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Evening star., 1950-02-03
Cussondru and Laughter

Never in modern history nave ueCeHI
people had so many things to be lndlgnahG
about, and afraid of, as they nave now.
Russia and its satellites, for example, let
hardly day or an hour pass without COM
mitting some act outraging the senslollltles
of all who set store by truth, justice, liberty,
charity, good will and the numerous other
kindred essentials of civilization. Added
to this, even when the sun is out and the
air balmy, is the ever-present shadow that
hangs over men everywhere-a shadow
with chilling substance, a grim and nagglng
haunt, the evil genie sprung from the
bottle our inquiring minds have uncorked,
the threat Of the literal worldwide dooms-
day inherent in the weapons of mass
destruction now either actually or poten-
TALLY available.
But most men have something less than
an inexhaustible capacity for Indignation
and fear One grows weary, after. awhile,
of inveighing against Russian misdeeos,
of exposing them in spirited fashion, OF
countering them vehemently with truth,
and of generally reacting to them with
righteous wrath and militant appeals to
morality. Indeed, they have grown so
numerous and brazen that there is danger
land this is what the Kremlin would like
to see happen) of our becoming fatigued
by them to the point of being thrown of
guard and numbed into relative inactlon
by the very boredom of the thing. Sim
ilarly, as regards the new weapons, 1t is
difficult in the extreme for the average
{o iy,fo of
awareness of the nightmare of horrors
that they can let loose on the world. The
warnings about the preternatural destruc-
tiveness of the A-bomb have long since
become tiresome and hackneyed, and what
is being said now about the far more
deadly potentialities of the still-theoretical
H-bomb will soon acquire qualities equally
tiresome and hackneyed.
All of which adds up to human prob
lem. There is every reason why free
peoples should keep on being vigorously
indignant about what Russia is doing, and
why they should be properly frightened
by modern weapons. AWarenesS on both
counts, a constant awarenesS of where
aggression can lead and of what another
war could mean, Is needed to encourage
unflagging action to promote peace. Yet,
man is not made to live out his days
Indignantly and full of fear. He can be
angry and afraid so long and no longer.
Regardless of the Krenllin, regardless of
how the world seems to be drifting toward
catastrophe, the wells of his spirit are
not deep enough to keep him forever
shifting back and forth between hot
temper and cold dread. He wants some
measure of happiness in life, and he pro-
poses to get it, even though the pursuit
of It may make him less alert than he
should be to the great dangers around him.
Who can really blame him? After all,
existence would be fairly intolerable If
one could merely snarl and cover in It,
AS the Pope has just suggested, sweet and
good are the uses of things like comedy
and laughter in an age that thunders with
the voice of Cassandra.
Evening star., 1950-02-03

Sunlight and breeze may bless the leaf and
foWer,
But these dark burro,Dino things that
cl1W the earth
Are SERVANTS of the great primepal po,oeY
That gdue the forest birth.
With marDelous fingers intricdtelu ,oeavinc,
Timed to the seasons neuer- failing clock.
They seem to knoD, by some innate
perceiuing,
The toays OF damp and rock
Gnarled NTH the strength that lifts ths
oak and laurel
Nursed By the cool earth breast az
though in loue,
They labor like the undetected coral
That rears the isle aboDe.
Well may the 1corld acclaim, In Hitting
phrases,
The spangled blossom and the parp,s
fruit
But let me place my ,oreath Dhere no n.as
gGseS-
Lou on the ntothering root.
STANTON a. CoBLENTx
Evening star., 1950-02-03
A Federal Project

