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Evening star., 1950-03-25
By Charles E. TroceweN

pensive food put out for birds, 1t is best
mixed with lesser grades of seed.
Be sure that the grosbeaks, if they
come around. will find it with their
heavy bills, They do not have the name
of "grosbeak" just for fun.
Usual nesting area Of the grosbeaks is
in Northern Michigan and Canada.
Several hundred were reported in
Mountain Lakes, N. j.
The male is yellow and black bird
with some white on his wings.
The female is gray with bit of light
yellow showing through the gray tone.
Usual arrival dates of migrating birds
may be expected to be upset by any
number Of days. perhaps from two weeks
to month or even more.
For instance, we saw our first robin
this year on March IL, although others
had reported their first" one as early
as January.
During February many robins were
reported in the Washington vicinity. but
no first robin means as much to one as
ones very own.
The same holds true OF the other
arrivals.
What difference does it make If a
neighbor has wrens if one does not come
to ones own yard?
Home ownership makes interest in
birdlife a sure thing, not only for the
picture effect, but also for the dollar
and-cents value. since al our songstsrs
Evening star., 1950-03-25
Mr.. Acheson and Evil

The text of Secretary Acheson's Berke-
ley speech in The Star of March 16 is
worthy of comment solely because the
position he so adeptly clings to is one of
the highest posts in American Govern
ment. One part of the speech, in par
ticular is so negatively American as to
make his words sound like the bleat of
a loudspeaker wired to the Kremlin in
Moscow. .
In speaking of the moral issue between
our free society and communisms slave
state, Mr.. Truman's Secretary of State
says "Yet it does not follow that the
two systems cannot exist concurrently in
this world. Good and evil can and do
exist concurrently in the whole great
realm of human life"
Mr.. Acheson nowhere mentions the
fact that good and evil exist concurrent
ly in America only in preponderant pro-
portions of law and order over criminal
evils. Thus, his words leave the false i'm
preston that good and evil exist concur
rently, side by side, and on a basis of
like and equal amounts in America. The
Secretary of State attempts in this man.
ner suavely to excuse and apologize for
the Communist slave state, by suggesting
that the good American free society
should sink low enough to merge with
the well-known evils of communism. His
total lack of affirmative, American pa
triotic principles is obvious, but his
weak mentality is even more glaring.
Every sane person in the United States
realizes that it would be impossible to
conduct business or even walk about
safely if there were so complete merger
of thieves and murderers with the forces
of law and order as Secretary Acheson
apparently wants to produce by merging
Communist treachery with American
freedom
Let us hope the Congress will force the
removal of such a national menace as
the present Secretary of State.
Franklin T. Miles.
Evening star., 1950-03-25
Some Letters to The Star

The Star has selected for publication on
this page today letters dealing with Senator
McCarthy's charges of Communism in the State
Department. They are probably typical of thou
sands of such letters being received by others
who have commented on this matter, including
Senator Tydings and his colleagues on the COM
rnittee investigating the charges. Most of the
letters support Senator Mccarthy and condemn
his critics
The pattern of logic that runs through many
OF these communications could thus be expressed:
Senator Mccarthy is against Communism He
Is trying to get the Communists out of Govern
ment. Therefore anybody who crticzes Senator
Mccarthy is in favor of Communism and in
favor of Communists in the State Department.
When you attack Senator Mccarthy, you obstruct
his praiseworthy efforts.
Criticism of Senator McCarthy's methods, of
course, is unrelated to the issue of Communism
or of Communists in Government It is ruthless
and irresponsible act for Senator Mccarthy, or
any other officer of this Government, to loose
a. shotgun attack against American citizens,
naming names and blasting regulations by
charges unsupported by evidence or acceptable
proof. 1t is also dangerous dsservice to the
US than the ceaseless barrage of propaganda
directed from Moscow and designed to under
mine confidence in our Government.
The Star believes that time, and the good
sense of the American people, eventually will
place Senator McCarthys charges in their proper
perspective. In the meantime, it offers no
apologies for anything that has said in criticism
of his methods.
Evening star., 1950-03-25
Towards a RubIe Bloc?

