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Evening star., 1950-04-07
Disgroceful, but Hardly Surprising

The reported confession of former Prince
Georges County Sheriff R. Earle Sheriff that he
accepted $4,000 in protection money" from
familiar with law enforcement in the county.
Professional gamblers do not establish them
selves openly, as they have done in the past
just across the District line, unless they feel
reasonably secure from molestation The case
of the late Jimmy LaFontaine comes to mind.
He operated his gambling enterprises in the
county for many years with much profit and
little trouble. The only time he went to jail
was when he tangled with the Federal income
tax people. There were numerous raids on
Jimmy's place but invariably all the dice and
wheels were out of sight when the raiders
arrived
Mr.. Sheriffs attorney told Federal Judge
Chestnut in Baltimore that while the gamblers
probably thought they were buying protection,
the former official regarded the payments not
as bribes but as "gratuities." He explained that
the police, not the sheriff, were responsible for
cleaning up the gambling situation. Under this
theory the gamblers were 50 stupid as to 90
on making their gifts" to the sheriff, year after
year, without getting any results. Against this
theory must be weighed the fact that organized
gambling interests have been able to flourish
in Prince Georges County, and that this county
is the only place in the whole Washington Metro
poltan Area where they have enjoyed such
prosperity
The defense attorney advised the court that
his client had no intention of defrauding the
Federal Government when he failed to report
the payments from gambling interests from 1943
through 1916. He was just afra; to include these
items in his returns, it was explained. What
ever the former sheriffs intent with respect to
the Federal authorities may have been, he was
certainly defrauding his State, his county and
the people whom he was sworn to serve as an
honest enforcer of the law.
Unfortunately there seems to be some doubt
as to whether this man can be prosecuted
effectively under the State laws There is a
one-year statute of limitations in Maryland on
malfeasance. No such limitation applies in
bribery cases, but bribery is harder to prove than
malfeasance The former sheriffs term expired in
1946, but he was deputy chief sheriff until he re-
signed on March of this year-four days before
he was indicted for income tax evasion. grand
jury investigation of Mr.. Sheriff's relations with
gamblers during the entire period of his service
as sheriff and chief deputy Is warranted. And
the inquiry should be broad enough to explore
the mystery of why gamblers have been able
to operate so brazenly for 20 long in Prince
GeorseA d ~~
Evening star., 1950-04-07
Mr.. Lottimore's Day in Court

It is hard to see how any one who has not
closed his mind can fail to be impressed by
the forceful reply which Owen baltimore has
made to Senator McCarthys charges against
him.
Here is man who has been called just
about everything in the book. Among the many
charges and insinuations made against him by
Senator Mccarthy, two stand out. One is that
Mr.. baltimore is the top Russian espionage
agent in the United States The other is to
the effect that the Senator has witness, trusted
by the Department of Justice, who will testify
that Mr.. baltimore was member of the Com
munist Party and subject to party discipline.
Finally, Senator Mccarthy says that he is con-
tent to have his whole case against the State
Department stand or fall on the validity of his
accusations against Mr.. baltimore. -.-
So Mr.. Lattimore's answer becomes of
critical Importance. OF course, Senator Nc
Carthy, having blasted the regulations of other
people without offering any substantial proof
to support his charges against them, ought not
to be permitted to convict them on the basis
OF evidence, if he has any, against Mr.. Latti-
more. But as a practical matter, the public
mood being what it is, Mr.. Mccarthy will be
vindicated in popular estimation If he can
prove either charge against Mr.. baltimore.
Knowing this, and knowing also that he was
testifying under oath and therefore subject to
a prosecution for perjury if he made false state
ments, Mr. baltimore told the Tydings COM
mittee: II am not and never have been a men,
ber of the Communist Party. have never been
affiliated or associated with the Communist
Party. I have never believed in the principles
Of communism nor subscribed to nor advocated
the Communist or Soviet form of government
either within the United States, in China, in the
Far East, or anywhere in the world. have
never consciously or deliberately advocated or
participated in promoting the cause of COM
munism anywhere in the world"
If Mr.. baltimore is the top Russian espionage
agent in this country, or if he ever belonged
to the Communist Party, hts statement to the
Tydings committee is not true. And If the
statement is false, then he has committed
perjury. .g.s
The burden now shifts to Senator Nc
Carthy He is the accuser. If he has evidence
ANY evidence-to support either charge he
should come forward with 1t now. II he fails
to do this it will be time to reject his whole
complaint against the State Department and
the people in it as being unworthy of belief. 1t
was Senator Mccarthy who said he would stand
or fall on the baltimore indictment. And he
should be held to that commitment if he fails
to prove his case.
Evening star., 1950-04-07
Freedoms Sculptor

