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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-03-16
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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-03-16
LITTLE ADS

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line for each additional Minimum cost per
Evening star., 1950-06-02
Let the Leave Rider Die

The objections to the "leave rider on the
omnibus appropriations bill voiced by Budget
Director Lawton are soundly based. He told the
Senate Appropriations Committee that the
House-approved ban on accumulated leave
during the calendar year 1850 would result in
hardships on many employees and that, anyway,
the leave problem should be handled as separate
legislation, not as an appropriation rider.
The arbitrary ban on all leave accumulations
this year would be blow to employees whose
applications for leave have been denied or will
have to be denied because of pressure of work
in certain offices. The Census Bureau and some
defense activities are in this category 1t would
be unfair to employees of such agencies to prevent
them from taking regular leave now and de-
prive them of the privilege of using the
Cancelled time later on It is necessary in the
interest of administrative efficiency to place some
limit on the amount of leave that can be &C
cumulated of course. But Congress should not
forget that Federal employees are not entitled to
severance pay.
The Federal leave problem is too complicated
to be dealt with through legislative rider on an
appropriation bill. The subject warrants inten-
sive study by the Civil Service Committees of both
houses before final action is taken.
Evening star., 1950-06-02
Metropolitan Area Market

Washingtons stability as a retail sales
market is shown in figures just released by the
Census Bureau. While most other large cities
were suffering decreases in number of retail
establishments during the past decade, the
Nations Capital experienced an increase of
nearly per cent. Even more indicative of the
cityS healthy economy was the ITS per. cent
rise in sales between 1889 and 1948-a rise that
established the District of Columbia as billion
dollar Market
This is only part of the Metropolitan Area
business picture, however. Especially noteworthy
was the increase in business activity in the near
by Virginia and Maryland counties. In this
suburban fringe of Washington the number of
stores rose nearly 81 per cent and the volume
OF business skyrocketed 1858 per cent. This was
q natural result of the tremendous residential
development during the forties in Virginia's
Arlington and Fairfax Counties and Maryland's
Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties A
number of the larger local department stores
have taken advantage of this outward growth
of the city by opening branches in suburban
shopping centers. BY thus bringing the mer-
chandise closer to the suburbanites, the Wash
ington stores have added new customers who
Evening star., 1950-06-02
He Deserved Reoppointment

The District Commissioners have shown good
judgment in reappointing James E. schwab to
another four year term on the District Recrea-
ton Board. Mr.. Schwab well deserved reappoint-
ment. Although, as he remarked in accepting
another term, the job has many headaches"
he has conscientiously devoted much time and
effort to the burdens and responsibilities of the
Office. The board, faced with perplexing prob
lens, needs public-spirited, hard-working, re-
liable citizens of the Schwab type. 1t is to the
credit of the Commissioners that they have
recognized MIR. Schwabs qualifications for con-
tinued membership on board which has been,
and undoubtedly will continue to be- subjected
to outside pressures of varying kinds.
Evening star., 1950-06-02

otherwise might have stayed away because Of
downtown trafic congestion.
This decentralization movement in metro
politan areas is of Nation wide extent according
to the bureaus survey. The trend is particularly
accentuated in cities plagued with acute auto
mobile parking and traffic problems. All but
five of the thirty-two large cities studied by
census officials showed an average business loss
of 10 per cent in downtown sections from 1889
to 1948, with decided movement to suburban
fringe districts apparent generally. 1t Is not
likely that this loss will be arrested as long as
motorists find it almost impossible to find park
ing places near the shopping centers they wish
to visit AS the District Motor Vehicle Parking
Agency has pointed out, business has a direct
interest in the parking problem. Unfortunately,
too many business firms in the past have given
too little thought to providing of-street parking
facilities for their customers. That this has been
a shortsighted policy is evident from the loss of
customers indicated in the census survey.
Evening star., 1950-06-02

