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Evening star., 1950-08-27
"A Beniehted Areo'
By Bruce Borton

My neighbors could do very handily
with bit of the money that the Presi-
dent proposes to spread around the
world under his bold new point four.
We New Workers live in "benighted
area" A third of our public schools are
more than so years old, and about as
many more have inadequate plumbing
and are not fire safe. Our streets are
so jammed with traffic that, according
to Leslie Williams, an expert, the con-
gestion and delays cost us not less than
$1,750, 900 day, $445 million year-not
counting the annual $50 million cost
of accidents. Our hospitals are over
crowded, understaffed and, in many in
stances, far less comfortable and efficient
than they could be if they only had
the money. Our city has slums so
shameful that we scarcely dare to men
ton them. Our water supply was so
low last winter that on certain days we
were forbidden to shave or take a bath.
Nor in the matter of water is New
York the only "benighted area" A GER
tain large industry recently surveyed
the Nation to select site for a new
plant. Thirty-od spots were reported
on favorably in respect to location, trans
portation and labor. More than half
of them were rejected because the water
table in the area had dropped so alarm
ingly. Another industry in Central Illi-
nois has spent several hundred thousand
dollars to build a pipeline to the Illinois
River. The water table is falling
throughout the whole State
In the West we have two great rivers
emptying uselessly into the sea. Just
billion dollars or two would build the
reservoirs and pipelines to irrigate count
less desert areas, and provide homes
in the sunshine for millions
The United States cannot abandon all
the obligations entered into on behalf
of the rest of the world. But what could
please Stain more than to have us
undertake so much abroad that we neg
lect our domestic problems and allow
our home institutions and industries to
decay? 'E+>
tcopyrisAx 1850. King Features syndicats, 1n..)
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Prefers 'GentIemonIy War

" Traditionally. an editorial is an opin-
ion based upon full knowledge of the
facts. Unfortunately. this formula was
disregarded in the editorial entitled
This Is No Gentlemanly War" appear
ing on Wednesday, August %.
The old-school concept that military
training must be punctuated with bias
phemy. roughneck handling of person.
mel and the like has gone out of the
picture entirely. I speak as a veteran of
World War II with action In Africa,
Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, France and Ger
many, which feel certain you will agree
were campaigns in which Marquis of
Queensperry rules generally were disre-
garded 7 write also as former public
relations officer of the Universal Mill
tary Training Experimental Unit at
Fort Knox. Ky.
Agreed. myself was skeptical of the
end-prcduct soldier when was first as
signed to that organization. However
it was not long before I realized that
American men can be efficiently trained.
hardened to battle pitch. taught occu-
pationai skills and the like under pro-
gram keynoted by consideration for the
individual, high moral standards and
gentlemanly treatment. Hundreds of
seasoned Regular Army officers who at
tended orientation courses at UNIT dur
ing the experimental period. agreed that
the system of training was excellent and
was the pattern to be followed in the
future.
The contention of Army Field Forces
and the two commanding generals of
the Experimental Unit, Mai. Gems.
John M Devine and Josef r. Sheetz,
was that American men. given full op-
portunity to demonstrate their individ-
ual abilities. would respond favorably as
alert American citizens and excellent
soldier material. The experiment proved
to congressional, religious and military
representatives that this can be best
achieved by treating personnel as men,
not like inferior pieces of humanity.
Contrary to your statement. men trained
under the reformed program are not
soft. A reconsideration on your part will
discover that polite sergeants, tactful
assignment of duties, banning OF strong
language from the drill field, ETC.. are
favorable elements in training. whether
we're fighting Fascists, Nazis, Commu-
nists or what-have-you.
Further, your editorial wrongly infers
Evening star., 1950-08-27

