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Evening star., 1949-02-26
Still an ApoIooist

1t is an odd fact that Anna Louise
Strong retains her apologetic attitude to-
ward Russia, despite her expulsion from
Moscow for alleged espionage. She has
been defending the Soviet way of life for
the Reds way of life to that of her native
land, for she has lived in Russia the better
part of two decades. The Communists
thought so we'll of her writings that her
recent book, "TomorroW's China" was be-
ing serialized in the Daily Worker and in
Red newspapers abroad shortly before her
arrest by Soviet secret police.
On being interviewed upon her arrival in
New York, Miss Strong spoke not one word
that could be construed as critical OF the
Soviet Union. On the contrary, she We
hemently denounced the American press
for stirring up tension and war hysteria"
and suggested that this tension" may
have led to her expulsion. It is logical to
infer from her remarks that she would like
to have the American press adopt her own
sympathetic attitude toward Russia and
its satellites.
Perhaps if Miss Strong had spent less
time in Moscow and more in the United
States since the early twenties she would
be able to appraise Russia and communism
bit more effectively than she has done
in her numerous books and magazine ar
ticles. Against the background of her pro-
Soviet propaganda over so long a period,
it is surprising, to say the least, that any
one should seriously charge her with being
an anti-soviet spy. AS matter of fact a
Dies committee witness accused her sew
eral years ago of being a Russian secret
agent, a charge which she vigorously de-
MED. Whatever she is or is not, it is too
bad that she could not remain in Russia
It is hard to think of any way in which the
United States will benefit by her return
Evening star., 1949-02-26
Housing for LARGE Families

To the Editor OF The Star
I wish that John Ihlder. executive officer
Of the NCHA. would publish sample Of the
operating costs and the income for one of
our housing projects for the benefit OF the
landlords who claim they are operating at a
loss while his revenues from the housing
projects are nearly twice the cost Of opera
ton and maintenance.
Why not build more housing with the
profits, especially for the people who are
most desperately in need Of housing-that
is. large families?
I have eight children, and know what
am talking about.
I have been evicted three times when
houses my family lived in were sold to new
owners. Now have place to live because
one kind landlord sold us house without
down payment. So long as can meet the
monthly payments of $50 and taxes. need
never again fear eviction.
A DISABLED WORLD WAR
VETERAN.
Evening star., 1949-02-26
Water Sounds

These fascinating sounds that water
Makes
= The sleepy, the impetuous, the slov;
Each has its language, and the course It
takes
Pertects the eloQuence 1De come to know
When studying the anger of the sea-
Its loud, unbroken monotone; the roar
OF suicidal cataracts;; the free
Shout of ro1Ddy riDer to its shore
WeH-Dater laughs and shtUers up and
doUn
Its cool, stone throat; brook, In breath.
less trebles,
Giggles, and bubbles riddles to its
pebbles,
And rain ,DiH s,oish and whisper like
go1Un.
after the ripping silk sounds Of d drink
Comes the nagging of the tap-drip In the
sink.
COSETTE MIDDLETON.
Evening star., 1949-02-26
More on Teachers Salaries

To the Editor of The Star:
The letter from Harold j. Oliver concern
ing "well-paid' teachers, published in The
Star February 81, illustrates the danger Of
making dogmatic statement on insufficient
information
For Mr.. divers information, the Board
Of Education claims the teachers time from
$3.50 am. to pm, five days week. With
a half-hour for lunch, that makes a 40-hour
week, by orthodox arithmetic.
Further. teachers are employed, and re-
ceive their pay checks, on a 10-months basis.
BY Mr.. divers reckoning. at 81 an hour the
teacher draws an annual salary of $6,400.
This is news to me- and have been teacher
in Washington since 1882. hope Mr.. Oliver
will find out what has been happening to
the $4,000, more or less, that has been miss
ing from my envelope.
Does Mr. Oliver know about the night
work that teachers put in with school plays,
supervising basket ball games. school dances,
Parent-Teacher Association meetings ETC.?
When does he think we correct the patches
of compositions and exercises we take home
every day? Does he know that we have no
leave, and that illness costs us SO day for
a substitute?
The Masters degree, representing five
years of college and university work, is much
better paid in the Federal Government than
in the District government. and teachers
need $3.50 to live decently just as much as
Government girls do. A TEACHER.
Evening star., 1949-02-26
Another View of Article I, Section g.

