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Evening star., 1950-09-20

"Morgan!" he shouted. Morgan is
coming!"
It is impossible today to realize what
a thrill of dread that sent through the
town.
Gen. Morgan, the great raider, and his
men!
Riding like demons, they would speed
into town, deep within the lines.
They were the tanks of that day and
age.
Often they changed horses, demanded
ransom. and got 1t, disappeared as quick
ly as they came.
There was something bold, something
devilish, augmented by tall tales, most
Of them untrue.
They fought in a different way, in
those days, when war still had aspects
of sport, terrible sport, it is true, but still
not without chivalry.
Henry Jones stood at the corner,-near
the town square.
First there was a deepening of dust
far, to the South, then a rumble and
thud, and soon the band of horsemen
came into sight.
The whole town was out to see them
come in, their horses snorting.
Morgan's adjutant Immediately de-
manded thousand dollar fine from the
Evening star., 1950-09-20
BY Charles E. TroeeweN
Reader.

town, and suficient new horses to outfit
his troops.
1t happened that only Samuel Stand
ford, the rich man, who owned the mill.
and was the father Of Amanda, had
enough ready cash.
While negotiations were going on Nor
gan's men broke into the general store,
seized bolts Of cloth and yards Of red
ribbon, and issued forth to take the
town girls for ride.
Samuel Stamford handed Gen. Nor
gan $1,000.
The Southern oficer bowed courte-
ously.
II said thousand dollars, SIR" said
Morgan, handing back 5000.
They waged war with flourish, In
those days.
Henry Jones watched, with his heart
in his boots, as one gay raider seized
Amanda, wrapped ribbon around her,
hoisted her to his saddle, and rode yelling
around the square.
Henry Jones' heart came back again,
when the man returned, and dropped
Amanda Stamford at the exact spot he
had seized her. .5l
1t was at this point, just as dark was
coming on, and unnoticed In the general
excitement, that Henry Jones popped the
question. ...-
AL Amanda said was, why, Henry!"
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Why Not Try God?
Army Veteran.

Abraham Lincoln once said, 1--WE have
been the recipients Of the choicest bless
ings Of Heaven, but we have forgotten
God. We have forgotten the gracious
hand which preserved US in peace and
multiplied and enriched and strength
ened us. We have imagined that all
these things were produced by some
superior wisdom and virtue Of our own.
Intoxicated with success, we have be.
come too self-sufacient to feel the ne
cessity of redeeming and preserving
grace, too proud to pray to the God
that made u.s.
And in the 37th Pslam we are told,
Trust in the Lord, delight thyself in
the Lord, commit thy way unto the
Lord, and He shall bring 1t to pass"
If we, as a grateful people-Ihose in
high places and those everywhere
would mediate upon and follow the
above-quoted words, calmness. happi-
ness and peace would be the reward.
Let us then. in all sincerity and faith,
try God.
Reader.
Evening star., 1950-09-20

evidence. study of the police and prison reports
indicates that this is so. The Police Department
has good cause to be proud of its record Of cases
cleared last year. It's rate of SO per cent ofenses
solved or otherwise satisfactorily closed was con-
siderably above the national average. 1t is not
surprising, therefore, to learn from Corrections
Director Clemmer that more persons were sent
to the District Jail and to the other District
penal institutions last year than ever before.
The daily average prison population here in
creased from 2732 in fiscal 1949 to 3,244 in fiscal
1850.
When the word gets around in the under
world that things are getting tougher in Wash
ington for law breakers, the crime situation
locally is bound to improve even more. Cities
with a reputation for prompt arrest, vigorous
prosecution and stern punishment usually are
given wide berth by professional criminals.
The records indicate that Washington is striving
to gain this reputation-despite lurid magazine
articles to the contrary.
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Outdoor Movies

Here nightly under the starry sky,
The co,Dboys ride, the OilIains die
To tune OF hot-dogs dripping mustard,
OF Sodn-pop and frozen custard.
Here young and old high and loip
Forget their Differences and groU
Into feettng unity
Till cotoboy. Uillain or latest Vamp
Cnuorting above the oraveled ramp
Go dGrk-aRd the entrGnced and dosing
Each groaD GtUare it is the closing
OF starlit, brief retreat
From tDorkGdGy and summer heat.
HENRY DALTON.
Evening star., 1950-09-20
A ReoI Victory for 7ydines

