davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1949-09-28

Medical Corps has had remarkable success
with an anti-cold tablet originally intended
for relief Of hay fever. The tablet is like
an ordinary aspirin lozenge, except that
something new has been added in the
form of drug called chlor- -trimeton. The
combination has been named coricidin,
which means "cold killer" Chlor- -trimeton
Is described as an anti-histaminic substance
having beneficial effects for allergy VIC
Tins. The Navy accidentally discovered
that cold afflicted hay fever and other
allergy sufferers lost their cold symptoms
within twenty-four hours of swallowing
the aspirin-chlor- -trimeton tablets.
Subsequent tests on 572 cold sufferers
at the Great Lakes Naval Hospital over q
seven-month period resulted in cures in
80 per cent of the cases in which treat
ment was begun when first symptoms
appeared. About IA per cent of the cases
were cured when treatment was begun
twelve hours after the first sneezes and
chills developed. Further tests with the
drug are planned.
The Navy should continue its attack
on the common cold at full speed ahead.
1t is hard to think of any objective more
worth an all-out effort than the conquest
OF this scourge of the human race. Good
hunting, Navy! May Operation Coryza"
be complete success!
Evening star., 1949-09-28
An Excellent Resolution.

The District of Columbia should never
become a State. Congress should always
retain control over the District as the
seat of Government.
These two points are recognized and
asserted by most of the people who have
advocated amendment of the Constitution
as the necessary approach to voting rights
for Washingtonians in Congress and In
National elections.
But as such voting representation is con-
fined, under the Constitution as now
written, to the people of the States, the
Districts plea for such representation Is
often confused with clamor for Statehood.
Senator Nicely, sponsoring new joint
resolution for amending the Constitution
as q prelude to fundamental voting rights
In Washington, is wise in his choice OF
phraseology. The joint resolutions intro
ductory paragraph specifically disclaims
any aspirations for Statehood "The Dis
trict = is not and should not become
a State or part of State" it says But
in other respects the rights of its citizens,
as Americans, should be on a par with
those of the citizens of State Further
more, the foreword of the resolution gives
proper emphasis to the understanding
that whatever voting rights are conferred
will not impair "the supreme authority
OF the Government over its Capital"
These phrases are excellently chosen
and have proper place in the resolution.
AS for the proposed amendment itself, it
follows language that experience in pre-
vions legislative attempts has shown to be
most acceptable What the amendment
does is to give Congress a power that It,
does not now enjoy, a power to provide
such representation for the people of the
District, in Congress and the electoral
college, "as the Congress shall determine
but such representation and powers shall
be no greater than those Of State"
Senator Neely's resolution is a good one
and should command the support of those
who, skeptical of the practical benefits
under necessarily limited "home rule"
want the vote for Washingtonians. It is
believed that Senator Neelys resolution
will not be lacking in active support
widely representative of the people of
Washington.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
No Valid Rights Involved

The Department of Justice filed suit the
other day against an Ohio newspaper-the
Lorain Journal. 1t was the first suit of
the sort brought under the antitrust laws.
IL charged the owners of the paper with
conspiracy to injure its competitors
radio stations and a Sunday newspaper
by refusing to publish the advertisements
OF merchants who also advertised in these
competing enterprises.
Now comes the publisher. s. A. Horvitz
With statement which interprets the
Government suit as threat to the rights
OF every newspaper and publication in
the United States" He also saws that the
SUIT may be the opening move by. the
Government Ito regulate and control
newspapers"
Inat, IN The Stars opinion, is nonsense.
Inc government is yet to prove its charges
against the newspaper and perhaps thew
Will not be sustained, either as fact or
as violation OF law. But II the charges
are true, the newspaper would be well
ADVISED to defend itself .on some grounds
otner than those involving any "riphts"
OF newspapers as distinguished from the
rights OF any other business enterprise.
Inc question raised by the Department
OF justice suit has nothing to do with the
constitutional guaranty of freedom of the
press 10 claim that it does is to cheaper
tne meaning Of press freedom. For such
claims tend to associate glorious heritage
OF the American people with some slick
oeVlce by newspaper publisher to i'm
prove, Tor selfish reasons, his own COM
petltlVe advantage. Claims involving
freedom OF the press in such circumstance
lnjure, rather than strengthen, the preser-
vation of that freedom and are therefore
to be deplored.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
The Ordinary Things

