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Evening star., 1950-08-30
Mr.. Mohoney's Figures Challenged

AS one who always has lived in Mary
land and is descended from the found
ers of the State, and has in the past
served two terms in the Legislature
where learned much about its govern
ment, and because I naturally love my
Maryland, even though I no longer am
in any way part of its governing body.
am deeply concerned over certain
statements by one of our candidates for
Governor.
Partial facts on any subject can. and
usually do, belle and misrepresent the
whole facts. And George P. Mahoney is
using partial facts in way that can
only confuse and mislead the many
people of this area that are new to
Maryland and not completely informed
on its governmental structure and ad-
ministration.
Feeling that they are entitled to the
whole truth, have examined the re-
ports OF the Council of State Govern
mentS." the official clearing house OF
facts concerning all 40 States, and l flnd
that the whole facts completely nullify
Mr.. Mahoney's charges against Governor
Lanes administration.
Sure, the tax revenue in Maryland has
increased in dollar volume since MI
Lane took Office, but so have tax reve-
nueS increased in dollar volume in every
other State in these United States.
Are all our governors in all of the
States incompetent and dishonest be-
cause Of this fact? No! because we are
in period Of imitation, and all taxation
takes a percentage OF the dollar value
Of the thing taxed. and most things now
have a greater dollar value than they
had five years ago, and thus the yield is
larger.
Using the per capita share Of or con-
tribution to. the total taxes collected in
each State, because it Is easier to assimi-
late than the millions involved in the
total, and gives exactly the same per-
centage change. we flnd the following
changes in Maryland and the four States
which have common borders with her,
and many problems in common too
namely, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Vir-
ginia and West Virginia: The per capita
share of the total taxes collected in 1949
was, in Delaware, $56.53; in Maryland.
$62.49; Pennsylvania, $48.51: Virginia,
$45.11, and West Virginia, $61.02.
We lapse a five-year period and go
back to 1914, and we find the per capita
share of the total taxes was, in Della
ware, $50.51: Maryland, 1868; Penn
sylvania. $43.35; Virginia, $26.69, and
West Virginia, $37.63.
This makes percentage increase from
1914 to 1949. of 1892 in Delaware, 1895
in Maryland, 11.9 in Pennsylvania, $50
in Virginia and 62.15 in West Virginia.
However. the actual percentage change
In State taxes actually used for State
functions is not as high in Maryland as
these percentages indicate, since about
half of the income tax, the retail sales
tax, admission taxes corporation taxes,
motor vehicle revenue and gasoline
taxes, licenses and recordation taxes
collected from each county and from
Baltimore city, is returned to the county
from which it was collected or to
Baltimore city. This is because the
counties have no authority under the
State Constitution to levy taxes on any
Evening star., 1950-08-30

Two signs of autumn
A fallen red leaf, yellow moulted
feather.
The leaf from dogwood, the feather
from a Baltimore oriole.
Good things to contemplate, in an age
bordering on mass insanity.
Insane?
But what is insanity?
Isn't it losing touch with reality?
1t was difficult for the man with the
yellow feather and the red leaf to believe
some things are sane.
Paying farmers to raise food that no.
body wants, taking the money from other
people to pay them, then making these
same people pay high price for the
same food, while the rest rots in caves
Isn't that sort of insanity?
But the feather and the leaf are
perfect models of sanity, by any touch
stone of testing and comparison.
Each is in relation to its world.
This is the sanity of nature, handed
down to us every day.
Tt is not necessary to be famous
figure to understand.
The man walking along with the leaf
and the feather was IS sane as q goat.
He did not go "ba. ba" but he under
stood the wholesomeness Of such things,
Evening star., 1950-08-30
Wrothy OF Smokers

The recent news august 23) about
careless smokers being fined hereafter
is, indeed. very encouraging. At last
some eyes have been opened to the evils
of this smoking habit.
Your heading of this news item is in
teresting in that it can be interpreted
two ways-both very good. 1t appears
as: Fine to Curb Careless Smokers
Setting Fires Endangering People"
This can mean that it is just fine to
curb careless smokers, or that careless
smokers will be fined (penalizedD.
And now perhaps recognition will be
accorded the habit of smokers who toss
lighted cigarettes from automobiles or
as they enter streetcars and buses, or
who carry lighted cigarettes into
crowded elevators.
Robert Emmet Burke.
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Giuseppe de Lueo

blacksmith's son who became the worlds
greatest exponent of the bel canto style of sing
ing Thus the whole career of Giuseppe de Luca
can be summarized in few words. But justice
is not possible to such life in so brief tribute
1.-THE last great star of the golden age of opera"
needs explanation. He was no accident, he did
not simply happen. Back of his art was vast
enthusiasm, a compelling wish to please God
and man in terms of artistic excellence.
Mr. De Luca possessed dedicated spirit He
felt himself called to his work, chosen by divine
forces for the fulfllment of mission in the
world. man among men, he likewise was in
Evening star., 1950-08-30
So|zburg Festival an 'Escopist Club
By Goult MocGowon