To the Editor Of The Star:
have read with amazement and some de-
gree Of alarm your editorial of February Is
entitled Article I, Section g. dealing with
the power of Congress to declare war,
wherein you seem to regard that provision
OF the Constitution as outmoded and no
longer important under modern conditions.
The editorial seems to regard the insstence
Of Congress upon that power in the nature
of desire to win constitutional
point at the price of losing this last best
hope for peace" and you say 8" it is not
reasonable for members of the Senate to be
standing on the letter of the Constitution.
to be saying that Congress must not yield
any part of its constitutional power to de-
clare war. To do this is not only unreason-
able; it puts in grave jeopardy our last best
hope for the future
1t may not be out of order to suggest that
the members of Congress are the servants
OF the people and have taken solemn oath:
ITO preserve, protect and defend the Consti-
tuition of the United States" and that the
right ultimately to decide upon the question
Of war or peace also is a duty and a respon-
.Slblllty to the people whom they represent
which they cannot escape or delegate.
This provision was written into the Con-
Stitution by its trainers after lengthy con-
sideration of several ideas similar to that ex-
pIcSSeu LII YOUR EDITORIAL, WHICH were TeJeCLeQ
for very definite reasons.
Among the reasons for the clause as it
stands is the determination to keep the
military in Subordination to the civil au-
thority and within reach and control of the
people. In the view of Woodrow Wilson, this
was intended to be and remain "a Govern
ment of law and not by arbitrary fats or
casual command of those in authority" and
in the words of the Supreme Court the power
to declare war was intended to enable
the general Government to vindicate by
arms, if it should become necessary, it's own
rights and the rights of its citizens
BY long line of cases. the authority con-
ferred by this clause extends to all legis-
lation necessary to the prosecution of the
war with vigor and success. and to guard
against its renewal.
and supporting war was intended to be
and remain within control Of the repre-
sentatives of the sovereign people as BELTS a
representative democracy.
It Of course Is not your intention so to sug-
gest but If followed to its logical conclusion,
your theory would counsel members of Con-
gress to violate their oath of Office and abdi-
cate a grave responsibility.
If it becomes necessary to remove this
responsibility from the Congress, where the
Constitution has placed it, it should be done
by appropriate constitutional amendment,
but not by surrender of that power to uncer-
tain exigencies over which we have no
control. FRED P. MYERS.
Evening star., 1949-02-26
Chopin Remembered

This is a Frederic Chopin year. The
great Franco-Polish pianist-composer was
born near Warsaw 139 years ago Tuesday
and died in Paris century ago come
October II next. Celebrations are in prog
ress on both sides of the world. But they
really are not needed Millions of admirers
already know the fruits of the tragic life
of the famous romantic melodiSt. Whole
schools of imitators keep his name alive
He is as sure of remembrance as his adored
Mozart and Beethoven.
But perhaps it is worthwhile to empha-
size certain aspects of his personality which
sometimes are misrepresented. For exam
pie, he was no rebel, no revolutionist, no
radical reformer On the contrary, "he
loved aristocratic society and was happy
in the company of wealthy and socially
prominent people" The current campaign
to bracket him with those musical propa
gandists who have attempted to enslave
art to Marx is treason to Chopin. "The
crowd" he declared, "intimidates me-"
Nothing but poverty drove him to public
performances.
Yet he was not lacking in sympathy for
1llG CUI1lpOoIU1OlA W4l4NA4 bSAAo
the title Funeral March" is proof OF his
comprehension of the poignancy of mans
ordeal. None of his contemporaries, GER
tainly none of the agitators who profess
to find in politics the solution for every
human problem, excelled him in his re-
spouse to pain. Always i'll, never at ease
in body or mind or spirit, he knew from
ample personal experience how much
health and security and peace are needed
in this earth His music appeals to the
supreme source of life. That is why such
a tortured soul as Robert Schumann
appreciated him inordinately.
Chopin, however, is not predominantly
tragic. He was master of joy as well as
sorrow, happiness as well as misery. Even
in the melancholic "Nocturnes" there are
sunshine and laughter, easily discovered
if looked for intently. The piano Con-
certo No in E Minor" justly has been
called musical fireworks; the scherzos,
the waltzes, the polonaises and the ballades
df they are played as they were written)
are as optimistic as they are lyrical. Their
author was no pessimist. Beauty reasSured
| him. He served harmony as an elemental
Evening star., 1949-02-26
To Reduce Postal Deficits

