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Evening star., 1950-08-16
SheIterinq Bond Concerts

Those who have been faithful in at
tendance at the Marine Band concerts
this summer know very well that many
of the Wednesday night concerts Of this
fine musical aggregation played in front
of the Capitol steps have had to be can
celed due to rainy or questionable
weather. On some occasions the sky
was overcast and the precipitation did
not descend until the band had gotten
part way through the program. On
other occasions, the rain had occurred
during the day, and while it had stopped
before concert time, the playing had to
be Cancelled because of the fact that the
grassy plots on either side of the Capitol
steps on which many listeners sit did not
have chance to dry out prior to concert
time.
On a number of occasions this summer
I have thought how convenient it might
be. though probably fantastical, if
canvas canopy could be rolled down above
the Capitol steps on few minutes notice
when a sudden rain descended during
a concert program. Then, too, and just
as important If collapsible canvas can
opy could be constructed for the band
stand itself. The latter might be effected
more easily than the former suggestion
for the sheltering Of the steps. Whether
Congress would be willing to appropriate
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A Negro Patriot Speuks

know I will be called a crackpot and
q Communist by a good many white
Americans for writing this letter. But
am not a Communist or a crackpot.
am a Negro whose ancestors were kid
naped in Africa, brought to America, sold
in slavery, and served in bondage for
259 years. I am great-grandson Of
slave who fought in the battle of
Guilford Courthouse 1776, under Gen.
Greene, when he drove the British out Of
North Carolina. I am the grandson of
a slave who fought three years in the
Union Army, 1862-1865, and was with
the first Union troops to enter Richmond
after 1t was captured in April, 1865.
I, the grandson and great-grandson
of those two black slaves, am veteran
of the Indian War of 1890. in the Bad
Lands of South Dakota. I fought on
San Juan Hill, Cuba, in 1898: fought
in the Philippine Islands, 1899 to 1902.
I am giving this brief history to show
that am a loyal and true citizen.
But am at loss to see why the
white man of the United States holds
such malice and hatred against us. We
have proven we are his best friend of
any dark race on the globe. Still the
white Americans close the door against
the Negro who for 800 years has served
him honestly and faithfully, and has
never in any way been traitor against
the Government of the United States.
Wake up, white Americans! You are
the most envied and hated people on
earth. God is just God. He has given
you every blessing, but remember that
you will reap MANIFOLD OF what you
SOW. And also remember that our Negro
boys are fighting and dying on the bat
tlefields of Korea, knowing that If they
live to get back to America segregation
will be their reward for the hardships
undergone.
I know that many white Americans
are friends to the Negroes. But they
are afraid to speak out and fight for
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This and That

He was foored. chagrined. discom-
fitted, hurt.
He, the friend Of all dogs, being chal-
lenged as If he were North Korean!
1t was too. too much.
Jones did something he seldom does,
or has occasion to do.
He "bawled out" the dog and its
owner, too.
He challenged the world to witness
how inoffensive he was, and how tre-
mendously silly this dog was.
Few things on four legs are smarter
than a smart dog, he said, but when
one was non-intelligent. it was just a
plain sap.
Since the world is full of SapS, this
did not worry Jones too much.
A man of action. he took swift kick
at the dog.
1t did the dog no harm, but helped
mollify the Jonesian temper.
The next day he equipped himself
with an insect powder gun filled with
red pepper.
'"This," he said proudly. "will fix him" :"
The only trouble was the ugly dog
never showed again.
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By Charles E. TroceweN

