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Evening star., 1950-06-03
The Other Two Per Cent

The mistake that has been made from
the beginning in this loyalty" matter is
the assumption that Government en-
ployee has the right to say, II stand
upon my constitutional rights and If you
can't prove it on me, you can't 9ire me-"
Justice Holmes disposed of that sort Of
thing when in sustaining the dismissal
Of policeman he said, "He has con-
stitutional right to be a Communist, but
he has no constitutional right to be q
policeman"
The President could dispose of the
whole matter by announcing that no one
has vested right in a Government job;
that the burden from day to day and
every day is upon the employe to estab-
lish his loyalty to the Government which
feeds him, and that whenever any man
stands upon technicalities to hide facts
bearing upon his loyalty the doubt will
Evening star., 1950-06-03
District Street Signs
Observer.

It has been four years since I moved
westward from Washington, but by keep
ing up my subscription to the Sunday
Star I've managed to keep in compare
lively close touch with affairs in the
nations capital. Would that I were not
separated from the actuality by some
3,000-odd miles!
In the May IA issue of The Star. let
ter appeared which caused me to fer
vently hope that none of my Western
acquaintance have seen it.
To every cab driver, bus driver. speak
ing and nodding acquaintance OF mine In
Pasadena and Los Angeles have I
Dragged Of Washington's system Of nam
ing streets and identifying them by
standardly placed street signs which are
easily readable at night by the light OF
the street lights. Then along comes this
letter from Frederick Griffiths, sorely
criticizing the Districts system Of iden-
tifying streets
II he can find room for criticism at
Washington's street signs he should see
those out here. The driver and the pc
destrian never know where to look for
the name of a Street-some signs are
placed on curbstones, some on trees or
telegraph poles, some on city poles A
stranger is completely bewildered upon
approaching an intersection. and pre-
sents denite traffic hazard by having
to look in multitude Of directions for
some sign of where he Is and If this Is
the cross street he has been looking for.
If there is a sign erected there, nine
times out of ten it is illegible II painted
on the curb or non-existent II raised
above curb-level. At night the problem
is Of major proportions-street signs Gf
on poles) are some 3 or feet below
widely-spaced street lights (often over
hanging the center Of the streets in resi-
Dental districts), and since they are
painted on opaque metal Stats it is i'm
possible for the driver Cor pedestrian
to find the street for which he Is search
ing.
Believe me, Mr. Grifiths, you don't
know when you are well off.
Marguerite e. More.
= Los Angeles, Calf
Evening star., 1950-06-03
A 81 Million Housing Headache

Lifting of the "freeze" order against new
construction In Marshall Heights restores this
much-inSpected and much discussed community
to its regular status It's regular status is that of
subdivision which grew up without planning
and which, as a result, has earned the dubious
distinction of being Washington's No. blighted
residential area. Abandonment of the contro-
versial redevelopmenb plan leaves Marshall
Heights burdened with sanitation water, housing,
street and grading problems that are not likely
to be solved for many years to come. For the job
will be so costly to residents and the District
alike and the engineering difficulties so perplex-
ing that any approach short of wholesale recon-
Struction of the community will be inadequate.
But the citizens of Marshall Heights have
made 1t clear that they do not want sweeping
redevelopment of their muddy Streets" or their
substandard houses-most of them devoid of
plumbing and many of them below minimum
structural requirements. Nevertheless they want
the District to build the sewer and water lines
and pave the streets so that their homes may be
improved They do not seem to realize that they
are asking more than the District can afford to
do for them at one time. Nor do they seem aware
of the size of the bill that would have to be levied
against each property owner.
In order to get better idea Of what costs
and what technical problems are involved in
making some sort of start on gradual redevel
opment, the Commissioners have ordered another
survey of Marshall Heights. A new survey Is not
apt to disclose any improvement since previous
surveys were made, however. Those studies
showed that 90 per cent of the approximately
500 dwellings are below minimum District
standards for health and safety. About 86 per
cent need complete rehabilitation or total re-
construction. There are no water or sewer
connections to 393 of the houses District au-
thorities have found 200 insanitary and $50 actu-
ally unsafe to live in.
To grant the requests of the residents for
water sewers, streets and sidewalks would involve
assessments against the home owners totaling
an estimated 81 million. Because of necessary
grading, the residents would have to raise
$4,000 just for retaining walls There is not that
much money in Marshall Heights, nor is there
likely to be in the foreseeable future. On top of
that private investment would come more than
50 million In costs to the District water sewer,
highway and other divisions. So Marshall
Heights has become "a million lesson in how not
to build residential community-a lesson that
will be the source of headaches for District
ofhcials for more years than they like to
contemplate.
Evening star., 1950-06-03
Jopon's Reds Get Tough

