant sections of organized labor and
radicals generally staged provocative dem
onstrations Of their revolutionary aims. In
consequence, the police had to be ready
to cope with possible disorders, sometimes
with troops held in reserve.
Even before the end OF the nineteenth
century, however, a divergence was EVIL
dent within the radical camp. Once over
whelmingly militant, much Of the Socialist
movement was becoming revolutionary"
and moderate In character. This diver
gence eliminated in the open split between
moderates and extremists which occurred
when the triumphant Russian Bolsheviks
launched their Third International
worldwide Communist movement for the
universal triumph of "proletarian" die
tatorship. Thenceforth, May Day demon
STATIONS were essentially Communist,
albeit in some countries the moderate
Socialists continued reluctantly to partici-
pate, loath to give up their share in what
had become to organized workers the
traditional Labor Day. BY now, even in
Continental Europe, such moderate par
ticipation has ended.
So far as the English-speaking world
is concerned, May Day has had no such
political implications. In Britain itself,
the day has been additionally associated
with folk-dancing and jollity around a
gaily festooned pole. AS for American
workers, they have long had Labor Day
of their own, without revolutionary impli-
cations which falls on the first Monday
of September Only in few industrial
centers with large foreign born elements
was May Day celebrated in European
fashion, admittedly as an alien importa-
ton. And this years observance shows
that 1t is restricted entirely to avowed
Communists and few ow-travelers.
The Communists monopoly of May Day
is thus complete. But, by emphasizing
their isolation, 1t is hollow triumph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
Men in Elevators

There Is tendency In the male set to
say that women are not very sensible.
But consider their answer TO a recent poll
asking them for their views on elevator
etiquette. With hardly an exception, the
answer was % that men are silly to take
their hats of, especially in crowded cars,
and (2) that 1t is equally silly OF them,
when they themselves are right by the
door, to stand back to let ladies of first.
Many men, of course, keep their hats on
and do not jam up crowded elevator cars
by holding back in order to give some
female in the rear the right of way. On
the other hand, motivated no doubt by
laudable desire to be gentlemen, great
numbers of them still doff their dippers
and in general carry their politeness too
far. Naturally, the result OF this mis-
guided chivalry Is not merely that their
fedoras are crushed but also that the
on-and-off traffic is impeded enough to
irritate all passengers of both sexes.
So, as the poll shows, 1t seems clear
that in this respect at least women have
more common sense than the male ele-
vator riders who defer to them too much.
The female Of the species, though she likes
to be hattered, placed on pedestal.
showered with jewels and given seats on
buses and trolleys, does not enjoy the kind
Of kowtowing that inconvenience not only
others but herself as we'll. Let us be done
with all such exaggerated etiquette.
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Letters FOR publication -sGs: bear
the sscaafxre and e66ress o. ne
erf.er. although II il permissible fer
.ritsv ksosen 10 The Sta 30 sss
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Bureau. sis sirses Nh Washinstos /. D. G
Please tnesess three I'D ssa,s Ter return pessGss
~ THE HAsKTN SERVICE.
@. In what year was the single gold stand
ard adopted In the United states7--E NJ. A.
A. The Currency Act OF March IL. 1900
put the currency OF the United States on Q
gold standard. This was during the admin.
istration Of President Mckinley
@. Why are the MARYLAND automobile
license tabs dated . year In Adsanee7~~
r.. Moo.
A. The Maryland Department Of Motor
Vehicles says that the elips or tabs on the
license plates indicate the year they viii es-
pire and not the year In which they we're
issued Is most other STATE tags DO.
@. May the wife Of q soldier take her dor
when she Joins her husband oserseas1~-
=. q. c.
A. The Department Of the Army aays that
. dependent may take . dog overseas with
her. Application should be made 10 the SOL
diers commanding oficsr.
@ What was done with the head Of John
the Haptis2--J. O. D.
4. The Bible does not state what wss done
with the head Of John the Baptist. Tne
headiess body was removed by john dssci-
pies and buried
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
Finds Prejudice In Statement.