Jones kept his powder gun in his left
hand coat pocket.
The pocket got full of pepper, which
Jones regularly shook out.
This got to be such nuisance that
our dog lover looked around for some
other inconspicuous weapon.
This time he hit upon his wife's de-
odorant.
1t was in neat canister with plastic
top, and had a gas behind it to make it
spray when button was pressed. Really,
the very latest thing.
"He will think twice." said Jones, with
some satisfaction as he regarded his new
protection, unique in the history OF dogs
and cosmetics.
He stored the weapon in his outer coat
breast pocket.
The day was hot.
When Templeton Jones returned home,
he had forgotten about the dog. The dog
had forgotten about him. But physical
science was still on the job.
He heard a sudden "bang."
He looked down. He realized that his
deodorant "gun" had blown up
Moral: When you hunt dogs, use
bullets, not q deodorant.
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Templeton Jones, dog lover, sometimes
finds it difficult to keep up his en-
thuSiaSm.
This happens when, out OF a clear
sky, some surly pooch attacks him.
Not often, it is true, for even dogs
know that Jones is kindly man.
Every now and then one Of them
doesn't know it, or forgets.
Rabies shots, according to some, can
change a dogs disposition.
People who keep cats-as Templeton
Jones does-can expect to be shifted at
warily.
The odor of dog or cat may be abso-
lutely nothing at all to another human
but be very plain, indeed, to the sensi-
tive dog.
In the main, however, Jones gets along
very well with dogs.
He likes them, and most of them real
ize it. Rapport is complete.
This day was different.
It was the "dog days." true enough,
but that couldn't account for the big
ugly-looking dog crossing the street and
barring his fangs at our friend Temple
ton Jones.
To say that Temp was astonished
was>putting 1t mildly. n
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Colonel Magyar

The human causes of courage and freedom
lost one Of their most doughty fighters last week
when Colonel Unni Magyar, alternate Indian
representative on the United Nations Commission
for Korea, rode to his death in mine shattered
jeep.
Before leaving on the Korea assignment
about q month ago, Colonel Magyar had served
for approximately two years as the Public Re
lations Attache of the Indian Embassy here.
He came to this post after careers Of distinction
in both journalism and the army and he came
to 1t because he saw here an opportunity for
further service to his government and to his
people. 1t was in the same light, virtually on
the eve of his departure for home leave, that
Colonel Nayar assessed the opportunity for serv-
ice on the United Nations Commission
Those who knew Unni Magyar, and he made
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an amount to cover the cost of purchasing
such canopies for the steps and band
stand is another question. I should
think the canopy for the steps would
serve dual purpose: Not only shielding
the listeners on nights when rain
suddenly descends during concert, but
also would protect the Congressman from
the hot summer sun as they go in and
out of the Capitol.
Another suggestion for the rainy con-
cert night problem during the summer
would be to have a general understand
ing that on rainy nights the concerts
would be played in the Interdepartmental
Auditorium, which understand is air.
cooled and would be an ideal second
choice for the concerts. There could
be signs placed in front of the Capitol
steps on rainy or questionable concert
nights stating that the concert would be
held in the Interdepartmental Auditor
ium and giving the exact address Of the
Auditorium and hour of the concert so
that out-of-towners visiting here might
be able to locate the Auditorium in their
cars. The majority of Washingtonians,
believe, are familiar with the location
of the Interdepartmental Auditorium.
David B. Harrison
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barked at Varna, the largest overseas
military expeditionary force in history
up to that time.
There might be another parallel with
current history. 1t would be nice to
think so. For popular opinion of the
times attributed to Russia power in
arms little short of invincibility. But
despite his reputation, the Russian SOL
dier turned out to have little more than
the will to fight. He was armed with a
smooth bore, and was so oblivious to
Workmanship that at the Alma River,
north of Sevastopol where the Russians
met the invaders, the troops of the rear
rank merely fired over the heads of those
in front. without sighting on the Western
forces.
The British troops were led by Lord
Raglan. whose tailor designed the coat
with the raglan shoulder. He was vet
eran Of the Peninsular Campaign (Wel-
lington's expedition to Spain in the Ma
poleonic warS) and had not seen field
service for 80 years. Raglan did not
survive Crimea. A military controversy
ragged about him for years. Many experts
were of the opinion that he should have
been able to take Sevastopol at the first
contact. Instead, he and Marshal ST.
Arnaud, his French colleague, marched
their armies around the fortress and sat
down to besiege it.
This was the situation on October 25,
when the Russians sailed out and at
tackled the British right near Balaklava.
The Heavy Cavalry Brigade checked
them. Tennyson wrote poem about it,
but no one remembers that one. 1t was
the mishap that followed that every
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Joint Warfare on Crime

