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Evening star., 1950-11-07
Purkside School to Hold
Book Fair Tomorrow

The Parkside Schools annual
book fair will be held from 8 to
5 pm. and from 7::30 to 1890 pm.
tomorrow at the school in Silver
Spring.
Miss Nancy Larrick, representa-.
tive OF a weekly school newspaper.
will address the Parent Teacher
Association at 8 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1950-11-07
Cadets Parents to Meet

The Woodrow Wilson Cadet
Parents Association will meet at
8 pm. tomorrow in the Chevy
Chase Community Building. Con-
necticut avenue between Mckinley
and Northampton streets NV.
c. Melvin Sharpe, president of the
Board of Education, will speak.
Evening star., 1950-11-07
Michael Short|eY Named
Director OF FSA Reqion

Michael j. Shortley today was
appointed regional director for
the Federal Security Agency in
the District, Maryland. North
Evening star., 1950-05-18

Miss Jean Cecilia Curran,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Bernard Curran, and Mr.. Anthony
John Giuffrida, son of Mrs. John
Giuffrida and the late Mr.. Giuf-
frida, were married Tuesday
morning in st. Anthony's Catholic
Church. The Rev. Raymond G..
Decker officiated at the ceremony
and the Rev. Robert o. McMain,
cousin OF the bride. said the mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20
This and That

The friendly robin builds his nest on
the window sill, or in a tree close by, and
flies down to sample raisins busted in
the grass.
His friendliness surprises some, but
since he is a cousin of both the gentle
bluebird and the calm wood thrush, it
should not.
robin pair once built nest and
raised it's babies in the cavity in
bathroom wall reserved for the medicine
cabinet.
The builder permitted the birds to
remain, and did not install the cabinet
until the last robin child had left the
nest.
Mrs. S. E. M. of Thirty-s second street.
therefore, need not be surprised at her
own friendly robins.
rs it not unusual" she writes, "for
robins to visit feeding stations?
For three years 7 have had about
every bird common to the District and
some rare ones, but nary a robin.
Il told my husband Gin fun that I
was about to add earth worms to my
daily bird menus in hopes of attracting
them.
Then suddenly they started coming!
Such friendly. inquisitive fellows they
are. They peer into my dining room
window from the station and flutter
nearby while put out their raisins.
This morning at $50 o'clock my yatd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20
BY Charles E. TroceweN

ment. They are not sure, because they
cannot argue. The closest they come
to 1t, in the squirrel family, is shouting
at those who disturb them
Perhaps this Is not too far off, at that!
Any one who watches squirrels knows
how they hang to tree, head down, and
yell "crek. crek, crek" in the most defiant
tones
Perhaps that is the squirrel equivalent
Of I'VE shall not be stopped by those
who are timid or short-sighted or sell
fish"
A real interest in the small Creatures
Of this world that lies all around us
makes for friendship that is never lack
ing. for there is scarcely any place one
may go where there are not some Of
them present. That Is why one may
stress the desirability of not taking
drastic sides against any creature. To
grow red in the face over English spar
rows Is not to enjoy them when they are
the only birds present. To draw up a
list Of undesirables, as some persons do.
is to practice discrimination in q very
bad way. We should not be too sure, in
such world as this. that those who
do not agree with us are necessarily
motivated by timidity or short-sighted-
ness or selfishness. They might Just
happen to be right. II they are squirrels.
or birds, they gre sure to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20
Non-Vets and Down Payments

Here's group of people to add to your
list of forgotten men: the non-veterans
who are trying to buy house. Squeezed
out by exorbitant rents and disguised
with ultra modern" box-like apart
ments designed for midgets. they scan
your real estate section hopefully and
are bewildered by the ads: mo Money
Down For Veterans-$3,000 Down For
Non-Vets." The professional veteran
that sweated out the war at Pentagon
desk can virtually take his effortless
pick of 1850 architecture. The non-vet
who put in endless hours on the home
front is confronted with terrific down
payments. He can handle the monthly
payments easily-but, oh, that down
payment!
Certainly, we agree that the combat
veteran deserves everything Uncle Sam
can do for him. He gave up his home
and family and took chance on not
coming back at all. But the non-vet, who
was left out of the war through no fault
of his own. has got to live too-and he,
too wants his children to grow up in
pleasant surroundings.
How about starting Non-Veterans
Administration to help alleviate this
situation? We can't even make down
payment on down payment.
Bernard Krug.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20