The first of four District of Columbia Sesqui-
centennial postage stamps Is to be released
in Washington exclusively April TO- 1t will
picture the statue of Armed Freedom on
the dome of the Capitol and should serve to
direct public attention to forgotten American
genius-Thomas Crawford, the sculptor who
created that effigy as well as the marble pedi-
ment and the bronze doors of the Senate wing
nearly q hundred years ago. He was born in
New York in 1918 or 1914 and died in London
In 1857. The brief span of his life was crowded
with activity No one knows what he might have
accomplished had he been granted length Of
days.
But a provocative example of his powers Of
artistic creation is the symbol of the Nation,
the original sketch" of which is in the Arts
and Industries building of the Smithsonian In
stitution. It stands 10 feet Inches high and
was intended to be viewed from the ground 268
feet below its base. Crawford, realizing the prob
lem Of perspective involved, was content to
"block out" the figure in what Lorado Taft in
his History of American Sculpture" considers
rude folds and bulky masses" The same au-
thority says: "The head is well poised and has,
from a distance, an airy grace, coupled with
much strength" Mr.. Taft refers to the face
as having "big, deep-set eyes and parted
lips-an expression oddly suggestive of national
inexperience, Or If we adhere to the exact
title OF the work, of Freedoms extreme youth
fulneSs"
Who the model was is mystery which prob
ably never will be solved. Crawford possessed
q remarkable talent in that he could see
person or a thing just for a fleeting moment
yet remember the subject and portray it ac-
curately and sympathetically long afterward.
The young girl who inspired Armed Freedom
certainly was a real human being. Her features,
her graceful pose. her militant attitude
all these are authentic values. Possibly the
sculptor deliberately attempted to picture q
child he had seen on the streets of Rome,
where he lived and worked from 1885 to 1856.
Or he may have endeavored to preserve the
memory OF girl he knew in his native New
York or in Boston. No one can be sure-unless
the new stamp has the effect of bringing to
light some scrap Of Crawfords journals or CORE
spondence in which the question is answered.
Evening star., 1950-04-07
Beyond the Bridge

The old are closer to the infinite
Than those OF middle age, Just a. they
Dere
When uery young and lately come from It.
So thin ueil divides them from the
shore.
Al gradually fog panishes, they see
Across the bridge bet,peen the Nop snd
Then.
And hear faint music echo drsdmily
AZ lost loped hands reach out to them
again.
LOUISE cRENsHAW RAY.
Evening star., 1950-04-07
Objects to Easter Parade

II the reports Of plans for an
Easter parade on lower Connecticut ave-
nue. next Sunday afternoon, as published
in The Star recently, are correct wish
to register q vigorous protest against
this proceeding. To me, such use
Of any part of this most holy OF days,
when our religious feeling Is supposed to
Grafton.
A parade Of new hats. new suits. new
shoes, and what have you, with prizes
for the best one or best couple in many
classes! Surely we have descended to
q new low when we can do things like
this on the climactic day Of Holy Week.
II. r. Keyser.
Evening star., 1950-04-07
How Big Is q Group?

that the Air Force is to blame for most
of the friction in the Defense Depart
ment. He says the Air Force has bred
such distrust that it will take years Of
absolute honesty in such matters to over
come the bad effects.
He took your Sunday. March 26,
article on the 7O-group Air Force to IL
lustrate his point. According to that,
the "70-group program" Is anything the
Air Force wants 1t to mean. They could
have 10 groups right now. They get
more planes and men and reduce the
number of groups.
What kind of business is that? They
can make the prediction of "a groups
come true at anytime merely by putting
more planes and men in fewer groups.
My friend says 70-group program is
meaningless unless we make law say
ing what is in group.
If the Air Force people are going to
continue to manipulate the strength Of
their groups in order to prove their prop
aganda, it seems to me that Congress
should do for them as it does for the
other services-give them an authorized
personnel ceiling and let efficient man
agement get as many group organiza-
tions out OF it as the situation permits.
The Army and the Navy manage pretty
well on that system. and there is no
monkey business with juggling the
strength of their units to make publicity
before an appropriations committee.
Before Congress passes any law for
"70 groups" I think it should make the
Air Force say how big the groups are and
how long they intend to keep them that
way.
Helen v. WOlfarth.
Evening star., 1950-04-07
Weather Map Appreciated

