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Evening star., 1950-11-24
NepaI Ready TO Alter
Regime, Envoy Says
BY the Assoeiated Press

NEW DELHI, India, Nov. "a
Nepal's government Is willing to
move with the times by intro
ducing a peoples government. but
too sudden a change or too much
Of it may be very harmful" the
Nepalese Ambassador told news
men here last night.
The Ambassador, Gen. Shingha
said his government is conscious
of the dangers of Communism
along the kingdoms northern
borders.
(There have been unofficial
reports that Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru's Indian gov
ernment has urged Nepal's all
powerful Prime Minister to
grant a popular government as
the surest way to quell rebellion
and offset Communist propa-
ganda.)
The Nepalese Ambassador also
disclosed Nepal's Prime Ministe,
has Informed Mr.. Nehru he Is
sending his son-who Is also
Nepal's Foreign Minister-to India
''in a few days to discuss all out
standing issues" between the two
countries.
With the collapse of theil
armed insurrection, the Nepalese
Congress Party executive de-
cided at a meeting at Banaras
India, yesterday to launch a mas.
civil disobedience campaign
throughout Nepal. This method
was initiated by Indian Nation.
alists in their struggle for indie.
fpendence from Britain.
At the same time, the Congress.
Party-closely associated with
India's ruling Congress Party
decided to clear its own ranks o.
Communists who repeatedly in
1ltrated in large numbers durin,
the short-lived rebellion.
Evening star., 1950-11-24
Argentine Rail Strike
Ends After Three Days
nv n. A,.or;o,ed Press

BUENOS. AIRES, Nov. PA
three-day rail strike, which
crippled train service between
Buenos Aires and the suburbs,
ended last midnight after govern
ment officials and workers rep
resentatives reached a tentative
agreement on wage demands.
The Transport Ministry had Or
dered the strikers to go back to
work by midnight or lose their
Jobs.
The workers seek a pay boost OF
from 400 to $50 pesos (S28.50 to
$40) monthly.
The Transport Ministry blamed
the strike on a small group OF
workers associated with Com.
munists.
Evening star., 1950-11-24
Art Director to Speak

Philip James, director Of art for
the Arts Council of Great Britain,
will speak on "Britain's Expert
ment in State Patronage of the
Arts" at 4 pm. Sunday in the
National Gallery of Art. Rafael
Sebastia will give a piano recital
at the gallery at 8 pm. Sunday.
Evening star., 1950-11-24
Deuctivuted Eaos

TORONTO (P). Eggs laid by
hens in the poultry exhibit at the
royal winter fair aren't to be cas-
ually picked up. They're boiled
to prevent unauthorized persons
using them for Matching purposes,
then mostly used for feed.
Evening star., 1950-11-24

A few feet from the remains of
the sloth. young Ruhle also re-
ported he found a collection OF
oyster shells estimated to be 80
million years old.
This discovery. said DR.. Rich
ards yesterday. proves further that
the Atlantic Ocean in prehistoric
times covered virtually all of
Southern New jersey.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Congressional Infantry Marches On

Few men have to walk so far to say so little
as the members of the House of Representatives.
Seven hundred feet they have to trudge from
their offices to the House floor just to call out
Here" when they get there On a bad day.
and the House has had many this session. re-.
peated roll calls can keep them marching back
and forth through marble halls like recruits in
basic training. No wonder that Representative
Eberharters resolution to install moving side
walk called forth a great deal of sympathetic
interest among footsore colleagues. Experts,
however, have discovered that the installation
of such device would be impracticable, although
they mention the possibility of a pneumatic tube
with 5000 pounds of air pressure, which would
send the Representatives speeding to and fro
The feasibility of pipeline from the floor of
the House during oratory was nowhere sug-
gested.
The Senate has been mechanical for almost
forty years. man goes to say his yeas and nays
in style. Often the ride is well worth it, particu-
larly if he gets the floor for four hours, as
Senator Mccarthy did recently. Under the
Houses limited debate rule man can scarcely
get to clear his throat. With all this in mind
it is not surprising that SO many members of
the congressional infantry are seeking to be
transferred to the motorized side of the HILL
where hardy vocal chords can overcome the
handicap Of weak ankles.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
By Charles E. TroceweH

