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Evening star., 1950-05-10
The Maybe Bomb

Despite lot of recent excited talk to the
contrary, the hydrogen bomb apparently is
not Just around the corner. Sumner Pike, acting
chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission,
has made that much very clear. The thing Is
still in the maybe" stage, still matter OF theory,
still In an area of "ifhnesS" that seems to be
somewhere between probable and possible
Our best scientists do not know whether we can
really produce it. According to one of them-Dr.
Robert A. Millikan-our chance of being able to
do so is l in 100. According to others, 1t is an
even-rnoney bet. At this stage, in short, the
whole business is anybody's guess.
Nevertheless, as the President announced
last January 81, the Acc will continue its work
on all forms of atomic weapons, including the
so-called hydrogen or super bomb" The
possibilities being what they are Gf not the
probabilities), that is the only sensible and
prudent course for this Nation to follow in the
kind of world we have. To do otherwise, to be
content with our present knowledge, to fail to
explore and experiment further, would amount
to o kind of ignorance breeding disarmament
of our own minds putting stop to our scien-
tiac and military progress in way that could
be most helpful to those who would like nothing
better than to destroy us. There are no two
ways about the matter Even if our chance is
only in 100, we must seek to produce this
To say that, however, is not to suggest that
when and If we learn how to make 1t, we must
then turn it out in quantity. Actually-aS has
been stated by distinguished experts like DR..
Robert Bacher, former scientist member of the
AEC-we may discover, even if we arrive at the
point where we can produce them, that large
number of H-bombs would be of no real value
to us or would in fact be more hindrance than
o help This is so because their output apparently
would require a sharp cutback in the output of
our regular atomic armaments and for both
xtrategical and tactical reasons we might find
that such a cutback would be- much too high
price to pay for the hydrogen weapon. In its
present improved form, the A-bomb is tremen-
dously destructive and it may be sufficiently so
to obviate the need for something spectaculary
more deadly
But the relative military merits of the
A-bomb and the still-theoretical H-bomb involve
questions that can be answered authoritatively
only by specialists in the grim art of warfare.
Presumably, assuming that it can be produced,
the hydrogen weapon will never loom large in
our arsenal if it does not offer advantages worth
the price of cutting down on our present atomic
production. This is an issue that undoubtedly
will be debated and settled in due course. Mean
while, in keeping with the Presidents statement
in January, the Acc can be counted upon to
continue work-as it should-in finding out what
Evening star., 1950-05-10
This and That

is larger than an English sparrow, not
smaller.
We do not know If our correspondent
was close enough to see yellow around
the bill, as in the white e-throated spar
row.
@ STREET.
Dear Sir:
Am I being naive in registering
tremendous thrill when ! watched a
scarlet tanager hopping from limb to
limb of a pin oak tree in my garden.
on this exceedingly urban corner in
Georgetown?
"I had never before seen one outside
of bird book or museum. The bril-
liancy of its coloring was too exciting
for words and am hoping I may see
him again. Is that too much to wish
for in this locality?
Sincerely yours. E. c. L."
One would have to be hard-boiled,
indeed, not to thrill at the first sight
of a tanager.
This beauty has q color all its own
The fire of it is nothing at all re-
sembling the cardinals coat.
It usually is seen high in tree. and
not too often in a season, but every now
and then. There is no reason why our
correspondent should not see 1t again,
Flame scarlet" Is one way Of de-
Scribing it.
The eye sensitive to color always
glows at seeing this one. And the
heart thrills, too, and the mind. like
wise. For this is thriller. If ever
o bird was.
Evening star., 1950-05-10
A Hollow Victory