In view of past uncertainty as to the
respective responsibilities of the Federal
Government and the District of Columbia
in connection with the Washington-Balti-
more Parkway project, Congress should
define the roles of each partner in the
enterprise in the pending parkway leg1s-
lation. Apparently there is general agree
ment that this important highway is
primarily Federal undertaking, of great
potential military value, but it is not yet
clear where Federal responsibility would
end and District responsibility begin.
Federal witnesses at the hearings before
the House Public Works Committee said
that Federal funds would be used to
complete the eighteen mile stretch from
Fort Meade to the District. They declared
that it is the policy of the Federal Govern
ment to pay for construction of all parkway
facilities within park territory There
have been reports, however, that the
Federal Government might seek to assess
the cost of a parkway bridge over the
Anacostia River against the District, al
though the District always has understood
that Federal parkway appropriations
would take care of the bridge.
Engineer Commissioner Gordon Young
testified that the District would be willing
to build approaches to the parkway as far
as South Dakota avenue Northeast, If the
Federal Government carries the parkway
across the Anacostia and to the edge OF
the National Training School for Boys.
That is a reasonable division of the re-
sponsibilities and costs involved in con-
Meeting the parkway with Washington's
highway system. The bridge itself would
be parkway facility" wholly inside the
Anacostia Park area and, as such, is
properly Federal project.
This bridge would lend some measure OF
relief to the traffic situation on the other
side of the Anacostia, but it would not
eliminate the need for still another Ana
costa bridge closer to the congested Ben
ming, Sousa and Eleventh. street spans.
The latter bridge, clearly District obli-
cation, is still a must" whether it be
located at East Capitol street or Massa-
chusetts avenue Southeast.
Evening star., 1950-02-03
Korean Aid

In recently defeating the Senate
approved bill for economic aid to Korea,
the House committed blunder based on
muddle of motives ranging all the way
from neoisolationiSm to Republican pique
over the administrations alleged failure to
do enough to check communism in Asia.
Having had time for sober second thought,
several of those who voted against the
measure appear to be ready now to reverse
themselves by supporting the substitute
legislation that has just won the over
whelming approval of the Foreign Affairs
Committee.
Certainly, the blunder should be recti-
fed without delay. AS Secretary Acheson
has testified, Korea-that is, the southern
half which we and the United Nations have
helped to establish as an independent
country-"has excellent possibilities of be-
coming self supporting" But those poSsi-
bilities are dependent right now on our
aid; if we do not extend it,, then the
Kremlin's Communist puppets in the north
will have much better chance of eventu-
ally taking over the whole nation.
On the other hand, according to Mr..
Acheson, the Southern Koreans have
already made encouraging progress toward
economic stability and internal strength,
and If our aid is not cut off, we can regard
1t as "a safe bet" that they will be able
to protect themselves against aggression
from Korea's northern Reds. OF course,
af the Russians themselves were to under
take such aggression, that would be some-
thing else again, but the chances areas
Evening star., 1950-02-03

in the case of Greece-that they will not
do it. sec
In other words in situations of this
sort, the postwar policy of the Kremlin
has been to act indirectly through puppets,
whether in a country like Greece, or in a
country like Korea. In Greece, our aid
has played key role in preventing such
subversion, and it can do the same in
Korea. Not to. extend it would be to
default to the Reds and give them green
light for further expansion. The House
should be governed accordingly.
Evening star., 1950-02-03
Deplores Lip Service to FEPC
Ry Officials Whn privo foIo nrncsn

Deplores Lip Service to FEPC
BY Officials Who Privately Oppose 1t
To the Editor of The STAR
The excellent editorial on FEPC in The
Star inpels me to relate conversation
had with the first Chairman of the FEPC,
Mark Ethridge. now publisher of the Louis
vile Courier-Journal. He told me that he
could no longer support FEPC because it
was class legislation. He said that he
thought it was all right during the war, but
not during peace time.
How right The Star is when it reveals the
personal and private feelings of most FEPC
supporters! can affirm that one of the five
highest men in Government service (elec-
tive) has stated privately that he is opposed
to this legislation, yet publicly now is max
ing speeches for it.
Folks with influence, who love this coun-
try. better see the danger sign ahead on
this type legislation and moderate their de-
mands. The South will not accept FEPC and
the North will ignore it.
LARRY DOOLEY.
Evening star., 1950-02-03
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the Signature and address of the
1Driter, although it is permissible for
,Driter knoDn to The Star to use
a nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1950-02-03
Remembers the Washingtons
Of Westmoreland County

With due respect to Judge George Thomas
Washington of the United States Court Of
Appeals, it might be interesting. before ac-
cepting his claim to being the nearest living
relative of Gen. Washington, to investigate
the lineage of relatives in Westmoreland
County, Virginia, some of whom were born,
and still reside, in the vicinity of the original
Wakefield estate
These Washingtons are descendants Of
William Augustine Washington.
+. NELLY LEWIS STAFFORD.
Evening star., 1950-02-03
Complains About Use Of Tax Money
To Pay for Unnecessary Activities


