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Evening star., 1949-10-02
Automobile Salesman

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Evening star., 1949-10-02

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Evening star., 1949-10-02

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tion In life by working with So
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recognized leader in its field, and
whose name is a symbol of prestige
to every prospect? The following
facts should interest you:
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CREDIT CLERK

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or not Experienced; steady worl
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Evening star., 1949-12-05

town Washington terminals to Falls Church,
and the bus driver would get about as
cents Of the fare increase. while SITS
would 60 into the kitty for other purposes.
The Interstate Commerce Commission has
been in business a long time, in fact since
February 4, 1887. AS one Of the residents
Of Arlington who has no alternative other
than walking, trust that the slickers who
have cooked up this latest petition for q
fare increase will not be able to pull the
wool over the eyes Of the Commission's s
hearing examiner when it comes to making
full disclosure Of operating costs that
have no actual relation to the business
Of hauling the public from and to WASH
ington, D. C. PAUL O. PETERS.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
North Brunch Pollution

The, Federal Security Agency's grant OF
eight thousand dollars to the Interstate
Commission on the Potomac River Basin
will enable the commission to tackle what
is probably the worst industrial pollution
problem in the whole basin. The money,
it is announced, will be used to study
means of cleaning up the Potomac River
In a notoriously contaminated stretch,
from Luke, Maryland, on the Northern
Branch of the river, to Cumberland. The
FSA grant could not be put to better use.
The thirty -fve-miIe stretch Of the river
between these two cities has been described
by conservation authorities as dead"
stream Harold A. Kemp, chairman OF
the Interstate Commission, recently had
this to say of the Luke Cumberland river
link: "For long stretches all oxygen Is
depleted and nowhere is the water suitable
for use. The North Branch and its trib-
utaries are also plagued with about 170,-
600 pounds of acid per day from abandoned
and active coal mines. Long reaches are
devoid of any fish or plant life."
That industrial cooperation can be OBJ
tanned in the anti-pollution campaign has
been demonstrated strikingly in another
once-polluted Potomac tributary, the
shenandoah. This Virginia offshoot OF
the main river once was so full OF In
dustrial waste that fish could not live In
II. But factories have installed waste dis
posal facilities which have greatly reduced
the nsh-destroying material dumped into
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Foirfox School Crisis

The proposal for $1O,5O0 900 bond issue
for new schools in Fairfax county, VIZ
einia. Is q moderate one, considering the
diseraceful conditions found by the Fair
fax County Parent-Teacher Association
during a recent tour of the county's ele-
mentary schools. 1t is hard to see how any
citizen of the county could remain apa-
thetic about the situation after reading
the associations report.
In Annandale, for instance, the group
saw overflow classes from the Annanoaie
School being held in two nearby churches
and in a partitioned section OF the scnool
auditorium. At Baileys Cross Roads zo4
children were packed into outmoded,
poorly heated classrooms, with the band
using the furnace room for practice ses-
sions. At Lee-Jackson, despite use OF the
shop and part of the auditorium for class
room purposes, two classes have had to be
sent to a rented hall mile and hall
away. They must return to the school Tor
lunch each day. At the Gum Springs
colored school 1873 children were divided
among four rooms and lodge hall, with
outdoor privies and no running water. AT
Groveton $50 pupils were using building
designed to hold $50, the overflow being
housed in quonset huts.
No wonder that Fairfax citizens are
demanding that something be done With
out further delay to improve the county
school system The County Board, IN CO.
operation with the School Emergency
Committee, has recommended bond issue
as the only practicable way of remedying
conditions. That is the wise course recently
chosen by Falls Church and adopted IN
many other progressive communities The
School Emergency Committee has called
for a referendum to determine the wishes
of the county as to the bond issue plan.
If any Fairfax citizen is in doubt as to
the urgent necessity of immediate action,
let him but read the report of the parent
teacher surveyor, better still, make an
inspection tour himself. The bond issue
proposal should win overwhelming ap-
proval, once the crisis facing a. county
school system is brought to the attention
Of the voters.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Madam Ouspenskuyu