MoScOW'S recent announcement that the Rus
sian ruble will go on the gold standard has been
varously interpreted abroad. The first reaction in
diplomatic quarters was that this was just an
other move in "cold war" strategy and should be
judged as primarily propaganda in character.
Financial circles, however, tend to give it i'm
portant economic significance. They interpret it
as the means of welding the Soviet Union and its
satellites into tight-knit currency area similar
to that of sterling, thereby further consolidating
the Soviet Empire.
Such an Interpretation is in line with the
efforts which Moscow has been making during
the past two years for the establishment of the
ruble as the basis for trade relations with its
satellites. However, so long as the ruble was
pegged to the dollar, the latter continued to
affect Soviet-satellte trade relations, because
most prices were tied to world prices; that is to
say were fixed in terms Of dollars. BY basing
the ruble on gold Moscow aims to make it an
Independent international" currency. This does
not mean that Moscow will Immediately try to
gain recognition for the ruble outside the Soviet
sphere. 1t does mean, however that the gold
backed ruble will become the master currency
perhaps soon the only currency-within the So
Wet bloc. Thus the latter becomes, in fact a
ruble area.
The economic advantages to Moscow are
obvious. The Soviet Union is now able to buy
almost all that the satellites produce, but is
unable to supply them with the commodities they
need. Thus for long time to come they will
have ruble balances They will presumably use
whatever portion of the rubles they cannot spend
in inter-satellite trade in trade abroad But they
can henceforth do this only after the Soviet Union
has determined that those rubles cannot be
spent within the Soviet Empire, since Moscow
alone will have the power to convert rubles into
gold, dollars or sterling. Thus Moscow has in
vented an instrument for both the intensified
exploitation of its satellites and the strictest
troll of economic relations between its satellites
and the West.
Evening star., 1950-03-25
SUGGESTED Acheson Statement

The following represents statement
which I believe the American people
would welcome from Secretary of State
Dean Acheson. 49, ~.
ITO the People of America
II recognize that an explanation of nay
personal attitude and the State Depart
ment's attitude toward communism is
long overdue. First of all, apologize for
my remarks about Alger Hiss after his
conviction. My statement was made
while was still under an emotional
strain following disclosure of his per-
jury. I always will turn my back on
any one, friend or foe. whose actions
endanger the welfare of my country. I
want no friends who are traitors to
America. Like all good Christians, l
have great sympathy for Hiss and all
other criminals. hope always to think
Of evil doers in a spirit of charity with
out condemnation Let us leave the
punishment of Alger Hiss to the law and
to his own conscience.
II appreciate that there is now great
deal of criticism of the Department of
State throughout America. There has been
manifested a general lack of confidence
in State Department officials due in con-
olOcl dUAC poi y, ouPPOoCp w Jul AldAAS&A1AS
of the affairs in China and other parts
of the Far East as we'll as to our atti-
tude toward Communists and Communist
front organizations. It is true we have
taken defensive attitude regarding
charges of having Communists or those
with Communist leanings on our staff.
Il want to offer my personal assurance
to every one in America that a complete
investigation of communism in the State
Department by Congress or any other
properly authorized agency will be well
coined. We are prepared to assist such
inquiries to the fullest extent. I agree
fully that this Department must be en-
tirely free from Communist influence.
This includes not only those who are
Communists but all those who have ever
been members or sympathizers with
these or with other subversive organiza-
Evening star., 1950-03-25
Conquering Leukemio?

