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Evening star., 1949-08-21
Many Polio Fears Based on Fiction

harmful. unless you hold
hands, share sandwiches or the
like"
The home appears to be the
most dangerous. place. When
one member gets it, there's a
good chance that others will.
For every person who develops
polio, five to ten may have the
virus in their intestinal tracts.
They may be carriers spread
ing 1t to others. Why they
don't get sick themselves is one
of the. mysteries.
Fiction: You shouldn't swim
during the polio season.
Fact: Swimming in polluted
waters is foolish, for the virus
may be present there, and you
might get other disease bugs.
But there's no evidence th4t
any one ever got polio from
swimming in a clean pool or
beach. Intimate contact be-
tween children playing to-
gether at the beach could be
dangerous, If the children
haven't all been regular play
mates.
Sudden chilling. overexertion
and fatigue may set you up for
the virus already in your sys-
tenn to go to work on the nerve
cells. There's no proof yet that
fatigue is bad when you have
the virus in your system. But
there's ample evidence that ia
tigue when you have a little
fever. nausea, headache or
other sign Of possible polio will
increase your chances Of COM
ing down with the paralytic
form Of polio.
<x%s.S,s,,,,<~S 49, A.. A.san1s kaS NpasnN
Evening star., 1949-08-21

government for the welfare Of all
the people, a radical idea then.
The study Of his works is still
going on and some researchers, like
Prof. Creel, say that elements OF
his philosophy played a role in
the creation of Sun Vat Sens Goth
century Chinese republic and even
affected the thinking of Thomas
Jefferson.
Confucius himself had very little
to say for the ages. The ANA
lects." the collection Of his con-
versations which others put down,
are the only direct statements OF
his opinions.
But in one way he showed him
self very wise indeed. Nowhere
on record is there any account that
Confucius ever said anything pro
or con concerning women.
distributed by the Associated Press.)
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Nobody Agrees About Contucius
Scholars Still Argue
About Him After
$500 Years
By WiIIiom G6ver

NEW YORK.-Confucius the
confusing they should have called
him.
In the nearly $500 years since
his birth, the scholars still haven't
found out what he was really
ike or quit arguing about 1t.
The only thing sure is that he
was a key figure Of world history.
And he has been called about
every good and bad word in the
dictionary.
Most Of the experts say his
birthday was (translated into
modern calendar) August n, 551
BIC. Others say 1t happened in
the middle Of the next winter. Or
maybe the year before.
His parents were either distin-
guished nobility, which occa-
stoned spirit maidens" and drag
ons to hover at his birth, or they
were nobodies. No one knows
their names and Confucius him
self let out that he came Of hum
BILE origin. (TIis name is just the
Latinized form Of a Chinese
phrase meaning K'ung the Mas
ter: K'ung was the family name). I.
Somehow (you take your pick
again on details) he set up as q
teacher on government and poll
tics. For the rest of his life he
was busy teaching others how to
get good Jobs with the feudal
lords who had split China into an
endless and constantly warning
assortment Of petty states.
Called Reactionary
Apparently Confucius couldn't
learn the know-how Of hanging
onto . job himself. Again the
scholars argue. Some say he be-
came even prime minister and
minister Of crime in his native
state of Lu. Hu was in the south
west part Of what is now Shan
tung Province in North China.)
Other researchers believe after
digging into earlier records that
he may have been given some
fancy titles but no real authority.
II. g. Creel, associate professor
at the University Of Chicago and
author Of the new biography,
"Confucius, the Man and the
Evening star., 1949-08-21

Polio panic is hitting millions
of children and parents this
year.
This panic isn't new. But 1t
may be getting worse. 1t comes
from fear, and from ignorance
or misunderstanding Of what is
known about infantile paraly-
sis.
"The fear and panic over po-
lilo can be worse than the dis
ease ITSELF" declares DR.. Hart
E. Van Ripper, medical director
of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis.
Many parents break out with
the polio filters each summer.
They torment themselves with
worry. Their homes and chill
.dren get upset. ,tts,.s ..
Often children are forbidden
to live or play normally. They
may be cooped up in the house.
with mother and child getting
on each others nerves. They
may be forbidden to swim any
where, or even to use their own
wading pools. Camps, movies
or trip into town are banned
by some parents. Frightened
parents may impose these ia
boos even when there has been
only one or a few cases Of polio
few miles away.
And the fact Is that such
steps do no good. The net re.
suit is emotional harm to the
children, by giving them the
idea that some unknown terror
is abroad.
No one wants polio. And no
one wants to get hit by . car
while crossing the street. The
best you can do Is to observe
the trafIic safetv rules. Even
Evening star., 1949-08-21