a beautiful marine spectacle. Great
volumes of smoke poured out Of her
tunnels and her bow created a con-
tinuous wave, which at times quite sub
merged her stem" At different points
she showed a speed of 17.42 knots and
1884 knots This time is better than
that made by her sister ship, the Ken
lucky, over the same two legs on her
trial trip last November" The latest
battleship bearing the name Alabama
dates from 1912.
Mr.. De Wollant, Charge dAffaires Of
the Russian Embassy, called at the
State Department on
Russion Attitude August 30, 1900. and
Toword China authorized the follow
ing statement: Mot
withstanding the fact that the foreign
dispatches assert that Russia entertains
selfish ideas of national aggrandize-
ment at the expense of China, it may
be authoritatively stated that Russia is
opposed to the partition or dismember-
ment of the Chinese empire. Russia
seeks peace in China. She has been
very careful that her course should be
shaped to achieve this desire. China
will not be partitioned by Russia indi-
vidually or because of counsels emanat-
ing from her statesmen. The American
people can be assured that this is the
exact attitude of Russia" Looking back
upon these words from the vantage
point of half century later, it seems
that what Russia mainly wanted when
they first were written was to be sure
that no other nation partitioned China.
curiously enough. the Unit States
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Not United Nations Troops?

This writer. World War Veteran de-
sires to voice a complaint against the
use, or misuse of the label "U. N.
troops" in press dispatches from the
Korean front.
First, these American troops now
waging war against world Communism
in the Far East never took any kind
Of oath to uphold the serpentine
antics of the United Nations which was
the brainchild of political outlaws. .
without the sanction and/or approval of
the American people.
Second, American fighting men did
take an oath to uphold the American
Constitution and all that it represents;
and for these subservant press agencies
to keep on referring to Americans dying
on the battlefields in Korea as U. N.
troops is an insult to their fathers
and mothers over here. if not in actual
fact part of the criminal conspiracy
to subvert this Republic of free men for
international enslavement under world
government, the very thing that the Com
munists are striving for on all fronts.
Look, Mr.. Editor-The American
people are wide awake to this situation.
They are discussing it everywhere, in
private and in public. Suppose some
draftee refused to go to war under the
banner and label of the United Nations.
what then? In what court of justice
would he be tried? Let us stop kidding
the people.
Bill Kruger.
Evening star., 1950-08-27

has actually ratified the Treaty:
and q Person will be duly author
lied to apprise you of this Event.
It is significant that in the British
view only upon ratification by the Amer
ican Government was the treaty bind
ing or were hostilities to cease. Though
the treaty was signed in Europe Decem-
ber "a, 1914, the news of the event did
not reach America until February 13,
1915. Three days later it was ratified by
the Senate.
On December 27, 1914 Bathurst sent
a dispatch to Pakenham informing him
of the signing of the treaty. Contrary
to advising him to now cease hostilitieS
he wrote:
II beg to call your attention to
the articles which provide that Hos
tilities shall cease when the Ratifi-
cations of the Treaty shall be ex-
changed at Washington"
It is further significant to note that
on January 8. 1915, one day after the
Battle of New Orleans. Bathurst dis
patched Maj.-Gen. Johnstone with re-
Inducements to Pakenham, instructing
him to proceed directly to Bermuda; ;
from whence you will notify your arrival
by the speediest opportunity to Major
General Sir Edward Pakenham -. You
.. will hold your Troops in readiness
to execute His orders and to proceed
to whatever Place He shall direct y
1t is thus evident that the significant
date in reference to the Battle of New
Orleans is February Is. 1915. the day
the treaty was ratified, rather than
December "a, 1914 Hostilities did not
officially cease until 80 days after the
Battle of New Orleans
1t has been argued that even had the
Evening star., 1950-08-27
New Or|eons-A Useless Battle or Not?
To the Editor of The Stor:


T READ with much interest the edi-
l. torial article in The Evening Star of
July 26 entitled New Orleans Battle
Site" OF particular interest was your
quotation from Joseph T. Darby, writing
in the 1949 edition of Americana. in
which he takes issue with the viewpoint
held by most American historians that
the Battle of New Orleans was a useless
battle fought after the signing of the
Treaty of Ghent, December "a. 1914. I
wholeheartedly support the view of Mr.
Darby.
The majority opinion has held that the
British policy in reference to the New
Orleans expedition underwent a definite
change during the negotiation of the
Treaty of Ghent, so that by November
18, 1914, all idea of conquest in America
was abandaned. They attribute this
change to the financial drain of the war,
the recent military rebuffs in America,
the loss of shipping interests, the pos
Sibility of war on the continent and the
advice of wellington.
Despite this it would seem difficult to
explain how the British government
could have dispatched Pakenham on
October %, sending him letter of final
instructions dated November 4, and then
before he could land his forces decide
IA days later to abandon all that the
expedition had hoped to accomplish,
especially since the capture of New
Orleans had been a cardinal principle
in the British foreign policy since 1853.
The truth of the British intentions is
to be found IN the secret instructions of
Bathurst Secretary Of War tn Paken-
ham, dated War Department oath Octr.
1914 public Record Office. London.
War Office 6. Vol. %:
IN. Genl The Honbl.
,"Sir E. Pakenham Sir,
Secret 1t has occurred to me
that one case may arise affecting
your Situation upon the Coasts of
America for which the Instructions
addressed to the late Major Gen
eral Ross has not provided.
You may possibly hear whilst
engaged in active operations that
the Preliminaries of Peace between
His Majesty and the United States
have been. signed in Europe and
that they have been sent to Amer
lea in order to receive the Rati-
fcation of the President.
LAS the Treaty would not be
binding until it shall have re-
ceived such Ratification in which
we may be disappointed by the
refusal of the Government of the
United States, it Is advisable that
HostilitieS should not be suspend
ed until you shall have official
Information that the President
Evening star., 1950-08-27

British won New Orleans they would
have had to return it according to the
terms of the treaty, which provided:
"All territory places and possess
sions whatsoever, taken by either
party from the other, during the
war, or which may be taken after
the signing of this treaty excepting
only the islands hereinafter men
toned. shall be restored without
delay"
Yet had the British won they might
we'll have found means diplomatic or
otherwise to have kept it or else de-
manded a cession of territory of COM
parable value. The minutes of Mr.. Gal
latin at the conference at Ghent record
the British commissioners as saying:
1--WE do not admit Bonaparte's construc-
ton of the law of nations: we cannot
accept it in relation to any subject
matter before us" Thus with Britain
denying Americas legal claim to Loui-
siana she might well not have felt obli-
gated to return it had she won it by
conquest.
She might have retained it on the
basis of this escape clause in the treaty:
mo disposition made by this
treaty, as to such possession of the
islands and territories claimed by
both parties. shall. in any manner
whatever, be construed to affect the
right of either
It is indeed gratifying to realize that
the recent acquisition of lands at Chal-
mette National Historical Park will per-
NIT more adequate Interpretation of
this significant event in the history of
our country.
Francis F. Wilshin.
Fredericksburg, Va.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Fifty Years Ago in The Star
Howard Sherwood.

was more or less of the same mind-for
quite different reasons, naturally.
The Star of August 30 1900, said edi-
torially: Many people who were not
aware of the fact that
Bresc1s capital punishment has
Punishment been abolished in Italy
were surprised to read
last evening that Bresci, the slayer of
King Humbert, upon being found guilty
was sentenced to imprisonment for life.
In the minds of most people, however,
the fate to which this red-handed
anarchist has been doomed is infinitely
worse than death. For an indefinite
length of time he will be confined in
secret cell, where he will have scarcely
room to turn around His bed Is but
narrow sloping plank. For food he will
be restricted to bread and water He
is condemned to absolute silence. II he
breaks the rule, he is subject to severe
punishment. After serving his term in
the secret CELL he will be removed to
another, somewhat larger but equally
devoid of comfort. Here he will remain
for 10 long years in solitary confinement.
He will not be allowed to read, write,
smoke or work. He will be given a
modicum of bread and water once day.
He must endure the siege of absolute
silence and absolute idleness. So far as
we know no provision is made for his
treatment after that period of 10 years
of isolation. He is expected to die or
go mad long before it elapses. Death
would come as Swelcome relief"
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Letters to The Star

that Gen. Mark Clark. a gentleman
among gentlemen, condones the primi-
tive roughneck treatment you advocate.
by his order for q. :. course of drill
work as ruggedly realistic as possible"
I'd venture to say that Army COM
manders will interpret such an order to
represent rigid physical and military
training. devoid of character debase-
ment. return to the obsolete manner
of handling American manpower as you1
editorial champions, would be as ridicu-
lous as fighting the present and future
conflicts with muskets of pre-Civil War
design.
M. Robert DalPAcqua.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Suicide on Page !

