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Evening star., 1950-11-15
By NewboId Moves. Jr.

1T WAS long time coming, but the
l. truth finally is out DR.. Paul C.
Williams Of the Southwestern Medical
College is the hero of the day. He is
the one who has put the quash on all
this "stand-up- p-straight" stuff. He has
finally said in scientific words what every
sensible layman has always known;
namely, that if you assume what is
commonly considered the correct pos
ture'' you will get just one thing out Of
it-a backache.
DR.. Williams, according to the dis
patches, pointed out to the Oklahoma
City Clinical Society that it is hard
enough for a man to balance himself
on his two feet, let alone worry about
lot of nonsense of the "head-up," chest
out" variety. He says standing UP
straight gives people lordosis, pinches
their spinal nerves and cramps their
muscles.
He says people should let themselves
hang naturally when they are standing
UP. and that they can slump more COM
fortably when sitting If they put their
Evening star., 1950-11-15
TweedIedee and TweedIedum

Our annual election Punch and Judy
show, of voting for either Tweedledee or
Tweedledum. would seem to be. by and
large, like the "tale told by an idiot, full
OF sound and fury, signifying nothing" !"
I have been observing the American
political scene for some 40 years and am
still unable to distinguish Republican
from Democrat with the naked eye.
Perhaps in years to come we may
achieve some maturity in our political
activities, as older countries have done;
Switzerland for instance, Sweden, Den
mark and other happier lands than our
own, where the people have the oppor-
tunity, through initiative and referen-
dunn, of voting on ideas and issues, not
merely on personalities.
Mrs. Charles E. Russell.
Evening star., 1950-11-15

recent annexation proceedings, under which the
city has acquired rs square miles of territory
formerly in Fairfax County. With the annexation
uncertainty out of the way, the city is free to
proceed with plans for financing modern sew
age-disposal system. The voluntary step for
bond issue should end the threat of legal action
by the State Water Control Board, which is
putting pressure on cities and counties through
out the State to reduce pollution in Virginia's
waterways. The Interstate Commission on the
Potomac River Basin, the Izaac Walton League
and other groups are doing fine job of in
forming residents of the Washington area as to
the perils of germ-infected river. If these
organizations keep up their good educational
work, Aexandrians will be well enough informed
to insure victory for the bond proposal when the
referendum is held
Evening star., 1950-11-15
Letters to The Star

rhythm for playing, and follow the
cheers of the cheerleaders.
You see. there is a purpose in congre-
eating outside Miss Bradhams window
on campus. The football team congre-
gates there too, after emerging from
the team locker room. It is only log
tcal to rally round the team following
a victory-giving vent to our pride
then to parade them down to their DOR
mitory. Many people in the neighbor-
hood come out and enjoy the celebra-
ton; many. that is, who are not embit-
tered toward college life
There have been three rallies: Follow
ing the VMI. VPI. and West Virginia
victories. The VMI rally was very short
and sparsely attended. 1t was weak
attempt The VPI rally was somewhat
better attended, but was nonetheless
short. Both of these were confined to
the campus and lasted no more than
Is minutes following the game.
The West Virginia rally was the big
gest and most extensive. A small group
OF bandsmen. cheerleaders and students
paraded around the gymnasium once
while awaiting the team-playing good
college marches-then within 10 min
utes' time after the team had emerged.
we paraded them to their dormitory two
blocks away. The rally there lasted per-
haps another 20 minutes. Any one who
says these rallies lasted until am must
have been dreaming. I assure you. at
2 am, was dreaming. and had been
for some time.
There is no one who likes undisturbed
sleep better than do. and in that re-
spect. can sympathize with Miss Brad
ham or any one else. But really. don't
you think it rather unreasonable to
throw thorns at group of enthusiastic
students for interrupting few minutes
of solitude on just three nights out Of
the year, and begrudge them their three
deserved victory rallies?
William c. Warner.
Evening star., 1950-11-15
Tibet and the u. N.

