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Evening star., 1949-01-25
Oak Street Ball Games.

TO the Editor Of The Star:
I read with interest the letter to the District
Commissioners from Violette Thouvenin which
you published on January 10 under the head
ing Woman Tnreatents Tax Strike Unless
Neighbors Are Quieted" Her complaint has
to do with the playing of football and base
ball land accompanying noise) for hours
daily by the children of the neighborhood in
front of her premises and her unsuccessful
efforts with the police of the 10th precinct to
secure some relief
Inasmuch as you have published Miss Thou
venins letter for the information and amuse-
ment of your readers, you might also be in
terested In investigating her complaint and
the lack of effort on the part of the police of
the 10th precinct in the matter and printing
the result Of your investigation.
The children here have taken over Oak
street for football and baseball. They have
broken the street signs OH the light posts
where Oak and Brown streets intersect at Two
places, not only once now but several times.
They show no respect for parked automooles
but allow them to be hit frequently with foot
balls and baseballs with resulting dents and
scratches broken headlights and broken
aerials The police (acting on the complaints
of various people, including Miss Thouvenln)
on infrequent occasions have stopped the
progress of these games momentarily, only
to have them resumed when they leave. Ihe
police have done absolutely nothing to put
permanent stop to these games or to penalize
the offenders in any way. The Oak street
boys and boys from other places are absolutely
in command, and their games go on daily,
often until pm. in summer: also their noise.
Miss Thouvenin's letter to the District Com
missioners is absolutely correct insofar as she
complains of not obtaining satisfactory service
from the Police Department and it should
have received more dignified treatment from
those officials. The sarcastic remark made to
The Star reporter and the handing to him
of a copy of her letter by "one high District
offcial constitutes in my opinion, misfeasance
in ONCE. feel that it was highly improper
for this complaint to have been banded about
for the amusement of these officials and TO
have been treated as joke.
EDITH WHEELER.
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in S'.;'s1 &. ma. ss.,
se' 81 tse articles 'i'' in PAMPHLET % form ioTm may ''
There is plenty of precedent in recent years
for mild borrowing by the District to relieve
financial pressure.
There is also In the city's past history elo-
quent warning against over-borrowing.
1t is against this background that the tax
payer today should decide how far the District
should 60, If at all, in seeking long low
interest or interest-free Treasury loan to off,
set the threatening general fund deficit for
the year beginning July /.
Oficials say this deficit will be at least 49,,
O0O, 600 and may be much more, depending upon
whether Congress grants to District employees
the ost-of-living pay raise 1t gave last year
to Federal workers.
Obviously mild borrowing for new construc-
ton could release for other purposes the money
now allocated to those projects
Historically, the city was in debt almost con-
stantly from its founding in 1900 to 1878, when
the present commission form Of government
was created. Twice in that period 1t was
ruined by borrowing Both times the Federal
Government bailed it out. Yet both instances
were the result of the failure Of the Federal
Government to share with local residents the
burden of developing a National Capital. 1t
left them to wallow in the mud of Washing
tons unpaved streets.
During these experiences the Federal Gov
ernment apparently learned that it was bad
business to allow the District to borrow from
private lenders. At any rate all loans to the
city since then have been Federal loans.
From 1878 to 1921 there was no need for the
District to borrow because the Federal Govern
ment under the law was paying half the cost
of Capital development. From 1921 to 1925
the Federal share was reduced to 40 per cent.
Since 1925 an arbitrary lump sum has been
appropriated annually which in recent years
has represented only fraction of the cost Of
Capital operation and Improvement.
District borrowing in recent years probably
dates from 1890 when the Capper-Cramton Act
authorized appropriation of $l6,0000o0 for
park land and playground purchase to be re-
paid by the District without interest at the
rate of about 1000 900 year. To date $1l,-
400 900 has been appropriated in small sums.
OF this the District has spent some $40 0,235 900
Evening star., 1949-01-25

because Of that our fight has spread be-
yond our frontiers" 1t should, of course,
be understood that, in Communist eyes,
"deviationism" and "revisionism" are gross
heresies and deadly sins against the pure
Communist gospel. And he hurls the added
charge of "counter-revolutionism for
good measure.
After this, it is hard to see how recon-
ciliation between Tito and Cominform-
Moscow is possible. The Marshal has Ger
tainly burned his bridges behind him when
he claims to, be the champion of Marxist
orthodoxy as against heterodox error 1t
will be interesting to follow the next stage
in this theological controversy.
Evening star., 1949-01-25
Heart Cumpuiqn

