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Evening star., 1950-04-13
Can Such Things Really Be?

The Army the Navy, the Air Force, Defense
Secretary johnson, and now even the White
House itself have all been at pains to pooh-p pooh
talk about flying saucers" and to say that
people who see them are seeing things that
simply do not exist. That ought to settle the
matter, but will it? Oh, no. Tomorrow or the
day after tomorrow, as sure as the sun rises
and sets, somebody out in Colorado, or up in
Maine, or way down deep in the heart of Texas,
will be ready to swear on stack of Bibles that
he has just spotted one of the disks skimming
through the sky at "a tremendous rate of speed"
Or else he will describe it as great whirling
missile that moves up and down, hovers an
instant as if spying on the earth below, and
then suddenly vanishes behind cloud into the
outer reaches of space.
Our armed forces, Mr.. Johnson and the
White House itself may try to persuade every
body that all this-which has been going on
since the summer of 1947-is an optical illusion,
a figment of the imagination trick played by
mass auto-suggestion, or story in class with
that of the Loeb Ness monster. Even so, an
awful lot of people will remain unconvinced.
They will continue to believe what they want
to believe. Some will repose full faith in the
report that these flying saucers" are really
revolutionary secret weapon developed by the
Navy Cor the Army or Air Force) and that
official denials are designed merely to cover up.
Others will strongly suspect that they are of
Russian origin and there will be at least few
dehards who will hold fast to the theory that
the things come from Mars and are manned by
brilliant little creatures who stand about two
feet high and have enormous green-colored
heads
After ALL this is an age when it is becoming
increasingly difficult to distinguish the fantastic
from the real-an age when a universal growth
of secrecy, double talking propaganda and dis
trust tends to give substance to shadows, and
plausibility to the widest kind of dream in the
night. In such time, regardless of what the
highest authorities say, who can be absolutely
certain that phenomenon like the recurrent
reports about flying saucers" has no slightest
basis in fact? For its own part The Star, though
it strongly disbelieves in the things and will
continue to do so until it sees and photographs
them, declines to be dogmatic. Nevertheless it
does feel moved to repeat quotation it used
three years ago when first commenting on this
matter. The words are Shakespeare's. To wit:
Such tricks hath strong imagination,
That ii it tDould upprehend some joy,
1t comprehends some bringer of that joy;
Or in the night, imagining some fear,
How easy Is a bush supposed beari
Evening star., 1950-04-13
Letters to The Star

tries at the least possible cost to them
selves. We apparently maintain one for
the dignity alone, and keep on the de-
fensive to avoid stepping on the toes Of
this or that nation. We do not attempt
to bargain. in the true sense of diplo-
macy. Whether this is true because we
have too many gentlemen" in the for
eign service of our country. I do not
know. I am sure, however. that we lost
China because of inability to cope with
Chang Kai-shek-in spite of repeated
warnings from military men.
If we could have had a Macarthur in
China as we'll as Japan, we could have
at least made sensible effort to keep
that country from going communistic.
If we are holding the line in Europe.
and I hope we are, it is because of the
Marshall Plan, and not because of the
State Department. If we are going to
have country. and not just one member
OF the world state. we had better get
rid of the suave, polished. sophisticated
and effete members of our diplomatic
gentry. and institute a policy of hard
headed business sense, which other
nations can understand and respect.
william P. Thomas, jr.
Evening star., 1950-04-13
Ny Daughter (Five)

My daughter, (fpeJ pho tues IN her
oton dream -tDorld
OF primary colors, suns eternGlly gold
Benefcent ouer homes Dtere feather
curled
Smoke rises from hearth fires rsusr
cold.
MY daughter. (fveJ holds staylinos
equally
As fair as tGndgers. and cloUer blooms
As wonderful on Yapt discovery
As indian pipes IN censered forest
rooms.
Flo,Ders are fowers: all are maruelous
things
To find, to smell, to teel the texture Of;
And birds are birds-you envy them their
SO all are aDe inspiring. made to lous.
Nop ,Dith this introduction to her
culture,
See hoU her crayons hare beduttfed
this culture.
ALMA ROBERTS GIoRDAM.
Evening star., 1950-04-13
Non n-Seqrequted Swimming

Along with other people who reside
near the Anacostia swimming pool, I am
against non-segregation when it comes
to swimming in this pool. I have not the
slightest prejudice against the colored
people, and I have known some very
we'll: But this move is doomed to disaster.
Why not build pool for the colored
people in the northeast section, so that
all this friction which is bound to occur
would be stopped?
be consulted before these things are
done. Have we nothing at all TO say
about recreational facilities for our chill
dren? My husband is totally disabled
veteran. My brother is still in veterans
Evening star., 1950-04-13
AustroIion Communists