The Supreme Courts ruling in the real
estate broker case will 60 down In the books as
q victory for the Department of Justice. But it
is petty triumph in not-too- admirable cause.
Three years ago, come August, the antitrust
lawyers were having field day. They obtained
criminal indictments against the Washington
Real Estate Board and the National Association
of Real Estate Boards 1t was charged that the
two boards had engaged in a criminal conspiracy
with unnamed individuals to violate the anti
trust laws. At the same time civil injunction
suit was filed against the boards and some Is
persons. The target of this activity was the So
called uniform rate schedule, intended to serve
rs q guide in fixing real estate commissions.
As the case got into the courts Judge Curran
threw out the criminal indictment, suggesting
that the antitrust lawyers were putting an
unreasonable construction on the law. Next
came the trial of the civil case which also was
thrown out of court, this time by Judge Holtzof.
He said the Government had offered no evidence
that the fees recommended were unreasonable
or excessive or that there was any undue
restraint on competition among brokers' Judge
Holtzon held on the contrary, there was evidence
to show that one of the reasons for issuing the
fee guide was to protect the public from unscru-
pulouS real estate operators.
But the Supreme Court majority said it was
not concerned with motives or results. 1t held
the uniform rate schedule to be form OF price
fixing, which is Illegal and said that it is not for
the courts to determine whether in particular
settings price-hxing serves an honorable or
worthy end" So the judges, while upholding
Judge Holtzoffs ruling in favor of the national
association and its president, reversed his finding
with respect to the local board.
This means that the Department of Justice,
having lost the bulk of its case, wins hollow
victory in o small area Real estate brokers are
brought within the scope of the antitrust laws.
fee schedule which was designed to bring order
out OF chaos which certainly has not worked to
the public detriment, and which may well have
been beneficial, has been outlawed. Henceforth,
brokers who may wish to do so will be entirely
free, In the name of competition, to charge what
ever they think the traffic will bear. That is just
about what this victory" comes down to. One
would think that the Department OF Justice
could tind something more constructive for its
antitrust lawyers to do with their time and the
taxpayers money.
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Reply to 'Porent'

A recent letter submitted by Parent"
offers. as argument for segregation OF
the races. the now thoroughly discredited
concept that the colored races are in
herently creatures of low moral codes.
outmoded thinking is not, of itself.
very serious. If they wish to shield their
children from the facts, that Is their
concern.
However. when Parent proposes to
perpetuate a system which brands my
children as being by nature unfit to
participate fully in the benefits Of an
enlightened society, find cause to be
concerned.
I hold that Parents letter contains
most forceful argument for the complete
elimination Of segregation in schools,
swimming pools and all other places
where young people are bound to gather.
Let them develop together physically.
spiritually and morally. and in time eval
uate their elders concept Of racism and
moralism. on the basis Of their life ex-
periences.
Let Parent realize that in our complex
society all peoples are neighbors. Physi-
cal barriers are no longer effective. To-
day we are in the midst Of great strug-
gle to determine which Of two ideologies
shall prevail in this world community.
Democracy's cause is weakened to the
extent that its basic tenetS are not
applied universally. America cannot ex-
pect acceptance of her leadership as long
Evening star., 1950-05-10

Unto All the Inhabitants Thereof.
"By Order of the Assembly Of the
Province of Pennsylvania"
One of the most skilled artisans in
the foundry Is 65-year-old Edouard de
Reydet. whose job is making mud.
He works with the intent and care of
a chemist. as he prepares the mud
from which mold is built. Relaxing
with his red wine and bread for lunch
he tells you the ingredients: Special
clean earth, powdered fine, plus egg
whites and horse manure.
Bell makers for years have been try
ing to find a substitute for horse manure,
but they haven't found it yet" says Mr..
Paccard why whites Of eggs? don't
know. but you can't mold a bell with
out it,"
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Apportionment System

am glad to know the Administration
is considering abandoning the State ap-
portionment system for Federal jobs.
This system defeats the merit principle
and makes for ineficiency in the Govern
ment
For example, if person from a State
which has its quota Of positions filled
makes 95 on an examination, he is passed
over, and the position could be given to
some one from an underquota State who
has rating of as low as 10. This does
not make for efficiency or morale in the
Government.
Evening star., 1950-05-10
French Workmanship Rings the Bell
BY cdrter |. Daxidson