To the Editor of The Star:
Health Officer George c. Rutland recently
testified in the District Commissioner
hearings on local slum conditions What
we need is an education program for colored
people-prompted by themselves-to show
them that they are better of with elbow
room and a place to grow greens"
1t is cause for grave concern that such
prejudice should be contained In q public
statement made by a public servant.
Apart from obvious failings OF logic, DR.
Ruhlands pronouncements reflect scant re-
gard for dietetic and sociological knowledge
The final phrase Of his quoted statement
manifests q prejudice intolerable In a public
servant land unthinkable in . physician
who. by oath. is dedicated to healing the
ills Of Humankind.
DR.. Ruhlands suggestion that Negroes
leave the South and come to Washington
land to other cities) in search Of better
jobs and higher living standards Is true.
To the Negro who leaves the South, Wash
ington, discriminatory as 1t Is, offers q
haven Of relative safety and security. Any
Job on cash salary is better than the
virtual peonage which most Negroes know
in the South, Southern claims Of being
kind to their Negroes" Notwithstanding
Washington, however, has made no rea-
listic effort to provide for the basic needs
OF its increased Negro population Instead
1t has attempted to compress that increase
into well-defined covenanted areas. The
effort has not been successful.
DR.. Rutland feels. and rightly So that
low cost housing Is merely q temporary
escape that will eventually create another
slum problem" Such an effort. would. at
best. offer only temporary and partial solu-
ton.
What Or. Rutland does not seem to real
lie. however. and what is submerged In
emotional considerations of this question
Is this-the northward hegira Of Negroes
is not cause but an effect It is one end
product Of the denial throughout America
Of the rights and privileges of democracy
to Negroes. WILLARD SAVOY.
It. u. s. A. r.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03

"Today's American girl is taller, heftier
and more muscular" Whereas we, in our
innocence, had only supposed the beach
suit was smaller,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03

1.-THE Boy Scout movement" says Soviet
Sports, lis an imperialist device for turn
ing out military automatons, bourgeois
spies and strikebreakers" Oh? Nothing
about the apprentice bugler?
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Letters to The Star


Readers Reply 10 DR.. kuhland
On Negro Mixration from the South.
Ts ,As sai.sr Of n. Star.
] read with interest the statement By
Health Ofacer G c. Ruhland and do 10.
think that he offered q fair solution TO ths
Districts health problems and the individuals
concerned
Perhaps he should have suggested that the
States from which these individuals mi
grated provide fair employment opportunl-
ties. health and sanitary facilities equally
accessible to ali Of their people. better
schools offering varied types OF trades IN
order that the individual may have greater
earning power. cultural entertainment to
develop and improve his mental outlook
then these individuals whom DR.. Rutland
has lambasted would have their oxn para
disc and would not desire 10 come TO the
District. do not think that IT is the
money that attracts these individuals, II
could be freedom. WILLIAM Z. FIELDS.
Recalls Robson Remarka
To the EDITOR Of The star
There is not much difference between what
Paul Robson is reported TO have said and
the remarks Of Dr. Rutland as 10 limiting
Negro migration from the South. Mr.. Robe
sons emanated from the left. and DR.. Rub
lands were fascist sentiments. Only Ger
many and Russia had policies Of moving or
limiting the movement Of sections of the
population. DR.. Rutland would deny to
Negroes even the rights accorded immi-
grants or foreign DPS.
This is the United States. and peculiarly
this is the Nations Capital. 1t is not for
DR.. Rutland to determine who should or
should not be allowed here. He would have
Negroes remain In the South and grow
green's" What DR. Rutland does not realize
Is that the responsibility for his unsubstanti-
ated claim that southern Negroes contsmi-
nate the District Is that of the States from
which they come But DR.. Rutland is typi-
cal of the socially unframed professional
scientist.
In the South. Negroes for the most part.
are forced to live in ghettoes. are denied
equal education and contacts with the cul-
ture Of the community. They have little
opportunity TO raise their cultural standards
Of living. For example. the Negro popu-
lation in nearby Fairfax County is diminish
ing largely for the reason that there are
no moving picture houses they may enter.
the schools are the poorest, some high
school pupils must travel over 100 miles
q day II they want high school education.
and there is not q single eating house in
the entire county In which they may be
served a meal In Washington they may find
some Of these things that add to living
E. B. HENDERSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03