desire to express my appreciation to
The Star for including the weather map
as regular feature. I often had won
dered why city the size Of Washington
did not have at least one newspaper
which provided this service. since news
papers in other cities some smaller.
have done 10 for several years.
Ellis v. 0fegOfy.
Evening star., 1950-04-07
Uncle Sans Biggest Businessman

screened for tho initial disposal program.
are distributed among all the States.
Their variety taxes the Imagination.
They range from tiny Turkey Point
Lighthouse IN Chesapeake Bay to huge
chemical. aircraft. distillery and ord
nance plants that have served their
wartime purposes. A score Of sea islands
OF the Maine coast are begging for
conversion to summer camps.
II any corporation wants . discarded
airneld. military post or hospital build
ing. Mr.. Larson can spread out his wares
and say. take your pick" Among them
Is Fort Des Moines. Iowa. one Of the
oldest cavalry posts in the country and
first home of the wACS In World War II.
Another is the great Corpus Christi
(Tex) Naval Air Training Station, and
the surplus properties constituting the
Avon Park F1aO Air Base and the huge
Flora Miss) Ordnance Works.
The number and importance Of prop
critics located in Maryland and Virginia
are small. There is 4 potential recrea-
tioral center of 1000 acres at BeltSville.
for which the Interior Department is
now angling. A small portion Of the
Andrews Air Base at Camp Springs has
been declared surplus. A distillery in
Westminster is up for sale-a hangover.
so to speak. from alcohol operations
during the war. Biggest of the Maryland
properties is the s2.o68.442 Westinghouse
Manufacturing Co. plant in Baltimore.
Virginia has less to offer-eight small
buildings in Shenandoah National Park.
the Army's Byrd Field in Richmond, an
airport in Petersburg, five Veterans Ad-
ministrau4on hospital buildings in Roa-
noke and a few other scattered prop
critics.
Mr.. Larsons control over the inven-
tory and disposal of Government prop
e1ty is all-powerful. But before any OF
it is declared surplus, it will be screened
by GSA for possible use by other Fed
eral agencies.
Evening star., 1950-04-07

Administrators proposed 5oo-bed gen.
eral hospital
In fast follow-up. Mr.. Larson also
has taken possession of the 25-acre
Nevius tract, which VA does not need
now that it has the Soldiers Home land
for 4 hospital site.
: Approximately 434 real properties,
Evening star., 1950-04-07
Case Against Rent Controls


AS one small landlord, want to try to
tell you and your readers why we land
lords think it is time that rent controls
were dropped, locally and nationally.
We think continuation of rent control
unnecessary because wages and salaries
Of tenants in all fields have been adjusted
to the increased cost of living. Where,
meanwhile, have the landlords come in.
who had both personal and busi-
ness cost increases to pay, with no
alternative?
In cases where adjustment of rent was
applied for. the increases asked were so
small that they would not have paid the
operator with few units the cost of an
attorney, and other expenses incident to
seeking an increase. Even when grant,
ed. the increase only partially Offset the
higher cost of business operation and
allowed nothing for the personal in
creased cost of living. Where is the fair
ness in such discrimination?
One never hears Tighe Woods or Rob-
ert Cogswen admit that landlords suffer
hardships; these officials attempt to
show q percentage of increase in de-
controlled areas, based on an incorrect
premise. which misleads and scares the
public. The only way to calculate
a percentage of increase of rent
Is to divide the total increase in all units
Of the entire community by the total
number of rental units. There have been
many abnormalities in the way Of alb
surdly low rental during the past decade
due to rent control. It is natural and
right, when the landlord is freed from
control, that he should ask a rental
equivalent to that Of comparable units.
If the calculation Is based only on tho
apartments that increased their rentals.
disregarding all units that did not in
crease. it Is obvious few Of these ab-
normal cases would greatly exaggerate
the percentage Of increase.
The argument that all rents would
Immediately increase materially If con-
trolls were lifted. should receive thought
full consideration. How could landlords
who have difficulty renting at ceiling
prices ask increased rentals? The rent->
ing situation is already acute for the
owner of small housing propertie-the
converted type and the homes which
have furnished accommodations
cause the demand has decreased due to
the large number of new places. Is
destruction of the value Of these invest
ments to be the thanks extended to the
many property owners who co-operated
Evening star., 1950-04-07
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer 10 any question
ef fact by writing The Star Information pursAus
1000 - street NV, W.shinston b. ..
Evening star., 1950-04-07
Helen v. Wolfarth.
Firing Sex Perverts'

