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Evening star., 1950-05-25
Abortion Is q Rocket

want to congratulate The Star heart
lily and earnestly for its fortnight arti-
Gle. Abortion Is a Flourishing Racket
Here" by Crosby S. Noyes
This fearsome subject should be given
just such calm. factual publicity.
We are very fortunate city, which
has two excellent clinics for planned
parenthood. If only the wives who are
not quite ready for another mouth to
feed" would use the services of these
reputable clinics, they would not find
) themselves in the dreadful position of
wanting abortions.
Instead of frantic women who are
gambling with their lives, we will have
calm, happy women who. in due time,
will welcome their babies.
Y Elizabeth ID. Simons.
After reading your story on abortion,
! want to give your paper praise. You
are doing good work. Keep it up.
A Mother.
Evening star., 1950-05-25

with Hitler If the fruits of his triumphs with
cred under the counter-operations of Erwin
Rommel and the eventual liberation of North
Africa was left to Montgomery to accomplish.
the fault was not Archie's His British and
Australian rats" were transferred to Greece
under political pressure in London. Wavell him
self was shifted to India. Later he commanded
in the southwest Pacific for while under con-
ditions which forbade success It was in India
again that he finished the war
Looking back upon him from the vantage
point of the present moment, wavell does not
seem to have been altogether tops" as great
professional military leader. But a decade ago
ne was an exceedingly important figure indeed,
and it is in direct relation to his time that he
deserves to be remembered. The Allies needed
MIN in 1910 and he did not fail them.
Evening star., 1950-05-25
Earl WoveH

When Field Marshal Earl Wavell began his
operations in North Africa in 1910 the hand of
Hitler held the map of the older half of the
world in an iron grip, There were experienced
observers who believed that it was futile to
attempt to break his grasp. The old campaigner
whose soldiers called him "Archie" was chosen
to direct an experimental drive against the
italians. He started from Egypt and fought his
way across the desert against very able
antagonist, Rudolfo Grazian At the end of two
months he had retrieved 500 miles of rock and
sand and gathered in 100000 prisoners More
significant than these physical achievements.
however, was the demonstration that the Axis
could be defeated.
Such was the utility of Wavell He won the
first land victories for the Allies in the struggle
Evening star., 1950-05-25
Letters to The Star

obtalnable from the Communist-con-
trolled Asiatic mainland.
Formosa has never been Chinese, from
either an clinical or a geographical
standpoint. While the Chinese claim to
have first discovered Formosa early in
the seventh century, they did not per-
manently settle on the island until the
18th and 18th centuries. Then along
came Portuguese, Dutch. Spanish and
japanese explorers-all likewise seeking
to gain foothold. The Dutch prevailed
over large portion of the island from
1924 to 1861, finally being ousted by
Koxinga-son of Chinese pirate father
and japanese mother. The island for
mally came under control of the Chi
nese Government in 1888. retaining this
status until its official cession to Japan
in 1895.
Here is the historic point which def
nitely diSproves the current Nationalists'
claim that Formosa is part and parcel
of China proper-alSo any pretenSe on
the part of the Communists that they
have legal suzerainty by virtue of ruling
the Chinese mainland: The Sino-Japa-
nese War of 1894-95 grew out of conflict
ing claims of these two empires relative
to Korea. AS indemnity, the victorious
japanese obtained from China the pen
insula of Liao-tung, valuable both for
strategic reasons and because it provides
excellent mainland port facilities. But
what happened?
Russia, which had long coveted this
peninsula and its ice-free ports, imme-
diately gained the backing of France and
Germany, and the three defenders of
Chinas integrity" forbade cession of any
Chinese mainland territory. CTwo years
later Germany seized the neighboring
Chinese mainland district of Kiaochou-
and today the Communist Bear is in
process of gobbling up all of Old Cathay.
both mainland and island posSessions)
The upshot of this power maneuver
was that Japan bowed before the coal
ition" and accepted Chinas offer to le-
gally cede the then undeveloped and
hostile island of Formosa. over which
still roamed many savage head-hunting
natives. The point is that Japan did
not want Forrnosa at the time, but was
forced to be content with this meager
fruit of victory because of intimidation
by these other nations.
Certainly no more need be said to
point out the only reasonable course for
our Government to follow in this hour
of grave decision. None of the political
factions among the Chinese today has
any just or legal claim to Formosa.
Eventual subjugation of the island by
Communist forces-hence the Politburo
would be travesty of both justice and
democracy in action Most important
of all at this time, elimination of For
mosa as an international bone of con-
tention would restore some semblance of
order in the most disrupted part Of the
Far East, and help extinguish spark
which threatens to set off another world
confiagration.
Edward r.. Egger
Evening star., 1950-05-25