To the Editor Of The Star:
In his message on taxes, President Truman
said: Taxes are the means by which our
people pay for the activities of the Govern
ment which are necessary"
He neglected to say that taxes also are
the means by which our people pay for the
activities which are not necessary. i.e., for
the lnefhciencies and waste disclosed in the
Hoover report. the cost Of which is estimated
to be around $4,000, 100000 yearly. !
Moreover, one Of the so-called necessary"
activities is using our taxes to pay for sub
sides given to buy up surplus crops so that
we as consumers must pay high prices for
the commodities involved. That gets us
coming and going" Furthermore, in many
instances surplus crops are planted for no
other reason than to collect the subsidy.
Every year the Truman administration
spends more money, wants more taxes and
worst OF all. puts this Nation deeper into
debt That will 60 on and on until we
suckers" deluge5 Congress with protests.
New York. o. PITSCHMAN.
Evening star., 1950-02-03
Resents Europeans Taking
"Our Husbands"

"Our Husbands"
To the Editor of The Star:
Again an American (who didn't even get
the American flag from her husbands coffin
has been taken for ride by European
Not being satisfied with draining us of lives
money and goods, they have been helping
themselves freely no holds barred, to our
husbands, who have no more hesitancy about
throwing off wives who have become old
and faded than they would old cars. in
exchange for new glamorous models. I. M.
Telephone Company Worker
Disagrees With Union Leader.
To the Editor Of The Star:
AS an installer -repairman for the c. g. P.
Telephone Co., I feel well qualified to
contest some of the recent statements by
Joseph A. Beirne of the CWA in which he
accused the telephone companies of causing
their employees to work under deplorable
conditions and also Mr.. Beirne's idea that
his proposed strike against the telephone
companies should be enforced by sabotaging
the entire telephone network with an over
flow of calls.
have been employed by the c. g. p.
since June, 1941 exclusive of 40 months
in the service for which time the telephone
company gave me credit as an employee
and have worked from Georgetown to Olney,
Md. and from Chevy Chase to Hyattsville.
That is quite large area but I can say
that never have encountered the deplorable
working conditions mentioned by Mr. Beirne
either by nature of the actual work itself
or by my association with my supervisors.
Also while performing my work I have been
supplied by. the company with the finest
possible tools and materials for my work
at net a single cent cost to myself. Hardly
deplorable!
AS for Mr.. Beirne's idea of. sabotaging
the telephone industy with an overflow of
calls, heartily disapprove of such an
immoral action.
Does Mr.. Beirne fully realize the magni-
tude of his statement? Does he realize
the possible human misery and hardship
that deliberately would be heaped upon the
American people by such an anarchistic
undertaking? Does he realize and is he
willing to assume responsibility for possible
Evening star., 1950-02-03
Hopes Un-American, Committee
Will Continue its Labors i
IA the Edttnr AZ The StNr.

+ wish that all your readers and others, too,
would read the lette1 in The Star for Janu-
ary 80 signed Eric. Erickson" It's about
time that Americans wake up and stop feel
ing sorry for Alger Hiss and those like him.
He got what he deserved. More power to
the House Un-American Committee, and
hope they go right on with their work even
though sonde people in high places feel so
sorry for their. friends.
q. o. P. DEMOCRAT.
Evening star., 1950-02-03
Judge Holtzoffx Citation of Blackstone
Not Found in ssCcmmentaries."


To the Editor Of The STAR
The Star for February / contains a story
to the effect that Judge Holtzoff had at
tributed to Blackstone q statement that
every defeated lawyer has right to adjourn
to the nearest tavern and curse the court.
have been unable to find such state
ment in Blackstone's Commentaries, al
though I must confess that I have not read
every word OF that work in my effort to do
So However, such right does appear to
exist, because in the case of Morgan v.
United States. decided by the Supreme
Court in 194l (313 U. S. 400. 42I there is
reference TO "a practice familiar in the long
history Of Anglo-American litigation where
by unsuccessful litigants and lawyers give
vent to, their disappointment in tavern or
press"
have heard onr good authority that on
the Eastern Shore of Maryland this right is
restricted, and may be INDUCED in for only
48 hours. after the expiration of which pc
riod 1t becomes contempt Of court.
LAWYER.
Evening star., 1950-02-03

and very probable loss of life-perhaps even
to someone dear to him-because 1t would
not be possible to call doctor?
And another thing, the manner in which
the companies comprising the Bell system
invest their money is the business Of the
Bell system and certainly not the business
of Joseph A. Beirne.
A TELEPHONE COMPANY EMPLOYE.
Evening star., 1950-02-03
Believes House Tax of Insurance
Represents Presidents Retaliation