Robert Louis Stevenson once wrote to
Henry James:
I'VE have new room to introduce to
you.
Likewise, there is cat now.
"It promises to be monster of laZi-
ness and self sufficiency."
1t was the same Henry James who once
told a struggling young author:
TRY to be one of the people on whom
nothing is lost"
A young monster of laziness and self,
sufhciency was introduced recently to our
own household.
Its name is Possum. because 1t much
resembles one Of those interesting ami
mails.
In appearance it is more like Siamese
cat, with long, lean structure Of white
mapped with maltese gray spots.
These are arranged in saddle fashion
at the appropriate place. with one par
ticularly striking and almost round spot
just above the tail.
The tail itself Is q monster growth,
perhaps the longest cattail in the world.
It is gray. tapering. with the smallest
Of white tips.
Evening star., 1950-06-02
Letters to The Star

could not become effective unless adopted
by the people of the District in formal
and Official referendum.
Unfortunately, the article above-dis-
cussed is characteristic of The Stars at
titude toward home rule. Its stories
almost invariably give aid and comfort
to those who favor the continued dis
enfranchisement of the citizens of the
District. If this is pure coincidence, The
Star can surely do something about it..
IT it Is not, 1t would appear to be better
reporting and more honest journalism to
be accurate, fair and complete in the
news stories. and to confine expressions
OF opposition to home rule to the editorial
page. ta% "Af1 gtf@.sf.;.
1911" r' .'@t Malcolm s. Langford.
Editors Note: The Star story to
which Mr.. Langford objects reported
that while the Federation of Citizens
ssociations-made up of delegates
from constituent associations
home rule, Is Of the member bodies
have recorded themselves as opposed,
II in favor and % have not voted on
the question this year. These facts,
which seemed neWsworthy to The Star,
have nothing to do with the editorial
position of the paper on the question
OF home rule. The Star has consistently
stated that the people Of the District
should have an opportunity to decide
whether they want home rule. and has
repeatedly called attention in news
stories to the referendum promised
in the home rule legislation.)
Evening star., 1950-06-02
This and That
By Charles E. TroceweH

This creatures peculiar trait is his
voice.
He does not meow, exactly.
He says, ma, na."
Remember the song about the little red
fox that said. ma, ma, you can't catch
me?"
Well, that is the way Possum, or Possie
for short says it.
There is nothing catlike about the
syllable.
It is almost human, and is blurted out
in doglike fashion.
Possum has canine sense Of guilt.
probably secured from many generations
Of dog-chased cats.
, Whenever he does anything that Of
fends his human friends. he turns
around. says ma, na." and then lies
down.
He awaits the blow that never comes.
Fortunate creature. he, to wait the
blow that never arrives.
Most Of us not only wait for it. but
almost always receive it-full In the face,
but sometimes the other way around.
Usually we have no defense, especially
against the modern forms Of smear. not
even quiet and meaningfM Ma. ma"
Evening star., 1950-06-02

reasonable that each individual Govern
ment will continue to look after the
overseas interests of its citizens and their
national policies. Each nation will con-
tinue to provide, within its means. the
forces to look after its own particular
needs. 1t won't be government repre-
senting its citizens for very long. if it does
not.
Whatever may have been agreed in
London. this proposal is certain to make
every Belgian. Dutchman and French
man think twice. Once again their homes,
their villages and their countryside are to
be battlefields. We apparently propose
that they are to be practically the only
ones whose blood will mingle with the
mud Of ground battle in a common cause.
1t will certainly look to them as if we in
tended to let them do the dying, while
we run our factories at home and do a
little flying.
Now. actually, what is all this fuss
about? France, Belgium and Holland
have never had big navies. Within their
means. they have had what they needed.
The proposal seems unlikely to change
the naval setup of the Allies, since Brit
ain, like ourselves. certainly will not de-
prive herself Of the naval means required
Evening star., 1950-06-02
Reason to Be Proud

have been reading in The Star about
all that people do for the youngsters who
win spelling bees nowadays I remember
about so years ago won great spelling
bee. and all got was my picture in the
paper.
1t was like this: I was II years old
and never went to school before. We
lived in the country and it was too far for
me to 60 to school. Then finally we
moved to place that was near a school
and went. There were children there
old enough to be my parents.
School opened in September and we
had q spelling bee in December-after
just three months Of school-and I
spelled the whole school down. I am
proud of it.
Mrs. Sue Borrell.
Evening star., 1950-06-02
To the Editor of The Stor:

CECRETARY Of State Acheson has now
~ made official the proposal. growing
out of the recent London talks. that the
Atlantic Allies each organize their mill
tary forces on q national specialization
basis. Each is to limit its forces to Ger
tain specialized types, fitting into COM
posite which can only be completely ef-
fective when all are assembled in an
international coalition OF forces. 1t
seems to be specified that the United
States primarily is to furnish strategic
air forces and heavy naval forces: Brit
ain furnishes principally tactical air
forces and light naval forces for anti
submarine work: Holland, Belgium and
France are to furnish principally ground
forces.
This is very plausible at first glance.
But are such proposals realistic? Are
they likely to boomerang against US?
Any woman knows that the only way to
really find out about hat in a window
display is to try it on In front Of mir
ror. Let us try the balanced collective
force" proposal in few possible situa-
tionS.
AS the proposal implies, France would
have practically no sea-going feet. Sup
pose the French government desires to
make landing attack against the Com
muniSt insurgents on the 1ndo-China
coast. This landing requires the sup
port Of several cruisers, battleshipS and
aircraft carriers. Do we fight this little
war for France? Does any one think
France would permit us to, and thus be
in the position Of controlling French
policy in Indo-China? Will any nation
deprive itself of the capability Of DIVERSE
fed military action in situations of less
than global war, or where the Atlantic
pact cannot be invoked to protect her
interests?
The proposal implies that Britain is
not to have heavy naval task forces of
the type she, as well as we, had in the
last war. That is, Britain presumably is
to depend upon our fleet to control the
sea approaches to her north and east.
Does any one imagine that Britain will
actually expose her jugular vein in such
fashion? Is 1t to be supposed she will
depend on q nation which has policy
makers who express doubts as to the need
for any heavy naval task forces at all?
Or that Britain will forget that our own
security needs in the North Atlantic,
Caribbean and Pacific, might require all
the Navy we have on mobilization, with
none to spare for the defense Of Eng
lands heart?
The same type Of problem can be ex-
amined in turn for Britain, Holland, and
Belgium, all with interests overseas
which are important, even vital. to the
welfare OF their citizens. It seems quite
Evening star., 1950-06-02
The Ash Wednesday Communion

wonder If 1t has touched the hearts
ana minds OF those who have taken sides
on the Ash Wednesday open communion
issue how horrible thing 1t Is for the
precious body and blood of Christ to be
the center Of Ill feelings and increased
disunity? The breaking of laws and dis
cipline never works for the good.
AS a high" Episcopalian. would like
to reason with you. The Episcopal church
teaches that those who receive at the
holy communion truly and actually par
take Of the body and blood of Christ,
completely God and man. Most Prot
eStantS do not believe this To protect
the sacrament and the souls of men, the
church stipulates that only those prop
erly instructed and confirmed can re-
ceive 1t.
High churchmen do not dislike their
brothers, regardless of their beliefs. II
they do. it is soon checked and punished
in the confessional. We are taught that
1t Is our bounden duty to love all men,
and especially our Bishop as the tenn
poral shepherd of our souls.
But in this communion instance there
seems to be general opinion that by
clergymen forgetting their ordination
and conservation vows and being gen.
eral good fellows" sweet smelling and
beautiful union is going to result. Does
anything good ever come out Of broken
trust and neglect Of duty?
Paul Thompson.
AS a lay member Of the Executive
Council Of the Diocese Of Washington,
cannot sit idly by while such criticism
as has been recently publicized is directed
at one Of our most able diocesans, the
Right Rev. Angus Dun. Bishop of WASH
ington.
The action of Bishop Dun In inviting
members Of other communions to par
take Of the holy sacrament at Wash
ington Cathedral on last Ash Wednes-
day was quite in character with such
a man and such Christian leader as
he is.
II a charitable disposition toward all
Christians sincere desire to overcome
theological differences and a great heart
and uncomfortable spirit constitute
treason. let those who throw stones make
the most Of it.
Albert L. Cox.
Evening star., 1950-06-02
In All Its Nokedness