I am beioitched by ordinary things:
Blond shapings curling from coaring
plane;
And doues asleep, their heads beneath
their ,oings;
The tickle nature OF a tDeather Ddne;
Plum butter-laUa in a copper crater,
Pungent and sweet, dark Nth mys-
terious spice;
Clay il, the fingers OF young creator;
And frosty mist on tumbIers full OF ice.
I am enchanted By the tDay some leapes
\ Look green in north minds; silpery i1
south,
And by the ,pay that mind feels In nss
sleeves,
i or giant snopfakes melting on my
mouth;
The odds and ends child keeps IN hs
purse.
Afd comments penctled In book OF Usyss.
COsETTE MIDDLETON.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Falls Church Firetrop

news story achieved a triumph in
understatement the other day when it said
that the Jefferson School in Falls Church
cannot be compared to modern schools.
Indeed, it cannot This tired old struc-
ture was put up five years after General
Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Back in
the days before the First World War there
was a conviction, firmly held by the towns
younger generation, though not susceptible
of conclusive proof, that the school had
seen Its best days as soap factory. For
years there has been talk of replacing 1t,
but the talk always comes to nothing.
Excuse after excuse Is found to keep the
school going. If it has not been the strin-
gencies imposed by war it has been the
dislocations which arise after wars, and
left, Jefferson will be doing business at the
same old stand after the atomic war has
come and gone.
The school is a firetrap If there ever was
one. Two classes on the third or top floor
are reached by wooden stairways so steep
that small pupils take pledge to hold on
to the handrails while using them. Some
OF the outside steps are rotting away. The
floors are of wood and most of the inside
walls are mere partitions of wood or
beaverboard, some with gaping holes
through which fire could easily spread Let
fire get started, and many of the young
sters on the top floor would have small
chance of getting out
But the Jefferson School, condemned
once and then restored to the approved
list after some makeshift renovations, is
going to have new lease on life. Asleep,
rusting fire escape at the rear of the
building, which has never worked too well,
is going to be replaced with an outside
wooden staircase which would be supposed
to serve as a fire escapes . And there is
talk OF other repairs. There is no imme-
diate prospect, however, that Jefferson will
be replaced with modern structure, and
when abandonment is mentioned the
school officials come up with the familiar
excuse-too many pupils and too little
space.
What the youngsters of another genera
ton will say is any ones guess. But with
the school going from bad to worse 1t is
safe bet that no one will be able to make
them believe that Jefferson, even in its
palmy days, was ever fit for soap factory.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Point a. to Conoress

After long and careful preparation, the
administration has placed before Congress
comprehensive plan for assisting the
worlds economically undeveloped areas"
That was the phrase used by President
Truman in his inaugural address last
January describing the project as "a bold
new program" for remedying economic ills
and raising living standards in many parts
OF the world. 1t became known as
Point 4" because the President first
broached it as such in listing his four
main objectives of policy.
The idea at once attracted public atten-
ton and has been widely discussed. It's
scope is revealed alike by the multiplicity
OF the proposed activities and their wide
geographical distribution. Nearly score
OF fields for application are envisaged,
while the chief designated areas of appli-
cation are Cd Latin America, (2) the
Near East and Africa, 90 the Far East
The emphasis is upon technical assist
ance in such matters as public health,
agriculture and forestry, power and flood
control, and industry. 1t envisages par
ticipation by appropriate international
agencies such as the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations as
well as by those of the United States.
Likewise the costs are to be apportioned,
one-third being contributed by the recipi-
ents, the balance by the United States or
by international organizations. Our share
for the year 1850 is estimated at about
$45,o0o,000. That is not large sum when
the far-reaching benefits are taken into
consideration. The program is not es-
sentially political, nor does it involve
specific political commitments. Neither is
1t economic in the sense of directly pro-
noting foreign business. Basically, it Is
humanitarian, as is shown by the emphasis
laid on public health and nutrition. Yet
1t Is generally conceded that the bettering
of the worlds backward areas would
powerfully contribute to the allaying of
unrest on which political tensions and
radical ideologies like communism thrive
From such results we, as well as the
recipients, would be the gamers.
The current program laid before Con-
gress is not the only administration en-
deavor to implement Point A. Initially,
the President likewise stressed the role
of private capital in the advancement of
underdeveloped areas. That phase is being
worked out in another program now in
preparation by the State Department and
other administration agencies for sub
mission to Congress. The objective here
is to stimulate foreign investment in vari-
Gus ways Outstanding in this program
is series of proposals for liberalizing
existing tax laws so as to give special
advantages to American corporations and
individuals with foreign operations. Like
wise, there is a proposal that the U. s,
Export-Import Bank guarantee private in
yestments abroad against certain risks.
Taken together, all these plans add up
TO balanced program OF great potential
imr nee. The administration urges
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Human Hyenas" Out of Place
In Hospital Work.