Acute leukemia which strikes rather fire.
Quently among children, as we'll as among adults,
Is a kind of cancer characterized by wild
multiplication of the white blood cells. A few
months ago it was regarded as being almost
always fatal. Today, however, its victims-like
the little boy now being treated for it at George
town University Hospital-have what seems to
be fairly good chance to survive. Indeed,
there is more than little reason to believe that
science may be we'll on the way to conquering
1t altogether.
This bright promise first came to light last
January when Memorial Hospital and the Sloan
Kettering Institute in New York announced that
five leukemia victims in their care had all staged
dramatic recoveries after having received, over
a period of from twenty-four to thirty days,
daily injections of ACTH and cortisone. Now,
to lend further significance to that announce
ment, Bellevue Hospital, in the same city, has
just discharged two young boys who responded
remarkably to similar treatment. Six weeks
ago they were near death from the dread disease,
but today they are in excellent condition"
With sensible caution, the doctors responsible
for these cases have been at pains to emphasize
that 1T would be premature to raise hopes too
high at this stage. They have warned that the
patients involved may not be fully cured, that
the disease may be only temporarily arrested"
and that 1t may recur with fatal effects Even
so the results achieved have been far too striking
to suggest anything less than the possibility, if
not the probability, that scientists are close to
working out an effective ACTH-cortisone treat
ment for acute leukemia, just as they long ago
figured out how to use insulin successfully against
diabetes.
If this proves to be the case, then certainly
ACTH Ia hormone drug derived from the pitu-
itary glands of pigs and cortisone "a close cousin
derived from the adrenal glands of cattle) will
be numbered among the most benefcent dis
coveries of the century, and though they are
extremely scarce at present. synthetic production
undoubtedly will make them abundant in due
course. year or so ago, they were found to
have nearmiraculous potentialities in the treat
ment of arthritis and if they now lead to the
conquest of eukemia their place in history will
be truly great and shining one.
Evening star., 1950-03-25
Art Criticism Department

Permit me to tell you what and some
OF my friends think of The Evening Star
now, It's in line for the Gutter Award
for 1850.
That cartoon Of Senator Mccarthy
and Good Old Joe" represented the
worst in journalism I've ever seen; and
I started 40 years ago as printers devil
to washington hand press.
There's just one way you can now
atone. That is to print cartoon show
ing yourself, Acheson and Jessup in one
short bed with Coplon, Fuchs and Hiss
under it.
You have right to think what you
doesn't have to be a Communist to be
bad security risk. He can be gentle
man who's been intrusted with respon-
sibility and then goes to sleep at his post.
But the worst is that Acheson and
Jessup were not asleep. They knew what
they were doing; and since they don't
regret it, they're not my kind OF ad-
ministrators for my free Government.
Allan Dale.
I'm really shocked at the recent Star
cartoon attacking Senator Mccarthy l
thought The Star cOulQ De Qepenued OH
to be fair and nti-Communistic, even
if everything else in the country failed!
The target in this whole controversy
seems to be Mccarthy, and not the
Communists or Acneson.
Disguised Reader.
Cartoonist Bergman must have be-
come extremely bankrupt for ideas with
which to express himself on the current
investigation into Communist charges
against the State Department, when he
has to dip into dear and sacred chapter
in Catholic tradition for inspiration.
The use of "St. Mccarthy and the
cheap ard offensive reference to snakes
is entirely out of order and quite out OF
keeping with the dignity which The Star
has constantly maintained.
Evening star., 1950-03-25
Our Gifts to the Red Cross

Alone, ,ne can do little, but our gifts
Combined may saDe brothers life.
may strengthen
A sorry tDorld's belief in lope that lifts
The dread of night before its s1aadows
lengthen.
Who mould not feed hungry child?
Who counts
The cost Wlae1l help is needed for his
brother?
Accept these gifts. in great and small
amounts,
TO use ON our behalf. soise Red Gross
Mother.
ALICE HARTICH.
Evening star., 1950-03-25
A Republican for Acheson

Those who place party above country
and exaggerated ego above devotion to
honest principle, are greater menace to
our liberties than anything Russia could
trump up.
I believe Secretary Achesons total
diplomacy policy to be sound. Be
, strong, and we will have nothing to fear.
Republican.
Evening star., 1950-03-25

Americans as able as Mr.. Murray, but not many
of them show the same readiness to give up the
even tenor of their private lives to take on, in
the goldfish bowl of public service, the heavy
responsibilities of membership in the Acc. Keep
ing that vital agency we'll manned is likely to
be a continuing presidential headache.
Evening star., 1950-03-25
Accusations and RebuttuIs

Doris Fleeson has recently written
1T was noticeable that the cameras
which whirred assiduously during the
high accusatory spots of Senator Nc
Carthy's testimony we're often quiet dur
ing the detailed, careful Kenyon rebuff
tai. In a sense indeed, the cameras
dramatized the peril in which the Sena-
tors targets stand. The inevitable re-
Election was:
want to assure Miss Fleeson that
Americans will give as much time to the
"unsensational, careful rebuttals' as the
American press has given them. Miss
Fleeson and other members of her es-
tate have failed to see the beam in their
own eye.
There has been great concern that
Senator McCarthy's charges will receive
more publicity than their able contra
diction, and yet it is seldom written
that the press alone is responsible for
this concern. If managing editors were
to give the same display to rebuttals as
well as to charges we would have much
better Informed public opinion.
C. Douglas Sager
Evening star., 1950-03-25
Who Could Possibly Object?'