up his hand abruptly, saying moi
d'abord, Monsieur lAmbassadour'
(My turn first, Mr.. Ambassador .
And, with the Ambassador stand
ing there checkmated, he un-
leashed his indignant oratory. The
German Reich would answer for
her contemplate crime. Belgium
would defend her cause, the cause
of right, to the end. She could
never be vanquished. -.
Some months later M. Spaak
escaped from internment to reach
England, with the aid of disguises.
via the Pyrenees. He carried on
Evening star., 1949-08-21

the fight as Foreign Minister in
exile. Member Of q Brussels fam
lily which for several generations
had made its mark in the law,
letters and liberal politics. M.
Spaak is by training q barrister,
and before the war acquired a
modest fortune by his practice in
the Brussels Appeal Court. The
mans rotund and beaming jollity
Is rare asset in international
counsels. It's impossible to set
eyes on him without feeling that
basically all's we'll with the world.
Copyright, London Observer Foreign
Neus Service
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Hoouer
(Continued From Page CID

commission has been accepted as
a consultant by the United Ma
tions In such matters as crime
prevention, the treatment OF de-
linouents and white slave trafnc.
In the spring Of 194s, for example,
FBI officials, acting in a llalson
capacity for ICPC headquarters in
paris. attended . United Nations
meeting at Lake Success which
was studying the problem OF
handling criminal offenders. A
full report on the meeting was
submitted by the FBI to 1CPC
headquarters.
The FBI, operating within the
framework of the ICPC, can re-
quest law enforcement agencies IN
the member nations to conduct In
vestigations in their respective
countries. BY pooling the talents
and resources Of member law-en-
forcement agencies. the 1CPC is
making the flight from justice OF
the international "bad man"-who
always had counted on national
jealousies and rivalries for i'm
munity-ever more precarious.
Fingerprints EXCHANGED
Great assistance to the cause OF
u,orld.wide law enforcement Is
rendered by the international
fingerprint exchange service main
tanned by the Identification Divi-
sion Of the FBI. In the l949 fiscal
year. for example, q total OF 49,
CTS fingerprint records were ex-
changed with "a foreign countries
and five United States Territories
and possessions. The FBI Sue
ceeded in identifying. with pre-
vious records, 23.s per cent OF the
fingerprint cards received from
outside the country. Almost ii
per cent of those transmitted from
this country were identified by the
recipients with records previously
on file.
The international flow of finger
prints each year is identifying
criminals who, five or 10 years
ago. may have gone undetected.
In one case, recently. the FBI re-
ceived the fingerprints OF q man
arrested under an alias in Canada.
These printa were identified as
those of . fugitive who had es-
capped from q State prison in one
OF our Northern States.
Crime is worldwide in ramifi-
cation and law enforcement,
motivated by . common interest,
is now pooling its resources to stop
the international criminal.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Harris
Continued From Page C-1)

Continued From Page C-1.)
is some apprehension that Hitler,
although dead, may yet realize his
dream.
Such warnings thus far seem to
have fallen on deaf ears. For
the most part there appears to
be little official concern with the
danger signals in Germany, whose
over the border crushing blitz-
krieg tactics and world-rule pas
sion have been demonstrated.
Foreign policy largely has been
limited since the wars end to the
RussianS in pursuance Of a
strategy outlined by the State De-
partment expert, George F..
Kennan. who called for q long
term, patient, but firm and
vigilant containment Of Russian
expansive tendencies" The coup
of the Communist minority
in Czechoslovakia and the Berlin
blockade quickened United States
preparedness for any contingency.
The Nation is still preparing it
self and its European Allies at top
speed, but no one can say with
any claim to accuracy whether
such military measures, alliances,
loans and gifts will prove in the
end to have been the wisest course
Some European observers, includ-
ing German journalists writing In
Western zone publications. have
asserted the North Atlantic pact Il
q direct "provocation" to the
Soviet, and is more a step toward
war than its prevention. Others
have reversed the situation. ano
asked If the United States would
feel provoked if the Russians
enunciated Stain doctrine" o.
heavy arms aid to South American
countries. and surrounded ths
United States with efficient air.
bases ready to carry atom bomb!
to the attack.
Also criticized has been what il
termed the excessive militarism'
and "war talk" in this country
The armed services vie with each
other in their bid for power, with
officials bluntly outlining to con-
Eressional committees what they
need to strike Russia.
(By Special Advancement with
the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.)
Evening star., 1949-08-21
By Alton L. BIokesIee