The Washington Heart Association and
the American Heart Association, which
represents the national aspect of the same
constructive endeavor, are sponsoring an
appeal for aid in the crusade against the
Nations Number One cardiovascular
disease. Ailments of this category annually
take twice as many lives as cancer, ten
times as many as tuberculosis. More chill
dren die of heart diseases than of polio,
scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough
and measles combined.
Money is needed to provide continuing
research into the cause and practical cure
of cardiac illness. The discovery of new
drugs for the alienation of suffering is
sought New techniqueS and new methods
of treatment are being developed. Mean
while, the education of men, women and
especially young people to understand their
respective conditions and to protect them
selves against over-exertion and other
dangers goes forward. Nowhere else Is
the ancient axiom knowledge is power"
more definitely applicable. The more
information the community has about
heart diseases the more successful will be
the drive against them.
A summer camp for Junior patients is
one of the objectives of the Washington
Heart Association. Funds likewise are
being solicited for the care of INDECENT
adults who cannot finance their own
treatments The local effort will start
February and close February 2S. A total
of SIS, ,0OO-surely small sum in the
circumstances-is to be raised. Volunteer
workers are asked to enroll at Campaign
Headquarters, Woodward Building, Fiji
teenth and H streets Northwest. The Star
commends the enterprise as deserving of
generous public support
Evening star., 1949-01-25
Operotion HuyIift

Pictures of cattle frozen to death in the
Western billiards. have stimulated popular
interest in the Air Forces latest unsched-
uled task, called variously Operation Hay
lift or Feedlift. Although the humane
aspect of the undertaking naturally has
been emphasized in the pictures and
stories, there is serious economic angle
that concerns not only the cattlemen and
the meat professors but every consumer
of beef. Unless the herds are saved from
cold and starvation-and starvation seems
to be the graver threat-the price of beef
is sure to soar again when the shortage
of cattle hits the slaughterhouSes.
According to meat-industry representa-
tives, the cattle losses this winter will have
a delayed bomb effect on the meat market.
The beef for spring sale already is safe in
the feeding pens. The range cattle are
the ones suffering from the recent series
of severe billiards sweeping over the plains
from the Rockies. Never within the men,
ory of present-day cattlemen has the West
been subjected to so relentless succession
of snowstorms and low temperatures. The
cattle shown pitifully huddled in drifted
snow or frozen stiff when they wandered
off in search of shelter and food are those
destined to reach the consuming market
next fall. That Is when the pinch will
be felt by the consumer.
Ordinarily the cattlemen themselves are
able to handle emergency feeding problems,
with the help not only of snowplows but
private airplanes. Now the task has gotten
too big for ordinary measures-hence the
appeal to the Air Force. With an esti-
mated two million head of sheep and
cattle snowbound and in danger of starv-
ing, there is doubt that even the best
efforts of the Air Force, with its big C-28
flying boxcars," can afford all the relief
needed. New storms have delayed the air
lift of hay to marooned herds. With ideal
weather, the task still would be an enor-
nous one. But the seriousness of the
-
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situation justifies the extraordinary mis-
sion assigned to the Air Force.
The operation will require the expendi
ture of funds earmarked in the AF budget
for other things. In view of this, Congress
should see that the deficiency is met by
supplemental appropriation. The Air
Force should not be compelled to curtail
its regular military program in order to
carry out an extracurricular nonmilitary
emergency mission of the nature of
Operation Haylift ..- g.
Evening star., 1949-01-25