"It's Senator ingalls, ode to Grass"
we answered. ,
II thought an ode had to be poetry"
replied Jones, as he studied it. Mice
thoughts, but very old-fashioned phrase
ology."
Some people," we said. like it,"
To-day people are too busy for verbi-
age" he answered.
They like facts. and plain state
ments."
They miss lot" we rejoined.
Take such q phrase as 'beleagured
by the sullen hosts of winter" went on
Templeton Jones. what he meant. of
course, was struck by the cold For 1t
withdraws into the impregnable fortress
Of its vitality he should have said, 1t
dies down. And for 'emerges upon the
solicitation Of spring he might more
easily have said it starts growing again
in spring."
Your modern version. then,' we re-
piled, would be as follows: Struck by
cold, the grass dies down, and starts
growing again In spring."
"Right-oh." grinned cheerful Temple
ton Jones.
You forgot" we said. that ingalls,
was born In 1888 and died in 1900. In
those days. they liked their speeches q
bit on the dowery side"
THE man says it has no flowers" said
Jones' s
Get along with you." we said, before
we kick you downstairs" But since
there were no stairs. Temp Jones just
grinned.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
A Purely Local Matter

It has been reported that Representative
O'Hara, of Minnesota, thinks it is wrong for
Washingtonans to decide whether or not "the
Government of 140 million people in the United
States should go on daylight-saving time this
summer. That is an odd slant on this recurrent
problem. The Federal Government is not con-
fined to Washington. Nobody has suggested that
the Federal establishment as a whole should
adopt "fast" time whenever the people of Wash
ington adopt it. And Congress could exempt the
departments here from the schedule If 1t so
desired. There is plenty of evidence, however.
that most Federal employees prefer the daylight
saving plan.
Putting Mr.. OHara's theory in reverse, is 1t
right for the people of the United States at large,
through their representatives in Congress, to de-
prive the disfranchised people of the District of
Columbia of daylight saving If they want 1t?
The recent referendum indicated an overwhelm-
ing desire for the plan here. Such being the
case, it is wrong for the Government of the
United States to deny the local community this
small measure of self-regulation. Mr.. OHara
and other legislators who oppose daylight-saving
time for Washington on the irrational ground
that their constituents in other parts of the
country dislike early rising should withdraw their
objections to local enjoyment of the system.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Need for an Inquiry

Most of Arlington Countys citizens undoubted-
" share the concern which the County Board has
evidenced over the recent series of incidents
which, rightly or wrongly, has reflected on the
good name and efficiency of the Arlington Police
Department. The board has acted wisely IN
ordering thorough investigation of the depart
ment by special citizens commission.
An editorial demand for such an inquiry
was made recently by the Arlington Sun,
weekly county paper not given to Sensationalism.
AS the Sun pointed out, the people of the county
have been shocked by recent disclosures as to
criminal activities of several members OF the
force store robbery and HOUSEKEEPING with
intent to rape were committed by policemen.
And testimony during trial of the latter case
revealed public drinking by county officers. Such
bad publicity as this has done much harm to
the department as whole No law enforcement
agency can function effectively without public
confidence and support. Only searching, i'm
partial investigation by a group of citizens not
connected with the county government can
confirm or dispel the doubts which have been
raised in the public mind regarding the stand
ards of the present force.
County Manager Lundberg and Police Chief
woodward have adopted a sensible attitude
toward the investigation. They have said they
welcome an objective inquiry because they have
nothing to hide" Incidentally, no charges Of
graft have been made against the police admin
istration It's general efficiency and personnel
standards have been questioned, however. The
Sun commented that salaries are too low to
Evening star., 1950-04-26
This and That

it withdraws into the impregnable
fortress of its subterranean vitality and
emerges upon the solicitation Of spring
4
"Sown by the winds, by wandering
birds, propagated by the subtle horticul-
ture OF the elements which are its min
listers and servants, 1t softens the rude
outlines of the world.
1T invades the solitudeS of deserts.
climbs the inaccessible slopes and pin
nacleS Of mountains, and modifies the
history. character and destiny Of ma
tions.
"Unobtrusive and patient. it has i'm
mortal vigor and aggression. BaniShed
from the thoroughfares, and fields. 1t
bides its time to return, and when
vigilance is relaxed, or the dynasty has
perished. it silently resumes the throne
from which is has been expelled but
which it never abdicates.
"It bears no blazonry of bloom to
charm the senses with fragrance or
splendor. but its homely hue is more
enchanting than the lily or the rose. It
yields no fruit in earth or air. yet should
its harvest fail for single year famine
would depopulate the world
Templeton Jones happened to drop in
at this moment.
whats this?' he asked. grabbing up
Senator ingalls, opus. (This is one Of
Jones many bad habits. He should ask
first. and not grab. but his friends put
up with him. They have to-
Evening star., 1950-04-26
No End in Sight