The Washington Criminal Justice Association
is right in holding that there is need for better
teamwork by law enforcement activities in the
District of Columbia. The associations annual
report recently released, said that "one OF the
significant gaps in the effective operation OF
crime control and treatment in the District OF
Columbia is lack of integration and co-ordina-
tion among all the processes OF justice as well as
between the official agencies and the public" 1t
Is encouraging to learn that the organization,
representative OF many public and private agen-
cies and individuals interested in reducing the
amount OF crime in washington, will throw its
weight behind the proposal to create perma-
nent law enforcement council or conference here.
The conference idea has been advocated by
the Davis subcommittee on local crime by speak
ers at the annual Judicial Conference for the Dis
trict Circuit, and by other groups and persons in
recent months. John L. Laskey told the Judicial
Conference he favored an independent council,
responsible only to the public, which would be
free to criticize as well as praise any agency or
official engaged in enforcing the law. The aSSo-
citation has Endorsed this plan enthusiastically"
II justice in any Jurisdiction is to be effective,
the report said "it must be efficient and con-
sistent; 1t must be a continuing process that
reaches from the roots of the community, spreads
through the entire process and returns to the
community There must be consciousness on
the part of each public official of his duty to the
citizens as we'll as his relationships to each OF
the other agencies officially charged with the
control, prevention and prosecution of crime"
There is no real coordination now except of
q sporadic, informal nature. The Judicial Con-
ference brings the judges and lawyers together
ut regular intervals for discussion of mutual
problems Extension of this forum plan would
include prosecutors, police officials, probation
and parole officers, detention authorities and
others concerned with keeping peace and order
in Washington. 1t is time for action rather than
talk on this sound proposal.
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Southeastern Korea

The portion of South Korea which American
forces fighting to keep for the United Nations
is an area comparable with q similar part of
Ireland. Pohang roughly corresponds to Dublin,
Kosong to Cobb. The provinces of Kyongsang
Pukto and Kyongsang Namdo have points of
resemblance with the counties of wicklow and
Wexford United States troops now are holding
what anciently was the kingdom of Silla,
Korean Yucatan of a sort, dating back to the
third century of the Christian era. The strategic
Importance Of the terrain Is indicated by the
fact that its sovereigns dominated the entire
peninsula from 670 to 935. 1t is significant, too
that they kicked out the Japanese as a mere
incident in their campaign of conquest.
Kyongju, often mentioned in dispatches
recently, was the capital of the Korean MayanS.
The neighborhood abounds in the ruins of their
palaces, temples, fortresses and tombs. One of
their towers, still extant, an observatory for
the study of the stars. Numerous additional
evidences of their advanced state of culture
survive on the adjacent hills and in the interven-
ing valleys. There must have been considerable
industry, wealth and peace in the Sillan COM
munity to make feasible such civilization. In
modern times, likewise, there have been riches
there. Ignite mines were developed by the
Japanese with Korean labor at Yongil. Anthracite
is plentiful in the Samchok basin. 1t is to be
exploited for hydro and steam plants with ECA
help. Tungsten and other minerals are available
in important quantities. Biologists from the
United States have been working on a survey
of South Korea's natural resources, and their
preliminary reports have been encouraging.
But the population of the southeastern seq
ment of the country depends principally upon
agriculture and fishing for its sustenance. The
land is cultivated intensively, with rice the
essential crop; and the is used for all it is
worth, with sardines, herring tunas, founders,
cod, Shrimps crabs, huge musselS abalones and
anchovies the objectives. Whales are hunted and
when taken, are regarded as equivalent to beef
When droughts occur, as for example one did
in 1901, thousands starve In that circumstance
again there is an obvious comparison between
Erin and "the Ireland of the Orient"
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Two Weeks to Go