Although he has gone through the customary
party-line process of abjecty criticizng and
reviling himself for having committed the sin
of bourgeois nationalist deviationism" Vladimir
Clements, Czechoslovakas recently ousted
Foreign Minister, is not yet out of the woods.
On the contrary, according to Villain Siroky,
who has succeeded him in Office, he "will be
further dealt with by Prague's Communist high
command
Mr.. Clements pending punishment has not
been announced, but the chances seem to be
that he will be handled with severity perhaps
even to the extent of being tried for treason"
along with the latest batch of Czechs indicted
on that charge! For he has admitted, among
other things, that back in 1889 he took a sus-
picious view of the Kremlin for joining Nazi
Germany in the pact that made mincemeat of
Poland and precipitated the Second World War.
Apparently, too, in more recent years. he has
occasionally shown symptoms of "TitoiSm" In
short he has been guilty of what is probably
the highest crime that any Communist-espe-
cially satellite off1cial-can commit.
This crime-"bourgeois nationalist deviation
iSm"-is the crime of supposing that the Kremlin
can ever be wrong on any subject or that there
can be such thing as a Red country a
Red party member independent of Moscow.
MIR. Siroky, in Indignantly berating his predeces-
Sor Tor doubling the wisdom and goodness OF the
Ribbentrop- -Molotov deal of 1882 has summed
up the matter with these words: "It means
that Comrade Clements lost his faith in Stain.
But Communist must have unconditional faith
in the Soviet Union and in the Great Stain
in every situation and under all circumstances"
Here we have as good a commentary as one
could find on the real nature, loyalty and allie
glance of undertaking Communists in every land,
including the United States Here also, in all
its nakednesS, is succinct definition as has yet
been offered of what the Kremlin means when
it refers to the independence" of its satellites
and describes them as new democracies" or
peoples republics"
Evening star., 1950-06-02
The PIonet Venus

Upon the evenino star. ten decades
hence,
or tn untdttomed epochS yet to be.
A spdce-erplorer may inpade the sea
OF cloud that rolls mysterious and dense.
And then uhat terror or ntagntfcence
May stdrtle his gaze! A younger planet.
free
From scars Of tDor and steeled rapdctty.
or spdmps tDlere horn-tdtled lizards
loom immense?
Here Is a ioarmer Dorld. phose far and
Perhaps are Garnered on 0entler road:
Whose people never drudge In blood and
pain
For rags and bacon and briet abode.
Oh. that the tUnnderer here may drop
his load,
And ind the peace our centuries seek In
STANTON A. CoBLENTz.
Evening star., 1950-06-02
Money at Lost-But No Plan

District slum- m-clearance authorities will fnd
1t hard to believe that they finally have some
money with which to tackle the job which Con-
gress gave them in 1946 That was the year
that the Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act
was passed-minus any appropriation For four
years the Redevelopment Land Agency has
struggled along without even the few dollars
needed to buy stationery or other office supplies.
Now all has changed. In fact the situation
has changed so completely that today the agency
finds itself with $2.2 million and no immediate
project on which to spend it. The money has
been allocated from Federal housing funds by
the Housing and Home Finance Agency, under
specific authority written into the Federal Hous-
ing Act. The grant is contingent on the adoption
within reasonable time of an approved plan
for redeveloping a slum section. The District
Commissioners, the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission and the Redevelopment
Land Agency once had what looked like good
plan, but 1t has gone out the window. This was
the program to rebuild Marshall Heights in the
eastern corner of the District. The residents of
that unplanned area objected so strenuously to
the proposal that Congress ordered it abandoned.
Now the planners must start all over again.
Their sad experience with Marshall Heights has
caused misgivngs about undertaking similar
projects elsewhere. They have learned the i'm
portance of obtaining the full cooperation of
the community slated for improvement. That
this is not an easy task has been proved by
what happened at Marshall Heights. For this
reason they are not apt to rush into another
project without careful consideration of all
angles-including that of public relations. Once
a feasible plan is adopted, however, Washingtons
long g-delayed slum-cearance program should be
able to start moving.
Evening star., 1950-06-02
Another View of COLLECTIVE Forces