How did it happen that suicide story
was given prominent place on the
front page of Wednesdays Star? This
hardly seemed consistent with The Stars
standard for classifying news. say this
with no lack of respect to the persons
involved in the story.
Howard Sherwood.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
A pseudonyn, is permissible only
When letter carries correct name
and address of aUriter. Please be brief.

ter next year" and that with little
more pitching. ETC." Then he and his
colleagues will proceed to distribute to
themselves a nice fat dividend. Mean
while, be will continue to give his fans
the usual shabby, second-rate treatment.
by being the only major league club with
out convenient downtown ticket Office.
-.- r. G. Staunton.
Evening star., 1950-08-27

Messall and would lay the committee open to
charges of whitewashing one of Mr.. Truman's
former associates. The whole subject of Mr..
Messall's dealings Gf any with Mr.. Lubben
should be thoroughly explored, along with the
more sordid collateral testimony by the latter
regarding alleged attempts to bribe oPA and
Treasury agents.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Downtown Ticket Office for Mats

I predict that the Mats will finish in
fifth place, thanks to Bucky Harris. Then
Clark Griffith will issue his annual state
ment that the club is bound to be bet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-17

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gers or pets. Or place this handsome, mahogany-fn-
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1900 cubic feet of air per minute
Mafhes Cooler, variable speed, 100 CFM-3995
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-17

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20
$074,6O5 in Permits includes
$4,000 for 40 DWELLINGS
9, 6s09-11 Laurel street NV.

block dwelling, esos-11 Laurel street NV.
to cost $4,000.
Joseph Hopkinson. owner and builder,
1859 Allan road NV; A. w. Smith, archi-
and cinder-block dwelling, 31OO Chestnut
street NV. to cost $4,000.
Joseph Hopkinson, owner and builder,
$3.50 Allan road NV: A. w. Smith. archi-
and cinder-block dwelling, 31O4 Chestnut
street NV. to cost $4,000.
place es0rs Ew o0G Eli, gqs 72s ss.4
Sons. architect. 1918 K street NV: 70
erect one 2-story brick and einder block
dwelling, 1910 Jay street NE, to cost
$4,000.
rd E1sin JseGSss9 IT. oEs1 builder and
brick and cinder-block dwelling, 2716
Newcomb street NV, to cost $4,000.
Edwin Jacobsen. jr,. owner. builder and
architect. Bethesda; to erect one 2-story
ane stre.3 ta eas sI9
600.
Frank r. Phillips, owner and builder,
927 Fifteenth street NV; William II.
Shoemaker, architect. 1923 Vermont ave:
cinder- block dwelling. 1909 Fulton street
NV, to cost $4,000.
Woman's National Democratic Club,
owner and builder. 1925 New Hampshire
1885 Connecticut ave. NV; to make in
terror alterations to club, 1925 New Hamp-
shire avenue NV, to cost $4,000.
Raymond H. and Motier H. Fisher.
owner. $500 Woouley road NV; builder
not selected; r. c. Archer, IT., architect
215 Florida avenue NV; to erect one l.
story brick dwelling, 5627 Potomac avenue
NV, to cost $4,000.
Realty Investment Corp. owner, 1415
x street NV; Elmer Klavans, builder,
Arlington building; LYMAN Cunin, archi-
tect; to make interior alterations to brick
dwellings, 1928 through SO Thirtieth street
NV, to cost $4,000.
Daniel W. ODonoghue, owner, 6O6s
Sedgwick street NV, w: C. & a: n: MIL
Ter Development Co., builder, 1880 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV; Edward r. Spano,
architect; to erect one 2-story brick addi-
ton to dwelling, 5046 Sedgwick street
NV, to cost $4,000.
w. H Meyers, owner and builder, 55S2
Jay street NE; r. c. Archer. jr., archi-
tect, 215 Florida avenue NV: to erect
one 1-story brick dwelling. 4301 Ord street
NE. to cost $4,000.
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a.
building
cCormik.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20

Exports from Japan in 1949
were valued at $510,969,139 as
compared with $258,271.491 in
1948 while the value of imports
totaled 1901 ,677,130 in 1919 as
against $682,612,645 in 1913.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20