Senator Tydings seems to have suffered his
worst defeat before the votes were counted. There
have been lot of tall tales about what his brush
with the mighty Senator Mccarthy had done to
him in Maryland and how he was UP against the
toughest fight of his career-tougher even than
twelve years ago. when President Roosevelt tried
to purge" him.
But when the votes were counted, the Senator
seems to have done all right. For Maryland
Democrats not only nominated him for fifth
consecutive Senate term-a precedent for the
Free state-but by the size of his majority gave
him vote of confidence with pat on the back
It would not appear that he has much cause for
anxiety in November and the number of converts
won by Senator Mccarthy is not staggering
Senator Tydings deserved what he won and The
Star, for one finds some satisfaction in the result
not only because of the Senator's personal
triumph but because of the implied reputation
in Maryland, of McCarthyism.
Governor Lanes victory, after particularly
hard-fought campaign lacks the substance of
real triumph for most Of the voters in Maryland
preferred his opponent. While the unit system
of convention nomination seems to put him in
the clear he still has hard fight in the election.
In nearby Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties, the regular Democratic organization
won without difficulty. But voters in both
counties should have something to apologize for.
When only about $4,000 out of $4,000 registered
voters in Montgomery, and only II 800 of Prince
Georges $4,000, turn out to cast their votes
popular government has received a setback, no
matter who wins.
Evening star., 1950-09-20
improved Crime Picture

The annual report of the District Department
of Corrections needs to be viewed against the
background of last years crime trend in Wash
ington if a proper perspective is to be obtained
The fact that the Districts penal population rose
sharply during the fiscal year would justify an
offhand impression that major crimes were on
the rise here. Actually, statistics recently re-
leased by the Police Department show the reverse
to be true. There was per cent drop in major
offenses during the year, according to the figures.
There is only one apparent conclusion to be
drawn from the paradoxical disparity between
the increase in number of prisoners and the
decrease in serious crimes. This Is that the
courts are sending more offenders to jail than in
the past. And this would mean that the police
are making more arrests, supported by better
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Rx Leonard J. Sehxeitzer

COVIET Foreign Minister Andrei VII
~ shinsky, who heads the Russian dele
cation to the United Nations General AS
sembly. which opened its 1850 session
yesterday afternoon. has achieved noto-
riety at home as Stalin's hatchetman,
abroad as Stalin's errand boy.
Vishinsky's tive roles frequently merge.
When the Kremlin sent him to oversee
the forcible Sovietization of Latvia in
1910 and to stage Communist coup
d'etat In Rumania in 1945, Vishinsky
welded the hatchet in vigorous fashion.
According to former Secretary Of State
James r. Byrnes. Vishinsky gave King
Michael of Rumania two hours to form
a Communist government. Otherwise,
he threatened, there would be interven-
ton by Soviet troops. Having screamed
his ultimatum, Vishinsky slammed the
door so hard as he left the Kings Office
that the plaster on the doorframe
cracked.
Tt is unlikely that Vishinsky will re-
peat this performance before the Cen
eral Assembly. He is a shreWd man who
loses his temper only when 1t suits his
purpose. In fact, people who have watched
Vishinsky in action at numerous inter-
national conferences remark that he is
usually affable and pleasant. He smiles
frequently. Only his eyes remain cold,
piercing.
If vishinsky frequently gives the i'm
preston that he is doing an unpleasant
job against his own better judgment,
there Is small grain of truth in his at
titude. For the Soviet Foreign Minister
has nothing to say about the formulation
Of the policies he advocates at these con-
ferences, although there Is nothing to
indicate that he disagrees with them.
Unlike the former Soviet Foreign Min
lister, Vyacheslav M. Molotov, Vishinsky
is not member of Russia's ruling circle
and can make no decisions or agree
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Mr.. Hartman: Politician