How much more fool talk must we
hear about firing sex perverts because
they are bad security risks? Many OF
these "perverts" exist only in the be-
clouded minds Of persons 50 unfortunate
Evening star., 1950-04-07
Letters to The Star

as to have lapsed into the habit Of
thinking too much about sex.
Before perverts can be fired, per-
version must be defined. Here q little
logic comes in handy.
The primary function Of sex is re-
production. Right? Then, when sex is
engaged in other than with an eye to
the future Of the race, we have perver-
sion. strictly speaking
All, therefore, who employ any means
OF birth control are In this sense per-
verts. since they are sidestepping what
nature expects Of them. Reading or
telling obscene Jokes is a perversion.
There are many deviations Homosexuals
are merely the lunatic fringe Of this
vast sex problem, foisted upon man by
civilization.
Now the question is. whom to fire?
And where are the hypocrites to be
found who will do this firing?
Laura X. Pollock.
Evening star., 1950-04-07

A pseudonyna is permissible only
Uhen letter carries correct name
and address of 1Driter. Please be brief.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-08-04
Events In Brief....

and Mrs. Jack Kramer at the St.
Mary's Hospital at Conrad Mon
day. Her mother named her
Colleen Marie. Dads never get in
on determining such things. Poor
things! But anyhow, mother and
babe are getting along nicely.
Fall and winter coats are arriv-
ing at the Economy Shop.
MIR. and Mrs. Joe Mcknight:
grandson, Barney Mcknight and
Ben Croft left by car for Colorado
Springs last week to enjoy a visit
W t h the Mcknight couples
grandson. Richard, who is with a
paratrooper unit stationed there.
Richards outfit will soon leave
for an undislosed point on the
occasion of the Korean war.
For sale-Most desirable bust
ness location, with 65 feet 'front.'
age, on Highway No. 2; sewer,
sidewalk, with five.room dwell
ing; next to Potter's Market.
Contact Mrs. Ella Jackson, Box
TIA, Browning, Mont. 19-4p.
Mrs. John Minyard was called
to Windam last week because Of
illness CT her mother, Mrs. Jay
Potter
For sale-House and lot in
Browning. Inquire Mrs. Eva
Billedeaux. 22-2p.
Close out prices on ladies' and
girls peasant blouses. Economy
iShop.
Miss Florence Schmidt is &C.
companying Mrs. Duncan, FORM
erly operator of the Duncan Dress
Shop in Browning and now in
business at Cut Bank and Shelby.
on several weeks tour of west
ern Canada and the Pacific coast.
The itinerary will include Van
couver. B. c., Seattle and other
coast cities.
For sale or trade -Oi i range,
oil hot water tank with new
thermostat, typewriter, moving
machine, team and harness. In
quire Earl Shoop, phone 65-M.
Browning, Montana.
For sale Rough lumber and
slab wood; lumber is in miscell-
aneous dimensions for building
purposes; priced cheap. Inquire
Smith brothers camp, one-half
mile north of Hugh Blacks at
St. Mary. 2O-3tp.
Miss Lottie Glenn visited with
the w. ]. Byrne family this week
while on her way home to Fl.
Wingate, N. M. She had visited
the family recently while on a
trip through western Canada.
She said she was planning on
future visits to this section,
which she considers the most
beautiful she has ever seen.
Wanted-Work as baby sitter.
Inquire Mrs. Sidney Brow n,
phone lO2-M.
Miss Delphine Darcy and her
grandmother, Mrs. Emma LAM
bert, left Wednesday for their
home at Dupree, S. D. Miss OAR
cey, a June graduate of Dupree
high school. had been here since
the early part Of the summer and
plans to attend b u 8 j n e s s
college in Great Falls next fall.
She and her grandmother had
been visiting at the Guy Smith
home, she being niece of Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. Lambert being
Mrs. Smiths mother.
For sale-Electrolux cleaner
purifier, including attachments.
Call 1O2-J. 22-1p.
20 per cent off on cotton wash
skirts. Economy Shop.
Mrs. Catherine Ferries of Cut
Bank was in Browning Monday
to arrange for the possible recov-
Evening star., 1950-01-06
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 6.-Stiffer
penalties for operators Of over
weight trucks on Maryland high
ways are urged by Roads Com
mission Chairman Robert M
Reindollar.
There were indications that the
Legislature will be asked to grant
enforcement officials stronger
powers to punish persistent VIC.
lators of the weight-limit laws.
New regulations might take the
form Of:
I. Suspension OF registration
cards of Maryland owners who
regularly disregard the law.
2. A system of "pyramided'
fines so that the penalties would
increase in proportion to the mum.
ber of offenses.
An eleventh-month campaign
by the Roads Commission to curl
weight violations has: failed tc
make much headway. Nine truck.
ing firms have been fined thirty OF
more times since the campaign
began, and one group, Associated
Transport of Charlotte, N. c., has
paid SO fines.
Fines range from Sc to 500, al
the discretion of local police mag
istrates. Offenders are detected
Evening star., 1950-01-06
$1,000 HaIf-Pints Of Milk
Used by Pupils Here Daily

