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Evening star., 1950-06-01
Doneer-InflommobIe!

In view of the streetcar- gasoline
truck catastrophe in Chicago on May 26,
resulting in the death of 80 and injuries
to so persons, the undersigned suggests
the following traffic regulations be pro-
mulgated:
l. Gasoline and fuel oil trucks not to
be permitted to haul trailer tank trucks.
2. Gasoline trucks not to use streets
during rush" hours.
3. Gasoline trucks to use only certain
designated streets between their supply
points and filling station outlets.
4. Speeds on gasoline and fuel oil
trucks to be limited by mechanical gov
ernors to IL miles per hour.
5. limit be placed on size of gasoline
and fuel oil trucks.
Year after year greater numbers of
gasoline tank trucks are to be seen speed
ing along on every street in the city at
all rush hours of the day supplying "hur-
ry" calls of filling stations for replen-
ished supplies. With the increased num-
bers OF filling stations and gasoline trucks
in service, the above suggested regula-
tions seem necessary in order to elimi-
nate repeated disasters
Richard G. McCabe.
Evening star., 1950-06-01
BY Charles E. TroceweU

end OF keeping ones hair, If one is male.
The females of our species have no
particular difficulty, and that ought to
give us tip.
THE men of America during the Civil
War had no difficulty, either.
If we look back at the pictures of
poets and generals and the like, in the
old days, what do we see?
I'VE see a lot of long haired people.
II they had BARRIERS, in those days, they
used them very little.
They let their hair grow and nobody
thought anything of it. They had hair
down around their ears, and sticking out
Of their collars.
THE result seems to have been that
they lost little of it, for the same reason
the ladies seem to hold onto their hair
today.
Long hair does it.
'I believe it exercises the tiny muscles
that hold the hairs, and so invigorates
the entire system of roots and glands
and growing points"
"You would advise, then, ;" we
began.
II would advise all men to let their
hair grow long, and keep it long
But modern business is against It..
All typical executives, the standards Of
modern society just as the knights once
Evening star., 1950-06-01
Boy Under Water

He felt the pool-ed0e pebbles With bare
toes
And tDalted till ioater Tapped his bare
brotDn thighs,
Smiling the coolness With raccoon
nose,
Seeing Woodland Dorld NTH summer
eyes.
Holding his breath. he tilted to the pool.
Parting the tDdter NTH his pointed
hands,
And tDri0oled dopn to ,Dhere the rocks
iDeye cool
And opened his eyes vide to blue -iDhtts
sands.
He couldn't stay clock-hour IN this
m place
But for span of seconds he touched
~x~ iDonder,
Hapino met green turtle face to face
And haptng heard the mater purl small
thundeTi
ANOBEL ARMOUR.
Evening star., 1950-06-01
Repudioting an Obligation

If the SIP million which the House cut
from the Federal payment to the District repre-
sented an economy in the real sense of the
word The Star would support the reduction.
1t does not represent an economy. It rep
resents the partial repudiation of an obligation.
1t is no more justified than taxpayer would
be justified in asserting that because he is living
beyond his own income he will reduce his
payment of taxes by 10 per cent. The difference
Is that Congress, with its exclusive powers in
the District, can get away with It, The taxpayer
cannot.
The cut in the Federal payment voted by
the House should be restored by the Senate and
it is taken for granted that the Senates Sub
committee on Appropriations in charge of the
District bill will make a careful study of the
considerations which argue for such restoration.
The money paid to the Municipal Govern
ment by the United States Is not handout,
a gift or a gratuity of any sort. 1t stands for
payment for services rendered though the
amount does not equal the value of the services.
If the completely tax-exempt holdings of the
Federal Government in Washington were taxed
as the property of any taxpayer is taxed, the
Governments payment to the District at current
rates would amount to more than SIT million.
The House cut was from an inadequate total
of $11 million to an even less adequate total
Of 1913 million.
Since 1870 the Federal Government has been
making payments to the support of its Capital
City. Up until about 1879 they followed no
regular pattern. From 1880 through 1920 they
amounted to so per cent of the general fund
expenses. In 1921 and for three more years they
amounted to 40 per cent. In 1925 the current
system of approprating a lump sum began,
although the law fixing 40 per cent pay
ment was not repealed until 1898. The lump
sum reached its lowest figure, in dollars, In 1885
when the total came to less than $5 million.
But this S. million represented 1911 per cent
of the expenses, whereas the 1913 million-the
House figure-amounts to only 95 per cent Of
the biggest local appropriation in history
The effect of these and other reductions in
the Federal payment has been to shift an in
ereaSng proportion of the financial responsibility
for the citys maintenance to local taxpayers
while the amount of the services received by the
Federal Government-occupying 42.2 per cent
of the citys area-increases With each shift
of such burden, local tax increases are made
to prevent deficit. And now, after program
of recent heavy tax increases, another deficit Is
being threatened the likelihood of which is
increased by reducing the Federal payment at
the very time when CongresS-and nobody else
enacts legislation raising the cost of local gov
ernment.
Such facts presented in detail to the Senate
committee, should restore the Federal payment
at least to the inadequate measurement of Fed
eral obligation represented in the current years
81 million.
Evening star., 1950-06-01
Pruise for South Africa

