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Evening star., 1949-06-05
Urges Being Friends
To Friends Of the Community

Urges Being frlenos
To Friends of the Community
To the Editor Of The Star:
Recently saw q transit-ad In street car
which I hope may be read widely-yes, and
more: hope its suggestion may be adopted.
and that it may be repeated by many par
ents, Sunday School teachers. and others in
position to influence children and youth.
The transit ad read BE friend to your
friend In blue. He will risk any danger-even
his life-to protect you, your children your
property. Cooperate with your police oficer
to help make your community q safer.
better place to live In"
And would add. don't call policeman q
"cop." A headline reading, Cop Killed Last
Night" would seem to be an insult TO the
memory Of brave man and his family.
My father used to tell US. as children. not
to be afraid of policemen; that they were the
friends of all boys and girls who do right.
and only to be feared by those who do wrong.
The late DR.. Cove Griffith Johnson for
many years the pastor Of National Baptist
Memorial Church, used to pray for 'our po-
licemen, firemen, service-rnen. streetcar men,
taxi-drivers, and all who serve the rest OF us
so faithfully" Z. II. DeGROOT. Jr.
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Izvestiu on Robbits

Ideologies to one side, even 100 per cent
American bipeds will be inclined to applaud
the Soviet newspaper Izvestia for attack
ing the theory that life would be better
today II man had never learned to walk
vertically but were still going around on
all fours.
The theory has been voiced by Soviet
biologist named 8. D. Antipin, and 1t has
been echoed by some people in our own
country. The idea behind 1t is that many
of the worlds ills would be nonexistent
now II rabbits, instead Of men, had as
sumed q vertical position and become
bipeds.
Izvestia has voiced It's dissent with typical
inclination and invective. Standing up
right on its hind legs, 1t has described
MIR. Antipin as an "adventurer" and an
s.ignoramus," and IL has made clear that
the doctrines of Marxism- -Leninism- -Stalin-
ism are proof positive that he In wrong.
In other words, the party line holds that
II is better for the modern world to be
peopled by vertical rather than horizontal
men and that rabbit bipeds are out Of the
question.
OH course, unnkC 46SC3s&&s sAAS sSA~A&@As
Western mind must admit that MIR. Antipin
conceivably may be right. Nevertheless.
since the thing cannot be proved one way
or the other at this late date. seif-respect-
ing human bipeds must be excused II they
argue that today's world. far from being
better. probably would be much worse II
we were Still on all fours and rabbits were
walking around upright feeding us carrots
or hunting us for stew.
After all, regardless OF the Easter bunny.
one should not be too sentimental about
rabbits. In coming out strongly against
them In favor Of vertical men. Izyestia has
taken iaudable position. The West can
only hope that Soviet policy win change
accordingly, to the end that peoples behind
the IRON Curtain-made figuratively RAD
bity and horizontal BY the police state
win yst bs fres TO walk erect again.
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Making News of the Obvious

The President made news on Thursday
by telling his press conference that he
will stay on the Job here during the
session Of Congress. The idea OF train
trip through the country, he said. has
been put on the shelf.
There should be no news in the fact
that the President is staying here during
the session. This Ia where he belongs. The
reason his statement made news dates
hack 10 the jackson Day dinner last
February "a. He was feeling pretty chip
Der that night. He was giving "the inter-
ests" and the Republicans the sort OF
going over that Democratic President
is supposed to give them on such occasions
rs q jackson Day dinner. Nary q word
about Southern Democrats. Oh the cum
he said that he might get on that train
again and make another tour around the
country to tell the people how the Govern
ment Is getting along and know
how to tell them!"
Since then the usual amount of specu-
lation has been going around about when
he would start and where he might 60.
But MFR. Truman is no mean politician.
He knows perhaps better than anybody
else the pitfalls that would await him
should he 'take his case to the people "
Whom would he blame2 His own party7
It controls both branches of Congress
The Southern Democrats? Would he
deliberately seek further alienation OF
their affections7 Would he say OF the
slst what he said 20 many times about
the Goth Congress? Would he appeal foi
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Denmurk's Freedom