District school children con-
sumo an average of $1,000 half
pints of milk every school day,
according to Harry s. Gardner, in
charge of the Penny Milk Pro-
gram.
A new contract. for supplying
the milk, just signed by the Com
missioners, permits 124 public and
parochial schools to supply the
children with milk at recess time.
Five additional schools have ap-
piled for milk, but they will not
be served until next month. Mr..
Gardner said he plans to serve all
schools in the District next year.
The Penny Milk Program de-
rives it's name from the fact that
the children pay one cent for the
half-pint bottle of milk. The Ag-
riculture Department pays 2 cents
a bottle. and the District makes
up the rest. Milk is now being
supplied to the children for q
fraction over cents a bottle.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
.Stiffer Penalties in Maryland
Urged on Overweight Trucks

by Roads Commission crews with
portable scales.
Mr.. Reindollar said yesterday
that well never get anywhere
in the campaign to curb overload
ing Of trucks unless registration
can be taken away or fines can be
pyramided."
Arthur H. Brice, commissioner
of motor vehicles, agreed.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Invisible Alley Abolished

MONTICELLO, III. R.-The
City Council voted to abolish one
of the towns alleys-the little
alley that wasn't there. The alley
was shown on the original city
map but never materialized.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
HospituI PIuns Approved

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 6 R.-
Gov. Tuck yesterday approved
preliminary plans and gave au-
thorization to proceed with work
ing drawings for an addition to
a hospital records storage room
at the University of Virginia.
Evening star., 1950-01-06

Here the opportunity smart Washngtonan have been waiting
for Unseasonaby weather makes it necessary
drascay reduce hundreds Of famous doublewear suits
hold the pres tuxedos and overcoats In sharskins hard
finished Worseds gabardines covers and tweeds in stripes,
plaids and plain shades Every garment and desirable
and right out OF carefully selected clothing stock Don't
miss this opportunity to restock your wardrobe at unusual
savings May suggest that you shop early for the most
complete selection.
Evening star., 1950-10-07
Army Boxing Champ Gets DSC
For Dying as Shield to Wounded

/ Is consecutive ring championships
of the 25th Division. 1St Corps,
9th Army, Far East Command. and
finally of the entire United States
Army.
He was still the champion-un-
defeated-when he went out for
the last time.
Two wounded men had to be
brought back or they would die.
A North Korean mortar barrage
was on. Jackson and an unidenti-
fled assistant tried to carry the
two men to safety.
The Reds concentrated the fire
of automatic weapons and small
arms on Jackson as he ministered
to the wounded.
He protected the wounded with
his own body. AS their shield he
took a mortal wound.
Needless of his personal safe
ty," the Army citation said today
in recognizing the big fighter from
Philadelphia and Cayce. s. c.,
as hero.
Jackson is not to be confused
with the former Yale football
player Of the same name.