The American theater was we'll supplied
with competent actresses when Maria
Ouspenskaya arrived in the United States
in 1924, but it had ample room for her, so
great was her art. Once she had shown
what she could do, she was welcome to
stay as long as she liked. She adjusted
Hollywood with philosophic shrug of her
shoulders. The first requirement, she saw,
was that OF learning the language. To
master it quickly she studied at Columbia
University and informally everywhere she
went Within few months, she had
acquired a working command of the pre-
vailing idiom. OF course, she never spoke
it without an accent. 1t would have been
a pity If she. had become entirely
acclimated Her manner of speech con-
tinued to be European
Back of all her achievements was her
Tartar ancestry. Madam Ouspenskaya
belonged to the Mongolian- Turkish stock
which stormed into Russia in the thir-
teenth century. Her face was as plain, she
said, as mud. In body she was undersized
and frail, weighing only ninety pounds.
But a compelling spirit burned in her.
She had the driving force of an army, and
her major objective was the governance
of her own talents. BY the moment when
Stanislavsky accepted her for the Moscow
Art Theater in 1911 she was a veteran in
the provinces, thirty-five years old. The
number of roles she knew to perfection
exceeded a hundred. The best of them
were old women parts, old women with
wisdom and skill for the management Of
life. Performing before the camera gave
her "close up opportunity which she
never had had before. People watching
her on the screen beheld the details Of
her acting as audiences sitting far from
her as she trod the boards of huge Cont
mental playhouses never did.
Madam Ouspenskaya made the most Of
her chances She will be remembered
especially for her beautiful representations
of the German countess in "Dodsworth,"
the Maharani in "The Rains Came" and
the grandmother in Kings Row." Fifty
when she essayed the earliest of these in
1896, she proved again, if it needed proving,
that the theater still has rewards for
artists no longer young. Her school for
players was a tremendous personal sue
cess. The pupils loved her, yielded gladly
to her influence. Her family" included
Katharine Hepburn, Joan Crawford, Anne
Baxter, Anne Seymour, Roberta Light,
John Garfield, Franchot Tone and others
who rejoice to acknowledge their debt to
her example as well as to her creative in
struction.
Evening star., 1949-12-05

the stream. It is predicted that the Shen-
andoah again will become isherman's
rendezvous.
What has been done to the Shenandoah
can be accomplished just as surely on the
North Branch of the Potomac and else
where along the river. But the industries
advice and guidance before they can make
definite plans for waste disposal or treat
ment plants. The special study by the
commission will trace the pollution to its
sources and provide basis for compre-
hensive waste-reduction program. 1t then
will be up to business interests and COM
munities in the affected area to carry out
their part of the cleanup Job.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
A ReoionuI Problem

In voting to support the Sasscer pro-
posal for effecting better coordination
of certain governmental activities In the
washington Metropolitan Area, the Prince
Georges Civic Federation has evidenced
its understanding Of serious regional
problem. The Federation Is aware tnat
the sasscer bill, of itself, calls for no
specific methods of bringing about such
coordination. The measure merely pro-
vides for creation of joint District
Maryland Virginia commission to study
the need for teamwork In meeting COM
mon problems of this urban region, and
70 make recommendations for considers
ton Of Congress and of the legislatures OF
the adjoining States.
That is an orderly and promising way
TO attack the task Of eliminating uneces-
sary conflict and confusion among the
three Jurisdictions. The conflicts and the
confusion arise in number OF felds-
police and fire protection in fringe sections,
public utility regulation and the like. The
time has come when Washington and It's
suburbs must work more closely together
than ever before, for the mutual benefit OF
the entire area. That is the goal Of the
Prince Georges County Civic Federation,
the Interfederation Council and other
groups which have Endorsed the Sasscer
bill. A Joint commission Of inquiry, re-
presenting all Jurisdictions, should be able
to point the way to new era Of co-opera-
tion among the communities composing
Greater Washington.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Truth or Smeur?