sling comes back to us again when w
,ead his
EVENING PRAYER
The day is gone
and give Thee thanks, o Lord.
Evening Is at hand,
make it bright unto us.
AS day has its evening
so also has life;
the even of life is age.
age has overtaken me,
make it bright unto us.
Cast me not away in the time of age;
forsake me not when my strength
faileth me.
Even to my old age be Thou He,
and even to gray hairs carry me:
do Thou make, do Thou bear me,
do Thou carry and deliver me.
Abide with me. Lord,
for it is toward evening.
and the day is far spent
of this fretful life.
Let Thy strength be made perfect
in my weakness.
Day is fed and gone,
life. too. is going,
this .lifelesS life.
Night cometh.
and cometh death.
the deathless death.
Evening star., 1950-05-25
By Cecil HoIIond

DACK in his football days at the Uni
- versity of Tennessee. Estes Kefauver
was known as "Old 1ronsides." Legend
has 1t that he was never knocked out of
play.
Some of that stamina, plus a lot Of
patience and tact. will be required by
the 46-year-old Tennessee legislator in
directing the Senate's far-reaching in
vestigation of interstate crime, gambling
and racketeering.
Few legislative investigations have Of
fered as many opportunities for con-
structive work-and few as many pos
sble pitfalls.
The pitfalls became evident even be-
fore the committee was appointed. The
Republicans raised a hue and cry be-
cause the committee set-up as finally
approved, excluded two of their ace in
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ferguson of Mich
igan and Donnell of Missouri. They
made no secret of their desire to have
these two sitting in on an investigation
OF crime and gambling, and their political
tie-ups.
So the Republicans will have an eye
on the course of the inquiry, ready at
any time to loose verbal blast at Sena-
tor Kefauver and the committees Demo-
cratic majority.
soft-spoken lawyer who towers six
feet three inches. Mr.. Kefauver doesn't
seem disturbed by that prospect. He has
said emphatically the investigation will
be thorough and complete" Asked if
the committee will go into President Tru-
mans home State of Missouri. for a look
at Kansas City and other hot spots, he
has terse reply: Certainly, why not?"
There's no mystery so far as Senator
Kefauver is concerned as to why he
sponsored the resolution which led to
this inquiry. AS lawyer. he says, he has
been disturbed by the affront to law and
order in organized crime and gambling
syndicates.
Five years ago, as member of the
House Judiciary Committee participat.
Evening star., 1950-05-25
Monterey Cypress

Ldshed more By years than By the Dinds
They lean from stormbloUn headlands ia
the furious air;
Less shaped By gales than combed bt
time,
These stonposts OF the centuries abop.
the cGnnonade Of iDdUes:
Strict sculpture OF the iDood as bleachee
as bone,
As Spare. dstrtngent as the feast OF roo
on rock:
Cured like the tDdue in tOoyn stctYlel
aTdbesQues. eroded.
Siluered NTH the bloom OF unyemenbere1
days,
Etched to last possible gesture OF cleai
On this last possible spilooue Of stons
They mark but tides OF stars. but hnd
eloqHence Of air.
FREDERICK EBRIGHT.
Evening star., 1950-05-25
By Charles E. TroceweN