The alarming rapidity with which postal
deficits have increased since the war makes
1t plain that higher postal rates are in
escapable. The Post Office Department
cannot 60 on piling up these deficits With
out taking drastic measures to combat
them. The Hoover Commission says that
approximately $3.50, 100000 year could be
saved through more efficient methods and
equipment. But even with such economies
In operation the department would still be
more than $3O0000,000 in the red unless
more revenues are forthcoming. This years
deficit is expected to reach half billion
dollars.
Most of this years increase in cost re-
suited from the $450-a-year raise given
postal workers. Rising cost of materials
and various services added to the DEBT
While frst-class mail certain types OF
foreign mail and the Postal Savings System
are paying their own way, other mails are
being carried at far less than cost. Sec
ond-class mail newspapers and maga-
zines) for example, is being delivered at
loss to the department of more than $2OO,-
100000 year. Third-class mail Circulars
and miscellaneous printed natter, parcel
post postcards, special delivery letters and
registered mail cost the Government more
than the senders pay for stamps
Postmaster General Donaldson has
asked Congress to increase the rates on all
types of mail that now are contributing to
the trend toward postal bankruptcy. He
excludes flrst-class letters because the
present three-cent rate has put this service
on a self-sustaining basis. But he is right
in contending that the other classes OF
mail should bring a substantially higher
return. The Hoover Commission said the
question of how much, if any, subsidy
should be granted newspapers, magazines
and other types of favored mail is one for
determination by Congress, but that Ger
tainly registered and insured mail, postal
cards, special delivery and COLLECTION de
ed ljyerv services should be self-supportlng
Newspapers and magazines traditionally
have enjoyed a below-cost rate because
Congress has held that such subsidy was
an aid to education. It is true that some
of the smaller newspapers would be hard
hit If the full cost of delivering papers by
mail we're to be assessed. But govern
mental subsidies to the press are not a
desirable thing, even under the most IA
vorable-to the press-circumstances II
would be better for newspapers If all were
able to operate without benefit of any
Federal gratuity.
The rate increases urged by Mr.. Donald
Evening star., 1949-02-26
Changes to Speed Up Traffic

To the Editor Of The Star
I am taxi driver and am on the streets
of Washington every day, so I believe I am
qualified to know what most of the traffic
sore spots are.
There are many things which could be
done to ease the flow of traffic at practically
no expense; others would cost money.
I'll mention two things:
First, erect a narrow loading platform
at the intersection of Fifth street and Mass
achusetts avenue NV. Massachusetts ave-
nue. carries a heavy load of traffic at all
times. Yet no traffic can move as long
as streetcar is loading at Fifth street.
Sometimes three cars will be close to-
gether. and they and the autos will back
up and block Sixth street. also a heavily
travelled street.
I might also add that, although two car
lines cross at Fifth street and Massachu-
sets avenue NV. there never seem to be
more than five or six people boarding the
cars. Hence the narrow platform could be
used
Second, eliminate all parking on heavily
travelled streets such as H street, NE. and
also Nichols avenue from the bridge to Sum-
ner road.
The above could be accomplished by max
ing G street one way going west and permit
ting angle parking and street one way 60
ing east, also with angle parking.
Twice as many cars can angle park in a
block as can parallel park so the people who
use. say. street would still have their places
with enough left over to take care of most
of H street.
Eventually, and G streets would become
purely parking streets which I think would
be all right as there is not one car travelling
on these streets to 1000 on H street.
The same system could be used on Mich
OILS avenue and the congested part of Good
Hope Road. A TAXI DRIVER,
Evening star., 1949-02-26
Rural Accident Problem