and repaid $sl37,Ooo. Thus only $l,loo,00o
remains to be repaid.
During the sos and President Roosevelts re-
covery program the city received public works
grants and loans along with the States. Total
loans of about $4,000 600 were accumulated
at less than per cent interest.
After Pearl Harbor came the so-called
blackout loans to finance civilian defense.
These totaled eventually about 100000 and
also bore interest at slightly above l per
cent.
Still another loan for selected public i'm
provements was made available to the city in
1912 under the Lanham Act This totaled
about $1,7OO,0OO at less than 2 per cent and
all but $l85y00O has been repaid.
The wartime clampdown on construction
and the diversion Of personnel and supplies to
defense purposes left the Commissioners with
a big cash surplus they could not spend and
vast backlog of unmet construction needs as
the Capital population sweled from 100000
to nearly one million.
Using the surplus the Commissioners paid
off the PWA debt, the blackout and Capper-
Cramton obligations. They salted the 10000
600 remainder away in Federal securities
against the day when they would have to catch
up on city construction.
With relaxation of building controls, however
high prices intervened to cancel out the saw
ings The Commissioners, basing their esti-
mates on higher than prewar prices, still
found no one willing to bid on city projects.
Projects once started had to have their cost
limits raised. A cost-of-living pay boost was
given city employees by Congress along with
Federal employees. Thus did the surplus evap-
crate.
Two years ago the subject of long term loans
from the Federal Government to finance i'm
provements in the water system was broached
in Congress by the city heads Other arrange
ments were made.
Today there Is at the District Building per-
haps more than a little sentiment that pay
as-you-go is dead. That If the city is ever
to cut down the backlog of war accumulated
needs little judicious borrowing from the Fed
eral Government q la Capper Cramton or a la
PWA may be desirable. The Board Of Educa-
ton and supt. of Schools Hobart Corning
have boldly stated their belief that loans offer
a solution to the problems Of the schools. The
list NAV be expected to grow.
Evening star., 1949-01-25
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. Who is the heir to the throne of Egypt7
H. T.
A. The heir presumptive to the throne Of
Egypt is Prince Mohammed Ally, 73 years OF
age, younger brother of the former Khedive
Abbas Himi II, and first cousin of the present
King. In Egypt females and their descendants
are excluded from the throne as are also nom
Mohammedans
@. Is 1t new development in American
church architecture to have the pews face the
central point of worship from all sides of the
church?-A. j.
A. The 'dea is not new. In Middebury VT,
there is notably beautiful Congregational
Church built in 1S06-09. The original plan of
the auditorium provided for a pulpit in the
center surrounded by circular pews.
@. OF what wood are the doors of the White
House made?-B. N. D.
. A. According to the National Park Service,
1t is believed that the main doors of the
Executive Mansion in Washington are made
of mahogany. So many coats of paint have
been applied to the doors since they were
hung that it is now impossible to tell what
kind of wood was used in their construction.
Evening star., 1949-01-25

Lumber is sagging, late trade survey
finds. This also is the experience OF the
GI who moved in before the plaster ana
woodwork dried.
Evening star., 1949-01-25
Non.Medical Health Services

NOn.NIeO1CaI T1eaItn OerV1ceS
To the Editor Of The Star:
It is to be noted that the present compulsory
health insurance plan makes no provision for
people who adhere to nonmedical methods of
healing. The American public spends on non
medical practitioners an amount equal to about
IL per cent of that spent on medical doctors.
However, even if nonmedical doctors are not
to be included, the Government at least should
protect them from organized medicine. In
some States and the District of Columbia, for
example, organized medicine Is attempting to
deprive people Of chiropractic service. Other
health groups also complain of interference IN
their work 1t therefore is quite necessary that
the Government protect the right OF the
individual to have the type Of health service
he desires ARTHUR BAALSON.
Evening star., 1949-01-25

The thing of calling an end to contest
with a pistol shot, as in football, seems Ill
advised in Palestine, where it only draws
an answering fire.
Evening star., 1949-01-25

More gruesome even than the prospect
that imitation would go on and on Is THIS
new one: That 1t won't.
Evening star., 1949-01-25
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,Driter, although it is permissible for
a priter kno1on to The Star to use
a nom de plume Please be briet
Evening star., 1949-01-25

Full of surprises is this strange new
posterity of ours, that Is unable to spell
cat but can identify jet-assist plane job
three miles away.
Evening star., 1949-01-25
Questions and Answers