Denmarks recorded history began as far
back as 1000 years ago, but for modern
Danes few dates in 1t are more meaningful
than June 5, 1849 For on that day, with
the signing of their first free constitution
by King Frederick VII, autocracy died in
their country and parliamentary democ-
racy was born.
In the century that has since passed,
the Danes have made good use of their
liberty, nurturing 1t well and holding fast
to it through number Of severe tests
climaxed by the hard and bitter years Of
the Nazi occupation. They are still suffer-
ing from that time Of trial, but with the
help of the Marshall Plan and their own
high skill and industriousness, they are
getting back to their prewar economic
vigor. Their country is small, and they
themselves number only about 1000, 900,
but they can point with proper pride to
their material recovery and to the way
they have maintained themselves as one
of Europe's finest and most politically
mature democracies.
Rich in history, culture, spirit and all
around intelligence, Denmark today prob
ably is more deeply attached to freedom
than ever before. That Is why 1t has
subscribed to the Atlantic Pact despite
threatful Soviet rumblings. On this hun
dredth anniversary Of its first democratic
constitution, 1t well deserves the esteem,
best wishes and support Of hke-minded
nations everywhere.
Evening star., 1949-06-05
This Bill Needs to Be Studied

Members of the House Civil Service
Committee have right to be amazed and
irritated over the laSt-minute reversal by
the Civil Service Commission Of its attitude
toward the drastic Rhodes bill. - The really
surprising thing Is that the commission
and the Budget Bureau did not balk at
the bill in the first place. It is generally
conceded to be the most sweeping measure
on Federal employees bargaining rights
ever proposed. Yet, apparently without
studying the legislation adequately, the
commission and the Budget Bureau advised
O House Civil Service Subcommittee re-
Gently that they had no objection to the
measure. In view of the surprising absence
of opposition to the BILL the subcommittee
abandoned plans to hold hearings and
reported the legislation favorably to the
full committee.
But the Rhodes bill should not be
rushed through Congress in any such
cursory manner. It's implications are too
far-reaching, as was pointed out recently
in The Star by Joseph Young. It would give
almost unlimited bargaining and other
rights to Federal employees unions, includ-
ing the privilege of collecting dues on
Federal premises and the right to secure
dismissal of any Government official dis
couraging unionism. It would compel
Federal executives to deal with employees
unions on matters involving reductions in
force or in pay, promotions, demotions and
many other administrative actions. Even
the most irresponsible sort Of group that
might claim to represent employees could
not be denied these bargaining privileges,
II the bill were passed In its present form,
according to those who have studied its
provisions.
Why the Civil Service Commission did
not raise question as to these provisions
when the bill first was submitted to it is
hard to understand. The commission is
right in holding on reconsideration. that
the measure should be carefully studied.
There are a lot of objections that could
be made to the bill. The House Committee
should give critics of the proposal ample
opportunity to be heard before it makes
up its mind on this extraordinary measure.
Evening star., 1949-06-05
New Deal In the Democrats to be elected

q New Deal In the Democrats to be elected
in 1850?
OF course not The President knows the
members of Congress probably are closer
to the people than he Is himself and better
able to Judge the strength and direction
of the political tides back home. Further
more, he knows his. job Is here and not
gallivanting around the country while
Congress sweats 1t out In Washington.
There was really no news when he said
he was going to stay here. The unbeliev-
able news would have been to hear him
say that he was taking TO the hustings now.
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Richard WoIIuch School