To the Editor of The STAR
There is something about dealing with
sick and ailing people which affects certain
personalities with irritability, insolence and
condescension. From the daily comparison
of their own snormalcy" with the parade Of
unhappy lame and halt which passes before
them they derive an exalted concept OF their
own intelligence and worth and SNUG con-
tempt for the dull-witted creatures who must
pause coming or going before their desks or
cages to fill out unfamiliar forms or pay
money or ask for information.
This sense Of superiority may rise In part
from the comparative ignorance most people
probably display in their rare brushes with
hospital methods and regulations. In part
it certainly springs from the fact that many
Of them are physically and mentally below
par at the moment Of contact, and therefore
fair game for the talents Of these human
hyenas. With such they can safely be rude
and oyerbearing. Such persons should rec-5
ognize that they are not fitted for hospital
work or makesA genuine attempt to shift to
. more oonsid1rats and tolerant attitude.
K. r. Dearborn.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Beut Thut Cold, Now!

The Navy's place in history will be
secure whatever its future may be under
unincation-if its experiments with new
anti-allergy drug lead to victory over the
common cold. Hope that naval medicos
will achieve such victory has been raised
by report published In the United States
Naval Medical Bulletin
According to the bulletin, the Naval
Evening star., 1949-09-28
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. How many embassies and legations are
now in Washington?-A.E.
A. AS of the end of August, 1949, there
were IA diplomatic missions accredited to
the United States. OF these, SIS. were EN-.
bassies. OF the II legations, two are not
actually located in Washington. Estonia Is
represented by consul general in New York
City. and Nepal has charge daffaires ad
interim in London who is also accredited to
the United States.
@. Approximately how many people in the
United States wear hearing aids?-SVN
A. The Volta Bureau says that figures
compiled in 1916 showed that there were
100000 persons wearing hearing aids.
@. Please give list of great writers who
were poor onversationalists.-D
A. Oliver Goldsmith was described thus
by one of his contemporaries HE wrote
like an angel and talked like poor poll"
La Fontaine, Marmontel and Corneille were
all singularly deficient in the powers of con-
versation. Dante was trite and taciturn.
Addison was shy and stiff in society. Butler
was dull conversationalist, and Rousseau
and Milton were unsocial.
@. Did Tom Thumb ever visit the White
House?-R.GN.
A. General Tom Thumb and his wife were
invited to the White House during their
honeymoon by President Lincoln. The Pres
ident and Mrs. Lincoln gave a reception for
them which was attended by Cabinet mem
bers, Senators, Representatives and other
officials.
@. Is color blindness more frequent among
boys or girls?-DT.
A. Color blindness is about eight times
as common among boys as girls, according
to the American Optometric Association.
@. Who was the first layman to hold
office as Lord Chancellor of England?-
A. Sir Thomas More became the first lay
man to hold the Office Of Lord Chancellor
of England when he succeeded Wolsey in
1929.
@. What determines the amount Of the
National. Service Life Insurance dividend?
-TB.A.
A. Individual payments of this dividend
are based on three factors: CD Face amount
of insurance earned: ca length of time it
was kept in force; Cd age at the time the
policy was purchased.
Evening star., 1949-09-28

that It be considered and acted upon by
Congress during the present session.
Legislative reaction will be awaited with
interest commensurate to the issues
involved
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Insists on 'Democratization'
Of Spain, Italy and Germany