The news that Kim II Sun, North Korean
premier and commander in chief, has told his
armies that they must win by September l or
face a much harder struggle is definitely en-
couraging.
Most American military authorities have
felt that our position in Korea would be secure
If we were not driven into the sea by August
Is. BY that time, they believed, sufficient rein
forcementS would have arrived to insure the
defense, and that deadline has passed. This
information was not universally accepted at face
value, however. There were those who thought
that our military people might be excessively
optimistic, or that they might be talking to keep
up their own courage, and these doubters pre-
ferred to await some more tangible evidence that
our Korean beachhead really was secure.
To a degree, the North Korean premier has
supplied it. Until recently, Red propaganda has
been to the effect that the American and South
Korean troops were being crushed and destroyed.
But as resistance Stiffened as more American
men and materiel were thrown into the fight,
the propaganda line began to change. The
North Korean communiques began to describe
stubborn resistance More recently, they have
complained of "strong defense positions" north
west of Taegu, which the Reds have been trying
desperately, but so far without success, to take.
And now the premier tells his troops that they
have two weeks left in which to drive the Amer
leans and South Koreans into the sea-
This justides the inference that the offensive
now being mounted by the Communists will be
their supreme effort If it fails they probably
will have shot their bolt, and the future course
of the war; barring new developments, should see
the present defenders gradually moving over
to the offenSe.
The threat of new developments, of course,
cannot be ignored. A mission from Red China
is now in Pyongyang, North Korean capital.
OstenSibly the mission is there to celebrate
the fifth anniversary of the liberation of Korea
from the Japanese. But only few days ago
Chinese Communist broadcast from Peiping
said the North Koreans had turned down an
offer of Chinese military aid because they did
not need it at that time.
If the North Korean drive should be stopped,
however, and especially If they should be driven
back, there will arise entirely different situa-
tion, and at that time the danger of Chinese
intervention will have to be reckoned with.
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schoolboy knows" as Macaulay would
Say-and say accurately for once.
Some Turkish batteries were overrun
and taken. Raglan was true to the ira
dition of wellington, who never lost q
British gum" He sent orders by Nolan,
an aide de camp, for the Light Cavalry
Brigade to retake them. Nolan was a
cavalry fanatic, confident that cavalry
could do anything. He launched the
brigade in a different direction-straight
at the Russian artillery position.
The only one to achieve immortality
in the Crimean affair was Florence
Nightingale, "the angel with the lamp"
who brought some efficiency to the Brit
ish hospitals in the winter that followed,
when half the British were sick.
Crimea was the first telegraph war.
BY spring cable had been stretched to
British headquarters. It almost drove
Gen. Simpson, Raglan's successor, crazy.
The War Office wanted to know about
the health of Capt. Jarvis, who was
reported bitten by centipede. The gen.
eral, who was kept busy answering cor
respondence from 4 am. to pm, said
the telegraph had upset everything"
And it developed the first war photo
grapher, Roger Fenton, and the first war
correspondent William H. Russell, a
brilliant Irishman who was later knight
ed. His dispatches to the Times on the
criminality of sending ill-trained, ILL
equipped men into battle, caused the fall
of the Aberdeen ministry.
Sevastopol finally fell on September 8,
1855. If it did nothing else, the Crimean
war showed that, at least on occasion.
the Russians could be licked.
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Indian Point

Red shadows shift among the pines no
more;
Silent the plaintiue chant, the drum
SOnorOuS
That stirred gray ledges on the further
shore
To multiply and stress each tribal
chorus.
No more the fragile birches 8eatDard
slide,
Sped By bronze paddlers do,Dn the
SinuouS riDer,
Mocking the rock-tanged rip, the
treacherous tide.
Dark and deserted dreams the point
-. But .eUer
HoUering high GboUe, majestic, sUild,
Bald eagles match and Uatt, unrecorl-
ciled -.
HAROLD WILLARD GLEASON.
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many friends quickly in Washington, were not
surprised when it was disclosed that he had
volunteered for service with the advanced unit of
the u N. Commission, and that he was driving
the jeep when it was blown to bits. They were
not surprised, either, that he was accompanied
by two newSpapermen on this fateful expedition,
for whatever his occupation of any moment
Unni first and last proudly considered himself
a newspaperman. The many who sorrow at
his death can be certain that he met it with high
courage; they can be proud that his mark on
life was on the side of integrity and fidelity
toward the things worth living for and worth
dying for.
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New AnqIe on Radio in Trunsit

agree that Washington has an extra
good streetcar system. The cars are
commodious, and the way they speed
along and get through traffic speaks well
for the company.
But the other day had to wait half
an hour to get a car without radio ad-
vertising. And it made me think: Why
should a public service utility disturb
and inconvenience patrons by violating
the Golden Rule?
The case of Golden Rule" Nash is
an outstanding example of prosperity
resulting from obedience to this truly
golden Golden Rule.
Roger G.. White.
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Letters to The Star
A pseudony1n is permissible only
1Ohen letter carries correct name
and address of aDriter Please be brief