then you might be hit. But
that slim chance doesn't keep
you glued to the corner, afraid
to go across.
Parents and their children
would be better off If they took
the same reasonable attitude
toward polio." DR.. Van Ripper
said.
Knowing the facts about polio
is the best way to Danish fear.
Here are some fictionS about
polio. and the facts as cited by
DIR. Harry M. Weaver. research
director of the foundation:
Fiction: That polio is the
worst of all childhood diseases.
Fact: Polio in any recogniza-
Bile form is relatively rare.
Rheumatic fever is the worst,
by far. both as a killer and
crippler. Even in a bad polio
year only one IN every o,Uuu
Americans gets polio. And only
one in every $4,000 is left
slightly or badly paralyzed, or
dies.
Fiction: That crowds are the
most dangerous place for pick
ing up polio.
Fact: Polio is q commune
cable disease, apparently spread
by intimate personal contact,
such as occurs at home. 1t
apparently takes time and
intimacy to contract 1t.
Going through a polio ward
is not dangerous at all. unless
you sit on q patients bed.
handle his glass and eating
utensils. and spend time with
him. Riding on q bus Is not
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Some Taft-Hartley Rules
Still Remain Unexplored
Certain Complex Provisions of Labor Law
Are Not Clear After Two Years of
Interpretation and Application
By Mox HolI

On Monday Hartley Act will be in effect two years
The National Labor Board and the courts have been
this applying to actual
some provisions pretty unexplored but steady
progress has been made - ,
Evening star., 1949-08-21
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
AUGUST a. l949
Reds Following Strategic
Pattern in War on Church
Study of Tactics Used in Eastern Europe
Shows Why Catholic Are Faced With
Most Serious Modern Challenge
By Fronk OBrien

VATICAN c1TY-1n five countries Of Eastern Europe under
Catholic church locked in
early Christian days
Poland, Czechosovaka Hungary
native
conflict from
Evening star., 1949-08-21

The general conclusion is that
it is no longer necessary for those
trying to attract industries to
the South to base their appeal
on low wages as many have done.
There is a labor surplus In the
South and it has been main
tanned by the highest birth rate
In the Nation despite the steady
and substantial outward migra-
ton. Contributing to 1t is the
mechanization Of agriculture,
Many employers. according to
the survey, place great stress on
the difficulty Of obtaining workers
in Northern areas, particularly for
work in textile mills. as compared
with the ease Of attracting en-
ployes Of the. same type in the
South, where job opportunities
are limited.
Labor legislation In the South
generally is lesss restrictive than
in the North. This was . con-
sideration for q textile concern
locating In tn South which felt
that its operations in the North
were burdened by the fact that
Evening star., 1949-05-08
Chess Notes
Ry Donald n. Muaridoe

/ The triple tie for first place In
the District championship was
broken In the sixth round when
Hans Berliner won and L. Russell
chauvenet and Martin c. Stark
/ both lost.
/ Berliner defeated 1t. Comdr.
Walter C. Michaels. who played
the Sicilian defense. but obtained
so rickety a position that it fell
apart in "a moves.
Chauvenet's measure was taken
by George 8. Thomas. who
adopted a new-fangled line for
white in another Sicilian and
scored in 81 moves by positional
and end game play Of q high
order.
Stark defended q queens pawn
game against Oscar Shapiro and
was early at q disadvantage. but
maintained a stubborn resistance
into an adjournment and for 30
moves, when he finally capitu-
lated.
| Shapiro thus obtained Al and
remained within striking distance
of Berliner.
Edmund Nash brought his score
/ to 21a-1l2 by surviving a furious
sacrificial attack by Gerald Cross
| in a Nimzoindian defense. Sam
Schwartz entered the plus column
by winning a Cole system against
Morton Seidelman, after the lat
Eter blundered away a bishop in a
perfectly level ending. Schwartz
has 3R-21a. Theodore Bullockus
scored his first victory by defeat
ing Gross, and thereby leads the
backfield. The leaders: Berliner,
5-1; Shapiro. Al; Reyss. 32-
IN; Nash, 2k-lh; Chauvenet
and Stark, Az.
The following game. mentioned
| above, Is the fifth entry for the
best game prize:
Evening star., 1949-05-08