VI Spain. Italy and Germany
To the Editor of The Star:
With great disgust read in one of your
morning contemporaries on September 26
the suggestion of Senator Robert Taft of
Ohio to admit Franco-Spain into the COM
munity of nations. prepared to fight any
advances of communism"
Again want to ask the public this oues-
tlon, Does the creation or recreation of
one evil suffice to combat another evil?"
Communism definitely is threat. a great
threat, to the freedom of democratic nations
the world over. But fighting communism. by
the reaction of naziism or fascism in
one form or another, never will bring peace
into this troubled world.
Senator Taft could contribute a much
greater service to this country, and to the
fight against communism, by suggesting the
democratization of Spain Italy and Ger
many. and then to incorporate these nations
into the international fight against COM
munlsm. WILLIAM OSTEN.
Evening star., 1949-09-28

corporation did not appeal to the United
States Supreme Court but acquiesced in the
decree as affirmed by the Court of Appeals.
But do feel that the prevailing Demo-
cratic administration has done violence to
= rule which Senate leadership (Senator
Bailey OF Texas invoked to persuade Presi-
dent Taft to maintain a minority represen-
tation at all times in the highest court The
Senator at the time $50 President Taft adj
yised mel even threatened to employ the
senate's constitutional power to advise and
consult" on nominations to defeat any Re-
publican nominee that violated what Sena-
TOR Bailey insisted was time honored but
unwritten rule of two to one ratio.
IL would not be fair, however, to employ
senator Baileys weapon against the nomi-
natlon OF Judge Minton. The responsibility
Tor violating the rule is not individual but
broadly partisan policy.
President Taft observed the Bailey rule In
MS appointments and he nominated a ma
Jorlty OF the Court in his four years of ad-
min1stration. President Harding also named
Democrat, Judge Pierce Butler, to comply
with the Senate rule
JERRY A. MATHEWS.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
OF fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau, 316 Eye St. ne, Washington 2, D. C.
Please inclose three (3) cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Park Police Were Trying to Protect
"Characters" Who Intruded on Golf Course


To the Editor of The Star:
The correspondents who complained about
the Park Police on regatta day failed to say
that the police were trying to save them from
injury played golf at East Potomac that
day in foursome. We paid to play 18 holes,
but after watching the behaviour Of some of
the characters trying to take short cuts
across the golf course. we gave up after nine
holes.
Certainly, your complaining correspond
ents knew that they were subjecting them
selves and their children to harm from flying
golf balls by crpssing the golf course They
all knew the way to the cup races but de-
cided to cross in front Of players who were
paying to play golf.
We watched some Of these people and in
stead Of walking few yards and crossing
at the clubhouse, they would wait until the
police officer turned his back and then try
to sneak across-that's why the officer would
speed up on his horse. He wanted to save
them from injury.
The Park Police are all right So are the
members of the Metropolitan Police Why
any man wants police job in the District,
where every second guy thinks he is a pre-
farred politician, is beyond me- Sure, some
police officers are off1cious, but did you ever
meet civilian who did not try to meet this
oficiousness with more oficiousness?
LARRY DOOLEY.
Evening star., 1949-09-28

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
'ortter, although 1t l. permissible for
a ,ortter kno1Dn to The Star to use
a nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Argues That Breach of Traditional Rule
Should Not Be Used Against Judge Minton

To the Editor Of The Star:
AS q member Of the bar of the United
States Supreme Court and of the Indiana
courts, Federal and State, would regret
to see partisan fight made on the con-
frmation Of Judge Sherman Minton to be
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
This, In spite Of the fact. that am an
Indiana Republican, having voted that
ticket in Indiana consistently for over 40
years..
am not personally acquainted with Judge
Minton. although in his service as United
States Senator he resided for time in the
same block with our family in Cleveland
Park where he enjoyed the respect and es-
TEEN Of his neighbors. AS an attorney + am
familiar with his opinions rendered from the
United States Court of Appeals Seventh
Circuit, as reported. I do not fear any
radical departure on his part from the rec
ognized rules Of judicial reasoning or the
limitations imposed by the Federal Consti-
tuition on statutory construction and ap-
plication.
In the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
case under the Sherman antitrust law, in
which Judge Minton wrote the opinion af-
firming the decree Of the Federal District
Court which has been the subject OF COM
ment, the opinion of the court Of the first
instance was by Judge Lindley, Republican
Of long service who has been promoted by
President Truman to the vacancy created
By the adv6ncsEnent of Judge Minton. Il
IL Significant. ! believe. that tho defendant
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Puzzled BY Inequity
In Retirement PERCENTAGES