DARIS-Forty- mine Liberty Bells, re-
l. productions Of the historic one that
rang out Americas independence, have
been made in a 150-year-old French
foundry to herald this years United
States Savings Bond drive.
They are exact copie-except for the
crack which made historic relic of the
original, now exhibited in Philadelphia
Independence Hall.
They were made by skilled bell-mak-
ers. descendants Of generations Of skilled
bell makers, in the formula they have
always used.
The Treasury Department, which or
dered the reproductions as bond drive
symbols for each Of the 48 States and
the District of Columbia, left out the
crack because "these bells must ring"
The original Liberty Bell, made in
England, first was rung a few days after
July 4, 1776. The British threw 1t into
the Delaware River the next year. but it
was recovered and rung on July every
year until 1885. 1t rang again July
that year to toll the funeral Of Chief JUS
tice John Marshall. That day 1t cracked.
The Treasury had experts take exact
measurements of the original. and picked
a foundry in the little French town Of
Annecy to make the reproductions. There
Henri Paccard runs the factory his great
grandfather started in 1874.
The 39-year-old Mr.. Paccard is adept
in all the skilled arts Of bell-making. His
artistry came down from Antoine Pac-
card, who first began making bells in a
shed on his farm, nestled in a valley Of
the French Alps, few miles south Of
Lake Geneva.
From the first rough mold, around
which more than a ton Of copper alloy
is poured down to the Anal delicate
tuning, Mr.. Paccard keeps close watch
on his IS artisans.
Actual cost of the bells is unknown,
for they are being paid for. as a gift to
the Government, by Americas copper
industry Companies sharing the cost
include the Anaconda, Kennecott. Phelps
American Metals and Miami Copper, Ltd.
The Ford Motor Co. will haul the bells
from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to each
State capital and Washington.
So exact are the copies that oak tim
bers for the bell stocks were cut so the
grain would be like that of the Philadel-
phia original. Bolts fastening the oaken
stock to the bell had to be cast specially.
The Liberty Bell had four-sided nuts and
those commonly used in bell-making now
have six sides.
Wax molds of the letters on the orig
inal bell were carved by hand and appear
on each bell
Proclaim Liberty Throughout the
Land
Evening star., 1950-05-10
By Charles E. TroceweH

Even a matter of fact book rhapso-
dies as follows:
IF the observer, instead Of being in
tent upon the length Of birds bill in
relation to that of its hind claw, Is in
terested in bird personalities as ex-
pressed in various ways, he is likely to
count as a veritable red-letter day the
one which brought him glimpse of
this gaudy reminder of what nature can
do when she is in the mood to produce
striking effects"
The female of the species is a plain
enough bird. She is yellowish-green
above and yellow below. with wings
and tail brownish.
"GAMBRILLS, Nd.
Dear Sir:
Early this spring the phoebes came
back and flew about the trees in the
front yard.
This week they have completed the
building of another nest in the identical
spot where a nest was last year, when
the blacksnake killed the brood.
Doubtless they are the same pair.
Another pair has built somewhere near
by, but we have not discovered the nest
Since the four phoebes arrived at the
same time, it seems likely that they are
all of the same family. At least, we
like to think so.
1.-THE whip -poor-wills have started
their cheerful whistling this week. Farm
ers around here claim it's time to
plant corn when the whip poor wills
call.
Sincerely, N. J. l."
Evening star., 1950-05-10

When the molten metal is poured.
and the bell is cooled and polished. the
artistry begins. Tuners with delicate
cutters. tuning forks and little rubber
hammers work on the 1-ton bulk with
the care and precision Of Stradivarius.
One Of them is 35-year-old Maurice
Collomb, who learned his art from his
father and grandfather.
With the bell on a slowly revolving
turntable, Mr.. Collomb adjusts a tiny
knife that shaves away the metal until
the true and proper tone reaches his
practiced ear.
Maurice and the other tuners are al
lowed to be wrong-up to 1-64th of an
octave in tone. That is one-eighth Of
the sound range Of the note made by q
single piano key.
ASSOCIATED Press)
Evening star., 1950-05-10

as important segments Of her society
ignore the dignity Of all men.
An appreciation Of the goodness in
man is evolved through the home, the
school and subsequent formative ex-
periences. The responsibility for its
early inception belongs to Parent. Will
1t be too little and too late?
Angel v. Alba.
Evening star., 1950-05-10

@. What was the original weight Of
Plymouth Rock?-F. C. F.
A. Plymouth Rock was originally
solid boulder Of about tons. consisting
of greenish syenite. During the Revolu-
ton in an attempt to move 1t to Town
Square it split. but the upper part was
afterward cefnented onto the base.
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any cues
tion Of foct By writing The Evening star
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Evening star., 1950-05-10

@. What Is the derivation Of the ex-
preston with q grain Of salt?
ID. J. L.
A. The use of the phrase dates back
to Pompey, the Roman general. who
added a grain Of salt to his suspected
drink, as an antidote for poison.
Evening star., 1950-05-10
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. Have camels always been the beasts
of burden of the Sahara?--E. C. A.
A. Camels do not appear until S25 BIC.
Before then elephants, which ranged
wild in the North Sahara. and horses
were used.
Evening star., 1950-05-10

we are capable of doing in that "ify" area
somewhere between the probable and the
possible"
Evening star., 1950-05-10

A pSeudonyn is permissible only
Dhe1 letter carries correct name
and address of Uriter. Please be brief.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-03-09
Comedy OF Errors"