Some time ago the Kremlin- directed Com
inform assailed Japan's Communists for being
too moderate and docie in their behavior. But
now, having thus received their orders to get
tough for the greater honor and glory of the
Soviet Union, they are showing the Moscow
home Office that they can be counted upon to
stir up as much trouble and violence as possible.
That they have entered upon new phase
of militant strong arm action is clear from their
unprovoked Memorial Day outbreak in which
they kicked, pummeled and stoned an American
Army captain and four enlisted men-the first
such attack on any of our forces since the
occupation began. They have followed this up,
moreover, with today'S brazen effort to stage
a general strike as protest against the speedy
trial and punishment of the eight among them
arrested for having taken part in that attack.
Whether the strike is successful or not, all
signs indicate that these incidents foreShadow
a period Of systematic Communist trouble-mak-
ing in Japan. AS a result police departments
throughout the country have been alerted, and
officers at General MacArthurs headquarters
in Tokyo have intimated that our occupation
forces are taking a serious view Of the matter
and are resolved to deal very firmly with 1t
before it can get out of hand or grow to dan
gerous proportions.
The situation serves to underScore General
MacArthur's recent suggestion that 1t might be
q good idea to outlaw the Japanese Communists
as agents of IAN international predatory force"
These agents. as he has said, cannot achieve
power by constitutional means, but they can
create conditions of lawlessness and unrest by
resorting to subversion, intimidation and vio-
lence. On instructions from the Cominform,
they apparently are now embarking upon such
q course, and they must therefore be countered
with all the vigor necessary.
Although the practical value of outlawing
Japan's Reds is open to some debate, there can
be no doubt that the countrys legally consti-
tuted authorities, together with General Mac
Arthur's headquarters, have reason to take
special precautions against them. Now is the
time-right at the start of ito put damper
on their new militancy
Evening star., 1950-06-03

be resolved against him and that he will
be dismissed.
Nothing short of housekeeping from
top to bottom will be sufficient to do any
real good. Mr.. Editor, you may remem-
ber those immortal characters Abe Pot
ash and Morris Perlmutter. During the
first world war they were discussing a
statement made by some top official that
SO per cent Of the people were loyal.
Abe said: "a nation, Mawruss, that is
SO per cent loyal is like fish that is 98 per
cent fresh All you can smell is the other
per cent"
Evening star., 1950-06-03
Is Years of Montgomery Civic Progress

q Charter Board to draft charter pro-
posal for the county. Such board was
elected that November.
What happened after that made po-
litical history. The Charter Boards
document was defeated in 1914. An
other board was elected in l946 and its
proposed governmental plan was adopted
by the voters in 1s4S.
Despite its support Of the charter
form of government. the federation has
prided itself on the nonpartisan char
acter OF its setup. Members Of both ma
jor parties. as well as independents, are
among its delegates and. according to
Mr. Kile, a farmer president. "The ques-
ton Of politics Is carefully excluded
from all our deliberations" He points
out that E. Brooke Lee. county Demo-
cratic leader, was, at one time an ac-
tive worker in the federation.
A more recent issue confronting the
federation has been the question of
apartments.
After the war. as the swollen popula-
ton of washington spilled over into
adjacent areas. apartment DEVELOPMENTS
mushroomed in nearby Virginia and
Maryland. The federation took on the
job Of protecting the predominantly
single-family home character of sub
urban Montgomery County.
Only last year. the federation moved
drastically to halt apartment house con-
struction in the county by asking the
council to suspend issuance of apart
ment building permits and apartment
rezoning until the necessary road, school
and utility services had been provided.
The action was rescinded at q later
meeting, on the ground 1t was too
strong. But the federation has con-
tinued to oppose extensive apartment
projects, particularly in or near resi-
dental neighborhoods.
1t also has fought for more schools.
increased teacher salaries and better
roads, and has worked consistently for
full participation by Federal employees
in local elections on a nonpartisan basis.
Because Of the county's rapid growth,
these problems are still far from solved.
so that the federation looks forward to
at least another quarter-century of
hard work.
Evening star., 1950-06-03
Jeff Davis in West Virginia