CALZBURG.-America and French
~ troops deployed in tank and bszooka
maneuverS around this 2,000-year- old
castle-crowned West Austrian city have
created an escapist's paradise here from
the war of nerves raging throughout
Europe.
Thousands of tourists have f1ocked
through the grim belt of armored olive
drab into the city in the last few weeks.
They range from cattle and oil-country
Americans to Egyptian pashaS. All have
come to seek spiritual shots In the arm
at the August musical festival for which
the city has been famous for the last
80 years. and the illuminations that
make nighttime Salisbury like a fairy
city.
The defense of Austria against pos
sible Red aggression bothers only the
military authorities and GIs. The others
just revel in wiener schnitzel and apple
strudel dinners and dizzy musical jam
boree under the bow of Yehudi Menuhin
and the batons of Bruno Walter, Josef
Krips, Wilhelm Furtwangler and Rafael
Kubelik.
Americans in California and Florida
DGdCIl dGblEe AIC hll up WILL yUuCl~
ers in Alpine hats and short leather
pants, refattened German frauS and
la-di-dah English Spinsters.
Few of the visitors are conscious Of
the fact that Mai. Gen. Thomas r.
Hickey, chief of staff Of the United States
army in Austria, Is the kingpin in the
protective military machinery that gives
the illusion of paradise to the interna-
tional escapist club.
Edwin H. Hames, conductor of the
South Bend Symphony Orchestra and
head of the music department of Mich
igan's Hillsdale College. explained:
People here don't seem so alive to
the situation as the folks back home.
Maybe Austrians are kind of numb be-
cause they've been through so much.
But with the Korea situation as it is,
and the shadow Of Stain everywhere,
people at home are urging me to come
Evening star., 1950-08-30
Monpower From Other Sources

I long have been puzzled by the pc
culiar philosophy which seems to actu-
ate our military leaders, especially in
dealing with anti-democratic forces.
Lately, of course, there has been
slight alteration. Yet withal, it Is re-
luctant.
refer to this strange American mill
tary conclusion that the only soldiers
who can be trusted to fight for democ-
racy are Americans.
During World War II we had many
Latin American allies in position. to sup
ply us with hundreds of soldiers. Man
power was almost the one principal war
item that they could contribute to win
ming the war against the Axis. 1t was
also apparent that they would have been
glad to provide these soldiers, if we
would only equip and train them. But
the only American nation that
actually got into combat was Brazil with
division or two in Italy, and they were
accepted reluctantly.
The remainder of our Latin neighbors
were relegated to the sidelines as rooters.
In the meantime, we stripped our. fac
tories, our farms and our other vital war
activities of our manpower through the
NLdlbs Ao GICS6 AMERICANS
were as unframed As Latin Americans.
AS civilians. they were many times more
valuable in factories and on farms, so that
the United States could act as both the
arsenal and granary of democracy"
Besides. Latin American countries would
have felt closer to us and more satisfied
with themselves in having contributed
to victory.
Again, in South Korea. We overlook
the fact that South Koreans are as good
soldiers as the alleged North Korean
supermen. Yet our military leaders, in
stead Of recruiting them, insist on draft
ing our own men.
Why not concentrate on properly arm
ing and equipping the native men near
the war? They will have to defend
their country after we win, anyway.
John ID. Michaels.
Evening star., 1950-08-30
On Reckoning by q Stor

We are not lost, t0e are n,iSlnid. Just here.
Our fault is that tDe choose guide 80
near.
Let US take ne1D direction By star
And prove that We are headed as me are.
Calling upon ttUo- thousand year old
light
To point the pathway still to 90 tonight.
The Woods are tribesmen, come to Judge
our fate,
Puzzled By humans in the hills so late:
If others tDatch. pretend zoe but pass by.
But there one star, familiar, like an eye
Looks do1Dn across the cletted ridge. as
Suring
T,0o on the trail the dark needs but en-
during,
The unkno,on but an ancient symbol
ShoIDn
To be familiar, nciohborly. and kno1on.
CHARLES MALAM.-
Evening star., 1950-08-30
Reform Issue in Fairfax