1t is doubtful that the United Nations will
do much, If anything, in response to Tibets ap-
peal against Chinese Communist aggression This
Is so because the remote Himalayan theocracy-a
Buddhist government ruling over some 5000, 900
people on "the roof of the word"-does not be-
long to the U. NJ. and it apparently can find no
member of that organization willing to sponsor its
complaint before either the Security Council or
the General Assembly.
This unwillingnesS must be puzzlng to the
Tibetans. AS they have stated in their message
to Secretary General Trygve Lie, they have been
given to understand that the United Nations has
decided to stop aggression whenever it takes
place., and since Peiping's invasion of their coun-
try seems to them to be plainly an act of aggres-
slon they must feel that the u N cannot logically
or as matter of principle, ignore their plea Yet
that Is what Is mostly likely to happen
Thus, the two members of the United Nations
whose own interests are most directly involved in
the lssue-the Indians and the anti-Communist
Chinese Nationalists-have indicated that they
have no intention of sponsoring Tibets complaint
against Red China. India has protested bitterly
to the latter against the invasion, and the Ma
tionalist government of Chang Kai-shek is of
course mortally opposed to Peiping but both have
nevertheless SHE'D away from championing the
Tfbetan appeal.
The reason for this can be found in a British
promoted treaty which Tibet signed in 1914 to
govern its relations with the Indians and Chinese
Under the treaty. formal recognition was ac-
corded to China's suzerainty or political control
over the T1betans despite their own right to in
ternal self-rule. Although Tibets government
claims that the Chinese never signed this pact,
India and Nationalist China-not to mention
Peiping-regard it as still operable.
In other words, even though they deplore
Peiping's use of armed force against Tibet and
even though they hold that Tibet should be en-
titled to large measure of autonomy within it's
own borders the Indians and Chinese-along
with other members-consider the Himalayan
theocracy to be part of China. Hence their un-
Willingness to sponsor the Tibetan appeal; they
view the Communist invasion as kind of do
mestlc aggression that is legally not within The
province of the U. MS responsibilities.
Moreover, wholly apart from questions of in
ternational law the hard reality is that the u N,
has its hands full in Korea that it cannot possibly
send anti-aggression forces to 'the roof of the
world" and that the Communist invasion is
pretty much fait accompli anyhow Given such
circumstances, the Tbetans can only hope that
history will repeat itself and that this latest
Chinese incursion, like the Chinese incursion
early this century, will ultimately get nowhere.
Evening star., 1950-11-15
Boy and Persimmons

Halt iDay across the ridge he stopped,
and there
Shifted ripe persimmons bloaping do,Un
the air
And s1Uung him up and over By bough
Who had been scufing autumn leuUes
till noU,
Toes curled in lasiness. The scent doUn
10ind
Had dritted to him as the daylight
thinned
But sollen it is perSin,mons lean boys
kno1U
That any hour is Just the hour to 90
And SliR-barE up a tall and skinny tree
To the tiptop ,Dhere fruit is sure to be
For he has riDGl in the ringed rGccoon
And possums hunting By a lantern
moon
And 1T a woods bog ,Dants his pockets
filled
He must be quick as they are and rs
skilled,
And then besides, boys being Dhdt they
are,
1t might be fun to 90 home By star.
ANOBEL ARMOUR.
Evening star., 1950-11-15
Posture Is Nothing But an Achinq Back

something in school called Posture
Class" 1t was compulsory. If I could
just get my hands today on the virile
monster who made us spend those hours
forcing our notwithstanding young bod
les into precisely the wrong attitudes!
Nor was this ALL When we had finally
achieved the coveted ramrod stance, he
made us breathe deeply.
Sometime in year or two when DR..
Williams discoveries have had chance
to sink in, want to drop back to that
school and see the new posture classes
they will be conducting. I can hear it
now: Relax. Willie relax! Drop that
chest! Head forward" And how about
the Army? We can look forward con-
f1dently to the day when crack regiments
on parade will ooze smartly down the
Avenue past the presidential reviewing
stand.
My own feeling. however. is that DR..
Williams has touched on something here
which goes lot deeper than the simple
question of posture. Those posture
classes I suffered through were, as I
recall it, mainly made up of exercises.
I thought then, and I still think, that
exercise rather than posture probably is
the root of the evil.
There are people who claim that they
do not feel well unless they exercise.
They are always going on what they
term "bracing walks" They play squash
and golf. They spend the best hours of
their lives perspiring and painting in
pursuit of physical culture, so-called.
None of them feels bit better than the
average non-eXerciser does.
Non-exercisers, Of course, rarely are
famed for the impressiveness of their
physiques. Few of them are serious con-
tenders in the annual race for the title
of the Worlds Most Perfectly Developed
Man. But then, SO are few of the exer-
cisers.
AS a matter of fact, good case can
be made for the proposition that inveter-
ate exercisers, as time goes by. get to look
even more like non-exercisers than the
Evening star., 1950-11-15
CIV Drummer Boy
Craig Graham.