So decided that diaper bag was a
must"
Shopping went. and found the
worlds most perfectly designed diaper
bag. 1t had everything: Special places
to carry two bottles, and separate COM
partment for soiled diapers. 1t was made
of plastic, and SO was completely wa
terproof. To make matters even more
perfect. it had a shoulder strap, as a
mother earring small baby usually
needs three or four hands. Even the
price was right, 81 98-until the sales girl
added. land 40 cents luxury tax"
Luxury tax on a diaper bag? I'M
posSible!"
Well" explained the salesgirl pa
tiently. as to rather stupid child. these
are so pretty that some women buy them
and don't put diapers in them. so they
are subject to the 20 per cent tax on
women'S handbags"
may be stupid. but this reasoning
seems about as sensible as putting lux
ury tax on shoes because some people
throw them at cats.
Mrs. James Gardiner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20

reorganization of the Federal Trade and Federal
Power Commissions also will be killed. Rejected
earlier were Plans / and IL of the list of 81
submitted by the President. Plan would have
placed the Controller of the Currency under the
Secretary of the Treasury and Plan IL was the
highly controversial proposal abolishing the
Office of general counsel of the National Labor
Relations Board. Strong opposition has developed
to the plan for centralizing functions of the
Commerce Department. The only plan approved
by the upper house so far is that transferring
the Maritime Commission to the Commerce
Department.
During the debate on the ICC plan it was
suggested that all of the blocked plans could be
resubmitted next year with Objectionable parts
deleted. But experience has shown it is extremely
difficult to resurrect reorganization proposals,
once they have been thrown out. The longer the
Hoover report is allowed to gather dust, the
bleaker the outlook for any further really con-
structive reforms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20
Sesqui Investigation

The investigation of the sesqucentennial
commitments which has been ordered by the
House Appropriations Committee may be a use
full thing.
Mr. Truman has said that the people of
Washington apparently are not very much in
terested in the Freedom Fair, which probably
means that this phase of the sesquicentennial
celebration is dead. Carter Barron, executive
vice chairman of the Sesquicentennial Commits
sion, blames Congress and local business leaders
Perhaps the House investigation will help
clear the air. If it does not determine where
lies the responsibility for collapse of the Freedom
Fair, it can at least reveal whether funds have
been wisely spent or committed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20

was like three-ring circus. Fourteen
wild canaries flew down from their
favorite elm tree and ate weed seeds
along with two newcomers, a pair of in
digo buntings.
Il am not as calm about the arrival
Of the indigo birds as I sound.
There were two wood thrushes.
Overhead in a willow tree three
mischievous baby squirrels, whose mother
I fed all winter, were putting on
breath taking aerial act.
II know shall never be lonely as long
as Gods feathered creatures are here
with u.s.
This is a long cry from the sentiment
of a very famous figure:
I'VE shall not be stopped by those who
are timid or short-sighted or selfish"
Or a similar statement made by pro-
ponents of socialiZed medicine:
Those opposed are motivated either
by selfish interests or do not under
stand
In other words, we are right, and
everybody who does not think SO is
wrong.
What wonderfully soothing state Of
mind that must be!
The birds and the squirrels, for
tunately for them, lack mans ego.
They know nothing except those
things nature teaches them.
Above all, they know nothing of argu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20
By Steffon Andrews