The Australian government which came into
oft1ce last December is pledged to fortnight
action against the Communists, including the
outlawing of the party. Although that has not
yet been done, a law has been passed known
as the Emergency Crimes Act, giving the govern
ment power to deal with almost everything from
treason and attempted revolution to sabotage
and strike disorders. The penalties range from
death for treason to stiff jail sentences all down
the line.
The Australian Communists have not taken
this lying down. They are militants, their chief
strength lying in their grip over certain i'm
portant unions, especially the water front work.
erS, the miners and sc branches of industry.
More than once in recent years they have badly
disrupted the Commonwealths economic life by
crippling strikes and they have recently resorted
to the same tactics by calling walkouts in the
ports, the coal fields, and the steel industry,
appealing to the rest of organized labor to back
their cause against the "Fascist-minded" and
"reactionary' government which defeated the
Labor Party in the elections last December.
However, the political character of these
strikes is so apparent that the Red unions are
getting virtually no other labor support, while
the government is meeting the test unflinchngly.
Invoking the Crimes Act, with its provision for
mass arrests, 1t has ordered the strikers back to
work for two-month period during which the
alleged and real reasons for the strikes can be
taken up by the Arbitration Court established
for the investigation of industrial disputes And
the strikers have obeyed the order, with the
usual fulmnations against tyranny" and de-
struction of the rights of labor"
The governments stand was trenchantly ex-
pressed by Premier Menzies, when he told the
House of Representatives that he would not
tolerate the disruption of Australia's economy
by political strikes, adding: "We will deal with
Communists here once and for all We will carry
the fight to the Communists And the bulk of
public opinion seems to be squarely behind him
in this policy.
Evening star., 1950-04-13
When Justice Is Defeated

A man who had pleaded guilty in lower
court to a sex offense against two young girls is
at large today because the little victims could
not face the ordeal of testifying against him in
open court. Here is just another instance of the
difficulty of conducting effective prosecutions in
sex cases in which children are the complaining
witnesses. 1t is problem which calls for inten-
sive study by the bench and bar in the interest
of justice and of the general public welfare.
In the case in question a Federal employe
was charged with committing indecent acts in
front of group of girls under ten years of age.
He was sentenced to six months upon his admis-
sion of guilt in Hyattsvlle Police Court. He
appealed the sentence, however, charging that
the police had promised that he would get of
with only fifty dollar fine if he confessed. The
Prince Georges County Circuit Court threw out
the mans previous guilty plea and ordered him
tried But two of the child victims broke down
on the stand and were unable to describe the
mans acts. The court thereupon agreed to mol
pros the charges.
This is the very sort of situation which
DR.. Winfred Overholser, superintendent of Saint
Elzabeths Hospital, decried recently in panel
discussion before the District Social Hygiene
Society. He declared that one of the great needs
in waging war sex criminals is some means
of shielding young victims in court. Many sex
offenders escape punishment ne Salo because
parents do not want their children to undergo
the embarrassment of testifying in open court.
Municipal Court Judge Quinn, recognizing this
problem, has adopted the sensible policy of hold
ing arraignment hearings in his chambers in
such cases. Several sex trials have been held
behind closed doors in that court. The practice
has not been more widely followed because of
an apparent uncertainty as to the legality OF
closed sessions. The plan has so much merit,
however, that it is worth a special study by
conference of the judges. Certainly Justice is
being defeated when sex offenders can walk out
of a courtroom free because their young victims
are too emotionally upset to testify in public.
Evening star., 1950-04-13
Air Force Groups

In her recent letter to The Star Helen
Wolfarth charged the Air Force with
manipulating the strength of its groups"
for propaganda purposes. She suggested
that Congress establish group size and
that the unit strengths not be allowed to
vary.
Congress is fully aware of the size
and composition of the groups for which
it provides funds. 1t learns the details
in appropriations hearings. It is not
the proper function of Congress to es-
tablish group composition; that is die
tated by military necessity.
The sizes and compositions Of groups
change from time to time as their
missions change New developments in
airplane design. armament and tactics
require different employment of the air.
craft. AS that employment varies and
the missions of the units are recast, the
structure of the groups must change
accordingly.
Air Force ReServiSt.
Greenbelt, Md.
Evening star., 1950-04-13
onlv the female quail that