TO the Ecltor OF The Star:
Your editorial of February 10, Fewer Ac-
cidents" gave valuable publicity to the cur
rent traffic safety problem and placed
admirable stress on that most important
factor the need for more and more safety
education.
For your information, the small city and
rural areas of the country were found in an
analysis of the 1948 traffic death figures to
be greatly in need of a more intensive safety
education program. The study showed that
while many large urban areas showed q re-
duction in traffic deaths in 1948, small cities
and rural areas reported increases which
almost offset the overall gains made during
the year. Obviously the per cent reduc-
ton in the number of traffic deaths per
100000,0O0 miles driven in 1948 would have
been much greater had it not been for the
increase in the small city and rural traffic
death frequency.
The Star, serving such wide trading area
in addition to urban Washington, can bring
this fact home to many small communities.
AS you point out in your editorial, greater
awareness of the responsibility of the in
dividual driver will go far to reduce traffic
deaths.
National attention will be focused on the
traffic safety problem when the 1949 Presi-
dents Highway Safety Conference meets on
June l, 2 and 3, in the Departmental Audi
torium, Constitution avenue between Twelfth
and Fourteenth streets.
The special problem of reducing traffic
accidents in small cities and rural areas will
be one of the principal subjects in discussion.
More widespread adoption by States of the
Action Program for Highway Safety which
was formulated by the initial Presidents
Highway Safety Conference in 1916 will be
stressed toward attaining a greater degree
of safety on the highways
Your newspaper, along with hundreds of
others, has done notable job in keeping
the subject OF highway safety before the
reading public It is our hope that the con-
tinuing effort toward public education will
bring about reduction in the alarming
number of deaths on the highways during
the coming year.
PHILIP B. FLEMING.
Major General, U. S. A.. General Chair
man, Presidents Highway Safety Con-
ference.
Evening star., 1949-02-26
Duke of Windsor Praised


usually enjoy Henry McLemores column
because he steers clear of political themes
However, I was not pleased when he said
for the first time in my life am beginning
to feel sorry for the Duke of Windsor"
The Duke of Windsor Is man who should
be appreciated in the heart of every Chris
tian American. I wonder if Mr. McLemore
thinks he should have married for political
purposes rather than for love. Perhaps that
Is his conception of democracy. The Duke
didn't have to marry you know-he simply
did the decent thing.
ROBERT T. QUINN.
Evening star., 1949-02-26
Impressions of Miss Strong

IMPRESSIONS OF MISS Strong
To the Editor of The Star:
While in San Francisco in 1884, I used
to attend meetings of the Liberal League
to listen to different speakers some of whom
seemed to me to be enemies of our Govern
ment.
One of them was Anna Louise Strong. She
spoke of the book she had just written-"1
Change Worlds" and Of her life in Russia.
She fairly scintillated as she spoke, as
though she had found the pearl of great
price She had the members Of the League
in dither of excitement too. From her
talk at that time. thought she had COM
pletely renounced her citizenship in the
United States.
A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN.
Evening star., 1949-02-26

ties 1--WE, the People" must awake from our
lethargy. and demand absolute equality be-
fore the law" The repeal of present vicious
exemptions could be achieved, in mere days,
by any government fit to govern; thus safely
short-circuiting, it may be hoped perma-
nently, the present dangerous current Of
time.
and your readers could inspire demand
for restoration of such equality, which no
loyal citizen could resist, because Americans
who support or condone inequality before
the law betray their own form of Govern
ment. ARTHUR GRAHAM GLASGOW.
Evening star., 1949-02-26
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
writer, although it Is permissible for
1Driter knoWn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1949-02-26

principle. So century has not hurt him.
He is as grand melodist today as he ever
was. Indeed, considering the tremendous
characterization of music in the past hun
dred years, he now is a stronger force than
at any moment while he lived
Evening star., 1949-02-26

Charges that Marshall Plan aluminium
from here was sold back to us at profit
are officially dismissed as "a lot of hooey."
incidentally, does hooey ever come in
quantities less than lot?
Evening star., 1949-02-26
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question Of
Bureau: sI6 street NE washington z B. c.
Please inclose three (3) cents for return postage
Evening star., 1949-02-26

Ducking the hard ones, like designing
six-room house that man can buy,
science busies itself with the soft touches,
like dreaming up an interplanetary space
ship.
Evening star., 1949-02-26
Bx THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

Q. Where do the United States planes fly
ing provisions into Berlin, Germany, get their
gasoline?-E. 6. E.
A. Five Navy tankers deliver approximate
ly 100000 gallons of aviation gasoline q
month to Bremerhaven for this purpose.
The tankers are loaded in the United States
and make the trip across the Atlantic in
about 10 days.
Evening star., 1949-02-26

@. Does the church in Mannheim, Pa, still
pay red rose as its annual rent?-M. c.
A. The Zion Lutheran Congregation Of
Mannheim still makes the annual payment Of
one red rose in accordance with the wishes
of William Henry Stiegel, who imposed this
rental on the struggling congregation 176
years ago.
Evening star., 1949-02-26