Near as is the end of day.
so. too, the end of life;
We, then, also remembering 1t.
beseech of Thee
for the close of our life,
that Thou wouldest direct it in peace.
Christian, acceptable,
sinless, shameless,
and. If it please Thee. painless,
Lord. o God.
gathering us together
under the feet Of Thine Elect.
when Thou wilt, and as Thou wilt,
only without shame and sins.
Remember we the days Of darkness.
for they shall be many,
lest we be cast into outer darkness.
Remember we to outstrip the night
doing some good thing.
Into Thy hands. o Lord. I commend
myself,
my spirit, soul and body;
Thou didst make, and didSt redeem them
Guard my lying down and my rising UP,
from henceforth and for ever.
Let me remember Thee on my bed.
and search out my spirit:
let me wake up and be present with Thee
let me lay me down In peace,
and take my rest,
for 1t Is Thou, Lord. only
that maketh me dwell In safety.
Evening star., 1950-05-25
Get the Facts on Freedom Fair

= The Federation of Businessmen's Associations
under whose auspices the meeting was held last
night to discuss revival Of Freedom Fair, has
made an appropriate request in asking for
hearing by the full Sesquicentennial Commission.
For the hearing might serve to clarity the
situation which led the commissions Executive
Committee to recommend dropping the Freedom
Fair.
1t might be worthwhile, moreover, for the
federation to hire lawyer. Jerome B. Mckee,
Its president, told the meeting last night that
"there is no time to seek further legislation"
The Attorney General, one of those who gave
most helpful assistance in establishing the COM
mission, has found that the commission lacks
the statutory authority to set up a non-profit
corporation which would have handled the
affairs of Freedom Fair. But if amendment of
the law is out of the question, the Federation of
Businessmen's Associations should seek the advice
of qualified legal authorities on how to spend
Government funds on Freedom Fair without the
risk of sending somebody to Jail. The Sesqu-
centennial Commission will want to be assured
on that point.
The Star does not believe that the lack of
civic spirit or interest or enthusiasm, or what
ever one may choose to call it, has anything to
do with the proposal to abandon Freedom Fair.
Government funds evidently are not available
under the law. If the businessmen still think
there is way open to do what they wish to do
and are ready to supply the necessary capital,
everybody will want to hear about the plan and
the identity of the individuals who are going
to invest their own money in making Freedom
Fair a success
Enthusiasm alone, as the businessmen ought
TO know better than anybody else, is not
enough.
Evening star., 1950-05-25
A Good Appropriation Bill

The unprecedented speed-38 mnutes-with
which the House approved record appropriation
bill of more than SIP million for Washington on
Monday may have been due to two things
One was that only local dollars were involved
The Federal payment to the expenses of the
Capital was contained in another bill-passed
the week before. The House membership does
not become unduly concerned over how money
raised from local taxation is to be spent
The other was that Chairman Bates of
Kentucky. heading the subcommittee which
wrote the District bill, had done a good lob
beforehand. He was able to bring to the House
Dill that had the unanimous support of his
subcommittee. He made fine presentation of
its content to the House and left little room for
disagreement.
The Star agrees with Mr.. Bates that the bill
is good one. 1t shows the results of the sales
tax, which is mainly responsible for producing
the money that will enable the city to make up
for some of the lost time in public improvements
In totals, the bill provides some $14 million for
capital improvements with an additional 81
million in contract authorizations 80 per cent
increase over funds carried for new construction
in last years bill
Mr.. Bates told the House that this years bill
means the beginning of program of capital
Improvement, which will require several years
TO complete and has been planned accordingly.
The Home for the Aged and Infrm will be mod
ernized. Nearly $5 million is going into immediate
school construction, with a large increase of
teachers for the colored divisions. Some funds
for improved water supply are contained in the
BILL but the real program in this connection must
be financed by borrowing Legislation for which
Is now under consideration. More money for
public health, with additions to Gallinger, is
provided In all, the bill seems to be we'll
rounded apportionment of available funds.
1t can be improved, however, by the recon-
sideration in the Senate, of several items One
is the Anacostia River bridge. Mr.. Bates COM
mittee had no alternative but to withhold money
to start construction of a new bridge over the
Anacostia River until its location was approved.
Now that the East Capitol site has won agree
ment and this unfortunate controversy has been
settled, it is to be hoped that the Senate will
provide the money-which is available-to get
started on this needed new crossing. The growth
OF the eastern areas of the city and the tremen-
dous residential development in Prince Georges
County make this new bridge vital necessity
and 1t should be begun now.
There are other provisions of the bill that
can be improved in the Senate some of which
will be discussed here later. There is every rea-
son to believe that Mr.. Bates and his colleagues
will go along with any changes or additions that
are shown to be in the best interests of the city,
Evening star., 1950-05-25