There are days when one is tempted to
wonder whether any person now alive will live
to witness the end of the debate over the Federal
loyalty program. At time when all of the
things in which we believe most deeply are being
challenged from abroad, when we should be
applying ourselves single-mindedly to meeting
the threat from the common enemy, we are
exhausting our energies in a seemingly intermi-
nable squabble among ourselves. 1t is debate
which draws too heavily upon the time and the
resources of the Congress- the Secretary of State,
the President and the people. But under our
system it is a debate which cannot be arbitrarily
shut of. And perhaps 1t is doing some good
House committee-it seems long ago-did
turn up the case of Alger Hiss, case which
otherwise would have gone undetected. If there
was one Hiss case, there may be others. No one
can say for sure, and for that reason, If for
no other, this march of charge and counter
charge will have to be allowed to run its course.
The debate may be doing good in other
ways. Occasionally point is made which ap-
peals, or which should appeal, to the common
sense of the American people. The President,
for instance, made persuasive point in his talk
to the Federal Bar Association He recalled that
the loyalty program has not been attacked only
by those who say that 1t is ineffective and that
the men in charge are too incompetent or too
nounced by perfectly sincere people who said
that its operation was too ruthless and too
drastic. Listening to the hue and cry against
the State Department today, it is hard to believe
that not long ago it was being attacked from
the opposite direction. A number of employees
were dismissed after General Marshall had set
up the departments loyalty program. Then the
protest was that Fascist-minded witch hunters
were in the saddle and that the dismissed en-
ployes were victims of silly Red scare. Now
the story is that the same department is riddled
with Communists and their sympathizers because
the people in charge of the loyalty program-for
the most part the same people as in General
MarshalTs time-are little on the pinkish side.
Certainly, the President did not lack justification
when he said that all this confirms in him the
belief that it is a sound and effective program
carried out in the American tradition.
If the current uproar has any valid basis
in fact then it follows that the President, the
Secretary of State the FBI the bipartisan loyalty
boards and all the rest of the programs ma
chinery are not worthy of trust. It is not likely
that many people really believe this as Of today.
Too many simply have not thought the matter
through. But as time goes on the absurdity of
this assumption will become more evident, and,
while the end of the debate is not yet in sight,
it eventually will have to yield to the dictates
of reason and saner judgment.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
National Museum, Spring

(Horse and Rider, 220-260 ADD
Outside green branches bud and leaf In
air
And April blooms. There Is no season
here.
Time has no meaning in this crystal case
But it has form China tDas it's BIRTH
place.
Scarlet and gold that decked the fragile
clay,
Faded by sun and rain are tDdShed aWdy.
Here stands the image OF imperial might
In miniature, and childish to our sight
That asks perfection OF machines and art.
Sufficient to themselves they rest apart,
A i0arrior robed for battle. and his horse
With draperies and braided tail. No
coarse
Touch mars the equestrian soldier pale
as sand.
Banner or spear Is lost from his eupped
hand.
The bells are silent on the harness
But on the ,oindoio pane the green bouoh
taps.
And blossoming April sings across the
land. EDNA L. 8. BARKER
Evening star., 1950-04-26

Now that green grass Is returning to
our section of the world. Mrs. j. F. j. of
Brookeville, Md, believes that more
people should recall gem written by
the late Senator John James Ingalls, of
Kansas.
Senator ingalls, lode to Grass" so
kindly sent in by Mrs. j., is as follows:
Next in Importance to the divine pro-
fusion of water. light and air, those
three physical facts which render exist
ence possible, may be reckoned the uni
versal benef1cence of grass.
Lying in the sunshine among the
buttercups and dandelions of May.
scarcely higher in intelligence than
those minute tenants of that mimic viii
derness. our earliest recolleetions are of
grass; and when the fitful fever is ended
and the foolish wrangle of the market
and forum is closed, grass heals over the
scar which our descent into the bosom
of the earth has made, and the carpet
of the infant becomes the blanket of the
dead
Grass is the forgiveness of nature
her constant benediction.
Fields tramped with battle, saturated
with blood, torn with the ruts of cannon.
grow green again with grass, and car
mage is forgotten. Streets abandoned by
traffic become grass-grown, like rural
lanes. and are obliterated.
Forests decay. harvests perish, flowers
vanish. but grass is immortal. Be-
leaguered BY the sullen hosts OF winter,
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Crime Against the BoIts