said nj the District Building IA thai be ksAfra
thai the Health Department xas interested
IN the housing. respectively sum problem
because Of the health implications He
then pointed out that study Of commune
able disease very definitely related com
muntcanle disease 70 undesirable, or xium
housing He explained that STUN housinx
a expressed In oYererowdsns and in In
crease In personal contact. WAS andoQ osecly
q factor for such increased incidence O! in
fictitious diseases among the unfortunate In
hao.tants Of such siunx, The recoyd ne
stated showed that these we're largely occn-
pied by Negroes although. he also stated.
these we're not confined 10 Negroes but
included also whites. However. since
majority O! the occupants OF kiums we're
Negroes he recommended that Negroes
should undertake an educational campaign
with their own racial brethren and eau
ton them against coming TO Washington
where they might be obliged TO accept these
health-damagtng housing conditions. but
rather TO choose the advantages OF sunshine.
air. and more Of the out OF doors available
TO them in their Southern homes
Resents Theory Of Government
As an Alternative 10 0mnipetent GeA
To the EDITOR Of The star,
In The Star OF May ]. your reviewer
James @. peane. tells Us that A. Powell
Davies, in his book. Americas Real Re-
ligion." says that Americas real religion
is democracy. Mr. Deane thinks the thought
full should And It highly stimulating" II
they are stimulated 10 think they may
md such doctrine ridiculous, The thought
ful Christian or Jew Immediately win de-
tect such an establishment as q violation
OF the First Commandment:
I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt
not have strange gods before me"
Democracy Is a form OF government OF
the people by and for themselves, chosen by
their free. popular viii. True religion Is a
supernatural and supranationAl institution
revealed and established by God
Today MANY people do not believe In An
omnipotent God or In an eternal life 10
come. These people. unknowingiy seeking
an outlet for their frustrated spiritual de-
sires. espouse only religion OF pagan natur-
alism: and one of the natural desires could
Be to make god OF a form OF government
Those. however who seek an eternity with
God do not look upon q form OF govern
ment as a religion TO achieve II. They look
to government to provide them with free
dom TO practice the true religion. according
to conscience. In order to achieve the eternal
life
It may not be amiss In these highly
secularistic times for people to refresh
themselves with the admonition OF Christ.
Render to Caesar the things that are
Caesars and 70 God the things that are
Gods" FRANCIS JOSEPH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03

To the Dditer u Tns Star:
The stars editorial, Crime War Critique. :"
on April 76. contained excellent comment
on the increasing sex crimes. The following
additional observations seem desirable:
A majority of sex crimes are committed
when the criminal and sometimes the vie
tim are under the influence Of liquor. Po-
lice reports show q large proportion 70
Influenced and probably not all are recorded
Everyone knows that the first effect OF
liquor Is TO lessen or remove mans normal
inhibitions against certain wrong Acts. in
ciuding sex crimes and other crimes Of vio~
lence Criminals under arrest or On trial
now frequently admit or even boast that
they had been drinking, or were drunk.
and did not remember what they did. They
and their defense lawyers urge this drunken
condition q q reason for not constdertnG .
rapist guilty and merfttng punishment
Now D. C. LIQUOR dealers Are asking 70
be allowed TO sen liquor until I Am. Whys
what q the need for turning night into
day? Does anyone believe that persons
drinking In saloons and taverns until >. and
3. and 1 an. are going 70 Be worth-wh
employees or students at Z. y .. o. an.
that same day. They certainly Are not.
Is every empioyer. including Government.
ven knows. The Ministerial Onion hiss
lust voted 10 oppose this proposal What
vfii the laymen do about ~
CARLETON =. BALL
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League Could Furnish Data.
a Editor At The Sfar.

League SOuIQ DAkA.
To the Editor Of The Star:
DR.. George c. Ruhlands first statement,
as given by the press. about District slums-
cause and cure-was shocking not for the
facts suggested but for the profound soci-
illogical ignorance on his part which it re-
vealed. 1t has beep. is and probably will
continue longer to be true that Negroes
comprise a disproportionate percentage of
Stun dwellers. This Is common knowledge.
However. to stress the racial element is
to imply a false correlation. It should be
remembered that most Negroes do not live
in slums. Furthermore, some whites do live
in slums and along Tobacco road.
Subsequently statements by DR.. Rutland
have shown q deepening understanding. The
Urban League and other agencies would be
happy to provide data that would help the
Districts health officer to comprehend and
cope with a most difficult and complex mat
ter in q manner that betting his Office and
benefitting the community.
J. w. HAYWOOD. Jr.
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Questions and Answers

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Limitation Of Area Blamed.
he Editor Of T,he Star:

U
To the Editor OF The Star:
When read DR.. Ruhland's statement
concerning the screening Of Negroes plan
ming to move to Washington, was shocked
that such an irresponsible and Hitierian
solution" of the slum and health problem
could come from q so-called authority.
DR.. Rutland says that the Negroes in
Washington are the people who primarily
decide the health conditions" here and that
the influx Of Negroes from the South Is the
basic trouble.
Statistics, however, show that the Negro
population actually has decreased steadily In
proportion to the white population. since
1880.
Thus, 1t is not the arrival Of Southern
Negroes that causes our slums. but the fact
that Washington Negroes are forced to live
IN . comparatively small area, from which
they cannot move because Of segregated
housing arrangements and restrictive cove
nAnts.
Only by the complete abolition Of discrim-
nation in housing. Job opportunities and
education can the slums be removed and
health conditions improved.
NONNY LAUTMAN MAJCHRZYK.
Chairman. Young Progressives OF the
District Of Columbia.
Amplifcation Of DR.. Ruhlands Views.
Editors note: DR.. Ruhland does not feel
that his remarks were adequately reported
in The Star. On the other hand. The Star
Ia not conscious Of any i1Accuracy ~ tts
reports. Or. Ruhiand's version q what -