The collective Bill JOneSeS OF this
country are little non-plussed at the
obstructive tactics being used at Wash
ington and from some outside whistle
stops against the Mccarthy investiga-
ton to determine if there are dangerous
characters on the Federal payroll in
the State Department. 1t just doesn't
sound like honest cricket. Who could
possibly object to such an investigation
assuming that they are plain mill-run
Americans interested in the public well
fare?
The very stubbornness with which the
investigation is being opposed is pointed
proof that the investigation ought to
be made and should be thorough. No
honest person wants to harm any other
honest person; but citizen is foolish
to allow his government to be deliber-
ately undermined. And he is liable to
suspicion when he opposes an investiga-
ton to determine if it IS maintaining
hazards.
Regardless of the suggestion from
some quarters that Mccarthy is look
ing for publicity, it is common knowl-
edge that there have been arrogant
assaults on our traditional way of life
and government pattern. Somebody has
to take the lead. Instead Of being
censured and abused, he should be re-
garded as a public benefactor. Person.
ally. we believe Mccarthy is sincere.
and that his charges should be sifted
without bias, in the interest of all the
folks: because, after ALL the folks own
this country. All officials are just hired
hands. The role of telling the public
to keep it's nose out of its own business
is not charming grace nor crowning
glory for any designing politician.
Mineral Wells, Tex. F. A. Garrett.
Evening star., 1950-03-25
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer to any question
Of fact by writing The Evening Star Inforna-
tion Bureau, 1900 Eye street NV, Washing
ton 5, D. c. Please inclose 3 cents for return
postage
Evening star., 1950-03-25

@. Is there any precedent in history
for the Townsend Plan?-L. S. K.
A. A French forerunner of the Town
send Plan was discovered in document
formulated for the Republic of France
In 1793 Due to the collapse of currency
and other national disorders, the plan
never went into effect.
Evening star., 1950-03-25
so Few Real Americans

I wish to express my applause for
Senator Mccarthy. 1t is indeed sad
situation today-there seem to be so few
real Americans" But the saddest OF
all is that those who believe they are
"real Americans are siding with those
who defend Communists. If we are
honest we will remember who brought
Communists into our Government-the
Harvard long-haired boys-and gave
them fat jobs. And this administration
has followed in his footsteps.
shall drop Senator Tydings note
and remind him that it is the citizens of
Maryland who elect him to office, not
the administration.
hope that while our Harry is summing
himself in Key West, a Snorkel sneaks
up and take a good look at him. A
good scare is what he needs.
Disguised.
Evening star., 1950-03-25
McCorthys Way Ahead in Letter Feud

THE STARS mail has been running
l. hot and heavy on the issue of Sena-
tor Mccarthy versus the State Depart
ment, indicating wide interest in the
current congressional hearings and ap-
parent strong public support for the
man who thinks our diplomatic setup is
riddled with Reds and that Secretary of
State Acheson should resign.
This is how the problem looks to
those of our readers who so far have sent
us their opinions:
Evening star., 1950-03-25
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. Where did the square dance orig
inate?-G. F. r.
A.. Square dance" is the name popu-
larly applied to any type of American
folk dance in which an even number
of couples take part. Most of these
dances came to the United States from
England, where they originated during
the l7th century.
Evening star., 1950-03-25

despotism-if wilful, stupid man in our
highest legislative body is allowed to
shoot off his mouth without the slightest
regard for either the truth or the far
reaching implications.
Richard w. Berg.
Evening star., 1950-03-25
A Block Mark Against Us