The Iron Curtain is not solid enough to
prevent leaks of information indicating that the
peoples of the Baltic nations are living night
mare lives. Although the free world has not
recognized their annexation by Russia, the three
once-independent lands-Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania-are being ruthlessly ground down
in connection with the establishment of huge
Soviet military base in that region.
This grinding process, according to believ-
able reports from Berlin now has taken the
form of intensified deportation of the nom
Slavic Estonians Latvians and Lithuanians.
Before being swallowed up by the Kremlin, the
three countries had combined population of
about 100000. But latest estimates indicate
that out of this total, something like 100000
have already been shipped to slave labor camps
in Siberia and elsewhere far to the east in
Russia. With the current acceleration of this
pitiless uprooting, the number of the deported
is said to be growing by the tens of thousands.
In effect, in order to remove any possibility
of anti-Soviet elements in the rear of its Baltic
base, the Kremlin is handling the people of the
three countries the way cattle are handled. The
men, women and children involved do not know
from one day to the next when their turn will
come, but all of them live in constant fear of it.
The thing happens fast. There is a knock on
the door, and thereafter. within an hour or so,
they are on to the slave labor camps Wnat
they can take with them are only the things
they can carry on their backs The rest-ther
homes, their furnishings-are left behind to be
taken over by imported" Russians.
Coupled with such incidents as the shooting
down of our Navy plane and the armed chase of
Swedish trawler all this fits into what seems
to be taking shape as brutally systematic drive
to convert the Baltic Sea into Soviet lake.
Above everything, as far as the Estonans, Lat
vians and Lthuanians are concerned, it adds up
to a terrible crime against humanity Some day.
in one way or another, the perpetrators must
pay for it.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Contemptuous 'Officers of the Court

Solicitor General Perlman touched on sub
ject of wide public interest when he called on
the legal profession to purge its ranks of lawyers
who, by their contemptuous conduct, tend to
breed dsrespect for the courts. The average
citizen, reading of the activities of attorneys In
some of the recent trials of Communist leaders
and others, has been disturbed by the actions
and words of a number of these Officers OF the
court" At the New York trial of eleven Com
munist officials, for example, it appeared that a
deliberate effort was being made by defense
attorneys to harass the judge, prolong the trial
and confuse the Jury The disgraceful antics
OF some of the lawyers and their clients have
probably never been equalled in Federal court
room.
Mr. Perlman undoubtedly had this case,
among others, in mind when he told the Federal
Bar Association: eve have witnessed trials OF
criminal cases in the Federal courts in which
lawyers have been punished with fines and
sentences to Imprisonment because OF the con-
temptuous manner in which they conducted
themselves, and because of tactics employed by
them in violation of the orderly and proper per-
formance of their duties as lawyers and officers
of the court" The Solicitor General made the
worthwhile suggestion that the Federal Bar
Association make study of all such cases, with
view to initiating disbarment or suspension pro-
ceedings if such actions have not already been
started by the proper bar groups.
And Mr. Perlman has made another good
suggestion in the interest of maintaining the
high prestige of the bar. He has asked the asso-
citation to study also the question OF disbarring
lawyers who decline to answer congressional or
grand jury questions on grounds OF self-incrim-
nation That an attorney, like any citizen, has
the constitutional right to take refuge IN this
technical maneuver is undeniable But there is
a grave doubt in the minds of many persons. in
Guiding Mr.. Perlman, as to the right of citizen
using this device to serve as an officer OF the
court. A lawyer, because of his important rela-
tionship to the machinery of justice, has heavier
responsibilities as to his conduct, whether as
counselor or Witness than those OF the average
citizen When he fails to live up to those respon-
sibties. he should expect to forfeit his rights as
a respected member of the bar.
Evening star., 1950-04-26