@. Is it only the female quail that
utters the bob-white call?-K. Y.
A. Sylvester D. Judd in The Bob.
white and Other Quails Of the United
States" says that the call "bob-white"
is the nuptial call; the male uses many
other calls, initiating other birds and
animals. This call is not generally used
after the breeding season. although 1t
has been reported as late as october 20.
The answer of the female b . single
clear whistle.
Evening star., 1950-04-13
Southeast Ghost Town

May I remind the secretary of the
Southeast Citizens Association. who re-
ferS to Mrs. Joshua Evans southeast
articles. that the former Jesse FAINT
doesn't live here any more? The good
old days Of those fine Southeast families
are only memories. The East Capitol
street Easter parade of yesteryear. and
those who took part in it, have long since
migrated. A corporal's guard. of which
I am one. remains-and I, TOO. am being
crowded out. You see. my grandparents
before me settled Southeast-even be-
fore the British were coming. So know.
My father helped chase Lincolns
assassin when he rode down Eleventh
street. Sc. to get to Southern Maryland.
Now let's be sensible about the South
east matter. love it tool actually shed
tears when the old Wallach Building was
torn down. attended school there. This
is not Georgetown. The few old dwell
ings here are merely tenement houses,
unwholesomely occupied by families liv-
ing in squalor. Away with all this junk!
Put up some bronze markers, set up some
statuary. carry out the plans of the Fine
Arts CommiSSion-erect beautiful Gov
ernment buildings along East Capitol
street and make the rest of the area, all
the way to the waterfront, beautiful
parking filled with gorgeous flowers and
trees, so that the visitors to this fair
city of ours will no longer dream of
Paris when it's spring.
AS for me, I shall cross the Sousa
Bridge and find residential haven more
to my liking. not because < love South
east less, but just because I'm using
plain horse sense in time. If District tax
money is spent in this slum section, I
know that an investigating Congress will
refuse any appropriation other than that
for condemnation for parking and State
buildings. Advocates of other than this
procedure have some ulterior motive.
Washington can and must be the most
beautiful city in these United States.
Much has been done. Let's not be silly
nor sentimental Southeast it is
doomed community: ghost town.
Southeast Native.
Evening star., 1950-04-13
Bx THE HAsKIN SERVICE

O. How does the Amazon River OF
South America compare in size with the
Mississippi?-G. L. I.
A. Length of the Amazon proper Is
3040 miles compared with the Missis-
sippi's 2.47O miles. The volume Of water
flow at the mouth Of the Mississippi av-
erages about one-fourth as much as that
Of the Amazon.
Evening star., 1950-04-13
No Marshall Plan for Mars

am against the flying saucers if they
come from Mars.
They are just prospecting the idea Of
getting some Marshall Plan money. We
must keep up our present contribution
to world welfare but these outer planets
that may think they can come in on the
deal are asking too much!
Katherine BOyce.
Evening star., 1950-04-13

Brannan Plan for farm production payments.
It may be, as far as the laws technicalities
are concerned that Mr.. Brannan can defend
himself satisfactorily. Even If he can, however
the whole business will still smack of shabby
politics.
Evening star., 1950-04-13
Number One Defeutist'

After reading the expressions of the
views Of Owen baltimore on foreign
affairs as printed in the papers, I
would say that whatever else he may or
may not be, he is certainly number-on
defeatist.
Virginia Walker.
Evening star., 1950-04-13

Also working for the United States
and it's cold-war allies is the arrogant
way the Peiping regime has received
nations which have made diplomatic
overtures toward 1t.
The.British are getting cold shoulder.
despite London's rush to recognize Red
China. Asian countries like Burma and
India are cooling off as a result of this
Evening star., 1950-04-13

hospital. But we are not consulted for
our children's health and happiness.
Laws are passed without so much as a
thought as to whether we would like
them or not, by people who are getting
paid out of the taxes we work and pay
for. If this is democracy. then let us
vote on it! We are the only city in the
United States and it's territories that has
no representation in Congress. Do we
have to be dictated to because of that?
B. KIP
Evening star., 1950-04-13
Questions and Answers

of fact by writing The Evening Star Information
bureau. 1900 / street NV. WashinEton o:
return postage
Evening star., 1950-04-13

and their own attempted dealings with
Peiping.
But it's the huge Chinese popula-
tions-influential in business and finance
in many instances. susceptible to the
homeland call in almost all-that is fur
rowing brows on the scene and in
Western capitals today.
(Chicago Daily News Foreign service)
Evening star., 1950-04-13