StAf:
"Hassam To Be" presents keen analogy
in his parable of the Arab and the camel
in bringing out the apparent facts in the
difference in benefits of Federal retirement
as applicable to different groups.
II all participate and pay in on an equal
percentage basis, why is it that some get
more, some get less, and some come in
between?
That is the $64 question.
What's the answer? PERPLExED.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Jim Crowism" Held Responsible
For Paul Robeson's Attitude,
To vRs,, -. .

To the Editor Of The Star:
We think that Dorothy Thompson in her
column of September "a wrote the most
sensible analysis Of Paul Robson (and gave
saner advice as to how to minimize his asso-
Citations with the Commies) that we have
read.
Mr.. Robson. like many other Negro
Americans resentA second-class citizenship
forced on him-where he is unrecognized for
his talents and artistry but judged solely on
the basis of his color. @
Inspired by the examples Of John Adams,
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and
Patrick Henry, he prefers the liberty of
American citizenship in place of preference
in Jim Grow system
Many Negroes feel that Paul. like Henry
wallace and many others, are being ex-
plotted by the Reds. We think, as Mrs
Thompson expressed it, that the Comnies
are little interested in Mr. Robson. or in
any other individual for that matter, but
are ready to exploit any situation that leads
to violence or revolution.
We agree also that the exhibitionism of
the misguided Legionnaires and fascists who
staged the counter demonstration at Peeks-
XIII was to the advantage of the Reds. What
americans need to learn and work for is
now to make democracy practical reality.
We are not in accord with Mrs. Thompson
When she says, Communism willis under
isolation and contempt" We believe it
chokes in growth where democracy thrives.
Paul Robson. if subversive, is product of
the Illustrations Of Jim Crowism
E. B. HENDERSON,
Evening star., 1949-09-28

@. Approximately how many people in the
United States wear hearing aids?-S.VN.
A. The Volta Bureau says that figures
compiled in 1916 showed that there were
600 900 persons wearing hearing aids.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Major Leaders
AMEncAs LEAGUE.

Ba.tins-oreth. pesrest AZ; cel.-
man, Ssw York. &i4.
Runs-Jocst- Pnlacssnaia- O. Walls.
Phi4acslpt1fa. and sss2hsna. Basten. q
HssS-6rosh, Detroit, and ZsEniAl.
ChicsEc, II
Double. zsrnla!, Cnitase sse
ss.s.r, W.ahinEtan,
Boston. and PnIIey. chiease, ::
Home runS-SterhenE Bssten. g.
Sreth' G Detroit and Graham g.
RUN. es,t.d in-stsph.ns, seston.
and Groth, Detroit, -
stolen basss-s.xteea playsrE tied
ci1.s5s 1,;s.a Pssss Psss ksS. s,,:::
Pa!laasipaia' Lepas: New Yesk. and
Strike outs-kewhoaser, Detroit -:
Tracks Detroit. and Lemon. cisTs-
NATIONAL LEAGur.
,a s.';in.6sshSs.sisns, sse ys,. 2. L""i''
tas RupsMSorsSn, pso.s.,sS,. s.~ YORK o. walt
sshli.asllah,,.s; deg 4 Is, and sehosndlsnaI
u DoasiesM5oSss Ph,l.asInaia, u. 1;laa ,sn.
deiphia, and Marion, st LOUIS. Z.
Triples - smaIley. chieaso. .:
Lohrke, New York. ..
Home runs-Liyinsston. New York
Ennis. PHILADELPHIA: Torseson. Boston.
and Ausiai. st. Louis. 3.
Runs bstted in-Liv,ngston. Fev
York. and Ennis. Philadelphis. 10.
Stolen eases-Lcekman. New York.
and Robinson, Brooklyn, .
Pttehins-Sewell, Pittsbursh: Kush.
chieaso: Branea. Hreokiyn; Haxtuns.
New York; Potter. Boston. and Hetnt.
xelman. PHILADELPHIA, 30.
Strike oufe-Simmops, PHILADELPHIA,
and SPAIN, Boston. II.