EORMOSA-A virtually new Nation
l. alist army will face the Chinese
Communists when they launch their
assault on this island.
1t consists of IL fully equipped field
armies and six partly equipped armies.
totaling about $50 900 men. under the
command sof American-educated Lieut..
Gen. Sun L-Jen.
Gen. Sun, a Purdue University and
Virginia Military Institute graduate. has
been whipping this Chinese force into
shape during the last 10 NOTWITHSTANDING
strict American military lines.
On Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek's
personal inSiStence, the 50-year-old Sun
has been given an absolutely free hand
to refrain the army along the line he
deems best.
Sun is a tough but grazing veteran
Of the Burma campaigns. where he COM
manded the crack new Chinese First
Army and won the praise of the late
Gen. Joseph Stilwell as a real fighting
soldier.
During the Manchuria campaign, one
of his First Army regiments mauled an
entire Communist army for weeks until
it ran out of ammunition and was forced
to evacuate by sea.
American military men on Formosa,
who swear by the general 100 per cent.
like to recall this incident because it
indicates the kind of reputation Sun
has both among foreigners and Chinese.
So long as he is given a free hand.
any army he trains must be considered
competent. they say. The big question
is whether he will have enough sup
plies to keep his soldiers equipped with
the kind of arms they need to beat of
an attack.
They point out that he will be facing
a Communist force of 10 field armies,
totaling about SIS million men. who are
armed with Japanese weapons and
captured American equipment - and
masterminded by some $4,000 Russian
advisers"
AS one after another of the remain
ing Nationalist divisions have struggled
to the island. Sun has been retaining
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20
ITO 'Beurtrop'
Bernard Krug

In a letter to The Star recently, the
League Of Women Voters in the District
of Columbia urged members of both
parties in Congress to place the regula-
ton of our foreign trade in the hands of
the proposed International Trade Organ
ization, by ratifying the Havana Charter.
Anyone who has attempted to under
stand the Havana Charter by making
more than a cursory reading of it will
be brought to a realization that here is
a global scheme which, from the stand
point of the United States, outdoeS all
others in sheer idiocy. 1t is safe to say
that very few of the members of the
League of Women Voters have any real
conception of the Havana Charter, what
it contains and what it implies for the
future of American trade. 1t would be
interesting to learn how the position
taken by the League was arrived at;
what influence was exerted by the State
Department and other propagandists;
how much real study was given to the
subject by the committee that handled
it, and how much intelligent considera-
ton was given to it by the rank and file.
The ITO ostensibly strikes a blow
against import restrictions, embargoes,
discriminatory tariffs and the like, in one
paragraph-and then condones and per-
mits their use in the next, where the
country desiring to use them is in bal
ance of payment" difficulties. (This
means in plain English that the country
is broke and is unwilling to put it's
house in order). The ITO thunders
against cartels and then provides
elaborate machinery for worldwide,
governmental cartels. The ITO, on the
one hand, seeks to enforce competition
among private enterprises, and on the
other encourages state trading. state
monopolies, state ownership-each the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20
Austria and the West

The Anglo-French-A American decision to end
most of the occupation controls in the Western
sectors of Austria should help to ease some of the
bitterness and establishment that the Austrian
people must feel as a result of what has hap
pened to them since their liberation"
Prior to the defeat of Nazi Germany, the
Soviet Union solemnly agreed that the Austrians
were not to be regarded as enemies and that as
soon they were saved from Hitler's forced an
nexation, prompt action would be taken on
treaty to restore their country to full independ-
ence. In the years that have passed since We
day, however, the Kremlin, in more than $50
separate negotiating meetings with France,
Britain and the United States, has drearily OBJ
structed every effort to make that treaty a
reality. All it has done is to demonstrate a
desire to maintain an excuse for keeping its
troops in Romania and Hungary and to convert
Austria into political and economic vassal.
With this background in mind, and because
OF conviction that there is no hope in the
immediate future for change in Soviet policy,
the three Western Powers have now decided to
let their zones be as nearly independent and self
ruling as possible. To that end more or less as
happened in the case of Germany last year they
will replace their military governors with civilian
high commissioners and transfer as much power
and authority as they can to the Austrian gov
eminent OF course, since the Austrians them
selves will not want them withdrawn as long as
the Red Army is in the Russian zone the Anglo
French-American troops will remain, but they
will be regarded henceforth as security contin-
gents rather than occupation forces
All this falls far short of what was once
promised to the Austrian people, but they do
not have to be told who is responsible for that
The Western gesture is simply civilized effort
to lessen the bleakness of the situation the
Kremlin has imposed on them. In It's own way,
too, the action adds up TO pretty good anti
Soviet propaganda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20
First Armed Forces Day