ing in an investigation of Federal Judge
Albert w. johnson in Pennsylvania. Sem
ator Kefauver says he ran across some
things" which should be looked into.
Last November, in his first year in the
Senate, the Tennessean drafted a series
OF laws designed to curb the operations
Of gamblers and racketeers in interstate
commerce.
He talked with friends about them and
finally concluded there should be more
information as basis for such legisla-
ton. 1T was difficult to see what laws
were needed until we knew the prob
lem and its scope" he explains.
Senator Kefauver's present assign
ment is one of unusual Importance for
a first termer. But he has behind him
a wealth of experience in legal work
and his 10 years in the House. Back
Evening star., 1950-05-25
The Root Requirement

At best, in his statement on his London
ParlS-Moscow talks, Secretary General Trygve
Lie has held out only a strictly qualified hope
for constructive negotiations within the United
Nations to reduce the tensions of the cold war
and ultimately bring 1t to an end" His words do
not justify optimism. They Speak-quite accu-
rately-of the gravity of the present situation
and of his thoroughly laudable resolve to keep
on trying to make it better than it is, but they
do not offer anything more concrete or promis-
ing than that
The most Mr. Lie has been able to say of
bis talks is that he is not "dissatisfied" with
them and that he has come away from them
with the belief that there is possibility" that
the U. NJ. given patient effort over a period of
time, may succeed in narrowing the dangerous
gulf now existing between the Soviet Union and
the free world. But beyond that-beyond refer
ring to the possible, not the probable-he has
been unable to 60, which is a fact that should
sober anybody inclined to be wishful about the
outlook or to suppose that everything could be
settled nicely if only all parties concerned would
get together again and become friends around
q conference table.
Actually, the truth is that even if the United
States, in move that seems highly unlikely at
the moment promptly Joined Britain and France
in recognizing China so as to end Russia's
paralyzing boycott of the U. NJ, new Big Four
conferences within that organization would
almost certainly wind up as futilely as have all
such conferences in the past. Although the doors
to sincere negotiation should be kept wide open
more talk-ust talk-will not change the situa
tion or reduce the tensions of the cold war
Nothing will do that except basic change in
Soviet policy. That is the root requirement that
must be met if Mr.. Lies possibility" is to be
realized in a way that will Danish the worlds
fears
To meet the requirement the Kremlin has
only to embrace the essentials of peace" adopted
last December by fifty-three of the fifty mine
members of the United Nations. Chief among
those essentials are that all countries live up to
their international agreements; that they refrain
from aggression or subversion against other
countries; that they establish freedom of speech
religion and kindred human rights; and that
they join in genuine system of atomic control
AS long as the Soviet Union continues to do the
exact opposite of these things, mere negotiation
--unaccompanied by constantly growing
strength and unity in the West-will get nowhere
in ending the cold war. We ought not to kid
ourselves about that
Evening star., 1950-05-25
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that British officers spurned any COM
mand in it.
1T was 100 per cent American in enlist
ment and officers. and 200 per cent Amer
ican in its alliance with the scalping
Indians. 1t was guilty of the atrocities
at New Haven. "Americanism" was very
much mouthed by American tories. 5000
of them having been captured by WASH
ington at the surrender at Yorktown.
These facts are from Trevelyan's His
tory of the American Revolution" 1t is
time the American Legion stopped EMU
lating much of Arnold's original outfit.
G. l.. Rees.
Evening star., 1950-05-25
Democracy in the Orient