Justice for all men. The way that Malik.
the Russian chairman Of the U. NJ, is
acting is nothing but propaganda. in
order to build up hatred of the dark races
against the United States. And he is
doing a good job and Is getting away
with it.
hope I will not be stamped as a
traitor for writing this letter to your
paper. am not disloyal. love Amer
lea and would go back again to the battle
and fight in defense of the flag as I did
in 1891. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901 and 1902.
Angus L. Hays.
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India and Mr.. MoIik

On its face-in principle at leaSt-1ndia's
proposal on Korea seems sound and promising
enough to merit the Security Councils serious
consideration. Though unlikely to accomplish
any miracles, it at least has the virtue OF Sug-
Resting q way in which the United Nations
might be able to make a little progress toward
ending the crisis without being reduced to semi
paralysis by the filibuster Soviet Delegate Jakob
A. Malik has been staging ever since becoming
presiding officer for the month of August
In effect, the proposal would temporarily
transfer the Korean issue from the Council
a whole to q special committee made up Of the
non-permanent MEMBERSHIP So-called Little
Six" Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Yugoslavia, Norway
and India. This committee which presumably
would be headed by the able Sir Bengal N. Rau,
chief Indian delegate to the U. N.-would deal
with all proposals bearing upon the current
war; would take testimony from any person or
group 1t wished to hear, and would return in
due course to the Council with recommendations
for q peaceful settlement under which Korea
would become a united and independent country.
Significantly enough-since it has been ad-
Vanced by India, which exercises a far-reaching
influence throughout free Asia-the proposal
makes no retreat from the Councils historic
decisions of June Is and 27. In celebrating upon
1t, Sir Bengal has been at pains to emphasize
that its succesS-if 1t can succeed-wiIl depend
on whether the North Korean Red aggressors
obey the United Nations order to cease fire and
withdraw to the 38th Parallel, or whether, in the
event that they continue to defy that order, it
will be necessary for the u. N-with the United
States carrying the main military burden-to
drive them back all the way, and beyond, by
force Of arms.
OF course, for the very reason that it upholds
the June decisions and is aimed at getting
around the Soviet flibuSter, the chances seem
better than even that Delegate Malik will do
his best to quash the Indian proposal. On the
other hand, because such an effort would further
ALLEVIATE India from Moscow and thus tend to
undercut the Kremlin'S propaganda campaign in
free Asia, there is a bare possibility that he
may change his tactics bit when the Council
meets again tomorrow. In any case, Sir Benegars
views ought to get careful and sympathetic
hearing from all the other members.
Evening star., 1950-08-16
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can get the answer to
any question of fact by either writing The
NV, Washington 5, D, C.. and inclosng cents
return postage, or by telephonlnE ST. 6OOo'
Extension 35S.
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Bv THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. Do insects obtain their food from
plants by chewing or sucking?-W. L. D.
A. Insects are provided with either
chewing or sucking mouth parts. Chew
ing insects bite off and swallow portions
of plant tissue. Sucking insects have
beaklike mouth parts which are used to
pierce the plant tissue and suck the plant
Juices for food.
Evening star., 1950-08-16

@. When will official population figures
based on the last census be available?-
E. K
A. The Bureau of the Census says that
the preliminary figures on the population
of the United States will be available
about September or October, 1850, and
the finished report on the population
census in the latter part of December,
1850.
@. How large is the largest diamond
ever found in the United States?-
G. M. E.
A. The Uncle Sam weighed 40.23 carats
when it was discovered by accident in
Arkansas in 1924. After cutting, the
diamond measured 13/16x7/16 inches. 1t
is the largest diamond found on this
continent.