It would be pleasant if the Nation could
have observed its first Armed Forces Day in an
atmosphere free of the tensions which today give
the event such grim significance. The occasion
itself, symbolic of defense unification is cause
enough for public celebration. But it is hard to
rejoice in an hour that finds our consolidated
war machine being geared not to an era of peace
but to the ever-increasing threat of another
world war. It is nonethelesS gratifying that
defense teamwork is being developed to meet this
threat-gratifying to every American and, as
General Bradley pointed out last night in San
Francisco, reassuring to free nations every
where"
The keynote of the day, sounded by Presi-
dent Truman by Secretary Johnson and by many
other speakers, is preparedness to resist attack
from any quarterly air, sea or land There
was no nincing of words as to the identity of
the potential enemy. The chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff declared we must prepare to
counter any tactic that the Kremln dictator
may use. IF delaying tactics are called for"
General Bradley said, delay will be the pattern.
If aggressive tactics are called for, then agrees
sive tactics will be the means. If his best adj
vantage be gained by apparent agreement and
ingratiating Difference, then he will be cynically
agreeable. But we must recognize through all of
these-delay, aggression or agreement-that the
has not changed. They are set, in a combination
of strong dictatorial government and insidious
theology, to subdue and subvert the best forces
of the free world"
So we have no alternative but to rebuild
our armed forces to a level of strength best
calculated to discourage our enemy from an
aggressive move and failing that, to enable us
to retaliate instantly with all our military re-
Sources-and those of our Allies. That is why
unity among the members of our defense is so
essential and why, in time of so-called peace, it
is necessary to spend so many billions on the
Air Force, the Army and the Navy. Today the
public which pays the defense bill and which
stands to benefit from the investment is given
an opportunity to see first hand how the defense
dollars are being spent At military installations
here and elsewhere throughout the country
show OF strength is the order of the day. It is
show that should be reassuring to those who
have been concerned over the signs of trouble
in this age of atomic weapons. There is no basis
for complacency, however for our co-ordnated
armed services are not as strong as they would
like to be. But they deserve great credit for
making the most of the limited funds and facili-
ties available to them under a cold-war budget
That they will acquit themselves we'll if the war
should grow hot is an assumption that even
Moscow is not apt to overlook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20
Mr.. Browns Column

In yesterdays Sunday Star I looked
for my favorite columnist and found him
not. Constantine Brown is one of the
few well qualified commentators in the
United States. and his reporting Of the
news must be considered by fair-minded
men as most accurate, and his approach
to the news as most objective. hope his
absence will be short
Robert Lee KelIeher.
Editors Note: He was back the
next day. Mr.. Browns column appears
regularly Monday through Saturday
though he often writes for Sunday,
too.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20
Luxurious Diaper Bags

AS mother of small baby>I would
like to call your attention to a perfectly
ridiculous situation.
Upon the arrival of our latest off,
spring, did not purchase diaper bag,
on the premise that with four other
children wouldn't have much time to
be visiting around with the baby. How
ever, even for his periodic trips to the
doctor for checkups and shots, it was i'm
practicable to carry bottles and diapers
in paper bag. Any mother can tell you
what happens when you put cold bottles
of milk or wet diapers in a paper bag
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20

Senate rejection of three more of President
Truman'S Government reorganization plans i'm
perils an important phase of the executive
reform program The Hoover Commission laid
stress on the need for centralized authority in
the administration of Federal agences-espe-
cially those having independent status. 1t
blamed loose administrative organization in
many of these agencies for much of the ineffi-
cheney and waste it's task forces found Yet the
prospects of congressional approval of plans
like basis are growing simmer with each passing
day.
The main arguments made on the Senate
floor against the Presidents Plan No. 7, central
izing administrative powers of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in its chairman were
based on the fact that Mr.. Truman went beyond
the recommendations of the Hoover Commission.
1t is true that the Hoover report did not Spe-
officially advocate appointment of the ICC
chairman by the President. But it's task force
did And the probability is that the Senate would
have disapproved Plan No. 7 even if the presi-
Dental disappointment proviso had not been
present, for this issue was not involved in Plan
No. IL, concerning the Federal Communications
Commission, which also was voted down. Con-
greSS long ago authorized the President to
appoint the head of the ICC as we'll as the chair
men of several other regulatory agencies. So
there was nothing revolutionary about the pro-
posal to have the President appoint the heads
of the other independent bureaus. The Depart
ment OF Agriculture plan was junked without a
record vote and after only brief discussion.
II the Senate continues in its current mood,
Is likely that similar plans for administrative
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20
Serious Minded