easy Job 10 take q group shot under
the best conditions. So. ~ q dire
warning le, us most strongly Ad-
wise you to keep all other persons
out of the room when you are
about 10 take pictures. Relatives
and friends In the most we'll
meaning way can 30 distract the
attention OF both subjects as 10
make your task virtually impos~
sible. just as you are about ia
snap the picture. Aunt Bessie wlil
invariably cluck sympathetiealls
TO the baby causing him TO look
away just as the shutter clicks
, So. If you want TO hold on tc
your peace OF mind. be sure that
your camera room" Is clear Of al,
friends and relatives while you are
at work.
! At some time In the not Toe
distant future We will discuss
taking group shots OF an informaj
nature such as feeding and bathlnI
the baby. prop shots. groups oi
children and children and pet&. ir
the meantime you should have
your hands full trying 10 make
that record group portrait oi
mother and her baby. II won't be
easy and you will USE lots OF Aim
! but you should have fun and
finally q picture that you'll keep
forever
Evening star., 1949-05-08
Miss Gladys Hamlin
To Address Club

The Old Dominion Gamers
Club OF Arlington meets tomorrow
night at 8 O'Clock 1T the Buck
ingham Community Building. 3la
North Glebe road to hear Miss
Gladys Hamlin OF the National
Gallery OF Art who will give a
demonstration lecture on Com
position" Miss Hamlin will H.
lustrate her talk with . series
of lantern slides.
Members are requested 10 bring
three color slides and three mono
chrome prints for q general dis
cussion OF the problems OF
composition.
At last months monoch hrome
competition Arthur klieMath took
all top honors with a Sliil-life
print entitled Fruit" which re-
ceived eight points. and a seven
point print. "Meanderine"
Two new members are an
nounced by Lee Beiser. secretary.
They are; Meredith w. Wilson
of Arlington and Graves H. Snyder
OF Alexandra,
Evening star., 1949-05-08
Photographic Unit
To Display Work in
Portrait Classes

both advanced and haSie par
trait classes al the National Pho.
tograph'c Socirty slll display
their work al The Wednesday
monochrome meeting Of the club
which sill meet 81 . Is pm IN
the auditorium ol the ATtA and
Industries building of the smith
sonian Institution. Tenth street 81
Constitution avenue Al the meet
ing the best print made during
the past year by class members
will he selected
r l., Ambeiahs Of the sociesy
will appear Tuesday evening on
televiston station wNBW ai 4
O'Clock with a program dealing
With Accessories. Lenses and
Cameras
Ann-katrine shaw secretary.
announces the following winners
at the last monochrome meeting
Grand Honors vent To Laverne
Al. Ruth and e NJ l. BrlAcne
Mrs, Z NJ Sehleif waa awarded
honors for a print
AT the annual banquet of the
club II was announced thai BY
unanimous vote Of the board Of
trustees. Capt Bernard J Foy
has been appointed an honorary
member ana Ralph u Lawrence
Mas named q fellow OF The group.
Evening star., 1949-05-08
Board of Commissioners

died suddenly at his desk July
IS, l94l.
One of the most colorful OF all
| OF Washington city fathers was
Commissioner George E. Allen
He was a Mississippi lawyer who
turned to the hotel business and
thrived in politics. For he became
an intimate friend of President
Truman and In the administration
| of President Franklin D. Roose-
velt was known around the White
House as a teller of funny stories,
of which he has vast fund. He
held q number of Federal posts;
was a director of the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation and held
a number of directorships.
Commissioner John Russell
Young, president of the Board OF
Commissioners, and his associate,
Commissioner Guy Mason. are
both former White House corre-
spondents. Mr.. Young covered
the District Building for The Star
for number of years.
Mr.. Young represented The
Evening Star at the White House
for many years and became
friendly with a number Of Presi-
dents. His father was a member
of Congress from Philadelphia
who served at Gettysburg. A
newspaperman. he was chief exec
utiye clerk Of the Senate and chief
clerk Of the Department Of JUS
tice. He later served in the Post
Office Department.
Commissioner Young is a past
president of the White House Cor
respondents Association; founder
of the John Russell Young School
Of Expression; is a capable artist
in his own right, who has exhib-
tied his sketches to the public. and
is friendly and genial. District IL
cense tag No. is on his auto
mobile. The tall, well-propor-
toned, good looking, silver-haired
man who rides in it is the un-
official Mayor of Washington -
President Roosevelt named him
early in 1910.
Commissioner Mason. noted for
| his candor and sincerity, is law
yer and on one occasion crossed
swords with Senate subcom-
mittee which he thought had un-
fairly accused him of permitting
unfavorable conditions at Gal
linger Hospital. He predicted
President Truman's victory last
November. An ardent Democrat.
he is a native of Indiana.
Considered a hard worker, re-
sponsive to local sentiment, he has
reputation for being blunt at
times, for he Is fortnight
speaker. Mr.. Mason represented
the old New York World and "cov-
cred" the White House. Navy. War
and State Departments. When
President Roosevelt was Assistant
Secretary of the Navy. Mr.. Mason
came to know him well. Mr..
Mason was a cavalryman In the
Epa nieh American war
Evening star., 1949-05-08