My adaptive country, the Union of
South Africa. celebrated its Union Day
yesterday. This seems to be an appropri-
ate occasion for showing to your readers
an approach toward South African prob
lens which is quite often missed by for
eign observers.
South African governments have often
been castigated for their attitude toward
racial discrimination. Both the present
government of DR.. D. F. Malan and the
previous one under Gen. j. c. Smuts,
have been submitted to strong criticism
in the, United Nations and in the press.
But these attempts to interpret govern
ment practice through political theory
are always foiled by the fact that theo-
ries developed in some far-away country
could never apply to the factual prob
lens and conditions of a country as
unique as South Africa.
BY definition, democratic govern
ment worthy of its name, can only act
on the specific mandate it has received
from the national electorate Any other
attitude would be opposed to the basic
principles of democracy. Besides.
recall Justice Jackson saying: We may
pass laws to prevent discrimination
us to live like any one we don't want to.
A government must therefore try to in
terpret in its decisions, the will of the
national majority; and it is obviously
Its main duty to be as fully informed as
possible about the nations will No critic
OF the South African governments has
ever suggested that their policy is con-
trary to the wishes of the national
majority, as defined by the Constitution.
Why then are there such attacks
leveled at South Africa today? Only SO
years ago. the Boer Wars were tearing
apart men and whole republics; soon
after, however. the basis was found for
the union of South Africas present four
provinces. Other problems, perhaps
equally serious, have faced the newly
united country in these years, but have
always been met and finally settled in
the real democratic manner
need not comment on the astounding
progress realized by the country in all
Evening star., 1950-06-01

consideration an insidious attempt to
enforce segregation upon racial grounds
on Federal property in the Nations
Capital
1nnocent-seeming. the bill would
give the District Of Columbia Recreation
Board jurisdiction over the nationally
owned swimming pools in the District
Its effect would be to enforce a local
policy Of segregation upon Federal
property, which otherwise will be ad-
ministered by the Department of the
Interior in accordance with the national
policy Of nom segregation.
1t is essential, therefore, that Con-
gress should be informed of the true
nature of H. r. 1908 despite its in
nocuous appearance-and that the bill
should be voted down. y.
5hi 7AiI~oo3l & - d. MacIntyre.
President,
Washington Ethical Society.
Evening star., 1950-06-01
Father of the Year

A winter and spring of McCarthyism have
probably given the rest of the Nation a notion
that the Capital is wicked place. where treach-
cry and EMBELLISHMENTS flourish unchecked
Now to the rescue, welcome as Hopalong Cassidy,
comes the naming of Justice Douglas of the
Supreme Court as Father of the Year." to prove
that Washington life has its quieter side, exem-
plifying the solid domestic virtues
Quite apart from its cheering effect on local
morale, the choice of the lanky jurst as model
parent is an excellent one, likely to give rise to no
controversy at all. Literally and fguratively, as
public official and mountain climber, he has
scaled great heights His rise is in the best Horatio
Alger tradition, rich in inspiration for poor hard
working lads the country over. Five years old
when his father died, he pitched in at tender
age to keep the family going In his long struggle
to help his widowed mother and to educate him
self, he picked fruit, peddled junk, sold papers
and tended furnaces. Having worked his way
through college on the West Coast, he turned
East to study law and arrived in New York with
81 cents in his pocket Again. despite this striking
lack of tangible assets, he made the grade and
with his degree in his pocket he began the ascent
that brought him to the highest tribunal in the
land as the second youngest Supreme Court JUS
tice since Madison'S time.
Not one of those Olympian figures whom the
young may admire but never reach, the Justice
has kept his Western ease and affability. An out
door boy from earliest youth, he is still great
man for the open road and the campfire, hastily
doff1ng his robes for dungarees every summer
Last year he took his 17-year-old son with him on
tour of the Middle East, balefully watched the
whole time by the Russians, who called the father
and son "the big devil' and "the little devil" re-
spectively-a great experience for boy of any
age. The Justice also has a daughter Mildred,
who gave up debutanting to work in drugstore
a while back.
So anyway you look at 1t, the Justices new
title is becoming to him and the Capital and pro-
vides an unusual occasion for mutual congratu-
lation In q generally cloudy atmosphere.
Evening star., 1950-06-01
Somebody Kidding Here?