Having just read the challenging
Mothers Day sermon by Reverend Fred
erick Brown Harris, am finally going to
. write the long delayed note of common
dation and appreciation on this splendid
long enjoyed.
AS confirmed and appreciative reader
of The Star. am I entitled to reiterate
the question of so many readers, why,
oh why, this McLemore?" Is he one of
the relatives? You can't really think he
is clever or even funny? Let's have the
light touch, but not the brash inanites
of an adoleScent
Marguerite Snyder.
Editors Note: Mr.. McLemore un-
doubtedly is related to somebody, but
not to u.s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20

The shadows OF his ndttpe elms
Lie lightly on the tDeathered sign,
As ride the shadows OF his days
Across his calm face and benign.
His icrinkled hands are sure anor0
The little 5e,Dels. the tiny gears.
The kindly tra6icker Nth Time
Who bdrters minutes for the years.
All day. all night. his small shop seethes
With whispered seconds as they pass;
So locusts sing at summers end.
Dry crickets In September grass.
FREDERICK EBRIGHr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20
WINS Gen. Sun-Defender of Fornoso .

the island on all possible landing points.
Next comes a series Of Notifications in
depth. which run back as far as the cen
ter of the island. The last line is based
on a ring of deeply -imbedded. wartime
built Japanese mountain Notifications.
which even American bombers failed to
dislodge.
Since mountains cover nearly two
thirds of Formosa. the 30-odd central
peaks. towering as high rs 10000 feet.
may prove as hard for the Reds to crack
as the jagged peaks Of Italy were for
the Allies.
Sun is most vulnerable on the western
half Of the island. which stretches out
into the sea in a wide open plain for
almost one-third its length. No Ameri-
can knows precisely what defenses he
has there.
The total area Of the island itself
that has to be defended is slightly larger
in size than the States of Massachusetts,
and Connecticut combined. Some Amer
leans feel that this is little too confin-
ing for free wheeling defense.
However, the Nationalist are stalking
their all on concentrated defense.
which won't be handicapped by any
long supply line open to Communist
strafing and bombing.
While Suns army has been a heavy
economic drain on the island. Formosa
is rich rice and reproducing area.
yielding two crops q year, which makes
1t totally self-sustaining from the food
standpoint.
In addition. the island produces i'm
portant crops of potatoes. tobacco. pea
nuts and tea. This insures the Chinese
a steady year-round supply of food
AS more troops have come from the
mainland, the Nationalist have i'm
ported nearly 100000 tons of fertilizer
to increase the rice yield Current cash
subsidies to Formosan farmers have
raised farm output above the islands
actual requirements.
Thus, for the time being at least,
Sun appears to have plenty of protec-
ton on his economic flank-if he can
hold the military front.
North American Newspaper Alliance)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20
Letters to The Star =.

antithesis of competition and private
enterprise.
To any informed, objective observer
the whole thing looks like a grand inter-
national scramble for soft jobs. In fact.
the ITO, if it is ever set up, may we'll
grow into bureaucracy of such impos-
ing dimensions that it would only be
dwarfed by the United Nations itself.
happy day. when poor little one-vote
Uncle Sam gets into this beartrap!
The members of the League of Women
Voters would do well to take another
look at the ITO. Surely, organized as
they are to demand voice in the Gov
eminent of our country. they can't seri-
ously want to turn such an important
part of it as the function of regulating
our foreign trade over to so foreign
countries.
Another Woman Voter.