The gift of democracy which we seek
to bestow upon the peoples of Asia would
not be the blessing we think. Create two
political parties like ours in any Orien-
tai country, with the leaders of eacn
striving to get elected by telling the peo-
pie the others are knaves and asses. and
the arms we send them would not be
kept for use against the Soviet Union.
They would be used in civil war.
What happened in China is an exam
pie. While we fought the Japanese, the
Chinese factions fought each other. We
can stand our political performances; we
are accustomed to them. No people In
Asia could. There are some things even
we cannot do, and one is make others
over in our own image.
Orientalist.
Evening star., 1950-05-25
The G. M. Contract: A New Pattern

The most important single feature of the
new contract agreed upon by the United Auto
mobile Workers and the General Motors Cor
poration is that it is not to be reopened for any
reason until it expires in May of 1855. Such a
long-term labor-management commitment is
unprecedented for the industry. In effect,
assuming that both parties live up to (which
is reasonable assumption-it paves the way
for five years of uninterrupted production in one
OF the country's biggest enterprises.
Rejecting as it does the corporations con-
f1dence in the future, the contract-which has
sent General Motors stocks to their highest
market level since 1929 and which has stimulated
gains in steel and other heavy industrial issues
can hardly fail to react favorably on the
Nations overall economic situation. For there
is ample reason to believe, as GIN President c. E.
Wilson has declared, that removing the fear
or possibility of strike for five years is
tremendously constructive achievement for our
employees and their families, our business, our
dealers, our suppliers and the general public"-a
development, in short, that promises to exercise
good stabilizing influence not only on one giant
company but on the economy of the country as
a whole.
The contract, covering almost 25O0O0
workers. includes the following major provisions:
I'd union shop in limited form; (2) wage
increase of cents an hour in each of the five
years; CD continuation of the formula for pay
adJuStmentS-up or down-in keeping with the
Governments cost-of-living index; a. hospital
and medical insurance, with the corporation
taking on half of the charge; and (5) pension
plan under which GIN will not reduce its con-
tributon even if Federal social security benefits
are increaSed-an arrangement that establishes
a minimum of S100 month and a possible
maximum of $117.5O.
In several respects, including not merely
duration but also such things as wage terms and
retirement plans, this agreement-which may
cost GIN about 81 billion over the tive-year period
differs substantially from the ones the UAW
has in force with other units of the auto indus
try. The two-year Ford contract, for example, is
subject to one reopening for pay negotiations
before it expires in 1852, and its pension feature
provides for cut in the company contribution
If Federal benefits are increased. Similarly, be-
sides having much the same pension provision the
three-year Chrysler settlement-worked out in
bitterness after 100-day strke-can be reopened
twice before expiration.
Thus, viewed from almost any angle, the
General Motors contract appears to have set
new pattern for labor management relations
particularly in the mass production field. 1t is
pattern that smaller businesses probably will
regard as much too costly Everything considered
however, it has all the earmarks of an enlight-
ened formula for industrial peace and stability.
The miSgivingS felt about it in some quarters
seem likely to prove as groundless as those ex-
pressed years ago when Henry Ford shocked
lot of people with his minimum wage Of IS for
an 8-hour day.
Evening star., 1950-05-25
Well, He's Doinq 1t

How is it that Government officials
can dictate to the American people?
For example how could the Postmaster
General make the statement that re-
gardless of what any one said he would
cut the mail service.
And thought the cut in the service
wouldn't be made until July /. Our serv-
ice was cut starting May Is.
r. L. G.
Hyattsville, Md
Editors note: The curtailed serv-
ice must be in effect everywhere by
July /, but meanwhile it has been left
to the discretion of individual post
masters when they will start cutting
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