O. When and by whom was the deiger
counter invented?-L. E. H.
A. The Geiger counter is named for Hans
Geiger, German physicist who began work
on it in 1908. but did not achieve the sensi-
tivity he sought until 1920. When a Geiger
counter is pointed at anything even remotely
radioactive it begins to click and indicates
the degree of radioactivity on a dial.
@ How long did Representative Sam Ray.
burn serve as Speaker in earlier Congresses7
M. E. w.
A. Sam Rayburn Democrat Of Texas
served as Speaker from 1941 to 1946 in the
77th to 10th Congresses. He was elected by
acclamation on September 16, 1940.
@. What national recreation areas at
tracted the most visitors last year?-H c. S.
A. The most popular areas were the Lake
Texoma Recreation Area CTexas-O -Oklahoma)
with 2397,508 visitors followed by Lake
Mead Recreation Area (Arizona- -Nevada)
and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington,
u. C..
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-06-09
MdrYsville Soldier
Serving in Jdpdn
With Militdry Police

WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY IN
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN,-Pvt.
John r. Sarver, son of Mrs. Laura
Sarver, Marysville, is now serving
as a military policeman with the
5l9th Military Police Battalion.
Stationed in Yokohama, Jap
ans major port city and seat of
the headquarters of the Eighth
Army, Private Sarver is filling an
essential job with the Army's
Occupational Forces here. Oper-
ating with the efficiency of
large metropolitan police force,
the 519th M. p Battalion covers
the city with foot and jeep patrols
equipped with two-way radio
contact with headquarters.
To occupy his leisure time, he
has access to theaters, clubs, Ii
braries, evening classes, a gym
nasium, bowling alley, volley ball
and tennis courts, a golf course,
as well as the picturesque scenery
of this ancient country.
Entering the Army in Dec. %,
1916, he arrived in this theater in
Feb. 7, 1947. He is a former stu
dent of the Marysville School.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-06-09

| way last Wednesday from an
heart ailment.
The daughter of Bridget Moran
and Michael Conner, she had
lived most of her life in this COM
munity. She is survived by her
husband, Edward, three sons,
Paul, of North Lewisburg; Ed
ward, of Columbus; and William,
of Urbana; one sister, Mrs. Clara
Morrisy, of Woodstock, and six
grandchildren.
Burial was made in Maple
Grove cemetery.
Mingo Farmer Dies
Thomas E. Breedlove, 81, re-
tired farmer of Mingo community,
passed away last Friday in Mary
Rutan hospital, Bellefontaine,
following a heart attack Mr..
Breedlove was born in Cham
paign county, the son of Mary
and Henry Breedlove.
Surviving are the widow,
Edith; one daughter, Mrs. Marie
Robinson, Urbana; one grand
daughter, Mrs. Genevieve Mil
ner, Urbana; and two great
granddaughter.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon in the Troyer-
Lynn funeral home, West Lib
erty, with Rev. J. P. Simmonds,
and Rev. B. c. Crawford Off
ciating Burial was made in Oak
dale cemetery. Urbana, o.
Services for Crash Victim
Funeral services for Lloyd Les
lie Leopaid, 19, of Cable, who
died of critical auto accident in
juries last Thursday in Spring
field City hospital, were held
Monday in the Church of God, in
Middletown with Rev. Wilbur
Hullinger officiating. Burial was
made in Maple Grove cemetery,
North Lewisburg.
The young man was injured in
a three-car crash on u. S. Rt. 68,
north of Springfield, May 81. A
passenger in the same car was
Emerson McKellop, 20, Urbana,
who died a few minutes after
he was taken to the hospital, fol-
lowing the accident.
Injured in the same accident
were Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Kesler,
of Detroit, who were driving
two new cars to Cincinnati. The
car in which Leopard was riding
swerved into the path of Mrs.
Kesler's car, struck and bounced
over it, landing on the car
driven by Mr.. Kesler.
Leopard suffered fractures of
both legs, and head and internal
injuries.
Surviving are the parents,
Olive and Charles Leopard, two
sisters, Mrs. Mary McKellop and
Marjorie Leopard, both of Mid
dletown, Champaign County; and
three brothers, Harold, of Mingo,
and Howard and Herman, of Ur-
bana.
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