Something should be done about this
fellow Mccarthy. who is publishing the
weakness of this Government apparently
for his own elf-aggrandizement He is
making America the laughing stock of
the world. This whole silly performance
. is black mark against supposed in
telligent society.
Walter Sonneberg.
Evening star., 1950-03-25

tions. This is no time to gamble on the
loyalty of State Department employees.
Il sincerely trust that this frank state
ment of my attitude will serve to help
restore confidence in your Department
Of State"
Remington, Va. J. Blaine Gwin.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-10-19
Danish Cheese
In Powder Form

A Danish firm; has begun the
production Of cheese powder. The
cheese powder has to be soaked in
water and then allowed to dry. It's
natural taste is retained and even
improved, because It contains
substance which prevents the
growth of the organisms which in
ordinary cheese causes mould and
a bad taste. 1t will be particularly
valuable for large scale industrial
use, as in the making of. cheese
biscuits, and it is hoped that the
new method will bring new oppor-
tunities for Danish cheese exports,
which have increased a great deal
since the end of the war. In pow
der form the cheese can be stored
for an indefinite time and the
freight charges are cheaper be-
cause the water in the cheese is
extracted.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-10-19

VI hAo'"
They We're kept supplied during
the whole of their stay in ice
bound Pearyland by Catalina
planes of the Danish Navy. The
exploits of the naval pilots can
stand comparison with the great
est flights in the history of avia-
ton. Fifty freight trips were
made from the supply base in
Zachenberg, $50 KIN to the south.
No expedition, with all its equip
ment landed by air, has ever op-
Grated in regions so far north or
in such difficult terrain. An emer-
gency landing would have meant
disaster.
The scientists have brought
back much new information about
the animal and plant life, weather
conditions. glacial formations and
archaeology of northern Greenland.
Most important of their finds was
the discovery of the remains of
human habitation in situation
nearer to the north pole than any
previously discovered. Near the
east coast the leader of the eXpe-
dition. Eigil Knuth found the skel-
eton of a 10-metre long oomiak
(woman's boat) and it was car
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-10-19

ried back to the winter operations
base by sledge.
Knuth believes he has been able
to distinguish the remains of two
distinct invasions, one by men
whose culture resembles that of
the late Stone Age, and the other
by more primitive men who lived
by catching whales and worked
with tools fashioned from flint and
whalebones. His theories will now
be examined in moro detail by
psychologists who will study the
objects which have been brought
back.
Geographers of the expedition
flew over most of Pearyland -
which is about the size of Swift
zerland - taking aerial photo
graphs of areas which have never
been mapped before.
The huts of the expeditions
winter operations base were sealed
up before the expedition left and
will be used eventually as a per-
manent weather station. AS such
it will be a valuable link in the
chain of Danish weather stations
in Greenland.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-10-19

The picture above shows the
newly elected Scandinavian Off
GERS of the grand lodge of IOGT,
Northwest district. First row from
left includes Clara Lindquist, Ev-
erett, Wash, Gunver Bjerkeseth,
Seattle, Wash, Elisabeth Larson,
Seattle, WaSh., klara Malm, Wv
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-10-19
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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-10-19
Morse Actors On Tour

Transforming tours by three mo-
bile theatre groups, sponsored by
the Workers Youth League, have
played to capacity audiences in
towns and villages throughout
Norway. The three amateur
groups will give $50 performances
in all parts of the country.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-10-19
New funicuIar Railway

A funicular railway, more than
5000 feet long, and rising ~1,257
feet, is being built in Northern
Norway. Accommodating 100 per-
sons per hour, it will give workers
employed at Norsk Hydro's am
monia plant in Glomfjord a chance
to get out of the narrow valley,
up into the mountains.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-10-19
kind-Hearted norwegian

A Norwegian emigrant, liver
Thaug, who died two years ago in
North Dakota, willed $4,000 to
the Old Peoples Home in his ma
tive valley of Sci. The money,
amounting to more than Kr. TO-
900, has now been received by To-
cal authorities in Sci.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-10-19
Morse Physicians To U. S.

Three outstanding young Nor
wegian doctors will shortly come
to the U. S. to work at the Nor
wegian-American Hospital in Chi
cago. Their positions were obtain
ed by the Observation-Disclosures
Foundation of New York City, as
part of its Trainee Program.