When the last exercises were held at the
Richard Wallach School on Thursday
some, II not all, of those attending realized
that an era in the history OF popular
education In Washington was closing.
That period had begun when the man
whose name the building honorably bore
became Mayor in 1861. He was a citizen
with a broad, constructive view OF what
the Nations Capital should be. The
metropolis of the Union" as he saw 1t,
deserved adequate facilities for the in
struction of Its children. At his Sugges-
ton, the city councils provided that 625
per centum Of the municipalities revenues
should be devoted to the erection Of
"schoolhouses alone" The Mayor himself
arranged for the purchase Of the site OF
the first edifce-Square e0l, fronting on
Pennsylvania avenue between Seventh and
Eighth streets Southeast.
Upon the ground thus acquired was
raised "the largest and most complete
structure " for school purposes" ever
built in the District Of Columbia up to
that time. The cost was $45,000. Adolph
Cluss, the architect, subsequently designed
the Franklin, Sumner, Seaton, Curtis and
Cranch Schools. He was q careful student
Of academic housing on both sides OF the
Atlantic, paying special attention to light
ing, heating, ventilation, means Of en-
trance and egress, sanitation, resistance
to fire, storage space and what now would
be called parking" When the sponsors
Of the project were criticized for their
alleged extravaganza, they replied that
their policy Of justified spending will do
much to redeem US from the imputation
30 often made, that the City Of washington
Is a mere dependent upon Government,
and that 1t does nothing itself for the
advancement Of the welfare of its citizens"
The Richard Wallach School was dedi-
Gated on July 4, 1854, and The Star, then
edited by the Mayors brother, william D.,
gave q lengthy account Of the proceedings
in its issue of the following day A parade
of all the children of the Third School
District was q preliminary event. The
ofiicial program started with ''Hail Colum-
bia" played by the Marine Band. Rev.
Mr. Morsell of Christ Church gave the
invocation. The pupils then sang with
fine effect" q new version of America"
WTltbCu Uy q. E1CAd4A NO. AS1AJOA -. 49, @SA>AAB
Commissioner of Public Buildings, pre-
sented the keys to Mayor Wallach, who
responded with q speech outlining his
progressive ideals Of public education. An
ode by Rev. Byron Sunderland was sung
by the girls assembled The celebration
closed with an address by Representative
James w. Patterson of New Hampshire,
who prophesied that posterity would praise
"the originators" Of the school enterprise.
Eighty-five years later, the Wallach
building Is abandoned. Soon 1t will be
wrecked, its materials scattered. But
thousands Of boys and girls who studied
under its roof will not forget. Eventually
a new junior high is to be erected on the
site. Perhaps 1t, too, will bear the name
of the Mayor who shared the dream OF
George washington and Thomas Jefferson
that the Capital Of the United States
should be "a new Athens in the New
World"
Evening star., 1949-06-05

new battalionS Of
youth. When Thom-
as jefferson wrote
the epitaph for his
own tomb he put
forth no claim 70
fame or TO the graf
ituce Of his fellow
citizens based on the
fact that he had
been twice President
Of the United States
and was one Of the
chief nolders OF the
Constitution. He de-
sired posterity 70 re-
rr@y.tsar kfyYy YY,0St Of
Evening star., 1949-06-05
A Mother Tells Of Need
For Shelter for Six Children

To the Editor Of The Star
In all the papers are ads saying: Adults
only. no children wanted"
We need O place to live badly. My chill
dren are Americans. do not smoke or drink.
10 to school and to Sunday school and are
taught care Of the home.
Must I break UP my family and put my
children In an institution and rent . room
for their parents? Or does some one still
believe in raising families?
I took the children to the Zoo recently
and noticed how well the animals are
housed. My mistake was In having children
instead Of animals
II anyone has q broken down attic or
an unusable garage, would they rent 1t to
me 90 house my six children?
MRS II. Z. COSNER.
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Spires of the Spirit

June days are commencement days. when
the Nation turns from its legislative 70 its
academic halls and from the uniforms Of
its armed forces 70 thes caps and gowns Of
Evening star., 1949-06-05

exreedingiy friendly. but nothing more than
! expected from my kncwiedGe ~ the AmsSt.
can peopie. Only the utmost eoF6saissy
and courtesy have been shown nae. ard I
arn deeply sensible Of IL.
Dispatches from Nsw YORK 10 Ths star
for June .. 1899 announced the recovery
- Of Mar1cn caarks -ftas child
k,dseped Child wfso was abdnesed seue
gounA time ago ehe was located
at ths HOUSE ~ noowxs
Oakley, near GaoatssuFs. 10 miles fFcsa
Hsserxsrsw. n. Y. Ths woman VITO had
possession of hsr JennAs wilson by name.
was arrested. Kmms conkian. dsu9hssx af
q loeal stureknxper. -elasma the hcnor Ct
hayinx tdertsfed the child by means of pho
tosrsphs published In tss newspsp<ss"
Piano. organ and vocal pupsls u Aasee u,
Ksrnhail gave q makscals Ms the Ansrrahsys
Presbyterian Church ard tbs
kimbeli Pspsas star a. June y. 1889. sssen-
t.s>~.&.s sried that tire efassrs@asasnsazs
wras attended hy o tssFunx af
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noxbe<Y. II Louise Hlnpsun. Gssaas Atssd-
puwex Oaiam. j. W. MeMxhA<A k1sass
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Evening star., 1949-06-05
Doubts Disinterestedness OF AAA
In Pedestrian Control Awards
- 49, susa... "a .Yns Rsars