An invited guest contestant will
be posed with skit based on his
own profession - and riddled with
laugh-making errors-during Mu-
tuars Comedy Of Errors" broad
cast on Saturday, 1880 to 7:55 pm.
The programs star, Jack Bailey, has
invited Fred Hoffman coach and scout
for the st. Louis Browns baseball
team, now spring training in Holly
wood to be one of the guest con-
testants on the show And for the
purpose Bailey is presenting a skit
on baseball Other error-dotted
skits on the show, for which studio
guests will be asked to participate,
will concern st. Patrick's Day and
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-03-09

the federal income tax. For the lat
ter sketch Jack Bailey will be-the
income tax consultant.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-03-09

As talented as she is charming is
Patricia Norris Of Stephens College,
Columbia, Mo-, chosen as the first
candidate from major colleges and
universities all over the nation who
are cooperating with Mutual's Sun
day Adventures of the Falcon"
dramatizations to give opportunities
to undergraduates who aspire to
acting careers in the radio world.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-03-09
"Meet The Press"

Sen. Frank P. Graham (D), of
North Carolina, will hold the press
conference on the air during Mu-
tuals meet The Press max
ing broadcast tomorrow (Friday),
$50 to 10 pm. Senator Graham is
the former president of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina, and was a
member of President Truman's Com
mittee on Civil Rights. His APP
pointment as president of the Oak
Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
in 1916 created a minor Congress
ional storm.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-03-09
SUNDAY

SUNDAY
Mornings
7:45-News and Special Features
9:00-Elden Micheaux
9:30-Dixie Four Quartette
10:00-Radio Bible Glass
10:30-Voice of Prophecy
11;00-St. PauPs E. U. B. Church
Afternoons
12:0O-College Choir
12:30-Lutheran Hour
1:00-Naval Air Show
1:15-Voices Of Strings
1:45-Glad Tidings
2:00-Mutual Chamber Music
2:3O-News by Bill Cunningham
Observation-Disclosures
3:15-Treasury Varieties
3:30--Juvenile Jury
4:00-Hopalong Cassidy
4:30-Martin Kane-Private Eye
5:00-The Shadow
5:30-True Detective Mysteries
Nights
Goethe Roy Rogers Show
6:30-Nick Carter
7:00-Adventures of the Falcon
7:30-The Saint!
8:00-Sunday's Headline News
8:15-Stories To Remember
8:30-The Enchanted Hour
9:00-Sylvan Levin Opera Concer
9:30-Sheilah Graham
9:45-Twin Views Of The News
10:00-This Is Europe
10:30-Phil Napoleon's Orchestra
11:00-News and Music
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-03-09

ALSO BE HEARD OVER WJEJ-F
1O:3OlSpecial Features
11:0O-Moondial
I1:3O-Dance Orchestra
11:55-Mutual Reports The News
12:00-Local News
SATURDAY
Weekday Schedule, with the fol-
lowing exceptions:
Mornings
9:3O-High School Parade
1O:00-Piano Preferences
10:30-Music by the Millers
1O:45-Helen Hall Femme Fair
I1:O0-Your Home Beautiful
11:30-Man On The Farm
Afternoons
12:30-Luncheon Melodies
1:00-Sunday School Lesson
1:15-Afternoon Melodies
1:25-Local News
1:3O-Symphonies For Youth
3:00-Dance Orchestra
3:30-Salute To Reservists
4:00-Pete Covers Boys
4:30-Sports Parade
5:00-True Or False
5:30-The Three Suns
6:30-Saturday's Review of Religion
7:00-Hawaii Calls
Nights
7:30-Comedy Of Errors
7:55-John B. Kennedy News
8:O0-Twenty Questions
8:30-Bread of Life
9:00-Meet Your Match
9:30-Lombardo Land
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-03-09

TOTE: ALL WEI PROGRAMS CAR
Nights
6:05-Sports Parade
6:15-Meet The Band
6:30-Music and News
7:00-Fulton Lewis, Jr.
7:15-All Star Dance Parade
7:30-Gabriel Heater
7:45-I Love A Mystery
5000 Proudly We Hail (Mon)
8:00-Count of Monte Cristo (Tues)
8:00-Can You Top This? (Wed)
8:00-California Caravan (Thurs.)
8:00-Bandstand-USA (Friday)
8:3O-Affairs of Peter Salem (Mon)
8:30-Oficial Detective (Tues.)
international Airport (Wed.)
8:30-Sports For All Thursday
8:30-Eddie Duchin's Band (Fri.)
8:55-Bill Henry and the News
9:00-Bob Eberly Show (Monday)
9:00-Carmen Cavallero (Tues.)
9:00-David Rose Show (Wed.)
-Three-Quarter Time (Thurs.
9:00-Dick Haynes Show (Fri)
9:15-Red Cross (Monday)
9:15-For The Living (Tuesday)
educational Guard Show (Wed. }
9:15-Out of the Dusk (Thurs.)
9:15-Out of the Dusk (Fri)
9:30-Crime Fighters (Monday)
9:30-Mysterious Traveller (Tues)
9:30-Family Theater (Wed)
9:30-To Be Announced (Thurs.)
9:30-Meet The Press (Friday)
1000-Frank Edwards, News
monday thru friday
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-03-09
MONDAY-FRIDAY