was astounded to read in your Sun
day issue that West Virginia officially
celebrated the birthday of that notorious
rebel, Jefferson Davis. was born in
West Virginia and attended its schools,
and never was Davis birthday even men
toned.
West Virginia became State in 1868
and was never a member of the Confed-
eracy, because it had nothing in common
with Virginia and the rest of Dixie eco
nomically There is not school kid in
West Virginia who knows when JEFF
Davis was born.
william Kennedy.
Editors note: An unfortunate slip.
In The Stars list of Jefferson Davis
birthday celebrants, read Virginia for
West Virginia.)
Evening star., 1950-06-03
Rubbi FeIshin and Miss CopIon

1t was with no little chagrin that 7
picked up The Star to read about the
Endorsement which Rabbi Max Felshin
of New York gave to the conduct of Miss
Judith Coplon, who stands convicted of
spying against the United States. Despite
the fact that we have all had our fill of
various investigations and the efforts of
perhaps over-zealous persons to place the
Communist label on those who may not
be guilty of "Red" activities, are we asked
to condone the actions of girl, tried by
an unbiased judicial system and found
guilty by two juries, freely chosen, be-
cause of the very real evidence which
was presented to substantiate the facts?
Perhaps, like so many others, Rabbi
Felshin would. consider treachery a mis-
demeanor. Or does he consider Judith
Coplon an innocent, victimized, ignorant
girl? She is none of these things. On the
contrary, the trial here brought out that
she was well-educated, intelligent girl
who was shrewish to the point Of ex-
aSperating her attorney.
She appears to be readily given to ro-
nance. Was she not madly in love with
Evening star., 1950-06-03
Questions and Answers

Ihe stars readers can get the answer IA
Tny Ty question of fact by either writing The
EEvvsnlng star information Bureau, 1900 / street
N:W., ., Wasnington 3, d. c.. and inelosing cents
EsLurn postage, or by telephonnR ST. 5000,
Evening star., 1950-06-03
Support for Mr.. Tydinas

I notice that a couple of Mccarthy
fans have been weeping crocodile tears
in these columns because Senator Ty-
dings has refused to play stooge to Nc
Carthyism. want to say-and believe
I speak for a considerable number Of
people-that Senator Tydings has acted
as a statesman should.
Evening star., 1950-06-03
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

Q. Is there a tide on Lake Superiors-
T. T.
A. The Great Lakes are practically
uoeiess Some observers claim to have
found true tidal pulsations said to
amount to three inches at spring tide at
Chicago. Secondary undulations Of q
few minutes in period ranging from one
to four inches are well marked
Evening star., 1950-06-03

@. How many professional basketball
leagues are there2-E. j. ".
A. There are two professional basket
ball leagues In the United States: The
American Basketball League, 100 Wall
street. New York City; the National
Basketball League. Hotel Fowler. Lafay-
cite, Ind.
Evening star., 1950-06-03

Q. What occasioned the delay In pub
fishing Millions Paradise Lost"?-G. r.
A. Plague and fire caused the post
ponement Of publication until 1867. The
poem was completed by 1853.
Evening star., 1950-06-03

@. Do birthmarks occur more often on
the face than on the body?-R. T.
A. More than rs per cent Of the more,
common types of birthmarks occur on
the head.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-10
AcevedO Case
Continued
Until Tomorrow

Because of the illness OF Mrs.
Aquilino Lopez, Jr., who under
went an operation this morning,
Judge Lopez continued the babe
as corpus hearing in the case Of
George Acevedo, who is held on
a charge Of armed robbery, in
connection with the theft of SILL
600 from MONS Place on Stock
Island the morning of March z,
until tomorrow
The hearing was to have been
held last Thursday on the re-
quest of Hilary Albury, attorney
for Acevedo that the man was
held on virtually no evidence, He
has been held in County jail
since inability to furnish $4,000
bond
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-10
THINKING GREAT DEAL
ABOUT NATIONAL DEBT