w. Avereu Harriman's attack on Senator Taft
belongs under the heading of cheap-very cheap
politics
The labor Bosses aided and abetted by the
President and his political hatchet men, have
been cunning for Senator Taft ever since the
labor law which bears his name was passed. At
the beginning, they relied on an utterly false
attack on the law ITSELF They said that 1t was
q "Slaye" labor act and that it would destroy
unions. But that line of attack has worn itself
out. Labor unions have become bigger and
stronger than ever before, and no amount of
Justification can make any one believe that the
unions have been crushed and enSlaved by the
Taft-Hartley Act.
So the attack has been switched to Senator
Tafts voting record on foreign policy. And Mr..
Hartman, who heretofore has been somewhat
above the ward-heeler level in politics, has
obediently gone down to the AFL meeting in
Houston and joined the "get-Taft" chorus.
The Star has differed with Senator Taft in
several of his votes on foreign policy matters.
It was not in agreement with his opposition to
General Marshall as Secretary Of Defense. This
newspaper has not the slightest doubt, however,
that in these matters Senator Tafts stand has
been taken as a matter of principle and honest
conviction. To say, as Mr.. Hartman told the
AFL assembly, that the Ohio Senator has ignc-
rantly been furthering the designs of the Kremlin
Is to resort to the shoddiest kind OF political
slander.
There is, and there always should be, place
In this Government for sincere opposition. There
Is no other way in which faulty administration
policies can be tested and perfected. But the
labor bosses and their political servants do not
accept this view For purely selfish reasons, they
will tolerate no opposition to their political de-
mands and they openly boast of their determine
ton to drive from public life Senator Taft or
any other man who has the courage and the
integrity to stand out against them.
Mr. Hartman, with the Presidents approval
If not at his direction, has Joined this partisan
hue and cry, and in so doing he has forfeited any
claim to respect or support as an instrument OF
a bipartisan foreign policy. He says magnani-
mously that "the most charitable thing one can
say about Taft is that he knows not what ne
does" That is more than one can say OF Mr.
Hartman. He knows very well what he is doing
and that makes his performance at Houston all
the more regrettable.
Evening star., 1950-09-20

ments on his own. That fact was dra-
matically shown at the meeting of Big
-Four Foreign Ministers in Paris two
years ago. Proceedings frequently had
to be delayed to allow Vishinsky to get
instructions from his superiors in Mos
COW. And after the meeting finally ad-
journed, Vishinsky tried to reconvene 1t
because his government was dissatisfied
with one of the agreements he made.
The reason Vishinsky can never be
anything more than an arrand boy for
the Politburo goes back to the early days
of the Russian Revolution. Unfortunately
for him, he was not a Bolshevik then.
but member of the Menshevik wing Of
the Russian Social Democratic Party.
AS far as the Communists are con-
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Sharing the Burden
Spelling Elilninat0r.

The Star and Jim Bergman deserve
congratulations for his cartoon (Sep-
tember I'D "The President is so exactly
right-an those people he mentioned
have cot to sacrifice to win this war"
I hope it wins the Pulitzer prize as
the cartoon of the year.
II any fact emerges self -evident from
this present crisis 1t is that the entire
population Of this country must share
equally the burdens-that is. as equally
as is feasible.
Members Of Congress-and that means
both political parties-must. be made to-
understand that they must forgo poll
itics as usual and take action that ben
efits the Nation as a whole and not Just
their own constituency. They viii there
by gain the respect of their constituents
as well as the country as a whole.
Farmers must be made to realize that
there is no further need for subsidies
that the natural demand for food will
provide them with adequate prices for
their products. Cts unfortunate that
they cannot observe the harrassed ex-
preston Of the American housewife
doing her marketing0
Business men-manufacturers. pro-
cessors. middle-men, and wholesalers
and retailers-must be made to rea-
lize that they should absorb part Of
their increased costs instead Of passing
all Of the increases on to the con-
sumer. Perhaps expenses could be cut
by eliminating niceties such as fashion
shows Of department stores. This is
mentioned strictly for illustration.
There are similar unnecessary expendi-
lures in all phases of bSG;Sess.
Labor must be made.$to understand
that it's members cannot expect further
wage increases. The families of men
drafted or called to active duty from
the National Guard and from the Re-
serves are not only not getting increased
incomes. but are having to make ends
meet on severely reduced incomes.
Salaried employees yes-Governmental and
privately in both the execu-
tive and clerical groups-must be made
to realize that by, stepping up their
own efforts they can often avoid the
necessity of hiring additional workers
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Touoher Ones On the Way