Fairfax County residents, in petitioning for
referendum on County government reform, are
following the examples set by Arlington, its next
door neighbor, and by Montgomery County, ad-
joining the District in Maryland The demands
for reform in county government, particularly
in the Washington Metropolitan Area, usually
have resulted from population preSsureS The
same is true in Fairfax, where the population
has more than doubled within the past 10 years.
In 1910, when Fairfax County could boast of
no more than 40,929 residents including 2576 in
Falls Church. now city in its own right Arling-
ton already had become county-city, and Mont
gomery's suburban areas we're more heavily
populated than many Maryland cities. Fairfax,
the most distant of the Washington suburban
counties, has been the last to change, but its
shift from county of peaceful dairy farms to
one of Wholesale apartment and housing deve
opments has been rapid. This year Fairfax lists
ea195 residents, not including the 1929 who live
in Falls Church.
While some confusion has developed in Fair
fax, the issue mainly is simple one-whether
the people want reform or not. The petition now
before the court, backed by various county
groups including the League of Women Voters
and the Civic Federation, requests a referendum
on only one form of government the county
manager FORM At the same time, special study
commission appointed by the Board of Super
visors may recommend that the ballot be length
ened to allow the people to choose between
the two forms of government made possible
under the Optional Powers Act This would allow
a vote on the county executive form as well as
the manager form. In the end it will be the
people in Fairfax who must decide if change is
desirable, and who will be charged with the
responsibility of forming the government under
which they are to live
Evening star., 1950-08-30

home at once before trouble starts in
Europe"
Henry Puthon, 77-year- old manager
of the festival, told me: THE occupa-
tion has been great blessing to us.
Succeeding American generals here have
given us every help in promoting the
annual Salzburg festival. 1t was Gre
ated by Max Reinhard and Richard
Strauss in 1920, and has gone on ever
since. We estimate 10000 visitors this
year. despite the Korean war and the
shadow over Europe. When the war
ended, it was the inspiration and con-
fidence given US by Gen. Mark Clark,
then commanding general in Austria,
that gave us courage to restart our fes-
tival.
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people here were naturally very nerv-
GUS when the Korean war began, and
there were fears that war might start
in Europe. But we had few cancella-
tionS"
The Yanks in the tanks and bazooka-
armed jeeps racing around the city walls
and the countryside beyond have boil
stored morale.
Austrian morale was at an all time
low when the Korean war broke"
pretty WAC corporal told me. But it
braced when they saw our men prepared
to defend the city if need arose"
The Festival Committee is making
plans and contracts for another festival
next year.
North American Newspaper Alliance)
Evening star., 1950-08-30
Air Bridge to Tokyo

Although full details Of the operation are
military secret, dispatches from Tokyo reveal
that military and civilian transport aircraft have
built veritable air bridge between the West
Coast and Japan. This Longtime successor to the
Berlin arlift is carrying 100 tons of supplies daily
for the support of our hard-pressed forces in
Korea 1t is the first wartime test of the unified
Military Air Transport Service and results so far
have proved the Soundness of this phase of
Army-Navy-Air Force teamwork
But there is fourth member of the team
that has contributed largely to the remarkable
achievements of MATS in the two months of the
Korean airlift. Civil aviation is doing its share
of the job-which is a big one Trans-ocean
transport planes which not so long ago were
carrying sightseers and other world travellers
today are flying men and equipment to the re-
lief of General MacArthur'S troops in the Korean
beachhead. This is in accordance with carefully
drawn plans for wartime use of civil transport
facilities in the interest of national security.
Many of the flyers and ground crews par
ticipating in the Pacific airlift received valuable
training and experience during Operation Wit
tles," the airlft which foiled RuSsiaS efforts to
isolate our occupation forces in Berlin. That air.
lift in 1948, provided an early major test of the
newly merged Air Transport Command and the
Naval Air Transport Service. This merger was
one of the first of the piecemeal consultations
effected under the uniflcation program. 1t has
been successful from the start.
That the air bridge will be put to greater
tests of strength and endurance in the months
ahead goes without saying. As our troops move
forward in their eventual offensive operations,
they will require more and more supplies. The
heavier equipment will have to be carried in sur
face craft, slow method of supplying an army
so many thousands of miles from the mainland.
The lighter equipment will be rushed to the
combat zone by airlift in increasing amounts.
The mission confronting MATS is vital one.
1t is good to know that it is properly organized
and thoroughly trained for its job.
The CT in Korea will appreciate Will Rogers
advice to the young artillerymen in 1917: Learn
all you can about big guns. You may capture
one"
An understandable impatience has been
noted in history In our time. AS it repeats
itself 1t grows louder.
Evening star., 1950-08-30
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can set the answer 10
any question Of fact by either writing The
NV, Washington 5. D. c.. and inclosinR cents
return postage, or by telephoning ST. 5000.
Evening star., 1950-08-30
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