To the E6itcr Of Tue star:
understand that the District won
Grand award fn the 1913 National Pedestrian
projection Contest, and FIRST prize In the
iels National Pedestrian Protection Con-
test, sponsored by the American Ausomonne
Association.
It Is gratifying to learn OF the reduction
Of accidents to pedestrians here. out II Is
far from pleasing to many pedestrians 70
hear Of the awards coming from an organ
ization Of motorists that has grossly IN
fringed their rights In its efforts 70 secure
special privileges for drivers.
When pedestrian control regulation was
proposed decade ago. the District Com
missioners said IL would not be adopted
unless majority Of the people wanted Il
As pedestrians were unoggantzed. they nad
no voice In the hearings the Commissioners
held. The AAA viaichsrepeatedly had an
nounced In it. ofaciai organ. the American
Motorlst. o drive 70 obtain pedestrian con-
troll In every city Of The United States.
strongly urged and worked for the adoption
cf ths regulation. which st the tins seemed
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Buses on Same Route
Requested by People In O Hurry


Requested by People In Hurry
To the Editor Of The Star:
We. the undersigned, wish to back up the
merchants on the New York avenue route OF
the deceased" streetcar service. in asking
that the streetcars be replaced by buses right
down the same route the cars followed.
The merchants are not only losing trace
On account of the change but the customers
of the Capital Transit Co. are liable 10 lose
their Jobs II transportation Is not provioeo
which VIII enable them 10 get 10 work on
time without having 70 detour out OF the
regular route.
More and more former riders Of the cars
ON this route are using the method OF taxi
parties" and II we can't get better bus ana
ear facilities we must. Of necessity. give our
dollars to the more adequate method OF
transportation.
NARY z. SHAW, GP. BOSWELL. H.B.
LANES. &c. HOWARD. w. Won EzDOEF.
D. BERRIoS, GA. LYNCH. DoRoIhI
sHuITz, GLORIA LrTZ. GEF HINES. LW'
HTJCKIIN ANNA MAY FONTAINE. M
WEEDA. MARY M. POTTER. II. TERNEAk.
IRENE M, RoDTER, HF. CLARKE. MAE e.
WAC0AMAN, WI. HHLENBRAND.
Evening star., 1949-05-26
7O% Of Jap Divorces
Granted 10 Women;
Sex Equality a Factor
By Keyes Beech
fossisn Correspondent Of The Sser ord
me Chieaeo Dolly News

Fessisn censspsedsrs Of The sser asd
shs chiesse Dolly News
TOKYO, May 26.-Japanese
women are rushing to the divorce
courts In unprecedented numbers.
Last year Japanese courts
granted 10000 divorces-7o per
cent of them to women-more
than double the prewar rate.
Wives are asking for divorces
on almost every conceivable
ground, but the latest trend Is q
marked increase In the number
who want divorces because their
husbands don't make enough
money.
Need Not Give Up Property.
The root Of most divorces can
be traced to a clash between the
new and the old Japan. Sex
equality, or what's sauce for the
gander is sauce for the goose. is
q factor in almost every case.
Also. q woman can now get q
divorce without surrendering all
the family property to the hus-
band. as was formerly the case.
Infidelity by the husband.
which is more or less taken for
granted in Japanese society. is
the most common complaint,
court records show. A Judge cited
the case of three daughters who
persuaded their mother to get q
divorce because their father kept
q mistress.
But 1t Is not uncommon in
Evening star., 1949-05-26
Genuine Paris Accord
May Make Poland
East West Bridge
By Dovid N. Niehol
pessisn cesrsspendsnt Of The Sior and
the Chjeooo Daily News

WARSAW, Poland. May 26-I
OF all the countries Of the modern
world. the position Of Poland Is
about the unhappiest.
It is inextricably bound with the
Soviet Union by the hard facts Of
geography and by formal treaty.
Yet for most Of Poland's history,
the Russians have been greedy
and unpleasant neighbors. often
open enemies.
It's heart and its yearnings and
centuries Of cultural history in
cline it toward the West. yet the
West has turned its coolest shoul-
der toward postwar Poland.
Most important Of all. In the
Polish view, the West has refused
to guarantee or even to recognize
the country's western boundaries.
Changes Would Benefit Reich.
Poland knows that any altera-
tions that may be made will be
for the benefit and strengthening
Of Germany. Yet it is less than 10
years since Germany not only de-
stroyed Poland as a geographical
entity. but undertook the incred-
ible and ghastly task Of killing
all its people.
France is Poland's traditional
ally In Europe. But France, after
the devastation and bloodletting
Of two world wars. Is In no posi-
ton to help. Its own security can
only be preserved In the closest
cooperation with the other West
srn Powers, which means. again,
the reconstruction Of Germany.
Nor can Poland's answer be
found In the divided, weakened,
and artificial Germany which is
likely to result II the Foreign Min
isters fail to reach genuine agree
ment.
A divided Germany means con-
tinued Soviet occupation Of East |
ern Germany, where its forces now
number about 250,000. 1t also
means continued protection" OF
Soviet lines Of communication
through the Balkans.
Encircled by Soviet Forces.
Poland would remain literally
encircled by the Soviet armed
forces, except for the Baltic Sea.
And the Baltic, except its west
ern outlet, is under control Of the
Soviet feet.
II Soviet forces are withdrawn
from Eastern Germany their first
stop will be Western Poland. An
estimated 10000 Soviet soldiers
already are dug in firmly there In
former Nazi barracks and train |
ing grounds.
Poland would be encircled then
almost in the confines Of its own
territory.
Genuine agreement in Paris
could make Poland the bridge be-
tween East and West, a role 1t Is
eminently qualified to play. Lack
Ing that, it has no choice but close
and continued cooperation with
the Soviet Union, willingly or un-
willingly. as8as ~
Evening star., 1949-05-26
Japan for q man to have as many