Up to now, I have sat back passively
and accepted the complaints against
GWU's recent disturbance of the peace"
as merely the work of cranks. But when
police ordinances are quoted that do not
apply, and when President Marvin is
blamed for doing what any decent uni
versity president would do-namely,
sticking by his students-then I think
the injustice has been carried far
enough, and as one of the "culprits,"
I am forced to intervene in his behalf.
In the first place, what most, people
do not realize is that Miss Wanda
Bradham, and most every one else within
earshot of the GWU campus, resides in
her home by the grace of GWU. and if
she or any one else does not hold COM
mon interests with her collegiate land
lord. then there is nothing to prevent her
from leaving. Those common interests
include, among other things, interest in
college activities. Unfortunately, since
the time of Miss Bradhams original
complaint, the CIV football team has
not come up with another win, or the
inevitable racket" that follows victory
would most certainly have ratified Miss
Bradhanl's eardrums again.
7 am sorry some people haven't the
privilege of understanding what foot
ball victory can mean to a college stu
dent. Now we here at GWU cannot
brag of victory parades like Purdue's
following the Notre Dame upset. "
Texas following defeat of Southern
Methodist, but we do have some spirit.
and it will be heard The bass drum I
beat may sound like lot of unnecessary
racket, but it's really intended to set
the cadence for marching, set the
Evening star., 1950-11-15
Business to Remain Unfinished

The Presidents letter to Chairman Doughton
OF the House Ways and Means Committee, recon-
mending an excess profits tax retroactive to July
!, seems to dispose of conjecture over whether
the President would call an extra session of
Congress in advance of the lame duck session that
convenes November 27. For it means that he is
leaving to the lame duck session whatever bust
ness he wants done.
The Presidents letter, however, does not dis
pose of the question whether the lame duck ses-
sion will attempt to enact an excess profits tax
In the relatively short time it has to live.
Asked about what he expected the lame duck
session to do Senator Taft responded in one
word-"Adjourn!" Not committing himself on
the excess profits tax Senator Taft did not think
that so important piece of legislation stood
much chance of passage before the new Congress
convenes. Aside from its controversial character,
the tax is complicated legislation sure to demand
more floor consideration than it will be possible
to obtain in the remainder of 1885,
The Ways and Means Committee is beginning
its hearings on the measure today because of an
unusual directive which Congress wrote into the
emergency tax bill passed just before adjourn
ment in September That directive called on the
Ways and Means Committee and the Senate FL
nance Committee to report an excess profits tax
after November Is and as "early as practicable
during the 81St Congress" provided the 81st Con-
gress was in session. If the 81st Congress ad-
journed then the bill was to be reported as early
as practicable in the succeeding Congress.
If Senator Taft is correct in his estimate of
what the lame duck session will do, it is possible
that nothing will be undertaken beyond the usual
post-mortem discussion of the past election.
Measures such as the Statehood bills for Alaska
and Hawaii, extension of rent control and a few
other items of unfinished business all invite
opposition. 1t requires time to dispose of such
opposition. Both time and enthusiasm will be
lacking in the lame duck session and its limping
members may wonder, before they are through,
why they had to come back to Washington at all.
Evening star., 1950-11-15

paniment OF feminine squealS of admira-
ton.
1t is lovely. while it lasts. But
then what? Comes the reckoning day.
This man has more muscles than any two
people need-more muscles, to put it
precisely, than he knows what to do with.
There are only two courses open to him.
Either he can work himself into an early
demise trying to keep those muscles in
shape, or he can let them go.
And if he lets them go, oh brother!
Have you ever seen half-melted snow
man?
The truth, in my opinion, is that 90
per cent of us always have been suspi-
cious of posture, exercise and junk like
that, but until DR.. Williams came along,
feeling of vague guilt attached to our
attitude. It seemed little subversive.
From now on, however, we can march
bravely Con the heels, says DR.. Williams
never on the toes) under the banner
Of science.
The Charles Atlas boys have fair warn
ing. The devotees of the sedentary life
henceforth are taking the offensive.
Evening star., 1950-11-15
Nobel Prize Winner