I am tired Of hearing the public
criticizing the wives in the upper brack-
cts who work. The public seems to think
that we work because we are bored or
because We want something interesting
to do. This is not true. We work in
order to have better standard of living.
If I didn't work, we could not afford
our cars or consider the trip we are
taking to Europe next summer. After
all, the jobs are on a competitive basis.
Congratulations to the one who wins!
NJ p.
Evening star., 1950-06-01
Brigham Younq and the United States ~

OF the United states, and expect that
know his character better than he
knows it himself"
He called Buchanan q passive docile.
benevolent and good man." but added:
He is now bound up: they have fetters
upon his feet They make him do as
they please.
7 wish" said Young, that Old Hick-
ory jackson was now our President :. =.
He would call upon his servants and
order them to kick these mean. miserable
sneaks out of the presidential mansion.
But the President as Pontius PLATE in
the case Of Jesus Christ. has washed his
hands. saying, I am clear Of the blood
Of these Latter Day Saints Gentlemen.
you have dictated and will order the
soldiery and officials to Utah."
Young did more than talk. He declared
martial law. and peremptorily ordered
the advancing Federal troops out OF the
territory. He put guerrillas out in front
of the invaders, burning forts in their
path starting brush fires to run of the
stock. AS q climax to this scorched earth
campaign. "a government supply wagons
went up in smoke.
If they come here" said Young, 'let
sleep depart from their eyes until they
sleep in death. for they have been warned
and forewarned that We will not tamely
submit to being destroyed. Men shall be
secreted here and there and shall lay
waste our enemies =. am determined,
If driven to that extremity. that our
enemies shall find nothing but heaps Of
ashes and ruins"
The Government thought better of it.
The Mormons were 'pardoned" by
President Buchanan. The Army, in turn,
was permitted by Young to move peace
fully through Salt Lake City and camp
on the salt fats to the west. It stayed
there until the big election of 1860,
which brought Abraham Lincoln to the
White House.
Young sent an emissary. Thomas
StenhouSe, to ascertain how the new
President felt about the Mormons.
Lincoln's reported answer is classic:
"Stenhouse." he said. when l was a
boy on the farm in Illinois. there was a
great deal Of timber which we had to
clear up. Occasionally we would come
to log which had fallen down. 1t was
too hard to split, too wet to burn and
too heavy to move-so we plowed around
1t. That's what intend to do with the
Mormons.
"Yo< go back and tell Brigham Young
that if he will let me alone, I will let
him alone"
Lincoln and Young understood each
other. And the Mormons and the rest
OF America eventually came to under
stand each other. too.
Evening star., 1950-06-01
Discretion

While recently making a purchase in
q drugstore, saw a prominent psychi-
artist whose service had obtained at
very high cost. The good doctor was
paid in full, with promptness.
But bearing in mind the size of this
fellows bill, discretion dictated that I
omit the usual Hello" believing that his
probable How are you?" might be termed
professional services" in which case I
would be in an awful fix to locate suf-
fieient folding money to reimburse him.
JIM.
Evening star., 1950-06-01
Quotes Sherman on War

Gen. Sherman, in an address before
a graduating class Of the Michigan Mill
tary Academy, in 1873 said: II am tired
and sick of war. Its glory is all moon
shine. 1t is only those who have never
fired a shot. nor heard the shrieks and
groans of the wounded who cry aloud
for blood and vengeance, more desola-
tion'
When will mankind learn that bombs
do not produce brotherhood?
Edmund X. Goldsbor0ugh.
Evening star., 1950-06-01

lessness are the major factors in most road
crashes The past Memorial Day win be re-
membered for reasons not connected with
honoring the war dead It will be a shocking
reminder, in the accident annals, of the folly
of fast and needless motoring on highways
crowded with holiday traffic.
Evening star., 1950-06-01
Democracy and Segregation