Q. Are there many women serving in
the 81st Congress? A. M. N.
A. There is only one woman serving
in the Senate-Margaret Chase Smith Of
Maine. Women in the House Of Repre-
sentatives are: Helen Gahagan Douglas.
Calf; Chase Going Woodhouse, Conn:
Cecil M. Harden, Ind; Edith Nourss
Rogers Mass; Mary T. Norton. N. j.:
Edna F. Kelly, N. Y: Katherine ST.
George. N Y: Frances P. Bolton, Ohio:
Reva Beck BoSone, Utah.
Q. Meteorologists frequently use the
terms absolute humidity" and relative
humidity" Please explain to me the diff
ference between the two terms. A. B. C.
A. Absolute humidity expresses the
weight OF water vapor per unit volume Of
air. Relative humidity is defined as the
ratio OF the amount Of moisture in
given volume of space to the amount
which that volume would contain were
it in a state Of saturation.
@. The centenary of the birth Of
Tomas Masaryk was recently observed in
Washington, D. c. What was the nature
Of the celebration?-T. w. w.
A. In the presence of a distinguished
company, a marble tablet honoring the
first President of the CzechoSlovak Re-
public, was unveiled in the lobby of an
apartment hotel where Professor Masa-
ryk made his Washington home. 1t is
the gift of the Woodrow Wilson Foun-
dation and the Masaryk Institute.
Q. What is the weight of the common
cat and dog flea?-F. w. H.
A. The approximate weight Of fiea
which is found on cat or dog is about
.0012 of a gram. A gram is equal Gap
proximately) to 0.035 avoirdupois ounce.
Evening star., 1950-08-30

South Korea for a long time. This
would be obviated by a United Korea
under democratic regime.
Isaac L. Dervan.
Evening star., 1950-08-30

A pseadonym is permissible only
10hen letter carries correct name
and address of Uriter. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1950-08-30

An understandable impatience has been
noted in history In our time. AS it repeats
itself 1t grows louder.
Evening star., 1950-08-30

The CT in Korea will appreciate Will Rogers
advice to the young artillerymen in 1917: Learn
all you can about big guns. You may capture
one"
Evening star., 1950-10-28

they would appeal to the national
union for reversal of the local,
if it becomes necessary.
Mrs. Ralph B. Campbell, presi-
dent of the orchestra's Board of
Directors, said a poll of the Execu-
tive Committee, yesterday showed
that it supported the orchestra
members position.
The union, Local 161 of the
American Federation of Musicians,
protested to Secretary of Navy
Matthews earlier this month about
Mr.. Rosenthal because they said
as a member of the Navy Band
he should not have the Job.
Federal Law Cited.
The unions protest cited a Fed
eral law which states that mo en-
listed man in active service of the
United States, whether a nom
commissioned officer, musician or
private, shall be detailed, ordered
or permitted to leave his post to
engage in any pursuit, business or
Evening star., 1950-10-28

performance in civil life for fees,
hire or otherwise when same shall
interfere with the customary en-
ployment and regular engagement
of local musicians in their respec-
tive arts, trade or profession"
The symphony association, how
ever, insists that Mr.. Rosenthal
receives no pay for his services as
director of the Arlington orches-
ira, nor do any of it's members.
Mrs. Campbell said Mr.. Rosenthal
had refused to accept $3.50 in ex-
pense money that the association
customarily allows its conductor.
This money has been given to a
scholarship fund, she said.
Declared ''Non-Profit."
The protest to Mr.. Matthews
meanwhile, resulted in a study of
the situation by Rear Admiral
Glenn Davis. commandant of the
Potomac River Naval Command
His report of the situation, ac-
cording to copy of it mailed to
Evening star., 1950-10-28
West Coast Battered
By Four-Day Storm;
Sea Rescue FoiIed
BY the Associafed Press