Building permits issued during
the last week by the Central Per-
NIT Office, Room 108, District
Building, had total valuation of
$974.6 Two permits for $440,-
900 authorized construction of 40
dwellings.
Among permits were the fol-
lowing:
Howard Homes. Inc. owner and builder,
1912 Fifth street NV; Leon Chatelain.
1r, architect, 1927 K street NV; to erect
inss sN zsis thro on hhu 81 EASTERN avenue
NV. to cost $1,000 each.
o HoweEs b snst nv EW ownsG 1n ane sSsf
erect ~ tWo-story brick and cinder- block
dwellings, $500 through 81 Eastern avenue
NV, TO cost Sl1,000 each.
wsT.z 1ns OCn ne5 l bn,ds Vermont 1 eve
1923 Vermont avenue NV; to erect Is
e 90. East oA'''0i '''e''' W '''' ''''
Hillside Development Corp, owner and
builder, 4242 Fourth street Sc; schreier,
ssSess NV! W. to srest il sR9.ssory brlsS
street an0 ll-oI rllty-elSntn SLTeeJ S.E,
to cost $4,000.
Samuel Decker. owner. 24sO Sixteenth
street NV; r. T. Woodfeld, builder, 1919
Fourteenth street NV: Elmer Capple-
mann, architect 2062 Fourteenth street
North, Arlington, Va. to erect one 2-story
brick and cinder-block dwelling, 2700
Chesapeake street NV; to cost $4,000.
Homesite Realty Corp, owner. 3211
selected Edmund W. Dreyfuss, architect,
1919 Fifteenth street NV; to erect three
2-story brick and cinder-block dwellings,
1925. $3.50 and 3134 Patterson street
NV; to cost 5000.
Homesite Realty Corp, owner, 3211
selected; Edmund w. DreyfuSs, architect,
1918 Fifteenth street NV; to erect two
2-Story brick and cinder-b dwellings,
5000 and 500 Thirty-irst place NV;
owner and builder. ESQ eV Massaehus cts
to erect one 5-story brick dwelling. 4s4s
"a; T. Carr. owner, 2Oe Minis Building;
William Candy, builder, 207 Mills Build
ing; A: r: Clas, architect, shoreham
and einder;block dwellings. 2215, 2217
and 2219 Observatory place NV; to cost
Morris s. Fox, owner. 6s19 Twelfth
street NV; builder not selected Marcus
Hallctt, architect, 6525 Piney Branch road
NV; to erect 2-story brick and cinder-
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-07-07
The Evolution Of Sex In America
BY Floyd sneIson

The headlines of the daily newspapers Sex Criminals
Rampage myths and about the biggest Joke in America
today.
have never mistaken reormer Evangelist Of
Public have been accused Of being
yet have with many many occasions in the
routine of a newspaper
Personally / don't believe in such a SexCrIme
There Sex than there in gambling
ocs other deed of ndescreon credited to the Of
vice pasteed society The substance Of this
ave neither uphold condemn any part Of that subject
mainly reveal of the facts that have during
varied experiences.
Sex like gambling has class elan of people. 1t
personal matter where addets crop IN all branches of
cey and usually is o-Nature taking its
The Prissy Laws passed by the powers will change
govern the human OF and women There have and
always will be people Of both sexes all and naonaes
promscious the habits of and peeron Ofime
these irregularities the result Of eracy environment and
poverty.
had restricted the 'Tenderloin Red Light
district aside those weak minds and loose virtues 1t
considered legitimate business and the habtuees remained
their sphere apart from what supposed be respectable
people There oeses rape sodomy delinquency
deadly evil prevalent today few the notice
Of the public matter of fact taken for granted that
taking its
Light districts were the solution of problems that
today confront the authorities Legaed is recognized only
states the horse racing dog racing cock fights
other evils that supposed TO add TO the corruption Of
men and in decent society.
AS previously stated during proceeding generations
every American city had known the Tender
lon' or RED Light" district.
Chicago perhaps the famous and notorious red light
in country 22nd of the Souhside where thousands
beautiful imported and transported from all parts
the world Of all natonaes and coo Racket into
proportions that the socaed underworld
far dictate the city government and took hand
election Of the politicians they fit 1t the beginning