In a mild-mannered debut, the newly
established National Production Authority mas
ordered the imposition OF relatively non-paln1ul
controls on the commercial stockpiling OF 81
kinds of building materials, chemicals, forest
products iron, steel, metals, minerals rubber and
textiles. Taking effect simultaneously with euros
on instalment-plan purchases Of automobiles,
furniture and household appliances, the controls,
though designed in part to be anti-indationary,
are aimed primarily at discouraging businesses
and industries from boarding short-suppy items
that have an important bearing on the country's
defense effort
AS explained by William H. Harrison, ad-
ministrator of the NPA, the buying public will
not be directly affected by the stockpiling order.
The controls involved merely oblige businessmen
not to accumulate any of the 80 materials
beyond the "practicable minimum" needed for
Immediate output to meet deliveries or render
services on the basis of their current methods
and rates of operation, In other words, they
must not be hoarders; they must not build up
a stockpile bigger than what has been normal
for them in the recent past. This limitation is
not drastic but If it is violated the violator ana
anybody who knowingly supplies him to excess
will be breaking the Defense Production Law of
1850, which provides for penalties up to $4,000
in fines and a year in prison.
Thus, despite its mldneSS, the MA ofoer
has teeth in it, and it is likely to be followed
by severer restrictions as time goes on Ac-
tualy, the stockpiling curb, like the curb on
tnstallment-plan credit represents merely a
first step toward the many controls that the
Government is empowered to clamp down on
our national economy as the defense effort
picks up in tempo and expands in scale. We are
now just getting a foretaste of the tougher
and more sweeping regulations that will almost
certainly come unless world events take de-
cided turn for the better and remove the threat
of growing shortages and mounting imitation
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Stains Errond Boy Knows His Lines

cerned, Mensheviks have even lower
standings than Capitalists.
Ever an opportuniSt, ViShinsky saw
which way the wind was blowing, threw
his political principles away and joined
the Bolsheyiks after they seized power
in 1917, AS trained lawyer he was a
useful recruit to the Bolsheviks, but
they never forgot his non-Bolshevik past.
He eventually became chief prosecu-
tor of the Soviet Union. When some
Of his former Menshevik comrades were
arrested in the 1930s, Vishinsky prose-
cuted them with gusto.
When Stain started to root out all
his opponents in the Communist Party,
he chose Vishinsky to prosecute them.
Vishinsky jumped to the task. The
Kremlin's firing squads worked overtime
and the jails overhowed.
His affability was not very apparent
at those trials. Eyewitness accounts tell
how he usually finished his summing
up for the prosecution by screaming.
"Shool the mad dogs"
For all his trouble. in trying to in
gratiate himself with Stain during the
purges and later in the Foreign Once.
Vishinsky has never been able to out
grow the stain Of his one-tine Men
shevisna. That is why he has never been
a member of the all-powerful Poiit-
buro. and that is why he has no say
In formulating the foreign policy he
carries out. ...t-
As Soviet Foreign Minister his posi-
ton cannot be compared with that of
Secretary Of State Acheson. who Of
course Is q member of President Tru-
mans cabinet and has leading voice
in deciding this country's foreign policy.
When Vishinsky speaks before the
General Assembly, only the voice viii
be his own. The words will be the
Politburo's. And there will be short
shrift for Vishinsky when he returns
to Moscow, II he has muffed his lines.
(North American Newspaper Auiancsl
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Phonetic Spelling

Let us make reading and writing easier
for our children by using phonetic SPELL
ing. This would eliminate from our
schools the necessity for spelling as q
subject, since each sound would always
be represented by the same letter. Thus.
If you could pronounce the word. you
could automatically spell it. and vice
versa.
Benjamin Franklin invented a CON-
pletely phonetic spelling which did not
come to light until after his death. The
following is patterned after Franklin's
phonetic spelling except for some slight
changes. Franklin used some unorthp-
dox letters which would have neeessitated
the casting Of new type.
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Jefferson's Inspirer?

After ITO years of equality" equivo-
cations, and II years of collective
equality" confiscations, permit me to
quote from George Mason's May, 1776.
draft Of the Virginia Declaration Of
Rights.
Mason is rated as "the inspirer Of
jefferson, who saw fit to transform
Mason's facts into the f1ve-word fiction
that "all men are created equal" Here
is what George Mason wrote on this
subject.
Article /. That all men are created
equally free and independent, and have
certain inherent natural rights, Of
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Gen. Marshall on U. M. T.