William Faulkner is the fourth American to
win the coveted Nobel Prize for literature. He is
sometimes called "the critics novelist" because
his books never have had the popular sale be-
slowed on many other novelists, including SIN
clair Lewis and Pearl Buck to name two of the
previous Nobel laureates. The fourth winner was
Eugene ONeil whose plays have received both
public and critical acclaim
AS Mr.. Faulkner once said in one of his rare
interviews, few of his fellow townsmen in Oxford
Miss, are familiar with his work This does not
OF course, include the faculty and probably great
many students of the University of Mississippi
which Is situated theres He attended the univer-
slty, his course interrupted when he served as
a fiier in World War T. He was born So wears ago
in New Albany, Miss. His father was a liverv
stable proprietor who happened also to be treas
urer OF the university. The author has lived in
oxford since his student days. in big antebellum
mousse He is quiet man, who does his work and
makes no fuss about it. He goes on no lecture
tours and he does not seek publicity. If he is
worried about his books, what people say about
them and how they SELL he never shows It,
The critics differ about Mr. Faulkner's posi-
tlon Some call him the greatest American novel;
ist at least of his day. Others rate him several
degrees below that. But it is doubtful whether
any serious student of American letters fails to
recognize that he has an important place. His
BOOKS vary considerably in theme and method
His style ranges from the simple clarity of the
early melodrama, "Sanctuary," to the battling
Syntax OF his most recent novel Intruder in the
Dust" But over the years he has built up
whole fictional region around the town he calls
Jefferson and peopled it with such memorable
characters as the Sartorises It is country as
familiar to Faulkner readers as Wessex is to
IhomaS Hardy'S followers. Some of his books
have been focused on dark and decadent aspects
OF the South, spawning whole school of imi-
tators, but his writing has far wider COMPASS
than his more sensational stories might indicate
He is a social historian, and he writes of the
South's ways calmly and without rancor. Some
times he describes the crunbled arstocracy of the
old South, more often new generations who are
not interested in the Civil War or in magnolia
guarded mansions. He can be- in turn. tragic.
whimsical and humorous
AS creative rather than reportorial writer
he stands well above the other American Nobel
Prize winners, with the exception of Eugene
ONeill.
Unlike his eminent contemporary, Ernest
Hemingway, Mr.. Faulkner has inspired no stories
OF personal exploits not even any legends The
Mississippi novelist finds recreation in hunting
and fishing. Not much more is known of his
private life; he has seen to that 1t is extremely
doubtful that this new honor bringing him inter
national recognition, will disturb in the least the
SecluSion in which he lives.
Money-saver: Nothing like standing over a
pile of Smoldering autumn leaves to give the
cheaper domestic tweed suit an aroma of the
genuine imported.
Evening star., 1950-11-15
Long Week
Mrs. Charles E. Russell.

For all those who have desired more
time in each day. television has the
answer. In The Star full-page adver-
tisement proclaims 2971a hours of view
ing pleasure per week! How does mod
ern advertising genious figure that one?
Wondering.
Editors Note: Well, the ad didn't
exactly mean that one person could
see that many hours of television a
week. but more that there ,Uere that
many hours on different stations in
case anybody wanted to Aw,
skip IT'D
Evening star., 1950-11-15

non-exercisers do. Take the college ath-
lete, for instance. He squanders his young
manhood cultivating a set of muscles He
becomes, for the nonce virtual Adonis.
His stomach is fiat and hard as iron.
He can pass the time of day f1exing his
biceps before mirror-he can do push
ups in his bathing trunks to the accom-
Evening star., 1950-11-15

feet on the desk. Good old DR.. Will
iams!
This, obviously. is scientific revo-
luton entirely comparable with the one
Copernicus touched off when he told the
world that it revolved around the sun
instead of vice versa. When the writer
was young and impressionable. we had
Evening star., 1950-11-15
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. Has the formation of a meteor
crater in any part of the world ever
been observed shortly after the event?-
w o.
A. This has happened twice, in ST.
IBERIA. The first time was on June 30.
1908. and the second time on February
IL, 1947.
Evening star., 1950-11-15

our State Department will seriously op-
pose another Red victory in Korea?
Mr.. Truman, apparently upon Gen.
MacArthur's advice, crossed up the State
Department by ordering our troops into
Korea, but mistake like this will not
happen again-not if the State Depart
ment can help it!
Observer.
Evening star., 1950-11-15