MONDAH
Mornings
6:OO-News And Farm Program
7:OO-Associated Press News
7:05-Rise and Shine
8:OO-News and Rise and Shine
8:45-Family Altar
9:00-Robert Hurleigh
9:15-Tell Your Neighbor
9:3O-Was 1t You?
9:45-Music in the Letter Vein
10:0O-Cecil Brown
1O:15-Morning Devotions
1O:30-Hospitality Time
10:45-Special Features
l1:O0-Behind The Story
11:15-Shoppers News
11,30-Bob Poole Show
12:0O-Local Civic News
Afternoons
-Market-Livestock Reports
12:45-Lean Back and Listen
1:0O-Cedric Foster
1:15-Harvey Harding Sings
1:30-Post Meridians
1:55-Local News
2:00-Ladies Fair
2:30-Queen For A Day
3:00-Musical Sports Page
4:30-Special Features
5:0O-Mark Trail monday,
Wednesday, Friday
Straight Arrow Tues. & THU
5:3O-Tom Mix (Mon. Wed. Fri.
6:00-Maryland News
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-03-09
Twenty Questions"

Nadine Conner, outstanding So
prano of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, will be the guest panelist
for Mutuals Twenty Questions
broadcast on Saturday, to $50 pm.
The singer will be joining regular
panelists Fred VanDeventer, Flor
ence Rinard, Johnny McPhee and
Herb Polesie in guessing listener
submitted animal, vegetable or
mineral subjects.
PatrOniZe Our Advertisers
Arizona sun., 1950-09-15
Five Civil Service
Positions Announced

Announcement of examinations
for five positions has been made
by the Civil Service Board. The
positions to be filled by competi-
tive examination are messenger at
a salary of $168.30 to $198.30 per
month; assistant circulation librar-
ian, $213.30 to $243.30 a month;
duplicating machine operator, at
$223.30 to $256.30 a month; refer
ence librarian, $233.3O to $269.3O
a month; and senior stenographer
clerk, $238.3O to $275.8O per month.
Applications for these positions
will be accepted through Septem-
ber 18, 1850.
Arizona sun., 1950-09-15
Strange Fruit Redfed To
Un-AmeriCan Activities Committee

WASHINGTON, D. c. (NNPA)-
Disavowing any sympathy for COM
munism, Josh White, famed folk
singer, last Friday sang Strange
Fruit" an Indictment of lynch
ing before the House Un-Ameri-
can Activities Committee.
Asking the question, Why should
MT colored artist or any decent
person raise his voice against
lynching, White recited the lyrics
of "Shtrange Fruit" one verse OF
which goes:
Southern trees bear a strange
fruit; blood on the leaves and
blood at the roots. Black bodies
swinging in the southern breeze;
strange fruit hanging on the pop
lar trees"
Voluntarily appearing before the
committee to clear up "some mis-
understandings" about himself he
said he and many other entertain
ers "have been used and exploited
by people who give allegiance to
a foreign power"
The artist expressed regret that
an reflective exposure" of COM
munistic activities in the enter
tainment field has not been made
Arizona sun., 1950-09-15

before now.
"I have never knowingly belong
ed to or supported any organiza-
ton designed to overthrow the
government of the United States" "
White declared.
He admitted, however, that on
many occasions he has appeared
at benefits and rallies which he
believed were for worthwhile
causes but were Communist in
spired. He added that other artists
have done the same thing.
Against injustice, discrimination
and Jim Crowism, he said, he will
go on protesting, wanting the
United States to be a better and
more tolerant place in which to
live.
Tracing his life's history, White
said he left his home in Green
vile, South Carolina, when he was
seven years old to help support
himself and his family. His job
was to lead a blind man while
playing the tamburine. Before he
was eight, he said, he knew what
it was to be kicked and abused.
Before he was nine, he continued,
he had seen two lynchings.