A pseudonyn1 is permissible only
Uhen letter carries correct name
and address of Driter. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1950-03-29

that suit and assuring himself of
nine tricks.
Declarer's play had nothing to
lose. If East refused the second
diamond, as he actually did, de-
clarer could not be beaten. If East
took the diamond Jack with the
ace. the suit would now be estab-
listed and declarer would still be
left with his one chance for the
contract, by taking the club
flnesse.
AS to East's strategy, we do not
approve. Souths failure to over
take the jack of diamonds should
not have been looked upon as a
slip of the wrist, but rather as
gift from the Greeks. East should
have proceeded on the theory that
West needed a five-card spade suit
to defeat the contract. If he had it
the defense could win enough tricks
before declarer's club suit came
into play, If East hastened to get
in and established spades. 1t is
true if declarer has the king as
we'll as the ace of hearts, there is
no defense, so East need not con-
Germ himself with such a holding.
In a word, East should have
known that If declarer was relying
on the diamond suit he could easily
have overtaken the jack.
tCopyrisht. 1850, by Charles H. Goren3
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Goren on Bridqe

Declarer, in an effort to bring
home his three -no-trump contract
in todays hand, gave himself two
chances and one of them came
through for him.
The final contract is reasonable
enough, though some players with
| the South holding have an aversion
to concealing four-card major.
Holding 10 points in high cards
alone. South chose to make the
strongest possible rebid without
actually forcing partner to speak
again. 1t is true that when opener
shows a new suit at the level OF
one, responder will usually make
a bold efford to speak again, but
frequently the character of his
hand is such that further con-
venient bid is not available, and
in those cases he may pass. AS
witness, if South's rebid had been
one heart, North would have been
hard pressed to find another bid.
After the tWo-no-trump rebid,
however, he gambled it out to
three on the basis of the fifth dia-
mond, though he realized that the
partnership might have only Is
points in high cards.
When declarer won the opening
lead of the queen of spades he was
aware that he could set up four
diamonds tricks. which would make
the success of the contract depend
upon finding West with the king
of clubs. That required merely
playing the king of diamonds and
then overtaking the jack with
dummy's queen to establish the
suit.
On further analysis, however.
South hit upon a better play for
his contract. He played the king
of diamonds, which East refused,
and followed with the diamond
jack, but did not overtake it in
dummy. East, observing all the re-
naming diamonds were in full
view, and realizing that he could
shut declarer out of the diamond
suit, again refused the trick. South
then played to the ace of clubs
and back, driving out the king of
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Take Ny Word for 1t
BY Fronk Colby
Words to Watch.

The French phrase table dhote
designates complete meal served
at fixed price by hotel or restau-
rant. Table d'hote usually greets
our ears as "TAY-b'l dee HOE-tee'
But the correct American pronun-
citation is: TAB-ull DOTE.
A la carte designates a meal in
which all dishes are priced sepa-
rately. 1t means, literally, by the
bill of fare Pronounce it: ah luh
KAHRT.
The famous Tai Mahal, is a maui
soleum of white marble, built 1929
1850 at Agra, India, by Emperor
Shah Jahan for his favorite wife.
Tai Mahal is corruption of Muntaz
Mahal, the title of his wife. 1t
means "the distinguished one of the
palace" Pronounce it: TAHZH
muh- HAIL.
Some friends who recently re-
turned from an automobile trip to
Mexico City said that they stopped
one night at a Mexican town named
Thomas and Charlie" They used
the tourist pronunciation of the
name Tamazunchale. The cor
rect pronunciation is: TAH-mah-
zoon-CHAH-leh.
"To-MAH-to" is heard OCCASION
ally; but it is part of the fading
elegance of past era.
A higher authority than the die
tionaries established tuh-MAY-t toe"
as the prevailing standard: Ameri-
can pronunciation; that authority is
accepted American usage.
Many who uphold the sanctity of
"toe-MAH-toe" have apparently
picked the pronunciation up from
the British, who also speak of a
banana as ba-NAH-na." Of course,
no American in his right mind
would 60 around saying, "ba-- NAH
ma" 1t would be even more lunatic
to insist that potato is "po-TAH-
to-"
Nevertheless, tomato and potato
have identical origins: They are
American English words from
Spanish words from Indian words
of this hemisphere, thus: tomatl,
tomato, tomato; batata, patata,
potato.
The pronunciation ''toe-MAH-
toe" while occasionally heard is
obsolescent as far as the country as
whole is concerned. To the aver
age America n "toe-MAH- toe"
sounds like an affectation, and for
that reason I advise against it,
especially in any kind of public
speaking. Recommended pronun-
citation: uh-MAY-toe.
: Seeds of the tomato plant were
dirst brought to Europe from South
America by the Spaniards. The
.fruit was given the French name
.pomme d'amour, apple of love-"
because the fruit was supposed to
have an aphrodisiac effect when
ssaten.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1950-07-27
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