In his address at the II am an Amer
lcan Day" celebration in Capitol Plaza
on May %, DR.. Bunche stated: This
Capital of all capitals should symbolic
and radiate democracy. 1t should be
shining example of democracy in action
and model of democratic living"
Members Of Congress especially
should heed the admonitions of the
distinguished director of the Department
OF Trusteeship of the United Nations,
because in H. r. 1868 they have under
Evening star., 1950-06-01
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directions. But I am fully confident that
its present problems will also be settled,
after public discussion and argument. in
q complete and sensible manner.
AntareS Parvulescu.
Evening star., 1950-06-01
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can get the answer TO
any question Of fact by either writing The
Evening Star Informsti Bureau 1900 street
NV. Washington 5, D. c., and inclosipg 3 cents
Extension ass.
Evening star., 1950-06-01
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. Was there ever in the United
States q post Office named Hohenzollern
after the royal family Of Germany?-
r. w.
A. The Post once Department says
that there was post Office called Hohen-
zollern in Crawford County, Iowa, estab-
l1shed on February S, 1891. The name
was changed to Schleswig on November
Is, 1899. The post Office is still in oper-
alton under the name Schleswig.
@. Why are rats so often used for ex-
perlmental purposeS?-V. G.
A. One reason is that their appetites
are SO much like our own. Hence IL In
possible to use them as living test tubes
to try out the value Of foods intended
for human consumption. The rat Is
also small and handy.
@. How long has the Habima Theatre
been in existence?-H. E. H.
A. This noted Hebrew theatrical troupe
was founded In Moscow by NJ L. Zemach
after the Russian revolution of 1905, and
Is now established in Tel Aviv, Palestine.
The company made its first world tour
in 1925 and played in New York City
in 1926 and 1948.
@. What nationality was Hugo Grotius,
the noted writer on international law?-
r. N.
A. He was Dutch. Hugo Grotius Is the
Latinized form Of the name, HUG do
Groot. His fame rests chiefly on his DE
Jure Belli ct Pacis." published in 1925. a
work which Is regarded as the basis Of
modern international law.
Evening star., 1950-06-08
Sons, Daughters Of Liberty Army Engineers 10 Sell
Elect Today al Convention Be|voir Surplus BUILDINGS

Mrs. Grace Dietrich, 404 H
street NE. today is scheduled to
become new state councillor in
the Washington area of the Sons
and Daughters of Liberty.
She was among officers nomi-
mated without opposition at a
meeting of the organization in the
Carlyle Hotel yesterday. The
formal election will be held today
at the closing session of the two
day convention.
Other nominees slated for elec-
tion today are: Mrs. Lettie
Steinour. associate state coun-
cilor; Mrs. Lillian Reynolds, vice
councillor Mrs. Alberta CLANCY
associate vice councillor: Mrs.
Clare Burgess, guide: Mrs. Nancy
Lucas, inside guard; Mrs. Bertha
Haas, outside guard: Mrs. Georgia
Tyler and Turner Hall, national
representatives, and Mrs. Ella
Treynor, associate secretary.
The new officers will be in
stalled at meeting at 8 O'Clock
tonight.
Judge Vincent Osterman of
Orphans Court, Upper Marlboro,
addressed the opening session
yesterday. He discussed prob
lens of juvenile delinquency. A
memorial ceremony was held for
the organizations 10 members
who died during the past year.
About $50 members of the or
ganization in the District area are
attending the convention.
Evening star., 1950-06-08
Court Asks Press
To Aid in Finding
Kin of Refugee

The courts here have enlisted
the aid of the press in trying to
find relatives of an elderly Ger
man woman refugee from Silesia
Local efforts were prompted by
a letter written in German long
hand to the "Magistrat der Stadt
Washington, D. c." by the pastor
of one. Helene Ende, IS, now liv-
ing in Rheinland, West Germany
The missile wound up in the
office of Harry Hull, clerk of Dis
trict Court. Mr.. Hull dispatched
it to the Supreme Court building,
where the Administrative Office of
United States Courts turned it
over to translators of the Library
of Congress.
The refugees plea, it developed,
was for help to locate descendants
of her uncle, Julius Ende, who
came to this country in 1852. The
clues as to their whereabouts con-
sisted of mention that Julius Ende
owned a print shop here and lived
at one time or another at the
corner of Eighth and E streets,
and care of j. F. Niedfeldt, 420 E
street"
The whole matter came back to
Mr.. Hull with the advice that it
would be very difficult to accom-
plish the request and a sugges-
ton that newspaper publicity
might help.
Mr.. Hull's information service is
open at the courthouse between
9 am. and 4 pm. weekdays.
Evening star., 1950-06-08