@. Who was the first woman Governor
in the United States?-O. K. A.
A. Nellie Tayloe Ross, who was Gov
ernor of Wyoming from 1925-1927. Mrs.
Ross is now director of the Bureau of
the Mint at Washington, D. C.
Evening star., 1950-11-15
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer to
any question OF fact by either writing The
Evening Star Information Bureau 1900 / street
NV, Washington 5, D. c.. and inclosing 8 cents
return postage or by telephoniEE ST. 5000.
Extension 35S.
Evening star., 1950-11-15

Q. How did the Crusaders of Western
Europe get to Palestine?-J. Y.
A. 1t was largely the ships of the mer-
chants of Venice that carried troops
and supplies for the Crusaders cam
paigns in Palestine.
Evening star., 1950-11-15

@. Is there an animal named
solenodon?-N. T. r.
A. The solenodon is curious and rare
insect-eating animal of Cuba and Haiti.
1t is about two feet long and is char
acterized by a scaly tail.
Evening star., 1950-11-15

Pen-11anaes may be used If letters carry
All letters subject to condensation.
1DriterS' correct names and addresses.
Evening star., 1950-11-15

@. Is there difference between the
Quonset and the Nissen hut?-O. B. P.
A. The Department of Defense says
that they are the same kind of hut. The
Quonset is of American construction;
the Nissen is British.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-11-11
Yep, 1t Has The
Harlem Influence

NEW YORK - (ANP) - Real
ism is a keynote of foreign films
and the Italians have won world
wide acclaim for their adherence
to this point. But in the latest i'm
portation BITTER RICE, story
of women and work, the influ-
ence of colored soldiers who were
in Italy during World War II is
plainly evident.
Beautiful Sylvano Magnano, the
star entertains her co-Workers
with a dance. And do you know
what she does. An imitation of a
shake dance you'd see in a Har-
lem hoochy-coochy, which winds
up a bit of jitterbug 1--WE with a
man who too picked up his steps
from one of our Tan Yanks' shin
digs.
Yep, it's Harlem's own influ-
ence, believe it or not, but it
isn't danced with the abandon and
verve we've seen put in it by
some of our Lenox ave. bellies.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-11-11
Shoots Negro Who
Enters Front Door

BASILE, La. - (ANP)-John
Davis, 80, New York City, was
shot and seriously injured here
last week following an alterca-
ton over racial discrimination.
Davis is employed as chauffeur
for Henry Kest, a New York
travelling salesman.
The sheriff of the parish said
that the trouble started when
Kest and Davis stopped at the
cafe for supper Sunday night
about 9 o'clock. Kest asked that
Davis be served but was inform
ed that he would be taken care
of if he went to the rear entrance.
Davis, according to the sheriff
entered by way OF the front door
and became involved in an argu-
ment with the proprietor Ellis Co.
hart. A fist fight started and Co
hart grabbed a gun and shot Da-
Wis in the face.
Davis was taken to a small hos
pital, and later transferred to the
Baton Rouge General hospital
where his wounds were described
as serious.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-11-11

inally wanted the Broadhurst
spot, but were compelled to await
the availability of the theatre with
the departure of the preceding
Burning Bright"
Cast in lead roles are Miss
Muriel Rain as housekeeper-wife
and Lawrence Tibet, as planta-
ton owner-husband. Hughes, who
is responsible for the libretto and
lyrics. had an earlier triumph in
his ''Mulatto" which played 373
performances on the Great
White Way" during the 1885
season.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-11-11
lLangston Hughes
"The Barrier"
Reaches Broadway

NEW YORK - (ANP)-Lang-
ston Hughes "The Barrier" final
ly reached Broadway last week.
The play opened at the Broad
hurst here October 26 for an eight
weeks run which will take it
through December %.
The play. has been presented at
Columbia university in Ann Ar
Dor, Mich, Washington and the
subway circuit. Producers Michael
Myerberg and Joel Spector orig
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-11-11
Rent Collector Loses
$4,000 Playing
"Black Jack"

CHICAGO - (ANP) - Mrs.
Mildred Griffin, 29-year-old rent
collector for seven-story apart
ment building on the southside,
told the court here last week that
che lost $4,000 in funds set aside
for repairs to the elevator ser
vice in a "blackjack" game.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-11-11
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