| PORTLAND. Oreg., Oct. 28.-
Storms battered the west coast
for the fourth consecutive day
today.
Damage mounted as huge waves
beat at docks, more trees toppled,
and more communication lines
were cut.
Giant waves breaking across the
Columbia River Bar forced can
collation. of plans last night for a
dramatic sea rescue off the Oregon
Coast. The Coast Guard cutter
BalSam had been ordered out
from Astoria, Greg, to aid the
58-foot fishing vessel Bonanza,
f1oundering helplessly without a
rudder.
Coast Guard headquarters in
Seattle rescinded the order, how
ever, when its Astoria station re-
ported the bar was impossible.
Cutter Leaving Today.
Depending on the weather, the
cutter McLane will put out from
Aberdeen, Wash. today in an eff
fort to reach the Bonanza. A
Coast Guard plane from Port An
geles, Wash, will be sent to spot
the crippled fishing craft and di-
rect the cutter to the scene.
The last report from the Bo-
nanza at Z pm. yesterday indi-
Gated she would be able to ride out
the storm. The nAmber of men
aboard was not known.
An 800-mile stretch from North
ern California into British Co.
lumbia suffered in the latest blow,
Evening star., 1950-10-28

the third to strike this week from
the Pacific Ocean.
Winds of 66 M.P.H.
Almost without pause, the
storms came in, one on the heels
of the other. The latest hit the
coast last night with winds up
to &c miles an hour. Gusts up to
SO miles an hour were expected
to continue through most of the
day.
Hundreds of trees went down,
littering roads and crushing oc-
casional buildings. Some commu-
mites lost all communication with
the outside world last night. In
others telephones were going out
of order faster than they could
be repaired. Power breaks af-
fected scores of cities. Two deaths
were blamed on the storms.
High winds penetrated as far as
750 miles inland. occasionally
reaching hurricane force. In
Eastern Washington a wind-meas-
uring device registered 80 miles an
hour. then was blown away.
Evening star., 1950-10-28

the orchestra, declares that the
Arlington Symphony is a non
profit, amateur organization;
that the conductor receives no
pay, direct or indirect, and that
all officers and members of the
orchestra serve without pay.
Mrs. Campbell said her last
communication with the mu-
sicians union was last week when
Paul j. Swartz, president of the
local, wrote that unless the serv-
ices of Mr.. Rosenthal are term
mated. Local 101 will of neces-
sity be forced to withdraw our
members (from the orchestral.
The first concert this year
under Mr.. Rosenthal's direction
was one for children October 8 at
Washington-Lee High School. The
first concert for adults will be held
at $3.50 pm. November 9 at the
high school.
Evening star., 1950-10-28

The Arlington Civic Symphony
Orchestra plans to keep its new
director despite protests by a
musicians union local that ne is
not entitled to the job because he
is Navy chief petty officer.
Members of the 70-piece or
chestra said they have voted
overwhelmingly" to retain Ber-
fnard Rosenthal as conductor '~ir-
respective of any action taken
by the union :" Fifteen
players are union members.
The orchestra members said
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-06-24
Urges Senate Group
To Purge Dixiecrats

WASHINGTON - (ANP) - The
Senate subcommittee on Privileges
and Elections was urged last Thurs
day to hold public hearings, before
Congress adjourns this summer, on
the idea of purging the Dixiecrat
senators elected in 194S in violation
of the Constitutional rights Of 2,OOO,-
900 Negro voters in Louisiana, Geor-
gia, Mississippi. Alabama and South
Carolina.
This request was made by a small
delegation from the National Negro
council, led by the director Edgar
G. Brown. Serving as spokesman for
the group Brown told reporters that
the delegation was acting on behalf
of 16 Bishops for the African Meth
odist and Churches Of Christ and
ministers of all faiths. together with
some 100000 laymen, laywomen
and veterans Of every creed. race
and color.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-06-24
Youth Chorale To
Sing Langston-
Hughes Work AT
NAACP Confab

BOSTON - (ANP) - Langstor
Hughes Seven Songs Of Freedom"
will be presented by the Metropoli.
tan Youth Chorale of the Brooklyn
NAACP Youth council on Friday
evening, June %, at the Youth Night
session of the 44th annual NAACP
convention. Narrator will be Flem-
ing Gray.
The chorus, directed by Miss Mar
garet Hills, is an interracial group
sponsored by the Brooklyn Youth
NAACP council. In its two and, a
half years of existence. the chorale
has presented three major concerts
- the last Of which was given at the
Brooklyn Academy Of Music last
Feb. II.