Although there is good reason to De
highly skeptical of the story accusing the
late Harry Hopkins Of shipping uranium
materials and atomic secrets to Russia dur
ing the war, the charges involved are sert-
Gus enough to warrant thorough investi-
CATION to determine whether there Is fac
tual justification for them or whether they
are merely lot of irresponsible poppy
cock.
Made by q former Army Air Force cap
tain in an interview with Fulton Lewis,
whose crusading is never identified with
dispassionate objectivity, the charges have
been lodged at q strangely late date against
a man who is not here to answer them.
Furthermore, although the accuser claims
to have reported on the situation, during
the war, to the Air Inspector General, that
of1cer-now in another command-de-
clares that he can recall no such report
and knows nothing whatever about the
alleged shipments.
Nevertheless, although these and other
surrounding circumstances cast much
doubt on the validity OF the charges, Sena-
tor Mcmahon has done well In directing
the staff Of the Joint Congressional Com
mittee on Atomic Energy to look into the
matter without delay. The need for such
action is obvious, particularly in view of
the fact that General Groves head OF our
wartime A-bomb project-has been quoted
as making the somewhat cryptic state
ment that he cannot see how the charges
can be ignored and that he has been Won
dering about what the defenders Of Harry
Hopkins would say" Moreover, as made
public several months ago, it is fact that
the Shattuck Chemical Company Of Den
yer shipped 720 pounds of uranium oxide
and nitrate to a Russian army officer at
Great Falls, Montana, in March of 1943.
Uranium oxide and nitrate, of course,
are far from being the pure nuclear fuel
that makes up the explosive content of the
A-bomb, and 720 pounds Of such materials
would be OF little help in producing that
weapon. But the fact that the shipment
was made long before we ourselves had
succeeded in harnessing the atom for war
chow could anybody give away the bomb
making secret at a time when nobody knew
it?) lends some plausibility to the charges
against Mr.. Hopkins.
Plausibility, however, though it may be
superf1cially impressive, Is not necessarily
the same thing as validity. In this In
stance, the congressional atomic commit
tee should not find 1t too difficult to deter
mine how the two relate to each other In
fairness to the dead Mr.. Hopkins, who
cannot speak, and In order to end any
public confusion, this matter should be
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Red Flop in Italy

Nothing better reveals the decline III
power and prestige of the italian Commun-
ist Party than the fiasco which resulted
from the general strike of last Thursday.
This 24-hour walkout was planned by Com
munist leadership as mass demonstration
of organized labor In sympathy and soli-
darity with landless peasants, especially In
the South. Incited by Communist agita-
tors, mobs of these unfortunates have been
squatting on private agricultural property
and in some instances have resisted the
police when the latter tried to evict them.
In one such fracas two peasants were killed.
And 1t was upon this relatively minor in
cident that the strike was undertaken.
Commdnisms chief asset in Italy is its
control over the General Confederation OF
Labor. But the Confederation has been
weakened during the past year by the
secession of substantial part Of its men,
bership, which adheres to new organiza-
ton or to the Catholic unions, both
strongly anti Communist. These promptly
advised their members to defy the strike
order and stay on their jobs. The test,
therefore, came as to the response of the
Confederation's membership to the orders
handed them. And it is here that the
breakdown of union discipline becomes
most apparent.
Only in the heavy-industry trades of
the North were the orders meaSurably
obeyed. Elsewhere, the walkout was either
spotty or virtually ignored The outstand-
ing failure was In the South, where the
strike was an almost complete flop. This
is significant, because it was on account
of the southern peasantry that the strike
had been ordered.
The contrast between this and previous
Communicated demonstrations is extra
ordinary Two years ago, such an order
would have been obeyed everywhere almost
to the letter. At that time, every one
feared the Communist "goon squads"
which terrorized all who dared flout the
will of the Red high command. That,
however, was before the parliamentary
elections of April, 1s4s, which not only
administered sharp setback to the Com
munists, but installed in Office govern
ment determined to maintain order and
protect all citizens against intimidation.
Premier de Gasperi found q perfect in
strument in the person Of Mario Scelba, his
Minister Of the Interior, who promptly
purged the police and Carabinieri of Red
malcontents and built up an armed force
capable of handling any domestic situa-
ton. These facts have become common
knowledge among the Italian people, and
enable the humblest dissident from bowing
to his former labor bosses. The resultant
defections show to what extent Commu-
mist labor discipline rested on sheer terror
ism rather than theology.
In view of the outcome, 1t may well be
asked why this strike was ever undertaken.
Communist leadership is, or should be,
reasonably well informed as to the temper
of the workers. Perhaps the strike action
was forced upon them from Moscow. II
30, 1t is an indication Of how badly the
super bosses of the Kremlin are kept
abreast Of trends beyond the Iron Curtain.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
GuIliver, Junior