Seven Republicans in Congress
are thinking a great deal about
the national debt these days. The
seven Representatives are plan
ming to introduce a bill to force
cut of about three billion dol
lars in the governments pro-
posed spending for next year.
They want to set a legal limit of
257- billion dollars on the nation
al debt, instead of the present
limit of 275-b billions. The debt is
now more than 255- billion dol
lars, and the proposed budget
forecasts a deficit of five-bil-
lions, which would bring the
debt to billion dollars. There
fore, the representatives pro-
posal would force a cut in spend
ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-10
Criminal Court
COnvenes Today.
Then AdjOurns

Criminal Court convened to-
day to hear jury trial cases, but
the court was adjourned until
tomorrow after Judge Thomas S.
Caro- set the date of the trials.
There was a venire of so jury
men on hand when court conven-
ed this morning The jurors in
clude two women the first time
women have ever been asked to
serve on Monroe jurieS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-10
TRUMAN TO DEFEND
ADHESION AND POLICIES

When President Truman makes
his westward trip next month, he
is expected to defend Secretary
of State .Acheson and State De-
partment policies. But Washing
ton Democrats expect Mr.. Tru-
man to lay most stress on dOmeS-
tic, economic and social problems
especially these four: The
Brannan Farm Plan; expansion
of Unemployment Insurance; the
Congressional refusal to accept
the administrations Middle-In~
come Housing Program and eX-
tension of rent controls.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-10
To: Louise Spears
SAG Avenue -

NOTICE OF SATsE-sThe Public
Housing Administration offers for
sale. on a competitive bid, basis.
the following property located In
Key West Florida: A rectangular
tract of land containing 1868 acres
of improved land fronting apHroNi-
mately coo feet on Duck Key Ave
nue. between Sixteenth Street and
Seventeenth Street and being ap-
proximately 120 feet in depth.
The property is located SO m {
21A miles from the downtown dis
trict of Key West. This tract OF
land is improved with one-story
commercial building of reinforced
concrete plaster construction with
concrete block curtain walls and
a gasoline service station Of frame
constrl. ction. All government- 0wlled
property in the commercial Uuild-
ing will be included In the sale with
the realty. Inspection of the PROB
erty is invited during regular hus-
mess hours and may lle arranged
by contract with Mr.. George VI.
White, Executive Director, H0us-
ing Authority OF Key West, Eaton
and White Streets, Key West, Teie-
phone No. Asa. This offering is for
all cash on a strictly competitive
bid basis, with no discounts, pref
gsb sse e pfslgrss a eseFes s sns
49,
right to reject any and all bids and
10 waive any fornaEties In bids
receiveds All bids must be submit
ted on forms provided for that pur-
pose and these forms. which may
he obtained from MIR NJ u. Safter-
field or Mr.. White at the addresses
given in this notice. describe the
property more in detail and state
the terms and conditions Of sale.
Sealed bids plainly marked Com
petitive bid Project FiaS 075" on
the outside envelope will be receive
ed in the office of Airs,M. p. Satter-
field. Director. Atlanta Field office.
PUBLIC Housing Administration.
Georgia Savings Bank Building.
Atlanta 3, Georgia, TO wh0n all
bids must be addressed until 200
pm. CI1ST) on the Sth day Of May
1850, at which time they VIII be
publicly opened and read. For any
further information write, wire. or
telephone Disposition officer. t,ibilc
Housing Administration, stlapfA
Field Office, Atlanta ,. ueDfEiA,
Telephone 4121. Extension 27g. NJ
g. Satterfield. Director. Atlanta
Field Office, Public sHoiising Ads
ministration. apr1O-24. 1900
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-10
PROPOSE TWO NEW
GOVERNMENT POSTS

Senators Claude Pepper and
James Murray propose that two
new government posts be created
to help small business. One
would be the job of small bust
ness coordinator-in the eXecu-
tive office of the President. The
Senators also want a small bust
ness division to be established in
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-10
WANT QUICK ACTION
ON FOREIGN AID BILL

There's pressure in the Senate
for quick action on a foreign aid
bill. The House already has pass
ed three billion dollar measure
to help foreign nations. And a
Senate Committee has cleared
an economic cooperation meas
ure. Senate discussion of this
bill appears likely to delay Sen
ate debate on a fair-employment
practices commission bill. The
FEPC measure is considered
certain to provoke filibuster.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-10
TRUMAN BACK IN
WASHINGTON TODAY