Baltimore. But the motoring time
from midtown Washington is at
least an hour longer, under nor
NAL daytime traffic conditions.
Morning and afternoon rush hours
will extend this time considerably
Even after completion of the new
parkway. airport traffic still will
have to contend with four or five
miles of congested streets within
the District.
Mr.. Rented testified the CAA is
seeking another Washington air
port site within 80 minutes driv-
ing time of downtown Washington
Airline officials also oppose Friend
ship as a terminal for Washing
ton traffic because of the distance
involved.
Friendships Advantages.
Friendships advantages, how
ever, are numerous. The main
instrument runway is nearly two
miles long, protected on long, fiat
approaches by zoning restrictions
which prohibit the erection of OBJ
Structions within four miles.
This contrasts with Nationals
instrument approach, which is
shared by the two military bases
across the river and restricted by
power plant stacks and other OBJ
structionS along its outer limits
Baltimore's new airport has five
times as much area as National,
and its runways are situated on
a man-built plateau l40 feet above
sea level. The air drainage makes
the site comparatively free of
fogs.
The airport will make a bid for
freight and express traffic. Some
freight services will be transfer
red from National as soon as
Friendship goes into operation
early in July, and more business
is expected from this quarter.
Evening star., 1950-06-08
Woman Drives DoubIyWrong-
Violates 1-Woy, Hits Police Car

There are two ways to stop
quickly when you make a wrong
turn into a one-way street-use
the brakes. or hit something.
Norean K. Powell. "a. of 1745
Park road NV, took the second
method early today when she
turned east off Sixteenth street
into one-way west-bound Newton
street NV.
The object she struck was Scout
Car l02, driven by Pvt. Albert M.
Shutta. 80. of 4725 Eighth street
NE, the policeman complained
when he charged her with going
the wrong way on a one-way street.
To make matters worse. Pvt.
Shutta's car then collided with a
parked one owned by Athena
Mitchell, 1855 Sixteenth street
NV.
Pvt. Shutta is due at the police
clinic for treatment Of a shoulder
injury.
OF considerably wider concern
was a two-car accident last night
in which no one was hurt, but
Evening star., 1950-06-08

Some surplus buildings at Fort
Belvoir are being offered for sale
by the Army Engineers.
Sealed bids for their purchase
will be received by mail at the
ONCE of the District Engineers,
First and Douglas streets NV.
until pm. July 8. Sealed bids
may be presented the following
day at the Office of the Post Engi-
neer, Fort Belvoir until 1880 pm,
when they will be opened.
The buildings may be inspected
daily from June IL through Is,
and June 19 through %.
Evening star., 1950-06-08
Maryland u. Facing
Ticket Shortage for
Biqqest Graduation

Members of the University OF
Maryland's largest graduating
class are confronted with the in
stitution's worst shortage of tick
cts for commencement exercises
at 10 am. Saturday.
Because Of the class record size
-2,419 students-university off,
Gals hayee limited prospective
graduates to four tickets each.
The only way they can get more
is by picking up the few excess
tickets turned in at the registrars
office or by trading with other
students.
For the first time in three years.
the graduation exercises will be
held on the university Quadrangle
in front of the Administration
Building. instead of in Baltimore.
In case Of rain. they will be held
in the Coliseum.
Evening star., 1950-06-08
Four Tickets to Guam Cause
Not So Mysterious Mystery

Those men are the Drinks
bandits. This money may be
counterfeit" he told himself. He
slipped to a telephone and called
the FBI.
The G-men arrived, checked the
money and found it was real.
They checked the serial numbers
of the bills against the numbers
on the money taken in the Drinks
Boston holdup. 1t was not part
of the loot. They gave the airline
a check for part of the money
and took it back to headquarters
to check against money stolen in
other robberies. 1t was not stolen
The four men were registered
at. the Mayfiower Hotel. There was
only one thing for the G-men to
do-confront the men.
The mystery was solved.
The men were representatives
of another government agency
going to Guam on government
business.