A leader can get the answer any question OF
Bur Bur..1 sis 'ip street. Me- sn Wassinston hing 2 s. e
Please incose three (3) cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1949-01-25

individual initiative are being denied to the
people by the Federal Government entering
into competitive business in numerous enter
prises. If the present bills pending in Congress
for socialized medical care and in the educa-
tional field are enacted into law, the thing that
Patrick Henry feared is most likely to happen.
We are fast drifting toward a socialistic and
collectivistic centralized government instead Of
a republic. c. S. LONGACRE.
Another View of African Riots
To the Editor OF The Star:
Accounts from South Africa of interracial
clashes are voluminous in what they do not
state. They give the impression that rather
industrious group of Indians is being ravaged
by an uncomfortable horde of zulus, provoked
by some trivial mistreatment of native boy
in a social context not to be condoned nor too
severely condemned.
But it is more than probable that the con-
f1ict shows in the first place, that the system
attic and century old oppression of the blacks
has become intolerable. 1t has long been an
international scandal. Even native Africans
have heard whispers of equality and opportun-
ity.
Secondly, the violence shows how cleverly
the real authors of the crushing restrictions
the whites-have pitted the two objects of their
tyranny, the blacks and the browns, against
each other J. w. HAYWOOD, Jr.
Evening star., 1949-01-25

major cities
In
District
Evening star., 1949-01-25
Veterans Attitude to Bonus

To the Editor Of The Star:
Who is Gould Lincoln? Surely not relative
of Abe's. In his column of January 1S he said
of the bonus bill: "And when 1t meets success,
the bill against Uncle Sam will be staggering
in size. Indeed the estimates run from $4,000
600 900 to $67, 900 O0O.'
Take private first class for fair example:
What would have been the difference in his
pay at civilian employment, let's say at 81 per
hour? There were around 100000 men
and women in our armed services. Taking
our Pfc, allowing him three years service
and giving him one half that time off from
duty, you would owe 10 million of them over
$115 100000
What's wrong with SGT SOC, 900 600? If it were
not for us you wouldn't have 671a cents
WALTER s. SMITH, VETERAN.
Evening star., 1949-01-25

Mote: This is the Of Ave articles to appear
In space this week DISCUSSING the Districts fnan-
cal condition writing to the editor Of The Star.
citizens associations and others obtain reprint
Of the articles in pamphlet form.)
Evening star., 1949-04-10

these are the virtues of old
fashioned show business. They
are also the virtues of Lucille Ball.
Whatever she does is done demon
stratively. She is acutely aware
that at all times she is on show.
Miss Balls history is strictly
old-style Hollywood. a formula
biography that goes back to the
silent days. She's no product of
Evening star., 1949-04-10
JOSEPH HKPPNER

meeting. A scarlet. four -cornered mouth.
Nobody dares make up like that any
more. Not even Joan Crawford And only
Joan Crawford still makes the Lucille Ball
type of entrance
Miss Ball is young woman, but she be-
longs to the good old days when movie
star was really luminary, with an obiga-
ton to shine. Miss Rail- is in show bnsi-
announces the fact the way old timers
used to - with banners.
Extravaganza. generosity, shrewdness,
the magnificent gesture, the canny instinct,
Evening star., 1949-04-10

monstTous red = or is It pink or orange? =
and piled up. like as not. to resemble a
pastry-shop pyramid ordered for some
body's wedding. Eyelashes curled against
nature to establish coy contact with eye
brows that strain and arch to avoid the
Evening star., 1949-04-10

finishing school, plus dramatic courses un-
der Ouspenskaya. Nobody snatched her
out of summer stock before she had time to
get rid of her Margaret Sullivan whisper.
Her background: tough one as dress
model in New York's garment district as
Evening star., 1949-04-10
Old-Fashioned Redhead

Today when film queens are
simple country girls, Lucille
Ball goes all out for the old
glamour on her it looks good
LUCILLE BALL is a throwback, an Old
IL fashioned movie star.
On the screen she generally plays hep
girl = slangy. breezy. wisecracking, with a
be-bop rhythm to her walk. In person. she
mugs and cuts up pretty much the same way
she does in almost all of her screen roles.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-29