Catch that butter dish before
:. 1t crdshesi He's not able
Whose glass, be1uttched,
Just hit the floor,
Whose jam be-decks the table.
A sudden Gulltuer, he can
Be neither deJt nor neat,
Thts giant-stdtured almost
Who Is all hands and tsetl
VIRGINIA SCOTT MTNE1.
Evening star., 1949-12-05

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
1Oriter, although 1t Is permissible for
tDrtter knotDn to The Star to use
q nom, de plume. Please be briet.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Says England Does Better
BY Old People Than the u. 8.
To the Editor Of The star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Because a great many more men than
women die around the age Of so, it stands
to reason that old-age pensions should
begin at So for men and at go for women.
Moreover, after the average male has passed
the age Of IS. it is practically impossible
for him, in case he is thrown out Of work,
to secure a position that pays enough to
meet thea cost of living. Old-age pensions
should average SITS month for both sexes.
At present, while Uncle Sam is giving
away billions Of dollars. old-age pensions
average $50 a month, which is not sufficient
to buy 80 square dinners q month.
In jolly old England, the home Of John
Bull, the fellow who makes Uncle Sam
Jump at the snap Of his fingers. old-age
pensions average $3.50 q month.
shall never cease to deplore the shame
full and disgraceful way in which we neglect
our old peaple. HARRY DANIELS.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Letters to The Star

Expresses Disappointment That Gen. Arnold
Has Not Allayed Public's Natural Fear"
To the Editor of The Star:
First, would like to acknowledge respect
for Gen. Arnold and appreciation OF all
his past accomplishments which indeed have
helped maintain our way Of life.
This statement however, must be followed
by the inevitable but" AS one who an
ticipated his series Of articles with the hope
of reinsurance on the subject of our ma
tional security, found disappointment be-
fore finishing the third paragraph OF Gen.
Arnolds opening article.
In the recent hearings 1t was the very
top men of the Navy who genuinely
questioned the adequacy Of our proposed de-
fense The public Is not to be educated
away from recollection of that by articles
that merely reiterate unification, loyalty
within the services, etc. These things are
accepted law and now are not the issues
involved. In early August disquiet was Gre
ated when Secretary johnson announced his
planned cut in Navy craft. Since that time
not one article by those in authority has
appeared to allay the natural fears re-
sulting from such action.
It is true that we welcome cuts in Federal
spending and would like to see the saving
reflected in our income taxes, but not at
the cost Of our national confidence. All Of
us suffer humiliation over the Chinese Com
munists' unprovoked detention Of Messrs
Ward and Stokes who, as Americans, should
have been respected as representatives Of our
Government. II that situation had become
worse. would 1t have been possible for the
Navy to carry out any practical kind of
blockade?
If Gen. Arnolds article of November 20
had appeared beside David Lawrence's COL
umn of the same evening the gulf between
what the public needs and what it Is getting
would have come into clear focus.
MRS. v. r..
Evening star., 1949-12-05
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKN SERVICE.
G. Has Edgar Allan Poe's "The Bells"
reference to any specific church bells?-
Z. M. B.
A. The poem was inspired by the bells Of
Grace Church, New York Poe lived for
some time In Greenwich Village.
Q. Have any States passed laws requiring
people to have chest x-rays?-F. H.
A. Some States have specific requirements
In this respect The State may require that
food handlers have X-rays. In ct least six
States, the sanitary code provides for reg
ular X-ray examinations Of all school teach
ers. Some States require that foster home
parents have their chests x-rayed period
ically. In New York, theater matrons are
required to have X-rays regularly. Each
State varies in its requirements and special
health requirements may be invoked. <
@. OF what is the ball made that is used
In the game Of softball?-F. J.L
A. The ball used In playing softban is
made Of kapok wound with yarn and covered
with leather.
@. What is done with the money obtained
through the purchase Of duck stamps?-J. q.
A. The Fish and Wildlife Service Of the
Department Of Interior has jurisdiction over
the duck stamp Ninety per cent OF the
money realized from the sale Of the stamp
is used by the Fish and Wildlife Service to
supplement other funds for the maintenance
Of waterfowl refugees throughout the coun-
try. The remaining 10 per cent Is used for
printing and distribution Of the stamps, en-
forcement Of the Migratory Bird Hunting
Stamp Act and other Federal activities for
migratory bird conservation.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Would Have d. C. D0gcatcher
Operate in Maryland
~ 81. rs;ta. - ~. ut.,.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Takoma Park, Md. has q quarantine on
dogs which Is not to be lifted until February
Is, and police are supposed to pick up all
dogs found on the streets.
But I have seen the same dogs running
wild for days. When the authorities In
Takoma Park cannot take their jobs serious
ly. could not the dogcatcher or whatever
authority carries this responsibility in the
District, step over the line? believe the
quarantine touches parts of D. c.
don't see how any dog owner who knows
the least little bit about the seriousness Of
rabies could be heartless enough to 80
jeopardize the lives Of others. Can't some
thing be done now? MARJORIE ALLEN.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Questions and Answers