Japan for q man to have as many
mistresses as he can afford.
Many wives have broken with
japanese family tradition and
sought divorce to escape domina-
ton by their mothers-tn-law.
Under the japanese family Us-
tenn Q bride automatically be-
comes her mother In laws
obedient servant.
Among repatriated Jap DPS the
most common complaint is that
the wife had Q lover whom she
refused to give up. on the ground
that under the sex equality pro-
vision In the constitution she 8
entitled TO one.
Evening star., 1949-05-26
Reception for Postor

Members Of st. Stephens Cath
Ollie Church. Twenty fifth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV.
will hold q farewell reception at
$50 pm. tomorrow In the parish
school hall for the Rev. Z. Jerome
Winter. pastor for the last seven
years. He has been named new
pastor at Sacred Heart Churcn.
Evening star., 1949-05-26

Mrs. F. Hastings of 1860 Park Road NV 1--WE been
reading all about the people who said they much
money on their dry cleaning Aristo stores lately &c.
decided try your dry cleaning Now honestly state
and your price is HONEST You can Testimonial
to tell other people how feel about your service Thank
cleaning job and real low price try soon! You'll be
pleasantly surprised ARISTO CLEANERS DYERS, 70
stores all town to serve you.
Evening star., 1949-05-26

No indeed! Better than .
permanent for the new
short hair styles, because
you can cut of the end
curls a fast as they grow
out-re.wave for psSsissl
Evening star., 1949-05-26

.Epen professional models pictured Are
Smyrna times., 1949-05-26
300 GRADUATES
AT UNIVERSITY
DIR. ID. w. Bronx to Be Com
mencement Speaker at
u. of ID.
SUNDAY, JUNE 5th

DR.. Detlev w. Bronx, president
of The Johns Hopkins University,
and chairman of the National Re-
search Council, will give the COM
mencement address when the Uni
versity of Delaware's Glass of 1949
is graduated on June 5.
The commencement exercises
will be held at 3 pm. under the
elms in front of University Hall.
More than 300 seniors are expected
to receive degrees.
Prof. II. K. Preston, chairman
of the university's committee in
charge, also announced that the
Rev. ]. H. Whedbee, of Bayside,
Md, will pronounce the invocation
and benediction at commencement.
MFR. Whedbee, a Methodist clergy
man, is the father of William H.
Whedbee, a member of the gradu-
ating class.
DR.. Bronx has been president of
Johns Hopkins since January 1,
and won international renown pre-
viously for his work in biophysics.
A graduate of Swarthmore College,
he received his master of science
and doctor of philosophy degrees
from the University while teach
ing there, and then returned to
Swarthmore as professor of ply
siology and biophysics, and as dean
of men.
After study abroad as Nation
al Research Council fellow, he be-
came professor of biophysics and
director of the Eldridge Reeves
johnson Foundation for Medical
Physics at the University of Penn
sylvania. During the war, DR..
Bronx was coordinator of research
in the Air Surgeons Office of the
Army Air Forces, and chief of the
Division of Aviation Medicine of
the Committee on Medical Re-
search of the Office of Research
and Development. He is now as
sociated with numerous scientific
bodies, including organizations of
the United Nations and the Atomic
Energy Commission. Associated
with the National Research Coun-
Gil for many years before becom-
ing its chairman in 1916, he re-
Gently headed a scientific mission
to Japan for the council, to study