Tuscaloosa, Ala, Oct. 25-In a
very colorful and impressive cere-
mony, DR.. Samuel Burney Hay will
,, be formally installed as the eighth
president of Stillman College on
the campus Friday afternoon at
o'clock. A platform has been
erected on the campus of this his
toric institution, and if the weather
permits, the Inauguration will be
held in front of the administration
building. If it should rain, the cere-
mony will be conducted in Brown
Memorial Chapel.
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, interna-
tianally known educator and presi-
dent of Morehouse College in At
lanta, Georgia, will deliver the in
augural address. Representatives
from a number of organizations
will celebrate its seventy-third year
(of service.
Other campus festivities include
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-29
5000 Expected
Annual Session
OF knights And
Daughters Tabor

Grenada, Miss.-The Mississippi
jurisdiction of Knights and Daugh-
ters of Tabor will meet in an
other annual session in Grenada,
Mississippi, October 81, through
November 4th.
The Mississippi Jurisdiction of
the Knights and Daughters of
Tabor own and operate the Ia
Dorian Hospital at Mound Bayou.
Mississippi. The Taborian Hos
pital is rated by authorities from
the State Health Department of
Mississippi as one of the best in
situations of health in the state.
More than 5000 members of
this fraternal order are expected
to meet and shake hands with old
friends and carry on business for
the year for the Grand Temple
and Tabernacle. This grand SEES
sion marks the Goth annual meet
ing in Mississippi since Tabor was
organized.
The welcome program will be
held in the Grenada High School
Tuesday night, November /; We'd
nesday night, the Tent Depart
ment will have charge of the pro-
gram: The Royal House of Media
will have charge of the Program
Thursday night. Three dollars
$4,000 per day will be the charge
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-29

Assistant States Attorney, Gen.
eral George Etheredge in the argu-
ment for the state admitted that
the evidence as to the race of the
great grandmother was of such
that he felt the guilt of Knight is
doubtful
Judge Etheredge agreed that the
evidence indicated that the mans
great grandmother might have
been Indian or that she may have
had some Negro blood.
According to testimony in the orr
ginal trial, Mrs. Rachel Knight, the
great grandmother lived in a house
in the yard of Newt Knight a
white man, by whom she gave birth
to several children.
One of her sons by Knight mar
ried Knights pure white daughter.
There followed several cases of
intermarriage within the group.
Doris Knight is the offspring of
one of these marriages.
AT any rate, Attorneys agreed
that Knight was far enough re-
moved from his great grandmother
to make him less than one-eighth
Negro, as required under the Mis-
sissippi Law before a person can be
regarded as white.
What the courts decision in the |
case will be seemed apparent in the
agreements reached by counsel on
the major question at issue.
Meanwhile, throughout the trial |
friends of the couple say that the
wife has never waivered in her de-
termination to stay with her bus
band
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-29
Crusade TO Washington Must Be
Answer To Verdict Denial Of Bail
In Communist Case Gro Saws

hereafter by American courts if
the verdict is not reversed or set
aside.
"By imposing the maximum sem
tence and denying bail, Judge Me-
dina has revealed himself for all
to see as not only prejudiced but
vindictive.
"Out of his prejudice against the
defendants, Judge Medina has dis
torted the First Amendment and
has now ignored the Eighth Am
endment which reads: Excessive
bail shall not be required, nor ex-
cessive fines imposed, nor cruel
and unusual punishment inflicted
mo Bail is the most excessive of
balls.
Judge Medina now JOINS the dis
honored company of Judges Chase,
fancy, Snow and Thayer. Each de-
prived the American people at one
stage of their history of basic con-
stitutional rights. Each was even
tually repudiated by the American
people.
"The Civil Rights Congress calls
on all progressive Americans to:
81. Join the Crusade to Save the
Bill of Rights.
SO. Wire President Truman and
Attorney General McGrath, de-
handing reasonable bail for the
eleven leaders of the Communist
Party.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-29
STATE SUPREME COURT TO
STUDY INCARCERATION CASE

The state Supreme Court after
hearing arguments here Monday
took all records of the trial, and
briefs of counsel for further study
before a decision in the Non
famous Jones County Miscegena-
ton case.
The case before the court was
that of Davus Knight convicted in
the Jones County Circuit Court and
sentenced to five years in prison
for violating the state law prohibit
ing racial intermangle.
Knight who married a Jones
County White Woman based his
appeal of the claim that his grand
mother, Mrs. Rachel Knight was
not a full blooded Negro.
Knights attorney argued that
his grandmother was a Creole and
Indian descent and therefore was
not a negro at all.