BY her dependence On use Of the seas In
peace and war.
In the airplane business. there does
not seem any practical change In pros
pect. The European nations do not 50
In for intercontinental bombers. They
are on the continent already. They are
emphasizing the more modern and
shorter-ranged jet-bombers. The Allies
can be In the A-bomhing business, too.
with no change in their equipment. For
the United States to put heavy emphasis
on intercontinental bombers will be no
change. as the hearings on unification
and strategy by Mr.. Wilson's committee
indicate. and as emphasized by reports
Of shortcomings in tactical aviation from
Exercise Swarmer q month ago.
France, Holland, and Belgium have
always emphasized and do now emphasize
their ground armies. Britain has always
emphasized quality rather than quantity
in ground forces. The United States
has never emphasized ground combat
forces. With 8 million In the Army In
World War II. We furnished only 80
Army divisions for combat
Thus, 1t seems reasonable that as q
practical matter the provision of forces
Will be in pattern acceptable to each
nation and. despite the publicity bar
rage, will involve no change in interna-
tional practices. What We are now get.
ting is good deal Of window dressing
American window dressing, that is
specifically, Defense Department window
dressing. Window dressing for what?
Perhaps the answer can be described
as part to be fitted to the pattern OF
past events. It seems to be we'll estab-
liShed that We have certain shortcomings
in tactical and support aviation for the
Air Force. Since the Air Force has an
nounced that it intends to spend most
Of its recent $3.50 million increase for
strategic bombing types, other money
must be forthcoming.
Where Is this money to come frome
There have been repeated announce
ments that the defense budget is to re-
main the same. The publicity has said
that the Army will remain at the same
strength and presumably the same in
funds. Some one will have to give. 1t
seems reasonable to expect repetition of
past publicity that the Navy has ample
ships laid up in mothballs: that anti
submarine defense does not call for mod
ern planes and carriers: that the Army
will love to take over the Marines am
phibious and ready-force role: that ira
dition and luxuries must give way to the
needs Of allied defense. And a new note
will be added that we must keep faith
with our allied agreements.
1t is safe prediction that the Navy
and Marine Corps had better prepare
for another storm, and that the American
public is IN for another deluge of propa-
ganda.
JAY P. SHAW.
Evening star., 1950-06-02

farming community Of 10000 people of
1885. but is new rapidly expanding
urban center, a part Of the Washington
Metropolitan Area, with all the problems,
needs and demands of a rapidly grow
ing city.
Our thanks to you and your staff for
the substantial support you have given
our schools.
Silas M. Ransopher,
President. Mount Vernon High School
Parent Teachers Association.
Evening star., 1950-06-02
For Fuirfux Children

Please accept our congratulations on
your editorial. "For the Sake Of Fairfax
Children" This clear. concise statement
Of the Fairfax County school building
situation was solid contribution toward
winning the bond election. The article
by Mr.. John v. Horner was also care
fully prepared.
Fairfax County is no longer the old
Evening star., 1950-06-02
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. Where are the largest unexplored
areas IN the world at present?-H. z.
A. Roy Chapman Andrews recently
mentioned that New Guinea still has
large unexplored areas despite the ac-
tlvities OF Allied troops In World War II.
One OF the largest unknown regions In
in Brazil bordered by Paraguay. Bolivia.
Peru. Colombia. Venezuela and the
Guianas. There are also the mountain
regions OF southern Chile and large areas
in Central Asia. The central portion of
Australia has never been explored by
man.
@. When and where did the Sullivan
Kilrain fight take place2-M. C. B.
A. The John L. Sullivan-Jake Kilrain
hight took place July 8, 1889. at Rich
burg. Miss. Sullivan's prize was 10000.
This was the last bare knuckle cham.
pionship fight. and lasted hours, 10
minutes and % seconds.
@. How old was Florence Nightingale
when she began to nurse soldiers In
the Crimean War? Where was she
trained?-G. p.
old when she sailed for the Crimea in
1854 to care for the sick and wounded
Of the British army. Although the
daughter Of wealthy parents, she was
interested only In nursing and had
taken her first training at the Institute
of Protestant Deaconesses at Kaisers-
werth, Germany. She also studied in
Paris and London.
Evening star., 1950-06-02
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can get the answer "a
any question OF fact by either writing The
NV. washington 5, D. C.. and inclosing 3 cents
rsturn postage or BY telephoninK ST. 5000,