There is, In my opinion. no one per-
son more acutely conscious of the mil
itary need of these United States than
Gen. George Catlett Marshall. our
next Secretary of Defense. He not
only is a gifted soldier; he has those
statesmanlike qualities which command
admiration and respect Of all segmentS
Of our society.
When he was Chief of STAFF in 1s45.
he said substantially what many former
Presidents and statesmen have said be-
fore him:
'"To support our determination to
maintain the peace, the world must
recognize our military power as Tealis-
tic and not as remote potential. What
ever military system We plan, we must
have q thorough understanding of the
practicability Of obtaining the annual
appropriations necessary.
"A large standing army is not an ac-
ceptable solution for three reasons: Its
cost would be prohibitive; the neces-
sary men to fill its ranks could not be
hired in time of peace; and it would be
repugnant to the American people.
I know of no system other than uni
FSfSd1 MIibaIy udAuLIlS CidC VIII Inject
the requirements-toget with an ef-
fective program for industrial mobili-
zation and continuous scientific re-
search"
Universal military training would be
an object lesson to all the world of the
further success of our democratic form
of government. AL mems sons, regard
less of position. would serve their Ma
tion, side by side. Congress should dis
regard the yapping of the isolatiopists
and the unrealistic among us, and put
U. M. T. on the statute books immed-
lately.
George p. Grove,
Captain, Air Reserve.
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Mr.. Trumon's Apology

Uus AbuHfOu FPVtVSy
can't pass up Dorothy Thompson's
diatribe on the Presidents nerve blow
out and apology to the Marine Corps.
Miss Thompson must be suffering from
q case Of nerves herself, with less cause
than the President. Does she really
believe that the citizens of this country
give a whoop in Hades over what that
bandit Joe Stain thinks Of them or their
President?
Miss Thompson should remember that
q certain American general had nerve
blowout in the last war and slapped q
soldier. He apoiogized to the gubordi-
nate. What happened? I was In Eu-
rope last year and every citizen talked
to couldn't praise that particular general
enough. They were shiny-eyed when
they mentioned his name.
1t takes CUTS to apologize and I sug-
gest Miss Thompson try her own out
and apologize to the citizens for her
contempt of their judgment in their
selection Of President. didn't vote
for him, but respect the opinion Of the
majority who did. An apology from a
President Is no small thing. To. me
1t means we are still democracy and
not q dictator form Of government.
Citizen.
4
A division Of United States Marines
landed at 1ncnon. Korea, September Is.
They were equipped with 10000 type
writers, 5s7 multigraph machines. In
support were 68 miles Of typewriter rib
bon, 546 gallons Of ink. Also 789 press
agents.
This Marine division made o safe
landing. It's mission, under the direc-
ton Of Gen. Douglas Macarthur, Is to
put a quick end to police action" in
Korea, o country that Messrs. Acheson
and Truman told Stain would not be
defended.
Army Veteran.
Evening star., 1950-09-20
The capitalized letters give the sound

Here Is the Pledge TO the Flag, trans
alted into phonetics:
10y pledzyx xlydzyxnts tn cx flag XIV
cx Yunqyted Stayts XIV Xmearikx and tn
OK rypxblik fir uitsyx it standz. uxn
naysyxn, indivizxhxl. uiw liberty and
dzyxstis fir jl."
Spelling Eliminator.
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Letters to The Star

There has been too much dead wood
in both Government and private In
duStry.
Gray marketeers could be kept to
minimum by the passage now of q Fed
eral law making it a penal offense to
hoard scarce commodities for specula-
tive purposes.
Europe should be made to under
stand that the taxpayers of the United
States realize Europe needs help, but
that they expect equal sacrifices from
Europe. Those Of us who have read
of the splurges of the Weather Euro
peans wonder If Europes tax programs
have been stepped up sufficiently or II
they expect us TO bear disproportionat
burden.
The American public is fully aware Of
the seriousness of the entire situation.
but it has right to expect that every
body will pull together and not "let
George do it."
Michael NarfAP
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Questions and Answers

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Evening star., 1950-09-20
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v1ten letter carries correct name
and address of tDriter. Please be brief.

which they cannot. by any compact, de-
prive or divest their posterity: among
which are the enjoyment Of life and
liberty, with the means Of acquiring
and possessing property and pursuing
and obtaining happiness and safety"
This is q far cry from the fakery that.
"all men are created equal" How much
longer must we continue to cruelty in
dividuality on the cross of equality?
Arthur C. Narrower.
Scituate Harbor. Mass.