To the Editor of The STAR
have just read Gin the Baltimore Sun,
January 2D that the House has passed a
bill imposing an insurance tax. This Is one
OF Mr.. Truman's proposals that will raise
$90,000,000 in taxes from heretofore untaxed
income of insurance companies.
1t strikes this reader that here we have
the usual Truman retaliation for opposition
to his proposed programs. The insurance
companies earnestly have opposed the So
cialistic compulsory national health insur-
ance program advocated by the President.
They have gained enormous numbers Of
subscribers to their own voluntary health
insurance policies. No doubt President
Truman hopes this sudden heavy taxation
will cause the insurance companies to resort
to raise in premium costs. Thereby, he
hopes. they will make voluntary health in
surance less attractive to the public
To further SubStantiate this retaliation
complex Of President Truman's, he is order
ing the FBI to investigate the various State
medical societies in vain hope OF unearthing
evidence of a medical trust" and/or tax
frauds. Loudly "lampooned" by the news
papers in Oregon, this. Gestapo-like action
has won no friends for the Truman pro-
gram there, No scandal or fraud has been
discovered, yet the President OF the United
States continues ordering these investiga-
tlons OF medical societies. hoping to discredit
the medical profession in the publics eye.
This, of course, is the Presidents way of
striking back at the American Medical
Association and at American doctors who
sincerely have devoted themselves to the
defense OF their profession lest 1t succumb,
under Truman's compulsory national health
insurance, to chaotic mess, as in England.
MARGARET w. ANDERSON.
Evening star., 1950-02-03
Warns Nearby Virginia Renters
To Watch Decontrol Hearings


The residents of Northern Virginia, and
especially Of those parts which actually are
suburbs OF Washington, are almost entirely
unaware Of the fact that committee of the
Virginia Legislature has opened hearings on
a bill to wipe out rent controls throughout
the entire State.
On the basis Of experience in all cities
which have been decontrolled, it can be pre-
d1cted with certainty that the immediate
effect OF decontrol in Virginia would be rent
raises OF from Is to so per cent throughout
arlington County, much Of Fairfax and ad-
joining areas
These very sharp rent increases would only
be the first effect Of decontrol. The initial
round OF increases would be followed by ad-
dltlonal rental boosts. as has happened in
every other populouS area studied by the
Bureau OF Labor Statistics where controls
have been lifted for three months or more.
In Dallas. Tex, 81 per cent Of the units
free to rise went up 1874 per cent or an aver
age hike OF almost $14 month. In Houston,
Texas, after one month rents went up an
average of over 40 per cent.
In smaller and somewhat remote COM
munities IN Virginia where decontrol has
taken place in recent weeks, the average
immediate rent increases have ranged from
20 to SO per cent. In overcrowded Arlington
and other nearby areas, where rents already
are much higher than elsewhere in the State,
real and general economic distress would
occur as result of the increases that
promptly would be required on the average
rented housing accommodation, If controls
were lifted.
The suburbanites of Northern Virginia,
who only sporadically concern themselves
with State governmental matters, had better
get informed in a hurry as to who represents
them in the Virginia House of Delegates
and address their memorials to these gentle
men without delay.
The hearings on the rent decontrol legis-
lation In Richmond are, of course, open to
the public. JOHN w. EDELMAN.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-21

Sonnel for the purpose of putting
into action the program which
has been formulated over the
past few months and weeks
The need for pressing action
was evident even in the Con-
gre1s, as the legislative body
moved for hasty consideration
of the Presidents request for
an 18-billion-dollar appropria-
ton to pay the costs.
While President Truman call
ed for immediate intensification
and step-up of the military effort,
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
warned the nation to ''hope for
the best, but prepare for the
worst"
The department of defense
first swung into action to re-
activate training camps through
out the nation to house a 2,700,-
000-man or more army by early
spring. First roll call for $4,000
more men in the selective SER
vice. As a matter of fact, the
size of the army will be limited
only by the production of arms
and equipment to man it.
Administrator Stuart Syming-
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-21
w Is or
O T H { R w Is <
BY E. o. BOND