AS had been expected, Eastern
won the championship tourney OF
the Interhigh Chess Association
shutting out Coolidge by SO and
bringing their score to 24-6. James
Miller, who beat Louis CORN or
first board in the Coolidge match
raised his score to 512-1a and
retained the individual champion
ship of the league. In the final
round, in which Eastern has a
bye, Wilson will seek to maintain
it's hold on second place against
the efforts of Fairfax and Roose-
velt. Last week Wilson made IL
points by winning from Tech, Al
Two of the newer chess organiza-
tions of the District have recently
held sessions of simultaneous
chess. c. r. Zust entertained the
Army Map Service Club on nine
boards. He won 7. from Whitaker
Mascara, La Resche, Gerhold
Wilkerson, Nutty and Alexander;
drew /, with Price, and lost l. to
Bielas. Alfred Whitaker took on
the Brookmont group at the home
of C. Slocun. 6112 Broad street
on April 20. and. playing 10 games
Evening star., 1949-05-08
New Box Brownie

A new camera. known a. the
Brownie Hawkeye. makes Ia
G2Lsx2L.l black-and white pic
lures or nine color pictures lead
ing 10 3x3 prints, on o roll.
II has q built-in body-typs
shutter release set flush In the
camera body TO permit steadser
picture taking. and Ia equipped
with an oversize viewfnder, A
new type Of bulb" setting lever
which makes 1t almost impossible
to make q bulb or time exposure
accidentaliy--has also been in
stalled.
Evening star., 1949-05-08

Rating point wins for Mrs. Les
ter Gibson and A. e. Lane ut the
Ia Sale Studio matinee April 20.
and Harold Mayors. Katz, Mrs.
Elizabeth LAnd-Ervin Kenison ct
the Stephan Studio April 10 gave
these duos the right TO play In the
WBL winners game on May 10.
Evening star., 1949-05-08

on seven boards. scored 6-4-
L. Seamon won: Rev. Charles
Caulkins, Mrs. Sidney D. Sarff and
r. b. Sherwood won and lost. and
p. Alexander. Mrs. Mylon Merriam
and O Slocum lost.
In sessions Of rapid transit at
the Washington Chess Divan April
80, the 10-second tourney was won
by q newcomer. flaming haired
George O'Rourke Of the George
town team. ahead Of such veterans
as Mark Kurtz and w. J. Nucker
Results in a hard-fought five-
minute double -rounder: D. H.
Mugridge, 1919. o. Shapiro.
7l2-4E2; 8. z. Wagman. 612-5a:
N. Robins and G. 8. Thomas, SIS;
z. M. Knapp and c. .. Mott, 3-9.
Evening star., 1949-05-08
Local Masonic News
RaxaI Arch

Monday-Mount Vernon: Ana.
costa.
Tuesday-Woodridge.
Thursday--Washington, social
w. r. Singleton.
Friday--Mount Pleasant: Eure'
|ka-Navai, Mark Master degret
conferred by Grand Chapter de
gree team as first degree in sprinG
York Rite class.
Evening star., 1949-05-08
Portraiture Lecture

Advanced portraiture viii be
the subject Of a lecture and
demonstration by James Allen
at Thursdays meeting OF the Foto-
Craft Club of the Twelfth street
YMCA. Mr.. Allen viii address the
group at 8spm. in the assembly
room of the Y. 1915 Twelfth street
NJ w
Evening star., 1949-05-08

At the Buckingham Duplicate
Club monthly master point match
on May 3, Mrs. Jessie Cruise Mrs.
E. A. st. John and Mrs. BeSs No
land-J. B. Guthrie registered top
scores.
Evening star., 1949-05-08
|DAV Activities
Meetings this week are.

Meetings this week are.
Col. Young Chapter Monday
l70l Eighteenth street NV.
Agriculture Chapter Tuesday
IToI Eighteenth street NV.
Federal Chapter Auxiliary Tues
day. 1851 New Jersey avenue NV
Apt. Is.
Rea Chapter Thursday, i70l
Eighteenth street NV.
National Capital Chapter Fri
day, i7ol Eighteenth street NV.
All OF these meetings viii open
at 0 p.m-
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16

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