new South Capitol street crossing. which
is $3.50 feet long, but cost only SIS
million.
The South Capitol street bridge is
the Districts longest.
The old Highway Bridge. 1900 feet
long and completed in 1906. cost
1920 900.
Cost estimates up to $12 million have
been mentioned for the proposed new
East Capitol street bridge. This top
figure, however. includes elaborate ap-
proach work.
The cheapest existing bridge is the
Pierce Mill crossing over Rock Creek.
which is la feet long and cost $4,000
in 1894. But keeping it up has cost
the District $4,000.
The widest District bridge is the Ben
ming, built in 1882 at a cost of $780, 900.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Washington Bridges-7 Miles Of Them
By Horriet Griffiths

A LETTER to The Star. published
n the other day on this page, posed
a question as to how much the Million
Dollar" Bridge would cost today. After
a little browsing at the District Build
ing, we came up with the information
that this span. officially known as the
Taft Bridge. would now cost about SIS
million.
It developed, despite the nickname.
that this Million Dollar" Bridge, COM
pleted in 1907. actually cost only
$846,331.
The browsing process which produced
these facts also produced some other
facts about the Districts bridges, which
are passed along here on the theory that
it is pity to let all this interesting stuff
go to waste.
Washington. all told, has 237 bridges.
including culyert ones with spans of
less than 20 feet. End to end. they
would stretch about Z miles, or from
the Potomac River to Chevy Chase
Circle
The city didn't build them all. by any
means. The Park Service and the Corps
of Engineers contributed to the collec-
tfon, as did the railways and transit
companies and the old Chesapeake &
Ohio Canal Co.
The rs crossings built by the District
are valued at about $35 million. But
they have replacement value Of an
estimated $50 million.
The cost of building bridges generally
has increased more than five times since
1900. Besides that. bridges today must
I.n
demands.
There still are experts who maintain
the Taft Bridge has seldom been equaled
and never surpassed" 1t was the first
multiple long-span concrete arch"
bridge in the country. It has cost prac-
tically nothing to maintain.
The most expensive District crossing
SO far is the new 2400-foot Highway
Bridge. It will cost about Sc million.
But it Is monumental bridge. unlike the
Evening star., 1950-04-26

1t Is only 542 feet long. but 1t has an Ss-
foot roadway.
OF other Anacostia River crossings,
the 1.000-foot Eleventh Street Bridge
cost S460.000 in 1908. SouSa Bridge.
which is 1000 feet long. was built in l94l
at an expense Of $685., 900.
Key Bridge was built in 1925 at cost
Of $2.5 millions. 1t would take about $6
million to replace that l.800-foot struc-
ture. The Calvert Street Bridge. built
in 1885. had a $965 900 price tag. 1t is
750 feet long, and would cost about
$25 millions to replace.
Chain Bridge, constructed in 1898, cost
$350,000 It is 1851 feet long.
The @ Street Bridge over Rock Greek
is the only one in Washington built on
curve. 1t cost $224,000 in 1915. 1t
is 342 feet long.
Evening star., 1950-04-26

What the Census Bureau had to fight
were the many. many requests for addi-
tional and less important data
5. Sure. the Government has data on
Miss Thompson's income in its files, but
1t is confidential. it is not all-inclusive.
many people do not file returns.
The stranger who pried into Miss
Thompson's affairs did so in accordance
with law. If we are to have representa-
tive democracy. we must know who is
being represented and how many In each
State? Isn't 1t worth it.?
Statistician.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Not Convinced by Budenz

The recent testimony of Louis F.
Budenz, before Senate committee, that
he had never met Mr.. baltimore but had
been advised that he was to consider him
a Communist, is strange indeed. Is it
not odd that Mr.. Budenz, former head
of the Communist Party in America. did
not meet Mr.. baltimore, if indeed he is
the Red architect of our Far Eastern
policy? Singularly. when Mr.. Budenz
turned stoolpigeon for the FtBI, he failed
again to mention that Mr.. baltimore was
Evening star., 1950-04-26

attract an adequate supply Of fully qualified
candidates for appointment. This may be a
major factor in the departments troubles. At
least it is phase of the countys police difficult
ties which the investigating commission might
well explore
Evening star., 1950-04-26
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