Jonah The preacher that had
to have whaling before he
would preach the truth.
The average girl would rather
have beauty than brains, because
the average man can see better
than he can think.
Church Sign: This is ch-ch.
What is missing?
The test of a mans or woman S
breeding is how they behave in
quarrel. George Bernard
Shaw.
Will Rogers never made any,
one unhappy till he went away.
Success in love consists not SO
much in marrying the one per-
son who can make you happy as
in escaping the many who could
make you miserable.
A woman should wear just en-
ough clothes to keep a man
warm.
Budget Telling your money
where to go instead of wonder
ing where it went
If you're in the right, argue
like man; if you're in the
wrong, like woman.
To be without some of tht
things you want is an indispenS
able part of happiness.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-21
This Week
In
Washington

Pressure of grim urgency per-
vades Washington as the nation
and the federal government
faced the forbidding aspect of
an on-rushing all-out war.
Solemn-faced, but calm and
objective officials moved into
action quickly to speed-up total
mobilization of manpower and
production. From the President
down the line of command in the
defense and control agencies,
this pressure of necessity was
obvious. There was no hysteria,
no emotional upset-the officials
in charge of the defense agencies
and the war production control
agencies, apparently with plans
complete, seem working only
against time to build up per-
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-21
Navy Enlistment
Rules Are Revised

Enlistment qualifications for
the U. S. Navy have been re-
vised to permit the application
of men who are married or those
who do not have more than one
dependent, it was announced to-
day by the recruiting office in
GAINESVILLE.
Certain other requirements
have been lowered and COM
plete information may be
obtained from representatives of
the U. S. Navy, every other Fri
day at the Caldwell postoffice.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-21

, ton of the national security re-
sources board, stepped out in
front as the top man in the entire
controls picture and summoned
by telegram an emergency meet
ing of representative leaders, 80
in all, from business, industry,
agriculture and labor, 80 from
each field, for an off-the-record
briefing here in Washington.
These men were told frankly by
the highest ranking officials the
grim facts and the precarious
future the nation faces. They
were told in no uncertain terms
the plans for all-out production
which must be carried out to
meet the urgency of the military
needs with the hope that these
plans can be carried out with
the least disruption of the ma
tional economy.
The national production au-
thority in charge of alloca-
tions and priorities of raw ma
terials Immediately issued a
series of orders cutting back
civilian use of nickel lead,
copper and other metals. Or
ders on hides, rubber and
others were expected momen-
tarily. In the meantime, NPA
made its first direct requisition
of supplies against an individ-
ual company, directing General
Electric and the Raytheon Cor
poration to supply 10000 cleo
tronic tubes to a Washington
firm to keep military observa-
ton planes in the. air.
Amid the swirling kaleidoscope
of government activity, Michael
c. Disable, mayor of Toledo, was
named federal price admin
strator, rounding out the set-up
of the economic stabilization
agency under Alan Valentine as
head man.
AS the cost of living index
scared to a new peak, it was evil
dent that price controls are
bound to come, the time only
depending upon how fast this
organization under Disable can
obtain personnel Under the ap-
preparations already asked by the
President and the new military
appropriation bill, it is esti-
mated that some 100000 civilian
jobs will be provided for in the
military and control agencies
with perhaps 10000 to 10000 of
them here in Washington.
In the meantime a new wrink-
lie may be tried in mandatory
price controls by starting at the
bottom to fix prices on raw ma
terials such as a aluminium, zinc,
copper, cobalt and even steel
And while this is working, busi-
ness may be asked to voluntarily
control their profits, not prices
on a pre-Korean war base in the
hope this will stem the tide o1
rising prices until mandatory
controls can be clamped on
Labor will be asked to do the
same thing with regard to
wages, although labor is all SCI
to ask for increased wages or
the basis of the new steel form.
ula, recently agreed to by Biz
steel and CIO.