A reader can ret the answer 70 any question
Of fact By writing The Iventns star Information
bureau. 316 Eye st. n.e. Washington Q, p G
Evening star., 1949-12-05

cleared up in way that will leave no
doubt at all as to whether the charges
add up to the truth or to a recklessly cruel
smear
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Portraits In Harte's Bible Book
Praised ~ Pictures Of Poor Peasants

PORTRAITS IN darteS baDAe BOOK
Praised ~ Pictures Of Poor Peasants
To. the Editor Of The Star:
agree wholeheartedly with your views on
the high merits Of 0rug Rowes artistic
portrayals In Houston Harte's I'm Our In
age" He Is to be highly commended for the
piercing realism Of his work. am surprised
so many Of your readers express such We
hement dissatisfaction with his representa-
ton of biblical characters.
Those men were peasants who spent their
lives in poverty. performing the hardest
types of manual labor. They were assaulted
daily by the elements To picture them as
other than red-faced, coarse skinned, Wild
haired individuals would be, to indulge In
childish fancy.
And who doubts there is more saintliness
in one sweating peasant than in otelful
of three tub-a-day Park Avenue socialites?
ROBERT j. McGRATH.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Recalls Lenin's 'sPlan"
For Americas Destruction

Recalls Lentn1 FIan
For Americas Destruction
sro the Editor Of The Star:
I wonder II you have published and It
your readers have thoughfully read what
Ienin. Stains predecessor, wrote shortly
before his death: I'VE shall force the United
States to spend itself into destruction"
As was the case concerning Germany.
when Hitler told us In his "Mein Kampf"
what his plans were. and we, while having
ears. heard not. 20 this Russian leader made
plain Russia's plan.
win we again fail to heedf W. II. x.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Prefers Mr.. Stokes Angle
On Mr.. Byrnes' Seeing the Light

The writer Of your editorial. 'Mr. Byrnes
Sees the Light" picked the wrong night to
run that piece. Across the page was the
best writer In Washington, Thomas L. Stokes,
who showed what made Mr.. Byrnes "see the
light" AS an apostle Of the Dixiecrats. Mr..
Byrnes has come home, to lend an air Of re-
spectability to the Vaccinations, Of the oil
people, out to make grab" under the BAN
ner Of States rights A. p.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-04-16
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