President Truman is due back
in Washington by plane today
from his vacation in Key West,
Florida Mr. Truman is tanned
and looks relaxed. And one an
nouncement which may come
from the President shortly is
the name of a new chairman for
the Atomic. Energy Commission
A top White House aide says
Mr.. Truman has someone in
mind for the job, and hopes to
persuade the individual to &C
cept the assignment,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-10

ing notifying them of the death
OF their daughter, Mrs, Roy w.
Edwards, who was killed in an
automobile accident on a high
way in Indiana.
\ 4 <
Overseas highway ferry tickets
may soon be put on sale in
several cities outside the county
instead of in only one as at pres
ent.
y 4 X
Enter another indictment
against the highway ferry sys-
tenn. A trip on one of the boats
recently made j. w. Cargile's
"Chapeau," Key Vests most
famous dog, deathly sick. He
had an attack, which if it wasn't
the genuine thing, gave all evil
denceS of being seasickness,
y X 4
N. c. Hall, of the FEC, who
has been out of the city for a
week because of the illness and
death, in Miami, of his son-in-
law Robert Martin. is not expect
ed to return before Monday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-10
Upper Midwest
Ice Storms Less
Severe Today
CBy The A~xoeIates Press,

The ice storm which flattened
communications and power lines
over a wide section of the Upper
Midwest yesterday had shrunk
to the northern Great Lakes re
gion today
Northeastern Iowa generally,
and the Mississippi River city Of
Clinton particularly, were hard
est hit by the freezing rain. II
disabled telephone service in at
least SIS towns of the area.
But rising temperatures in all
but the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wis
consin and Michigan today gave
many of the stricken communities
q chance to repair the damage.
Rain continued falling over
much of eastern Iowa, however.
Damage was estimated at more
than 100000 to the telephone
system of Iowa alone. The freez-
ing rain there ripped down hines
faster than emergency repairs
could be made and many families
shiVered in their homes because
of power failure.
Electrically powered furnace
stokers were disabled and some
families dependent upon cleo
tricity for cooking purposes had
to forego Easter meals.
The storm area extended gen
orally from northern Indiana
and Illinois westward through
most of Iowa and northward
through the Great Lakes region.
Heavy snow was reported fall
ing today at Rapid City, South
Dakota, with continued freezing
rain in northern Minnesota and
northern Wisconsin The storm
was moving eastward and was
expected to hit Upper Michigan
today
Elsewhere over the nation,
skies generally were clear and
temperatures near or above sea-
sonal levels.
Another dust storm was the
Easter weather fare over some
areas of western Kansas, the.
Texas Panhandle and eastern
New Mexico.
Residents at Rock Falls and
Sterling, H., were warned to
stay off the streets yesterday be-
cause of danger from power lines
that had been ripped down by
the heavy ice coating. The
towns of Princeton and Ohio were
reported cut off from outside
communication while Morris and
Mendoza reported their cities had
to use candles or kerosene lamps
for Easter church service lighting.
ton, a Roman Catholic priest. He
has succeeded A J McKelway, a
PRESBYTERIAN, who has been in
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-10
PLENTY OF COMPETITION
FOR FISHERY PRODUCTS

i From the Fish and WlIdIlfe
4Service-a warning of plenty of
competition for fishery products
on the markets during the next
three months. The service men
tons that many other foods prob
ably will be in plentiful supply
and selling at a relatively low
price. 1t mentions meat, for one
thing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-10
PREDICT FAST PASSAGE
OF HOUSING BILL

From Democratic Senator John
Sparkman comes a prediction OF
quick Sen ste passage of a com
promise housing bill. The meas
ure would provide nearly four
billion dollars in new insurance
and loan authority. But it lacks
the admlri7tration-backed middle
income housing program. Spark
nan has expressed belief the
Senate will act tomorrow on. the
compromise bill.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-10
CBy Tae Associated Psessl
MISSING LINK" IN
OWEN LATTIMORE CASE

Senator Joseph Mccarthy has
referred to a missing link in the
case of Owen baltimore, the Far
East expert described by Nc
Carthy as a Soviet agent. Nc
Carthy has asked Secretary of
State Acheson whether he agrees
that the only missing link in the
case is proof of ties with the
Communist party. Also in the
baltimore case-McCarthy is ex-
pected to tell Senate investigators
tomorrow whether some witness
es have agreed to testify in the
case on Thursday.